. The blue flag; or, The Covenanters who contended for "Christ's crown and covenant" . you are to live! The barbarous sentence was carried out a few hoiusafterward, and his estates were given to the Duke of 96 THE BLUE EL AG. Gordon, a minion of the Duke of York, and Bailliesfamily, to save their lives, lied to Holland, the refugeof the oppressed of all nations. Xo wonder that the Cove-nanters were tired with freshdetermination to resist unto thedeath a government that couldperpetrate this and other he people of Scotland, andEngland also, began to utter, inno uncertain tones their ind
. The blue flag; or, The Covenanters who contended for "Christ's crown and covenant" . you are to live! The barbarous sentence was carried out a few hoiusafterward, and his estates were given to the Duke of 96 THE BLUE EL AG. Gordon, a minion of the Duke of York, and Bailliesfamily, to save their lives, lied to Holland, the refugeof the oppressed of all nations. Xo wonder that the Cove-nanters were tired with freshdetermination to resist unto thedeath a government that couldperpetrate this and other he people of Scotland, andEngland also, began to utter, inno uncertain tones their indig-nation, and the cloud rA revolu-tion grew thick over all theland. But an unlooked forevent was about to occur. Thehand of God was about to be laid upon the guilty was put to death in 1684, and early the nextyear, on the 6th day of February, Charles H. diedsuddenly. It was generally supposed his end wascaused by apoplexy, but there were strong suspicionsof poisoning. So Charles H. and his host of victimsmurdered for their faith met face to face before thebar of Charles II, CHAPTER XI. Blood, Blood! ^T^HE Duke of York, brother of Charles II., now-*- ascended the throne, under the title of James II.,and was proclaimed as King in England, Scotland andIreland. Every one knew that the accession of the cruel Duketc the crown meant bitterer persecutions for the Cove-nanters than ever, and the sequel realized the worstfears of the downtrodden peo-ple. It ivas determined by thegoveninient that the Cove-nanters should be extermi-nated. The preaching of thegospel by any Presbyterianminister in Scotland was pro-hibited under penalties of im-prisonment, exile or were autho-rized to kdl, on the spot, anywho refused absolute submis-sion. No man could travel anywhere without a passfrom the authorities, and wayfarers were often shotdead by the l)rutal soldiers, without asking for theirpass, because they wished to possess themselves of suchvaluables as
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