The seat of the martyr was still vacant at the fireside; and every child could point out his grave still green amidst the heath.

When the people of this region called their oppressor a servant of the devil, they were not speaking figuratively.

They believed that between the bad man and the bad angel there was a close alliance on definite terms; that Dundee had bound himself to do the work of hell on earth, and that, for high purposes, hell was permitted to protect its slave till the measure of his guilt should be full.

But, intensely as these men abhorred Dundee, most of them had a scruple about drawing the sword for William.

A great meeting was held in the parish church of Douglas; and the question was propounded, whether, at a time when war was in the land, and when an Irish invasion was expected, it were not a duty to take arms.