Heroic ballads, with poems of war and patriotism

NASEBY. 66

strong,

1 Kaielyy: the battle of Naseby was fought near the Tillage of that name
in Northamptonshire, Central England, in 1645.

It was one of the decisive battles of the great civil war between Parlia-
ment or the English people and King Charles I. and his supporters.

THE BONNETS OF BONNIE DUNDEE. 171

1 Boxmie Dundee: John Graham of Claverhouse — hence generally called
Claverhouse — was created Viscount of Dundee in 1G88 by James II. In
the previous reign Claverhouse had persecuted the Covenanters of Scotland
with remorseless vigor (see note 1, p. 82).

After the revolution in England, when William of Orange (William III.)
had landed, and the cowardly James II. had fled from London, Claverhouse
entered Edinburgh with a body of troops. His intention was to raise a
force in Scotland, drive out William, and reinstate James ; finding, however,
that the feeling in Edinburgh was strongly against him, he suddenly left
that city. Hu was killed in the battle of Killiecrankie (1()89) , fighting in
behalf of the lost cause of the unworthy King James. Claverhouse was a
man of wonderful dash and courage, but one who in the name of loyalty
perpetrated such horrible cruelties that he fully earned the name the country
people gave him of " Bloody Claver'se."

3 Lords of ConYention : the Scottish Parliament assembled in Edinburgh
March, 1689. They later declared that James II. had forfeited the crown,
and finally declared William (William IIL) and Mary king and queen.

HOHENLINDEN. 273

The Austrian ruler was obliged to accept such terms of peace as Napo-
leon saw fit to offer, as the only means of saving his capital of Vienna.

3 Linden : a contraction of Hohenlinden. ^ jger (Ee'zer).

BARBARA FRIETCHIE. 209

Forty flags with their silver stars.
Forty flags with their crimson bars,^

1 During the Civil War, early in September, 1862, General Lee of the
Ck)n{ederate ^my crossed the Potomac, took possession of Frederick City,
Bid., and prepared to move on to Baltimore or Philadelphia. The battle
of Antietam (Sept. 17) compelled him to retreat into Virginia.

3 Frederick : the capital of Frederick Connty, Md.