. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. EAPONS—LAUDERS OF BASS. CHAPTER XVII THE CASTLE OF BASS The Solans home—Stupendous Bass !. >ESIDES exciting the cupidity of kings, the mighty Bassappears to have called forth the admiration of all theearliest travellers in Scotland. Hector Boethius calls it Ane wonderful craig, risand within the sea, with so narrowand strait hals that no schip nor boit may arrive hotallanerlie at ane part of it. This crag is called the Bas ;unwinnable by ingine of man. Even as far back as 1405its strong fortress wa
. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. EAPONS—LAUDERS OF BASS. CHAPTER XVII THE CASTLE OF BASS The Solans home—Stupendous Bass !. >ESIDES exciting the cupidity of kings, the mighty Bassappears to have called forth the admiration of all theearliest travellers in Scotland. Hector Boethius calls it Ane wonderful craig, risand within the sea, with so narrowand strait hals that no schip nor boit may arrive hotallanerlie at ane part of it. This crag is called the Bas ;unwinnable by ingine of man. Even as far back as 1405its strong fortress was used as a temporary place of safety for the young PrinceJames when fleeing from his unprincipled uncle the Duke of Albany. KingRobert III., thus relying on the staunch loyalty of Sir Robert Lauder, whomthe Prince ever called his loveit of the Bass. From this grim throne ofSolitude, he set sail for France, under the care of Walter Wardlaw, Bishop ofSt. Andrews, and Henry St. Clair, second Earl of Orkney ; but as we knowthe ship was intercepted at sea, and the Prince was carried captive to Englandin the ninth year of his age, where he remained for nineteen years, and it washis
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