| | Chapter VIII. Battle of Stirlingshire (1297) |
 | | And now, while reaping the fruits of a union which was accomplished some centuries after, we are the better in a condition to perceive the force and beauty of the poet’s sentiments put into the mouth of the heroine of an exquisite drama whose scene is Stirlingshire, and period the eleventh century. |
 | | Sundry places in Stirlingshire are still memorable for having been the scenes of this hero’s exploits. |
 | | Torwood was a place where he and his party, when engaged in any expedition in this part of the country, often held their rendezvous, and to which they retreated in the hour of danger. |
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