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" ... of base ( whereof they had but one or two) nor tumbling of stones, (the things of their chief annoyance,) whereby they might be able any while to resist our power, or save themselves, they plucked in a banner that afore they had set out in defiance,... "
The Border Antiquities of England & Scotland: Comprising Specimens of the ... - Page 163
by Walter Scott (sir).) - 1814
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The History of Dunbar: From the Earliest Records to the Present Period: with ...

James Miller - Castles - 1830 - 322 pages
...a banner that afore they had set out in defiance, and puts out over the walls, a white linen clout tied on a stick's end, crying all with one tune for...it was too late, they plucked in their stick, and slicked up the banner of defiance again, shot of hurled stones, and did what else they could, with...
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History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Instituted ..., Volume 15

Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1897 - 464 pages
...in a banner that afore they had sot out in defiance, and put out over the walls a white linen clout tied on a stick's end, crying all with one tune for...great courage of their side, and little hurt of ours. Tet, then, after being assared by our eurnesty that we had vowed the winning of their hold before our...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Provinicial antiquities of Scotland

Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 490 pages
...power, or save themselves, they plucked in a banner that afore they had set out in defiance, and put out out over the walls a white linnen cloth tied on a...courage of their side, and little hurt of ours. Yet then after, being assured by our ernesty, that we had vowed the winning of their hold, before our departure,...
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Provincial Antiquities of Scotland

Walter Scott - Scotland - 1834 - 482 pages
...power, or save themselves, they plucked in a banner that afore they had set out in defiance, and put out out over the walls a white linnen cloth tied on a...courage of their side, and little hurt of ours. Yet then after, being assured by our ernesty, that we had vowed the winning of their hold, before our departure,...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Provincial ...

Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1848 - 498 pages
...power, or save themselves, they plucked in a banner that afore they had set out in defiance, and put out out over the walls a white linnen cloth tied on a...courage of their side, and little hurt of ours. Yet then after, being assured by our ernesty, that we had vowed the winning of their hold, before our departure,...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 7

Walter Scott - 1834 - 484 pages
...plucked in a banner that afore they had set out in defiance, and put out out over the walls a white lumen cloth tied on a stick's end, crying all with one tune...courage of their side, and little hurt of ours. Yet then after, being assured by our ernesty, that we had vowed the ninoing of their hold, before our departure,...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Provincial ...

Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1848 - 498 pages
...power, or save themselves, they plucked in a banner that afore they had set out in defiance, and put out out over the walls a white linnen cloth tied on a...courage of their side, and little hurt of ours. Yet then after, being assured by our ernesty, that we had vowed the winning of their hold, before our departure,...
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Tudor Tracts, 1532-1588

Thomas Seccombe - Great Britain - 1903 - 564 pages
...in a banner that afore they had set out in defiance, and put out over the walls, a white linen clout tied on a stick's end, crying all, with one tune,...whole voice of the assailers, " They were traitors ! It was too late ! " they plucked in their stick, and sticked [stuck} up the banner of defiance again,...
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The Castles and Keeps of Scotland: Being a Description of Sundry Fortresses ...

Frank Roy Fraprie - Castles - 1907 - 512 pages
...in a banner that afore they had set out in defiance, and put out over the walls a white linen clout tied on a stick's end, crying all, with one tune,...whole voice of the assailers, ' They were traitors ! It was too late ! ' they plucked in their stick, and sticked up the banner of defiance again, shot...
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