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Stirling Castle capitulated immediately after the battle, and Sir Marmaduke Twenge,[1] who had taken shelter in it, was sent prisoner to Dumbarton. The surrender of the castle of Dundee followed; and, with the exception of the garrisons remaining in Roxburgh, Berwick, and Dunb...
The wisdom of the ancient Egyptians has been much celebrated, but in no respect does it appear more conspicuous than in the uses to which they applied the historical records of...
15. Book xi. 1238-1304.Invida mors tristi Gulielmum funere Vallam, Quæ cuncta tollit, sustulit: Et tanto pro cive cinis, pro finibus urna est, Frigusque pro lorica obit. Ille quidem terras, loca se in...
3. CHAPTER III.Day broke on the army of England moving onward to Linlithgow in one long and variegated column. To those whom sanctity of character, or local situation, enabled to await its app...
14. Book ix. 1909-1942.“Erat staturâ procerus, corpore giganteus, facie serenus, vultu jocundus, humeris latus, ossibus grossus, ventre congruus, lateribus protelus, aspectu gratus, sed visu ferus; re...
12. CHAPTER XII.As the capture of Wallace was an event wholly unexpected by the English, the news of it, which spread with the rapidity of lightning, produced, in every part of the kingdom, a d...
9. CHAPTER IX.SECOND VISIT OF WALLACE TO THE FRENCH COURT.--ENCOUNTERS AN ENGLISH PIRATE.--THE ENGLISH AGAIN ENTER SCOTLAND.--SUBMISSION OF THE NOBLES.--WALLACE RETURNS.--CONFLICTS WITH THE E...
1. CHAPTER I.Stirling Castle capitulated immediately after the battle, and Sir Marmaduke Twenge,[1] who had taken shelter in it, was sent prisoner to Dumbarton. The surrender of the castle o...
6. CHAPTER VI.The accounts which Edward was daily receiving of the progress of the Scots, determined him to renew hostilities, as soon as circumstances would permit. Having regained the good...
11. CHAPTER XI.STATE OF THE COUNTRY.--BRUCE INVITED TO TAKE THE CROWN.--CONDUCT OF CUMYN TOWARDS BRUCE.--NOTICE OF CUMYN.--TRADITION RESPECTING THE CLAN CUMYN.--NOTICE OF KERLE.--WALLACE BETRA...
7. CHAPTER VII.WINCHELSEA, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, READS A BULL FROM THE POPE, IN THE ENGLISH CAMP BEFORE CARLAVEROCK.--EDWARD’S ANSWER.--EARL WARREN ADVANCES TO IRVINE.--CRUELTY OF THE ENGL...
4. CHAPTER IV.NOTICES RESPECTING SIR JOHN GRAHAM AND SIR JOHN STEWART.--CONDUCT OF CUMYN.--WALLACE RESIGNS THE GUARDIANSHIP.--EDWARD RETURNS HOME.--TRIUMPHANT PROCESSION OF THE LONDONERS IN H...
2. CHAPTER II.WALLACE RETURNS TO SCOTLAND.--- ENVIED BY THE NOBILITY.--EDWARD LANDS IN ENGLAND.--WALLACE MEETS HIS ARMY AT STANMORE.--BATTLE OF BLACKIRONSIDE.--LEGALITY OF WALLACE’S REGENCY.-...
10. CHAPTER X.EDWARD’S POLICY RESPECTING THE SETTLEMENT OF SCOTLAND.--ENDEAVOURS TO GAIN WALLACE TO HIS INTEREST.--SIEGE OF STIRLING.--IT SURRENDERS.--CONDUCT OF EDWARD TOWARDS THE PRISONERS....
5. CHAPTER V.STATE OF SCOTLAND AFTER THE RETURN OF EDWARD.--VARIOUS EXPLOITS OF WALLACE.--BALIOL DELIVERED OVER TO THE POPE.--THE SCOTS BESIEGE STIRLING CASTLE.--EDWARD RAISES AN ARMY FOR IT...
8. CHAPTER VIII.The truce which circumstances had extorted from Edward, was no sooner expired, than the campaign was opened by a fresh invasion of Scotland. The English army again advanced as f...