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Excerpt from History of Scotland, Vol. 2
Edward's desire of recruiting his coffers, by the high ransom which he knew must be paid for the Scottish king, and the many noble prisoners, taken at Durham, induced him to postpone his projected inva sion of Scotland,2 and to enter into negotiations, which concluded in a truce.3 This cessation of hosti lities continued, by means of successive prolongations, for six years. But the liberty of the king was a matter of more difficult arrangement. After many con ferences, which were protracted from year to year, the conditions demanded by Edward were refused; and David revisited his dominions only upon his parole, having left seven youths, of the noblest families in the country, as hostages for his return.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
