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18 very great. Amongst the slain on the Scottish side, none was more sinccrelysincerely [sic] mourned than Sir John Graham, who, advancing too far, was surrounded and slain. He was interred on the 22nd of July, 1298, in the churchyard of Falkirk, where a tombstone still marks his last resting place.

Wallace, reflecting upon the conversation which he had with Bruce, in which he unjustly charged him with an attempt upon the crown, called an assembly of the barons and other noblemen in the kingdom at Perth, and there resigned both his important trust as guardian of the kingdom, and his chief command of the army. No part of Wallace's history is more difficult to trace than after he relinquished his public command. Some suppose that he retired to France after the memorable battlcbattle [sic] of Roslin He sailed, according to report, from Kirkcudbright with 50 of his faithful followers, and, in the course of the voyage, fell in with Red Rover the pirate, whom he captured. Wallace obtained Longueville's pardon from the French king, and soon returned to his native land. Having landed at Montrose with his brave companions, aecompaniedaccompanied [sic] by Longueville, who would never leave him, he was joined by Sir John Ramsay, Ruthven, Bisset, and others, all of whom determined to deliver their country, or fall in the vigorous attempt. While in the vicinity of Perth, it happened that six English servants came with empty carts to convey hay into the town. Instantly slaying the servants, six of them were arrayed in their upper garments, the carts were loaded, and as many as possible lodged themselves among the hay, and the rest were placed in ambush. As soon as they entered the town, Wallace slew the porter, and secured an entrance for his men, who spread destruction among the English, and so terrified the remainder, that the governor, Sir John Stewart, fled by the opposite gate to the wood of