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Book Fourth: Donald Gorm of Skye breaks the truce and is defeated by Haco's men. Eric reluctantly agrees that Haco should enter the lists. Gorm thinks better of his trucebreaking and kills a captive heathen priest to stop him revealing his action. In a triple combat in the lists Haco defeats Gorm and
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A critical edition of the poem, edited by
Suzanne Gilbert and Douglas S. Mack, appeared in 1998 as Volume 6 in the Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of The Collected Works of James Hogg published by Edinburgh University Press. This is based on Hogg's manuscript and restores some short passages
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Book Second: A messenger disguised as a maniac announces that hostile
Norwegian forces have landed. The Scots have the worst of the ensuing conflict. Columba is dispatched to the Norwegian king Eric and brings back news of his determination to marry Queen Hynde. She decides to accept him, subject to
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Book Third: Prince Haco, Eric's nephew and heir, professes his love to Wene, who is pretending to be Queen Hynde. The
Scottish nobility assemble and back a truce, after debate. In accordance with instructions from the ghost of King Conran (Eugene's brother and Queen Hynde's uncle), Columba goes to
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Book Sixth: Columba tells Eric that he must win in the lists again to secure Queen Hynde's hand. He and two colleagues are defeated by M,Houston (revealed as Eiden) and two other Scots, and Queen Hynde takes Eiden as her husband. Colmar arrives and acclaims the union between Albyn and Erin in the
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Book Fifth: Wene visits Eric's camp to be near Haco. Eric proposes to sacrifice her and her virgin entourage at the instigation of his high priest, but they are rescued by a mysterious band of clansmen. A messenger informs Eric that Queen Hynde has left
Beregon for Dunstaffnage and he launches a
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Book First: The dying king of Scots Eugene commends his daughter as his successor. Queen Hynde dreams of a terrifying invader. She journeys, with her mischievous follower Wene, to Iona to seek
Columba's advice, and he accompanies her back to her capital Beregon (Beregonium).
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Ireland to bring back Conran's son Eiden as true heir to the throne. King Colmar of
Ireland, Eiden's maternal grandfather, who has adopted him as his heir, sends Columba packing. Arriving back in Scotland Columba is joined by an impressive young pagan M,Houston.
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had its origin in a late spring holiday in
Argyllshire which Hogg enjoyed in 1816. He probably began to compose the poem in 1817, but when he had nearly completed the third book he put the poem on hold following the poor reception of his
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royal marriage. Eiden/M,Houston leads the Scots to victory against the invaders, though Colmar dies in the conflict. Beregon, where the followers of Odin have committed many atrocities, is consumed with fire from Heaven.
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general assault in which he kills the valiant and honourable Coulan Brande. He arranges funeral games in Brande's honour, in which he is bested by M,Houston.
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Eric defeats Mar; in the third combat Allan Bane is about to defeat
Osnagar, but Eric intervenes to subdue the Scot before claiming Queen Hynde's hand.
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Queen Hynde. A Poem, In Six Books. By James Hogg, Author of The Queen's Wake; Poetic Mirror; Pilgrims of the Sun, &c. &c.
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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
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353:A Series of Lay Sermons
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278:The Three Perils of Man
262:The Brownie of Bodsbeck
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313:(1835 - short stories)
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488:Epic poems in English
270:Winter Evening Tales
388:The Forest Minstrel
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372:Scottish Pastorals
148:James Hogg: A Life
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478:1825 poems
472:Categories
247:James Hogg
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134:References
40:Background
26:James Hogg
245:Works by
125:Reception
206:op. cit.
179:Hughes,
130:saints.
77:Editions
329:The Spy
254:Fiction
96:Summary
71:Longman
30:Columba
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160:Ibid.
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