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Excerpt from The History of the Life and Adventures, and Heroic Actions of the Renowned Sir William Wallace, General and Governor of Scotland: Herein the Old Obscure Words Are Rendered More Intelligible, and Adapted to the Understanding of Such as Have No Leisure to Study the Meaning and Import of Such Phrases, Without the Help of a Glossary But 4111.81e of power ntg' zétetl the public ceufe of the liberty of Scotland, l'i.un Waiiace, a youth of honourable birth, being fan to l'laltom of Elit-rilie, but of mun power, having fu ii in private killed manv it'igl tinnen of the go l'ilflfl i. He could o'itrtdkc' them, by -thefc explain, btmme I'o evict-u agtd.being a min ofinvinciblc h..idincfs, incredible llrcngth of body, and wi'lial veiy wife and circa-wiped. That he gathered his fru ids and neighbours, and h) eop.'rdies and limita -gems, divans times cut offgi 11 numbers 0! The cm the report there of drew to him futh as girdled the liberty and e'f te of {but country, and had courage to hazard theiirft Ives for vindicatmg thereof. Ac name ly the Earl hialcom Lennox, the Lord \villiam Dongle; who had been' taken captive, at Berwickmnd limt home upon alibi-mice.) Sirjoi'n Graham, Sir Nezl Campbel, Sir Chrifiopher Seatozz, Sir John L m y Sir Fugue Barclay, Andrew blurray, filliam Ollplldllt, Hugh Ihy. Robert Boyd, John Johnfioun, Adam Gordon, Robtrt Keith, Ron. Id Crawford, younger, Adam Wallace, Roger Kilpatrick, Simon and Alexander Fra fers, jamescrawford, Robert Lauder, Strimiger, Alexander. A'uchinleck, Ruthven, Richard Lundie, William Crawford, Arthur Billet, met and Robert Lindfay, john Cleland, W'illiam Ker, Edward Litt e, Robert Rutherford, Thomas Haliday, John 'i into alter Newbigging, Ger. Don Baird, Guthrie, . Adam Currie, Hugh Dandafs, john scot, .steven Ireland, Mr John Blair, Mr. Thomas Gray, and other gentlemen, with their friends and fervants; who, after fome valiant exploi°5 happily ach ieved, and an army of ten thonfand men ltd by Thomas Earl of hm. Calter to the Earl of Warren, defeated by xvallzice at Bigger (boldin rig an afftmbly at the Fonell Kirk, ) chofe Wallace to be \varden 0? Scotland, and Viceroy in Baliol's abfcnce. In which office he fo valiant ly behaved himfelf, th it in a {lion fpace he recovered all the firengths on the borders, and brought the fouth parts of Scotland to quiet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
