The life of Sir William Wallace, the governor general of Scotland, and hero of the Scottish chiefs. By Peter Donaldson.

126 THE LIFE OF
vided he would spare his life, he half resolved to
take the bribe. Vallance when he saw Monteith
thrown into hesitation, employed all his deep cunning
and satanic art to induce him to accept of the bribe,
and told him down three thousand pounds of English
gold, saying " this you shall have and Lennox at
your will, if you will now fulfil the king's desire."Monteith could no longer resist the temptation, he received the gold and bound himself to carry Wallace
and put him securely into the hands of the English!!
Vallance merrily scampered off to London and
left Montieth to fulfil his horrid contract! Edward
sent private letters to Monteith, urging him to execute
quickly what he had undertaken. Monteith read
over the letter and then called his sister's son, and
caused him to swear to conceal the plot: ~ go" said
Monteith, "and wait on Wallace as a domestic, and
when a fit opportunity occurs, be sure to embrace it,
and call me and I will secure him." The villain
promised to fulfil all his commands.
Meantime, as the God of Providence would have
it, Wallace wrote to Robert Bruce to come into Scotland and receive quiet possession of his throne and
kingdom. Bruce returned a letter promising to meet
Wallace on Glasgow muir on the first of July. So
Wallace proceeded to Glasgow muir, and none understood where he went but Kierly, and the young
traitor in Wallace's service, who on the eighteenth
night warned Monteith, who caused sixty men to
march from Dumbarton and to lurk near Glasgow
town, and sent out a spy to notice the house where