What steed to the desert flies frantic1 and far?
Campbell.
During the severe skirmish of which we have given the details, Morton, together with Cuddie and his mother, and the Reverend Gabriel Kettledrummle, remained on the brow of the hill, near to the small cairn, or barrow, beside which Claverhouse had held his preliminary council of war, so that they had a commanding view of the action which took place in the bottom. They were guarded by Corporal Inglis and four soldiers, who, as may readily be supposed, were much more intent on watching the fluctuating fortunes of the battle, than in attending to what passed among their prisoners.
“If you lads stand to their tackle,” said Cuddie, “we’ll hae some chance o’ getting our necks out o’ the brecham again; but I misdoubt them — they hae little skeel o’ arms.”
“Much is not necessary, Cuddie,” answered Morton; “they have a strong position, and weapons in their hands, and are more than three times the number of their assailants. If they cannot fight for their freedom now, they and theirs deserve to lose it for ever.”
“O, sirs,” exclaimed Mause, “here’s a goodly spectacle indeed! My spirit is like that of the blessed Elihu, it burns within me — my bowels3 are as wine which lacketh vent4 — they are ready to burst like new bottles. O, that He may look after His ain people in this day of judgment5 and deliverance! — And now, what ailest thou, precious Mr Gabriel Kettledrummle? I say, what ailest thou, that wert a Nazarite purer than snow, whiter than milk, more ruddy than sulphur,” (meaning, perhaps, sapphires,)—“I say, what ails2 thee now, that thou art blacker than a coal, that thy beauty is departed, and thy loveliness withered6 like a dry potsherd? Surely it is time to be up and be doing, to cry loudly and to spare not, and to wrestle7 for the puir lads that are yonder testifying with their ain blude and that of their enemies.”
This expostulation implied a reproach on Mr Kettledrummle, who, though an absolute Boanerges, or son of thunder, in the pulpit, when the enemy were afar, and indeed sufficiently8 contumacious9, as we have seen, when in their power, had been struck dumb by the firing, shouts, and shrieks10, which now arose from the valley, and — as many an honest man might have been, in a situation where he could neither fight nor fly — was too much dismayed to take so favourable11 an opportunity to preach the terrors of presbytery, as the courageous12 Mause had expected at his hand, or even to pray for the successful event of the battle. His presence of mind was not, however, entirely13 lost, any more than his jealous respect for his reputation as a pure and powerful preacher of the word.
“Hold your peace, woman!” he said, “and do not perturb14 my inward meditations16 and the wrestlings wherewith I wrestle. — But of a verity17 the shooting of the foemen doth begin to increase! peradventure, some pellet may attain18 unto us even here. Lo! I will ensconce me behind the cairn, as behind a strong wall of defence.”
“He’s but a coward body after a’,” said Cuddie, who was himself by no means deficient19 in that sort of courage which consists in insensibility to danger; “he’s but a daidling coward body. He’ll never fill Rumbleberry’s bonnet20. — Odd! Rumbleberry fought and flyted like a fleeing dragon. It was a great pity, puir man, he couldna cheat the woodie. But they say he gaed singing and rejoicing till’t, just as I wad gang to a bicker21 o’ brose, supposing me hungry, as I stand a gude chance to be. — Eh, sirs! yon’s an awfu’ sight, and yet ane canna keep their een aff frae it!”
Accordingly, strong curiosity on the part of Morton and Cuddie, together with the heated enthusiasm of old Mause, detained them on the spot from which they could best hear and see the issue of the action, leaving to Kettledrummle to occupy alone his place of security. The vicissitudes22 of combat, which we have already described, were witnessed by our spectators from the top of the eminence23, but without their being able positively24 to determine to what they tended. That the presbyterians defended themselves stoutly26 was evident from the heavy smoke, which, illumined by frequent flashes of fire, now eddied27 along the valley, and hid the contending parties in its sulphureous shade. On the other hand, the continued firing from the nearer side of the morass28 indicated that the enemy persevered29 in their attack, that the affair was fiercely disputed, and that every thing was to be apprehended30 from a continued contest in which undisciplined rustics31 had to repel32 the assaults of regular troops, so completely officered and armed.
At length horses, whose caparisons showed that they belonged to the Life-Guards, began to fly masterless out of the confusion. Dismounted soldiers next appeared, forsaking33 the conflict, and straggling over the side of the hill, in order to escape from the scene of action. As the numbers of these fugitives35 increased, the fate of the day seemed no longer doubtful. A large body was then seen emerging from the smoke, forming irregularly on the hill-side, and with difficulty kept stationary36 by their officers, until Evandale’s corps37 also appeared in full retreat. The result of the conflict was then apparent, and the joy of the prisoners was corresponding to their approaching deliverance.
“They hae dune38 the job for anes,” said Cuddie, “an they ne’er do’t again.”
“They flee! — they flee!” exclaimed Mause, in ecstasy39. “O, the truculent40 tyrants42! they are riding now as they never rode before. O, the false Egyptians — the proud Assyrians — the Philistines44 — the Moabites — the Edomites — the Ishmaelites! — The Lord has brought sharp swords upon them, to make them food for the fowls45 of heaven and the beasts of the field. See how the clouds roll, and the fire flashes ahint them, and goes forth46 before the chosen of the Covenant47, e’en like the pillar o’ cloud and the pillar o’ flame that led the people of Israel out o’ the land of Egypt! This is indeed a day of deliverance to the righteous, a day of pouring out of wrath48 to the persecutors and the ungodly!”
“Lord save us, mither,” said Cuddie, “haud the clavering tongue o’ ye, and lie down ahint the cairn, like Kettledrummle, honest man! The whigamore bullets ken49 unco little discretion50, and will just as sune knock out the harns o’ a psalm-singing auld51 wife as a swearing dragoon.”
“Fear naething for me, Cuddie,” said the old dame52, transported to ecstasy by the success of her party; “fear naething for me! I will stand, like Deborah, on the tap o’ the cairn, and tak up my sang o’ reproach against these men of Harosheth of the Gentiles, whose horse-hoofs are broken by their prancing53.”
The enthusiastic old woman would, in fact, have accomplished54 her purpose, of mounting on the cairn, and becoming, as she said, a sign and a banner to the people, had not Cuddie, with more filial tenderness than respect, detained her by such force as his shackled55 arms would permit him to exert.
“Eh, sirs!” he said, having accomplished this task, “look out yonder, Milnwood; saw ye ever mortal fight like the deevil Claver’se? — Yonder he’s been thrice doun amang them, and thrice cam free aff. — But I think we’ll soon be free oursells, Milnwood. Inglis and his troopers look ower their shouthers very aften, as if they liked the road ahint them better than the road afore.”
Cuddie was not mistaken; for, when the main tide of fugitives passed at a little distance from the spot where they were stationed, the corporal and his party fired their carabines at random56 upon the advancing insurgents57, and, abandoning all charge of their prisoners, joined the retreat of their comrades. Morton and the old woman, whose hands were at liberty, lost no time in undoing58 the bonds of Cuddie and of the clergyman, both of whom had been secured by a cord tied round their arms above the elbows. By the time this was accomplished, the rear-guard of the dragoons, which still preserved some order, passed beneath the hillock or rising ground which was surmounted59 by the cairn already repeatedly mentioned. They exhibited all the hurry and confusion incident to a forced retreat, but still continued in a body. Claverhouse led the van, his naked sword deeply dyed with blood, as were his face and clothes. His horse was all covered with gore60, and now reeled with weakness. Lord Evandale, in not much better plight61, brought up the rear, still exhorting62 the soldiers to keep together and fear nothing. Several of the men were wounded, and one or two dropped from their horses as they surmounted the hill.
Mause’s zeal63 broke forth once more at this spectacle, while she stood on the heath with her head uncovered, and her grey hairs streaming in the wind, no bad representation of a superannuated64 bacchante, or Thessalian witch in the agonies of incantation. She soon discovered Claverhouse at the head of the fugitive34 party, and exclaimed with bitter irony65, “Tarry, tarry, ye wha were aye sae blithe66 to be at the meetings of the saints, and wad ride every muir in Scotland to find a conventicle! Wilt67 thou not tarry, now thou hast found ane? Wilt thou not stay for one word mair? Wilt thou na bide68 the afternoon preaching? — Wae betide ye!” she said, suddenly changing her tone, “and cut the houghs of the creature whase fleetness ye trust in! — Sheugh — sheugh! — awa wi’ye, that hae spilled sae muckle blude, and now wad save your ain — awa wi’ye for a railing Rabshakeh, a cursing Shimei, a bloodthirsty Doeg! — The swords drawn69 now that winna be lang o’ o’ertaking ye, ride as fast as ye will.”
Claverhouse, it may be easily supposed, was too busy to attend to her reproaches, but hastened over the hill, anxious to get the remnant of his men out of gun-shot, in hopes of again collecting the fugitives round his standard. But as the rear of his followers70 rode over the ridge72, a shot struck Lord Evandale’s horse, which instantly sunk down dead beneath him. Two of the whig horsemen, who were the foremost in the pursuit, hastened up with the purpose of killing73 him, for hitherto there had been no quarter given. Morton, on the other hand, rushed forward to save his life, if possible, in order at once to indulge his natural generosity74, and to requite75 the obligation which Lord Evandale had conferred on him that morning, and under which circumstances had made him wince76 so acutely. Just as he had assisted Evandale, who was much wounded, to extricate77 himself from his dying horse, and to gain his feet, the two horsemen came up, and one of them exclaiming, “Have at the red-coated tyrant41!” made a blow at the young nobleman, which Morton parried with difficulty, exclaiming to the rider, who was no other than Burley himself, “Give quarter to this gentleman, for my sake — for the sake,” he added, observing that Burley did not immediately recognise him, “of Henry Morton, who so lately sheltered you.”
“Henry Morton?” replied Burley, wiping his bloody78 brow with his bloodier79 hand; “did I not say that the son of Silas Morton would come forth out of the land of bondage80, nor be long an indweller in the tents of Ham? Thou art a brand snatched out of the burning — But for this booted apostle of prelacy, he shall die the death! — We must smite81 them hip82 and thigh83, even from the rising to the going down of the sun. It is our commission to slay84 them like Amalek, and utterly85 destroy all they have, and spare neither man nor woman, infant nor suckling; therefore, hinder me not,” he continued, endeavouring again to cut down Lord Evandale, “for this work must not be wrought86 negligently87.”
“You must not, and you shall not, slay him, more especially while incapable88 of defence,” said Morton, planting himself before Lord Evandale so as to intercept89 any blow that should be aimed at him; “I owed my life to him this morning — my life, which was endangered solely90 by my having sheltered you; and to shed his blood when he can offer no effectual resistance, were not only a cruelty abhorrent91 to God and man, but detestable ingratitude92 both to him and to me.”
Burley paused. —“Thou art yet,” he said, “in the court of the Gentiles, and I compassionate94 thy human blindness and frailty95. Strong meat is not fit for babes, nor the mighty96 and grinding dispensation under which I draw my sword, for those whose hearts are yet dwelling97 in huts of clay, whose footsteps are tangled98 in the mesh99 of mortal sympathies, and who clothe themselves in the righteousness that is as filthy100 rags. But to gain a soul to the truth is better than to send one to Tophet; therefore I give quarter to this youth, providing the grant is confirmed by the general council of God’s army, whom he hath this day blessed with so signal a deliverance. — Thou art unarmed — Abide101 my return here. I must yet pursue these sinners, the Amalekites, and destroy them till they be utterly consumed from the face of the land, even from Havilah unto Shur.”
So saying, he set spurs to his horse, and continued to pursue the chase.
“Cuddie,” said Morton, “for God’s sake catch a horse as quickly as you can. I will not trust Lord Evandale’s life with these obdurate102 men. — You are wounded, my lord. — Are you able to continue your retreat?” he continued, addressing himself to his prisoner, who, half-stunned by the fall, was but beginning to recover himself.
“I think so,” replied Lord Evandale. “But is it possible? — Do I owe my life to Mr Morton?”
“My interference would have been the same from common humanity,” replied Morton; “to your lordship it was a sacred debt of gratitude93.”
Cuddie at this instant returned with a horse.
“God-sake, munt — munt, and ride like a fleeing hawk103, my lord,” said the good-natured fellow, “for ne’er be in me, if they arena104 killing every ane o’ the wounded and prisoners!”
Lord Evandale mounted the horse, while Cuddie officiously held the stirrup.
“Stand off, good fellow, thy courtesy may cost thy life. — Mr Morton,” he continued, addressing Henry, “this makes us more than even — rely on it, I will never forget your generosity — Farewell.”
He turned his horse, and rode swiftly away in the direction which seemed least exposed to pursuit.
Lord Evandale had just rode off, when several of the insurgents, who were in the front of the pursuit, came up, denouncing vengeance105 on Henry Morton and Cuddie for having aided the escape of a Philistine43, as they called the young nobleman.
“What wad ye hae had us to do?” cried Cuddie. “Had we aught to stop a man wi’ that had twa pistols and a sword? Sudna ye hae come faster up yoursells, instead of flyting at huz?”
This excuse would hardly have passed current; but Kettledrummle, who now awoke from his trance of terror, and was known to, and reverenced106 by, most of the wanderers, together with Mause, who possessed107 their appropriate language as well as the preacher himself, proved active and effectual intercessors.
“Touch them not, harm them not,” exclaimed Kettledrummle, in his very best double-bass tones; “this is the son of the famous Silas Morton, by whom the Lord wrought great things in this land at the breaking forth of the reformation from prelacy, when there was a plentiful108 pouring forth of the Word and a renewing of the Covenant; a hero and champion of those blessed days, when there was power and efficacy, and convincing and converting of sinners, and heart-exercises, and fellowships of saints, and a plentiful flowing forth of the spices of the garden of Eden.”
“And this is my son Cuddie,” exclaimed Mause, in her turn, “the son of his father, Judden Headrigg, wha was a douce honest man, and of me, Mause Middlemas, an unworthy professor and follower71 of the pure gospel, and ane o’ your ain folk. Is it not written, ‘Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites?’ Numbers, fourth and aughteenth — O! sirs! dinna be standing109 here prattling110 wi’ honest folk, when ye suld be following forth your victory with which Providence111 has blessed ye.”
This party having passed on, they were immediately beset112 by another, to whom it was necessary to give the same explanation. Kettledrummle, whose fear was much dissipated since the firing had ceased, again took upon him to be intercessor, and grown bold, as he felt his good word necessary for the protection of his late fellow-captives, he laid claim to no small share of the merit of the victory, appealing to Morton and Cuddie, whether the tide of battle had not turned while he prayed on the Mount of Jehovah-Nissi, like Moses, that Israel might prevail over Amalek; but granting them, at the same time, the credit of holding up his hands when they waxed heavy, as those of the prophet were supported by Aaron and Hur. It seems probable that Kettledrummle allotted113 this part in the success to his companions in adversity, lest they should be tempted114 to disclose his carnal self-seeking and falling away, in regarding too closely his own personal safety. These strong testimonies115 in favour of the liberated116 captives quickly flew abroad, with many exaggerations, among the victorious117 army. The reports on the subject were various; but it was universally agreed, that young Morton of Milnwood, the son of the stout25 soldier of the Covenant, Silas Morton, together with the precious Gabriel Kettledrummle, and a singular devout118 Christian119 woman, whom many thought as good as himself at extracting a doctrine120 or an use, whether of terror or consolation121, had arrived to support the good old cause, with a reinforcement of a hundred well-armed men from the Middle Ward15.
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intercept
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