CHAPTER THREEWhen he looked back, Clive, now the Marquis of Morelanton, reckoned it had been an incredible miracle, that after the terrible defeat at the Battle of Worcester, he had been able to escape back to Scotland.
The Cromwellians were all on the look out for stray Scotsmen making their way home.
As Bruce had given him an especially good mount, he managed to sneak out of the Worcester area without any undue trouble.
But as soon as the horse had carried him quickly out of the area of immediate danger, he decided he would be safer and less noticeable on foot.
He therefore sold the horse off cheaply to a small country dealer, who asked him no awkward questions on obtaining a bargain.
He deliberately avoided the West side of England down which the Scots had marched on their way Sout
