DOUGLAS 
 
 
   Douglas (Archibald earl of), father-in- 
law of Prince Robert, eldest son of Robert 
III. of Scotland. 
   Marqery of Douglas, the earl's daughter, 
 and wife of Prince Robert duke of Roth- 
 say. The duke was betrothed to Elizabeth, 
 daughter of the earl of March, but the en- 
 gagement was broken off by intrigue.- 
 Sir W. Scott, Fair M31aid of Perth (time, 
 Henry IV.). 
 
   Douglas (George), nephew of the regent 
 Murray of Scotland, and grandson of the 
 lady of Lochleven. George Douglas was 
 devoted to Mary Queen of Scots.-Sir W. 
Scott, The Abbot (time, Elizabeth). 
 
   Douglas and    the   Bloody   Heart. 
 The heart of Bruce was entrusted to Doug- 
 las to carry to Jerusalem.  Landing in 
 Spain, he stopped to aid the Castilians 
 against the Moors, and in the heat of bat- 
 tle cast the "heart," enshrined in a golden 
 coffer, into the very thickest of the foe, 
 saying, "The heart or death!" On he 
 dashed, fearless of danger, to regain the 
 coffer, but perished in the attempt. The 
 family thenceforth adopted the "bloody 
 heart" as their armorial device. 
 
   Douglas Larder (The). When the 
 "Good Sir James" Douglas, in 1306, took 
 his castle by coup de main from the English, 
 he caused all the barrels containing flour, 
 meal, wheat, and malt to be knocked in 
 pieces and their contents to be thrown on 
 the floor; he then staved in all the hogs- 
 heads of wine and ale upon this mass. 
 To this he flung the dead bodies slain and 
 some dead horses. The English called 
 this disgusting mass "The Douglas Lar- 
 der." He then set fire to the castle and 
 took refuge in the hills, for he said "he 
 loved far better to hear the lark sing than 
 the mouse cheep." 
 
 
  *** Wallace's Larder is a similar phrase. 
It is the dungeon of Ardrossan, in Ayr- 
shire, where Wallace had the dead bodies 
of the garrison thrown, surprised by him 
in the reign of Fdward 1. 
 
  Douloureuse Garde (La), a castle in 
Berwick-upon-Tweed, won by Sir Launce- 
lot du Lac, in one of the most terrific ad- 
ventures related in romance. In memory 
of this event, the name of the castle was 
changed into La Joyeuse Garde or La 
Garde Joyeuse. 
 
  Dousterswivel (Herman), a German 
schemer, who obtains money under the 
promise of finding hidden wealth by a di- 
vining rod.-Sir W. Scott, The Antiquary 
(time, George III.). 
  The incident of looking for treasure in the 
church is copied from one which Lily mentions, 
who went with David Ramsay to search for hid- 
den treasure in Westminster Abbey.--See Old and 
New London, i. 129. 
 
  Dove (Dr.), the hero of Southey's novel 
called The Doctor (1834). 
 
  Dove (Sir Benjamin), of Cropley Castle, 
Cornwall. A little, peaking, puling crea- 
ture, desperately hen-pecked by a second 
wife; but madam overshot the mark, and 
the knight was roused to assert and main- 
tain the mastery. 
  That very clever actor Cherry [1769-1812], 
appeared in "Sir Benjamin Dove," and showed 
himself a master of his profession.-Boaden. 
  Lady Dove, twice married, first to Mr. 
Searcher, king's messenger, and inext to 
Sir Benjamin Dove. She had a tendresse 
for Mr. Paterson. Lady Dove was a ter- 
rible termagant, and when scolding failed 
used to lament for "poor dear dead Search- 
er, who -,etc., etc." She pulled her 
bow somewhat too tight, and Sir Benjamin 
asserted his independence. 
 
 
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