A TALE

OF FLODDEN FIELD.

BY

SIR WALTER SCOTT, Bart.

TENTH EDITION.

Alas! that Scottish Maid should sing

The combat where her lover fell !
That Scottish Bard should wake the string,

The triumph of our focs to tell !_LEYDEN.

EDINBURGH:
PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH;
AND LONGMAN, HIJRST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

AND JOHN MURRAY, LONDON.

Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

Introduction to Canto I. .. To WILLIAM STEWART Rose, Esq. 7

Canto I. THE CASTLE, ................ 27

Introduction to Canto II. . To the Rev. John MARRIOT, A. M. 63

II. THE CONVENT, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Introduction to Canto III. . To William ERSKINE, Esq. . . 121

III. The Hostel, OR INN, . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Introduction to Canto IV. . TO JAMES SKENE, Esq. . . . 175

IV. The Camp, ................ 189

Introduction to Canto V... To GEORGE Ellis, Esq. . . 231

V. The Court, ................ 245

Introduction to Canto VI... To RicHARD Heber, Esq. . . 303

VI. THE BATTLE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

319

Notes to Canto First, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Canto Second, .............

Canto Third, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Canto Fourth, . . . . . . . . . . . . · 449

Canto Fifth, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Canto Sixth, .. . . . . . . . . . . : 485