The victory was so nearly Donald's when a certain noble man, disdaining to see so bad a cause have good successe, struck in for the king and turned the fortunes of the day.
When the king inquired about the knight who had done such valuable service, somebody exclaimed 'Sholto du glasse!'...
"[1] In the story of Sholto Douglas, his youngest son Marius Douglas [it] is a commander of forces sent by the mythical Scottish king Achaius, to the court of Charlemagne to aid him in his wars against Desiderius, King of the Lombards.
Marius Douglas is said to have settled in Piacenza where his descendants the Marescotti family [it] became powerful local magnates, and eventual leaders of the Guelf faction of that city.
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