Narratives From Macaulay (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Narratives From Macaulay I. - Disobedience of clergy, 5. The King and the bishops, 6. Bishops committed to the tower, 8. Before the King's Bench, 10. Released on their own recognisances, 11. The Trial, 13. Character and antecedents of judges, counsel, and jury, 14-17. Evidence to the signatures, 18, 19. Publication of the libel in Middlesex, 21. Indiscretion of Finch, 22. Evidence of Sunderland, 23. Speech of Somers, 24. The summing-up of Wright, 25. Deliberation of the jury, 26. The acquittal, 27. Delight of populace, 28. II. - The condition of Londonderry, its governor, fortifications, etc., 32. Reinforcements from England under Cunningham, 33. Treachery of Lundy, 34. His place taken by Walker, etc., 36. Character of the English, 37. Comparison with Spartans, 39. Organisation of garrison, 41. Religious spirit, 41. Conference with Lord Strabane, 42. The siege, 43. Death of French officers, 44. Attack on Windmill Hill, 45. The blockade, 46. Kirke's relief expedition, 47. Success of the garrison at Enniskillen, 48. Famine in Londonderry, 50, 51. Cruelty of Rosen, 52, 53.Hamilton in command, 55. Kirke's message to Walker, 58. Micaiah Browning and Captain John Leake, 59. The Mountjoy breaks the boom, 60. End of the siege, 61. Result on opposing forces, 62. III. - Breadalbane. His character and position, 67. The treaty, 68. Macdonald of Glencoe thwarts Breadalbane, 72. The proclamation of William and Mary, 73. All chiefs but Maclan take the oath of allegiance, 73. Maclan at Fort William and at Inverary, 74.Character of Argyle, 75. Stories of Highland revenge, 77. The Master of Stair, 78. His character, 78. Motives of his policy, 80. His opinion of the Macdonalds of Glencoe, 81. Stories of James V.and Sixtus V., 81, 82. Suppression of Maclan's certificate of submission, 85. William signs the order for the Massacre, 85. Execution of the Massacre entrusted to Hamilton, 89. Glenlyon marches to Glencoe, 90. Behaviour of troops and clansmen, 91. The Massacre, 93. Blunders of Hamilton, etc., 94, 95. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.