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 (63) won to eminence even the seeming good of his country calied for the surrender of his command. Accordingly, in order, if possible, to unite the joing nobles, and to convince them and all. future ages, that he had no sinister designs upon the crown which belonged to another, he called an assembly of the barons and other noblemen of the kingdom, at Perth, and there. resigned both his important trust us guardian of the kingdom, and his chief command of the army. This was a costly sacrifice indeed to Scotland, and proved the cause of ardent sorrow to all the honest and disinterested, who were fully convinced of his sincere and upright conduct. These select friends, however continued firm in their ad- herence to him, and equally determined in their hatred of the English, and resolved to embrace every opportunity to assert their independence. In consequence of affinity to King John, whom they deemed their lawful sovereign, to Sir John Cunning his most violent opponent was chosen regent of the kingdom, along with Lamberian, Bishop of St Andrews. As it is necessary, in order to obtain an ac- curate and full view of man's character, that the reader he made acquainted with his political and religious principles and also with the iuad- ing fcatur og the history.of tinytme in which hefucrilica. We slat!! embrace this opportunity fluturrepose of Sir William Wallace, to