SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. 7 and, the red either fled into the ifles or highlands, or hought it fufficient to defend their own till better times. But while men of power neglected the public caufe of the liberty of Scotland. William Wallace, a youth of honourabie birth, being fon to Malcom Wallace of El- erffie, but of mean power, having firft in private kill- ed many Englifhmen of the garrifons as he could over- akc them, by thefe exploits, being fo ercounged, (be- ing a man of invincible hardinefs, incredible ftrength If body and withal very wife and circumfpect) that he fathered his friends and neighbours, and by jeopardies and ftratagems, divers times cut off great numbers of the enemy ; the report thereof drew to him, fuch as af- cted the liberty and the welfare of their country, and ad courage to hazard themfelves for vindicating there- f. As namely the earl Malcom Lennox, the lord William Douglas, (who had been taken captive at the inning of Berwick, whereof he was captain, and fent fome upon affurance) Sir John Graham, Sir Neil Campbel, Sir Chriflopher Seaton, Sir John Ramfay, ir Fergus Barclay, Andrew Murray, William Olijhant, Hugh Hay, Robert Boyd, John Johnflon, hdatn Gordon, Robert Keith, Ronald Crawford (hunger, Adam Wallace, Roger Kilpatrick, Simon id Alexander Prazers, James Crawford, Rcber-t Laupr, Scriminger, Alexander Auchiuleck, Ruthven, tichard Lundie, William Crawford, Arthur Billet, nmes and Robert Lind fay, John Cleland. William 4er> Edward Little, Robert Rutherford, Thomas jiaiiiday, John finto, Walter Newbigging, Gerdau i|aird, Gutheries, Adam Currie, Hugh Dunda?, John rcott, Stephen Ireland, Mr. John Blair, Mr. Thomas Hey, and ether gentlemen with their friends and fer■ Juts; who after fome valiant exploits happily atchieved, id an army of iO,coo men, led by fhamas earl of Lander to the earl of Warren, defeated by Wallace at Big.. •r> (holding-an afferobly at the Forsfl Kirk) chafe Wai:e to be warden of Shetland, and viceroy in dalioFn ice: lu which office, he fo valiantly behaved nimfelf, at in a fhoit fpace he recovered all the ftrength on the iruer, and brought the fouth of Scotland to good quiet.
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