Excerpt from The Lord of the Isles: A Poem Of this Poem lies, at first, in the Castle of Artornish, on the coast cf Argyleshire; and, wards, in the Islands cf Skye and Arran, and upon the coast of Ayrshire. Finally, it is laid near Stirling. The story opens in the Spring of the year 1307, when Bruce, who had been driven out (f Scotland by the English, and the Barons who adhered to that foreign interest, returned from the Island of Bachria on the coast of Ireland, again to assert his claims to the Scot tish crown. Many (f the personages and incidents in traduced are (f historical celebrity. The authorities used are chig'ly 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 9f Archdeacon Barbour, a correct edition cf whose Me trical History cf Robert Bruce will soon, I trust, ap pear under the care of my learned friend, the Rev. Dr. 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.