12 THE HISTORY OF ' from the unjuft tyranny and ufurpation of the king of England, who fetteth you forth moft unnaturally to (illegible text) the bowels of your mother with your own hands. After divers fpeeches to this purpofe, Bruce, perceiv- ing the fraudful and tyranous dealing of king Edward, returned to the hoft The next morning Wallace, underftanding that the Englifh army was weakly en- trenched and in great fecurity, amaffing with his own army fuch as had efcaped, fet upon them in the dawn- ing before they could be arrayed, and killed many: fo that the Englifh king returned at that time without a- ny further exploit. Bruce, remembering what he heard of Wallace, defired king Edward, according to his for- mer promifes, to put him in poffenion of fo much of the kingdom of Scotland as then was under his power; to whom he anfwered in the French tongue, ' Have we no more ado, but conquer kingdoms for you.’ By this fpeech the lord Bruce conceived fo great grief and anger, that within few days he departed this life with- out feeing his eldeft fon Robert Bruce, afterward, King, he being kept for affurance of his father’s obe- dience in Calais , caftle in France. After this unhappy battle, Wallace, ftriving to re- cover fuch caftles and ftrength as king Edward had in- tercepted, found fuch oppofition and back wardnefs, by envious emulators, that he returned to St. Johnftoun, and. in the affembly of the States, refigned his charge of warden, and with 18 men paffed again into France, according to a promife at his return therefrom. This fell out at the end of the year 300. The oppofite faction having gained their defite, chofe John Gum- ming governor; the rather becaufe king Edward had promifed to afffift him to the crown of Scotland. But he found him as great an enemy as he had been to Wallace. For after feven months truce, obtained by means of the French king, Edward fent Sir Ralph Godfrey with a great army to fubdue the Scots, and to put an end to the war, which they expected would be eafy, Wallace being now out of the way. John Gumming, joining with the lord (illegible text) Frazer, mak ing S or 9,000 men, came to reft tih Englifh, who have ing wafted the country as faras Roffin, about five mile
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