Excerpt from Marmion By J annary 19, 1808, Scott could tell Lady Louisa Stuart that Marmion is, at this instant, gasping upon Flodden Field, and there I have been obliged to leave him for these few days in the death-pangs. I hope I shall find time enough this morning to knock him on the head with two or three thumping stanzas. 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.