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THE SCOTTISH MAIDEN.
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model, the cord, instead of being cut, as stated by Pennant, was released by a kind of latch.

Pennant's representation of "The Maiden" in 1774

Near thirty years prior to Pennant's publication, the execution of the Scotch lords for the Rebellion