Chapter I: Front Matter

LIFE
OF
SIR WILLIAM WALLACE.

CONSTABLE’S MISCELLANY
OF
Original and Selected Publications

IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
OF
LITERATURE, SCIENCE, & THE ARTS.

VOL. LIV.

LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM WALLACE, VOL. II.

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LIFE
OF
SIR WILLIAM WALLACE,
OF
ELDERSLIE.

BY JOHN D. CARRICK.

THE BUGLE NE’ER SUNG TO A BRAVER KNIGHT
THAN WILLIAM OF ELDERSLIE.
THOMAS CAMPBELL.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

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1830.

CONTENTS.

Page
CHAP. I.

Wallace appointed Guardian of the Kingdom.--Invades England.
--Inroad of De Clifford on the South of Scotland 9

CHAP. 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.--Edward
Invades Scotland.--Treachery of two Scottish Noblemen 22

CHAP. III.

The English Army advance to Linlithgow.--Battle of Falkirk,
from the Accounts given by English and Scottish Writers.--
Miscellaneous Transactions 36

CHAP. 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 honour of his
Victory at Falkirk.--Review of the Campaign 61

CHAP. V.

State of Scotland after the Return of Edward.--Opinion of an
English Spy on the Strength of that Fortress.--Various Exploits
of Wallace.--Edward sends Supplies to the Garrison of Stirling.
--List of Articles sent.--Baliol delivered over to the Pope.--
The Scots besiege Stirling Castle.--Edward raises an Army for
its Relief.--The English Barons Refuse to accompany him.--
Surrender of Stirling Castle.--Conduct of Cumyn 74

CHAP. VI.

Edward again invades Scotland.--Siege of Carlaverock.--
Miscellaneous Occurrences during the Siege 85

CHAP. 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
English at Lesmahago.--Edward agrees to a Truce.--Wallace
visits France.--Captures a French Pirate.--Notices of
Longueville 98

CHAP. VIII.

Edward again Invades Scotland.--Sir Simon Frazer deserts the
English, and joins his Countrymen.--Wallace returns to
Scotland.--Battle of Roslin 112

CHAP. IX.

Second Visit of Wallace to the French Court.--Encounters an
English Pirate.--The English again enter Scotland.--Submission
to the Nobles.--Wallace returns.--Conflicts with the English.--
Edward destroys and carries off the Records of the Monasteries.
--Marches through the Country.--Wallace follows the Invaders 116

CHAP. 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.--
Haliburton undertakes to betray Wallace 132

CHAP. 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 betrayed by Menteith 144

CHAP. XII.

Trial, Execution, and Character of Wallace 156

CHAP. XIII.

Conclusion 171