HISTORY OF THE REBELLIONS IN SCOTLAND, FROM 1638 TILL 1660. CHAPTER I. RAVAGE OF ARGYLE, AND BATTLE OF INVERLOCHY. The war-tune of Donald the Black, The pipes and the banner Are up in the rendezvous at Inverlochy ! Translation of a Gaelic Poem. THOUGH Montrose had not yet by any means accomplished the object of his expedition to Scotland, and although the Estates found it still possible to check him with little more than the militia of the country, his victories had nevertheless, by proving them to be not infallible, wrought a considerable change in the aspect of their affairs. Many," says Guthry, "who had formerly been violent in the popular cause, now began to talk moderately;" impressed, it would appear, with a 66 |