... which unexpectedly greeted the aroused attention of the Scotch. The armor of their foes flashing through the mist, the furious charge of the knights up to the very gates of the barbacan, seemingly ... felt, by the other the death of each man was even as the loss of a host. Still, still they struggledon, the English obtaining possession of the palisades, though the immense strength of the barbacan ... sister, an office bequeathed to him under the hand and seal of the earl, his nephew. The character of the Lady Isabella was formed; that of her brother, a child of eight, of course was not; and the deep,...