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ginal held there a pre-eminent station. This miniature had seconded the Earl of Murray's request to the young hero for an attempt to rescue Dulsibella, while her father left the castle in which he had long immured her. The Baroness appointed Iona as her place of interment, as the only inducement that could lead to her son's absence and procure a release to her granddaughter. The Earl of Murray's protection, granted to her dying entreaties, completed the enterprise, and saved the Baron from being called to a severe account for practices against the state. He made over his lands to Lord Glenonan in trust for the heirs of Dulsibella, and retired to a monastery in France.

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