A TURQUOISE RING
At tlic Hern Ids' College, amongsl other curiosities, may be seen the turquoise ring sent bv Anne nf France to King .Tunics IV of Scotland. When Anne sent the ring to Kini; Jiimi's she chose him us her "true knighl and champion. a> (1 bade liim for her snkp In march llivpp feel into English territory. The Kit:;/, who wiis the soul of chivalry, determined In obey the wish. Bi'fove lie started on bis disastrous enterprise he was warned in a visi'on at Linlithgow Palace to dosisl from his purpose, and In iivo up the love of the woman who thus evilly advised him. But Ihe King '.;:■, lixed'in his purpose, and his march into three feet of English ground ended in ihe disastrous battle of Elodden Field, where be and the flower of the Scottish aristocracy perished, and today only ibe turquoise ring at the Heralds' College remains to remind us of a Woman's foliv and a King's rashness.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 24 July 1929, Page 2
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162A TURQUOISE RING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 24 July 1929, Page 2
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