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 ( 109 ) zich he was confined during eleven months; in 1568. To expel the English from this strong hold, Wallace selected eighteen of the oravest of his men, and marched towards it in the darkness of the night. Arrived there, he stripped band His sword about his neck; swan over to the isle, . cut the rope of their boat brought her over, and onveyed his men in safety to the castle ; inc assaulted and took it, sparing none, except the women and children. Hiving thus done, he sent a messenger to Sir John Rzay to request him to take a dish of trout with him in the castle of Lochleven; then drew to land the boat, and rested himself and his men. Returning to Perth, by the e Ivice of Bishop Sinclair, he sent one messenger to the north, and another into the west, in order to raise all ! friends in both those parts. While in Perth, he received the intelligence that a cruel English 'captain, of the name of Thomas Weir, who had an hundred men under his command at Perth, l'ad imprisoned his uncle. He immediately dispatched a trusty messenger so explore the Tay, in order to discover song mode of crossing, as they did not wish to repair to Stirling, in consequence of the numerous English that retained that place: He fortu- nately met with a fisherman, who readily em- barked in the cause, upon learning that he 13- Longed to Wallace, and that an attack was editated te liberate his uno