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 preserved in his history, Vol. I. p. 289. had declared the subject worthy of the tragic muse:

Page 44. v. 169. According to Henry the Minstrel, Wallace married the daughter of "Hew Braidfute," and heiress of Lammington; a circumstance which gave great offence to Hesilrig, or, as Fordun terms him, Hesliope, the English sherriff of Lanerk, whose son had desired this match. The revenge taken by Hesilrig was equally dastardly and cruel: Wallace having been overpowered in a sudden rencontre at Lanark, escaped to Cartland Craigs; but his innocent lady was put to death by her disappointed and merciless suitor.

Numerous places in Clydesdale bear the name of Wallace; and the memory of that hero is preserved in songs and traditions, not only in that district, but in the Border and Highlands. He is celebrated by Jonston