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 recruited in trength, which had been much exhauted by forced marches, and hortnes of proviion, to attack the forces of the Scottih monarch, which were encamped hort ditance from them.

Thus ituated, thus lot to every hope, and enveloped in the horrors of depair, imagine the exultation and joy which the arrival of a courier, whom Glanville had dipatched in the moment of victory, charged with news of the convoy’s afety and near approach, produced in the diconolate and almot famihed oldiery. The king himelf, whom the meenger had apprized of the circumtances of the day and of the extraordinary valour of the tranger whoe exertions aved the forage from falling into the hands of the enemy, went forth to meet the aviour of his people. Honours and rewards due to uch a conqueror were betowed; and the deire which his majety expreed of knowing the peron to whom he was o much indebted, afforded the modet youth an opportunity of relating thoe particulars with which the reader has been made acquainted. It is needles to ay, that he had the king’s voice for his ucceion to the houe of Raymond.

It was a circumtance well known, that the murderer, with his three ons, was in the camp of David; and Glanville panted for the arrival of the moment that was to lead the oppoing armies into action. This impatience in a few days was gratified; and in this memorable action the fictitious baron became the prioner of his injured couin, who after the battle conducted him to the tent of his royal patron; and in his preence, and in that of his chiefs and nobles, charged the conquered baron with the foul crime of murder; adducing thoe circumtances with which, by the interference of Providence, he had been made acquainted, to upport the allegation. Thee, however, were unneceary; guilt and remore were pictured in the villain’s countenance, and he unequivocally confeed the crime.

The king ordered intant execution to be done upon him; but that was unneceary; the wound he