The Lord of the Isles : a poem / by Walter Scott.

  • Walter Scott
Date:
1815
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Credit: The Lord of the Isles : a poem / by Walter Scott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    ADVERTISEMENT. THE Scene of this Poem lies, at first, in the Castle of Artornish, on the coast of Argyleshire; and, after- wards, in the Islands of Skye and Arran, and upon the coast of Ayrshire. Finally, it is laid near Stirling, « The story opens in the Spring of the year ] 307, when Bruce, who had been driven out of Scotland by the English, and the Barons who adhered to that foreign interest, returned from the Island of Rachrin on the coast of Ireland, again to assert his claims to the Scot- tish crown. Many of the personages and incidents irt- troduced are of historical celebrity. The authorities used are chifiy those of the venerable lord Hailes, as well entitled to be called the restorer of Scottish history, as Bruce the restorer of Scottish monarchy; and of Archdeacon Barbour, a correct edition of whose Me- trical History of Robert Bruce will soon, I trust, ap- pear, under the care of my learned friend, the Rev. Dr Jamieson. Abbotsi’okd, loth December, 1814.