Excerpt from Tales of a Grandfather, Vol. 3 of 3: Being Stories Taken From Scottish History The King, who was now fourteen years; old, became disgusted with the sort 'of re straint in which Angus detained him, ' and desirous to free himself from his tutelage. His mother had doubtless a natural in fluence over him, and that likewise was ex erted to the Earl's prejudice. The Earl of Lennox, a wise and intelligent nobleman, near in blood to the King, was also active in fostering his displeasure against the Don glasses, and schemes began to' be agitated for taking the person of the King out of the hands of Angus. But Angus was so well established in the government, that his au thority could not be destroyed except by military force; and it was not easy to bring. Such to bear against a man so powerful, and of such a martial character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.