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in a few months of an earthquake at Kinghorn, that would make Scotland tremble. An express accordingly came to Cryle to Sir Thomas, that the King had fallen from his horse at Kinghorn and broke his neck, which happened accordingly. After the death of Alexander, he left no heirs, except a grandchild, Margaret, daughter to the King of Norway, who also soon died; but a short time before her death, she was betrothed to Edward, King of England. After this there was great commotions anent the succession to the crown of Scotland, which occasioned great bloodshed, particularly betwixt Bruce and Baliol, which you have recorded in the Scottish Histories.
The pride of Spain, and the deceitful conduct of the French, as also concerning the Dutch, is all foretold:—Likewise the Scots battles, at Torwood, Bothwelbridge, Malplackie, Killakrankie, Shirreff-muir, Proud Preston, near Gladsmuir, Falkirk, Culloden, and the Camps in Moraythire, and on the Windmill-brae at Aberdeen, by General Coup, and at Dunbar,
In Forty-five, eighty-two and three,
Sir Thomas Works doth certifie.
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