The Waverley novels, by Sir Walter Scott, complete in 12 vol., printed from the latest English ed., embracing the author's last corrections, prefaces & notes.

OLD MORTALITY. 549
"Follow him not!-Follow him not!"-such were the tumultuous exclhamations which resounded from the ranks;-" he hath sold you to the sword
of the enemy!"
And while Morton-argued, entreated, and commanded in vain, the moment
was lost in which the advance might have been useful; and the outlet from
the bridge, with all its defences, being in complete possession of the enemy,
Burley and his remaining followers were driven back upon the main body,
to whom the spectacle of their hurried and harassed retreat was far from
restoring the confidence which they so much wanted.
In the meanwhile, the forces of the King crossed the bridge at their
leisure, and, securing the pass, formed in line of battle; while Claverhouse,
who, like a hawk perched on a rock, and eyeing the time to. pounce on its
prey, had watched the event of the action from the opposite bank, now
passed the bridge at the head of his cavalry, at full trot, and leading them
in squadrons through the intervals and round the flanks of the royal infantry,
formed them. in line on the moor, and led them to the charge, advancing in
firont with one large body, while other two divisions threatened the flanks
of the Covenanters. Their devoted army was now in that situation when
the slightest demonstration towards an attack was certain to inspire panic.
Their broken spirits and disheartened courage were unable to endure the
charge of the cavalry, attended with all its terrible accompaniments of sight
and sound, —the rush of the horses at full speed, the shaking of the earth
under their feet, the glancing of the swords, the waving of the plumes, and
the fierce shouts of the cavaliers. The front ranks hardly attempted one
ill-directed and disorderly fire, and their rear were broken and flying in confusion ere the charge had been completed; and in less than five minutes
the horsemen were mixed with them, cutting and hewing without mercy.
The voice of Claverhouse Was heard, even above the din of conflict, exclaiming to his soldiers —" Kill! kill! —no quarter! think on Richard G-rahame!"
The dragoons, many of whom had shared the disgrace of Loudon-hill, required no exhortations to vengeance as easy as it was complete. Their swords
drank deep of slaughter among the unresisting fugitives. Screams for quarter
were only answered by the shouts with which the pursuers accompanied
their blows, and the whole field presented one general scene of confused
slaughter, flight and pursuit.
About twelve hundred of the insurgents who remained in a body a little
apart from the rest, and out of the line of the charge of cavalry, threw down
their arms and surrendered at discretion, upon the approach of the Duke of
Monmouth at the head of the infantry. That mild-tempered nobleman instantly allowed them the quarter which they prayed for; and, galloping
about through the field, exerted himself as much to stop the slaughter, as
he had done to obtain the victory. While busied in this humane task, he
met with General Dalzell, who was encouraging the fierce Highlanders and
royal volunteers to show their zeal for King and country, by quenching the
flame of the rebellion with the blood of the rebels.
"Sheathe your sword, I command you, General!" exclaimed the Duke,
"and sound the retreat. Enough of blood has been shed; give quarter to
the King's misguided subjects."
"I obey your Grace," said the old man, wiping his bloody sword and returning it to the scabbard; " but I warn you at the same time, that enough
has not been done to intimidate these desperate rebels. Has not your
Grace heard that Basil Olifant has collected several gentlemen and men of
substance in the West, and is in the act of marching to join them?"
"Basil Olifant?" said the Duke; " who, or what is he?"
"The.next male heir to the last Earl of Torwood. He is disaffected to
Government from his claim to the estate being set aside in favour of Lady
AMarlgaret Bellenden; and I suppose the hope of getting the inheritance haa
set him in motion."