” Sheriff-muir, 283 ” Stamford Bridge, 53 ” The Standard, 58 ” Worcester, 203 Beaton, Cardinal, Murder of, 90 Berwick, The Duke of, 282 Bishops, Seven, Arrest and Trial of, 250 Bishops, _Tulchan_, in Scotland, 179 “Black Watch,” Composition of the, 289 “Bloody Assize,” The, 238 Boadicea, Queen, defeated by the Romans, 4 Boot, Torture of the, 218 Borders, The, long disorderly, 77 Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, 225; cruel treatment of prisoners taken at, 227 _Bretwalda_, an Anglo-Saxon dignity, 21 Britain, Invasion of, by Julius Cæsar, 1; the second invasion and conquest, 3; as a Roman province, 12; the Roman evacuation, 16; barbarian raids on, 17; the Anglo-Saxons in, 19; Danish invasions of, 38 British Churches, Ancient, differences between, 24 Brown, John, Cruel murder of, 228 Bruce, Robert, his contest for the crown, 68; his army before Stirling, 69; his victory at Bannockburn, 72 Burgh Court of Dundee, old records of, 134; justice done in the, 135; assumed powers of life and death, 141 Cæsar, Julius, Invasion of Britain by, 2 Caledonians, The, 5 Candlemas procession in Aberdeen, 153 Canongate, The, its old memories, 124 Canute, The Danish King, 46 Caractacus defeated by the Romans, 4 Catholic church utensils, Sale of, 156 Catholic conversions under James II., 245 Catholic worship, Stringent laws against, 116 Celtic Language, The, 9 Celts, Origin of the, 27 Channel, Revolution expedition in the, 254 Charles I., Scotland under, 178; endeavours to subvert Presbyterianism, 179; his game of _Thorough_, 184; at war with Parliament, 191; joins the Scottish army, 195; given up to Parliamentary army, 196; at Carisbrook Castle, 197 Charles II. signs the Covenant, 199; is crowned at Scone, 201; defeated at Worcester, 203; the Restoration, 211; Scotland under, 213; establishes Episcopacy, 214; his death, 235 Charles Edward, Prince, lands in Scotland, 290; in Edinburgh, 291; in Derby, 293; at Culloden, 298; wanderings and escape, 302 Charles XII. of Sweden designs invading Britain, 287 Churches, Ancient British, 24 Civilization, Modern turning point in, 85 Civil War, The, 191 Claverhouse, Graham of, 223; defeated at Drumclog, 224; his cruel revenge, 226; raises Highland clans in Jacobite cause, 260; his death at Killiecrankie, 262 Columba settles in Iona, 32 Commission to discuss terms of Union, 273 Constantius, The Emperor, 7 Constantine, The Emperor, 8 Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons, 22 Conversion of the Picts, 33 Cope, Sir John, defeated at Prestonpans, 292 “Covenant,” Origin of the, 91 Covenanters at Rullion Green, 217; at Drumclog, 223; at Bothwell Bridge, 225; persecutions of, 227; martyrs’ monument in Greyfriars’ churchyard, 247