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| County of the Borough | } | marched his victorius army down the Tweed, until | ||||
| and Town of | } Continued | he arrived at Aberwicke. The Saxons | ||||
| Berwick upon Tweed | } | hearing of the defeat of their King, & | ||||
| being disheartened by the number of | ||||||
| the advancing Scots, abandoned the town | ||||||
| at their appearance and fled to the | ||||||
| Country. The Scottish King, flushed | ||||||
| with success, ransacked the dwellings of the Saxons, and seized upon three ships lying | ||||||
| in the river loaded with the valuable effects of the Saxons. Emboldened by | ||||||
| this plunder, Donald and his victorias army gave a loose to their joy; and | ||||||
| breaking open the cellars of the Saxons, abandoned themselves to feasting | ||||||
| and revelling. The Saxons being apprised by their |
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| condition of the Scots, stole back in the dead of night, & falling on their sleeping | ||||||
| and helpless foe, baptised their revenge in blood. Terrible was the slaughter: | ||||||
| the terror stricken Scots, starting from their sleep, fell an easy prey to the | ||||||
| vengeful swords and the fire-eyed fury of the ruthless Saxons, until tired | ||||||
| with their work of blood, they took the King and a few survivors prisoners. | ||||||
| The fruits of this victory are said to have been the giving up to the Saxons | ||||||
| all that part of the country lying south of the Frith of Forth | ||||||
| and Clyde. When the Danes invaded England their intention was | ||||||
| to have landed on the Coast of the East Angles, but contrary | ||||||
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