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 ( 45 ) that Surrey's horſe, was ſo waſted with running, that when put into the table he could not eat. In this glorious battle ſo diſaſtrous to the Engliſh army. Sir Andrew Murray waſ the only Scotſman of diſtinction that fell; bad many me the English commanders were ſtain, among who was Treaſurer C St g- ham, who by his oppreſſion and cruelty, was ſo abhorred by the cute, 'nat ac vering his body among the ſtain, they flrad of his kin. and cutting it in ſmall pieces, divided it among themſelves not to preſerve as pr.cious relics. but to thew in derifios to their friends and country men. This victory was ſo comp.ere, and ſo important in its conſequences that ne Englishman durſt remain in Scotland; and thoſe Scots who had deferred to the Engliſh, ſubmitted to Wallace, and hailed bun as the deliverer of their country. Berwick and Roxburgh alone refilted, but being de crued by their garrisons, they also threw open their gates to our victorious hero.- In this manner, in the frail 120 of rout. teen months after King John had been depoſed, iis kingdom Tubuud. and 2.1 trained to as touwtedges a foreign prince, did Wallace, with a f brave men refore the nation to her at cient liberty and in e rendence, who before that period was an obicate 4