 | John Britton - 1829 - 378 sidor
...bounded at length by the towering eminences of the Cheviot Hills, in Northumberland. In this Park, King James II., of Scotland, was killed, in 1460, by the bursting of a cannon, while superintending the siege of the Castle opposite. The fact is commemorated, and the spot marked,... | |
 | James Locke - 1860 - 198 sidor
...when they wish to return to Edinburgh, let them take such a horse as Bishop Jewel presented to Eichard Hooker, viz., a good walking stick, and go forth by...the trunk of a tree, and hooped all round with iron. Kelso is situated on the Tweed, in the very heart of fishing ground, near its confluence with the Teviot,... | |
 | James Locke - 1860 - 178 sidor
...would never have an end. ' Gif way to heaven be sic a road, I'll sit me down and weary.' Old sonij. At Roxburgh, the remains of the castle are only seen....ground, near its confluence with the Teviot, a capital trouting river. It has a very fine ruin of a monastery, and a beautiful bridge over the Tweed. The... | |
 | 1905 - 936 sidor
...Cheviots and the Border Hills. Within the Park a holly-tree, enclosed within rails, marks the spot where James II, of Scotland, was killed in 1460 by the bursting of a cannon, while he was personally directing a siege against Roxburghe Castle on the opposite bank, still within... | |
 | Henry William Lovett Hime - 1915 - 254 sidor
...lightness and liability to break up. 1 The early gunners suffered terribly from the bursting of their guns. James II of Scotland was killed in 1460 by the bursting of a gun, and a bombard burst near Paris in 1479, killing fourteen men and wounding fifteen or sixteen.... | |
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At Roxburgh, the remains of the castle are only seen. Here it was that James II. of Scotland was killed in 1460, by the bursting of a cannon, made probably from the trunk of a tree, and hooped all round with iron. IJielso. Kelso is situated on the Tweed,... 