A fleet of long boats brought five hundred Macleans from Mull under the command of their chief, Sir John of Duart.

A far more formidable array had in old times followed his forefathers to battle.

But the power, though not the spirit, of the clan had been broken by the arts and arms of the Campbells.

Another band of Macleans arrived under a valiant leader, who took his title from Lochbuy, which is, being interpreted, the Yellow Lake, [340] It does not appear that a single chief who had not some special cause to dread and detest the House of Argyle obeyed Dundee's summons.

There is indeed strong reason to believe that the chiefs who came would have remained quietly at home if the government had understood the politics of the Highlands.