St. Baldred of the Bass A Pictish Legend; The Siege of Berwick; A Tragedy; With Other Poems and Ballads, Founded on the Local Traditions of East Lothian and Berwickshire (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from St. Baldred of the Bass: A Pictish Legend; The Siege of Berwick; A Tragedy; With Other Poems and Ballads, Founded on the Local Traditions of East Lothian and Berwickshire <p>While residing in this solitude, Baldred. Died 6th March 607-8. - See Boece's Chron. And Keith's Cat. He was held in such veneration by the natives, that on his demise, the three neighbouring parishes of Aldham, Tyningham, and Preston, laid claim to his remains: It being impossible to satisfy the multitude without supernatural agency, the enraged embassy were on the point of deciding their right by blows, when a Pictish sage judiciously advised them to spend the night in prayer, that the bishop of the diocese might have an opportunity of settling their dispute in the morning. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.