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

SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. 75
and Glasgow, even until he received tidings from
some true-hearted Scots, that Buchan, Athol, Monteith and Lorn had marshalled all their forces against
faithful Argyle, in the cause of the usurper Edward.
Campbell, of Argyle, kept his heritage of Lochlow,
in spite of Edward's power and the bloody sword of
Macfadzean, who was promised the possession of Argyle, &c. on event of their conquest. Edward promised the lands of Lorn to John, in case of the dispossession of Duncan the lawful proprietor of the lands.
In hopes to acquire great possessions, even of five
Lordships, Macfadzean mustered an army of vile runnagates consisting of fifteen thousand malefactors and
exiles, mostly from Ireland, who spared neither man,
woman nor child in their march through the devoted
villages and districts of Caledonia, "Burn, Destroy
and Kill," were the constant commands of that sanguinary Macfadzean.
As soon as Campbell understood, that Macfadzean
entered Lochlow, he placed three hundred men in
Craigmuir and held that place of strength against all
the powers of Edward and the army of Macfadzean.
lie broke down the bridge across the river Forth, and
defended the ford that none should pass over at any
place, except at a narrow place, between two rocks
where four men could not pass over in front, Macfadzean attempted to pass. At this juncture, Duncan
of Lorn went off in quest of Wallace to succour the
men of Argyle against the merciless host of Macfadzean.
Gilmichael, a brave footman, accompanied Duncan to guide him in the way to Wallace, Earl Malcom, hostess to Wallace, with his brave men and