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...Wallace, all reasonable Scotsmen saw the death of Scotland. But they were wrong. They reckoned without a thoroughly unreasonable Scotsman named Robert the Bruce, a 31-year-old firebrand with energy to burn, military and political genius to fan the flames, and a hereditary claim to the throne of Scone that set the firths on fire. In a quarter-century of ferocious fighting he drove the English out of Scotland, broke his domestic enemies in a bloody civil war, founded a dynasty that endured for four centuries, and bequeathed to his countrymen their national epic...
Ghastly indeed is the beginning of the tale. On Feb. 10, 1306, Bruce fell upon his principal political rival, John Comyn of Badenoch, and stabbed him to death before the altar of a village church. Crowned King at Scone, he promptly sent to warn England's Edward I that "he would defend himself with the longest stick he had." Edward, the master of a nation six times the size of tiny (pop. 400,000) Scotland, disdainfully instructed his legate in Scotland to "burn and slay and raise dragon" in the land. On June 19, at Methven field, the English...
...assorted lords and ladies are competently rendered, although only Elliott Sullivan's North-umberland and Pirie MacDonald's Douglas merit note. The latter is as Scots as an Edinburgh scone and a delight to hear. Falstaff's company remain in the memory longer than the nobility do--a slatternly Mistress Quickly (Alice Drummond), a frowsy and frazzled Doll Tearsheet (Patricia Falkenhain), a red faced, guileless Bardolph (Dana Elcar...
...balls in the first, sent the next sixteen Bruins down in order. Brown got its first hit in the seventh, a slow dribbler down the first base line which skidded by Bergantino when he slipped on the wet infield grass. The next batter looped a double to center to scone the lone Brown run. Repetto gave up one more hit in the enghth, and that was all for the Bruins...
...stolen lines are not of great intrinsic value. But like the Stone of Scone, more than once snatched from its proper resting place, they are a source of inspiration and a symbol of authority. Without them, who can say what will become of moral standards on this campus? Who can foretell to what extreme and unsavory practices some will stoop? Who, indeed, can resist the temptation that presents itself to the weary doubles players as he strives in vain to return a wicked drive...