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

128 THE LIFE OF
During his imprisonment there he occupied his few
remaining days in holy devotion, especially deligiht
ing in his Psalter; and before his execution made his
bequest to Helen Mar, his second wife, and bequeathed his private property to the brave Lanerkers, who
first fought for their country, in the following words:
"As the first who stemmed with me the torrent,
which with God's help we so often laid into a calm, I
mention to you my faithful Lanerkers. Many of them
bled and died in the conquest; and to their orphans,
with the children of those who yet survive, I consign
all the world's wealth that yet belongs to William
Wallace; Ellerslie and its estates are theirs. To
Brice, my sovereign and my friend, the loving companion of the hour in which I freed you, my Helen,
from the arms of violence! to him I bequeath this
heart, knit to him by bands more dear even than loy..
alty. Bearit to him; and when he is summoned to
his Heavenly throne, then let his heart and mine fill
up one urn. To Lord Ruthven, to Bothwell, to
Scrymgeour, and Kirkpatrick, I give my prayers and
blessings.."
He was then conducted to the house of William
Delect in Fen church-street, and the day following
the 23d of August 1305, was brought to Westmin —
ster on horseback, accompanied with knights, the
mayor, sheriff, and aldermen, and was placed on the
south bench of the great Hall, crowned there in derision with a laurel, while Sir Peter Malory, the Chief
Justice, impeached him with treason; to which he
boldly replied: " I never was a traitor, nor could I be
to the king of England." He impeached him also