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                               18 did this treacherous deed. It is generally understood that he was taken prisoner at Robroyston near Glasgow.

Edward, having thus obtained possession of the man lie considered as his greatest ob- stacle in conquering Scotland, resolved to make Wallace an example to all Scottish patriots who should afterwards presume to oppose his ambitious projects. For this pur- pose he caused Wallace to be brought up for trial at Westminster, before the English judges, crowned in mockery with a green garland, because they said he had been king of outlaws and robbers among the woods of Scotland.

He was accused of having been a traitor to the English crown ; to which he answered, “1 could not he a traitor to Edward, for I was never his subject.”

He was then accused of having killed many men. He replied with the same calm resolution, “ That it was true he had killed many Englishmen, but it was because they