The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . d most of the country on thesouth side of the Forth ; the Scots had retained thenorthern division of the kingdom since the battle ofStirling Bridge; and in 1302 they were gainingground on the south of the Forth. When Edward I. was freed of his difficulties athome and abroad, in the spring of 1303, he led anarmy into Scotland with the determination to reduceit to subjection or render it a desert. The Scots wereunable to offer effective resistance to this overwhelm-ing force. So the invader proceeded through thekingdom til
The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . d most of the country on thesouth side of the Forth ; the Scots had retained thenorthern division of the kingdom since the battle ofStirling Bridge; and in 1302 they were gainingground on the south of the Forth. When Edward I. was freed of his difficulties athome and abroad, in the spring of 1303, he led anarmy into Scotland with the determination to reduceit to subjection or render it a desert. The Scots wereunable to offer effective resistance to this overwhelm-ing force. So the invader proceeded through thekingdom till he reached Caithness ; thence he re- GOVERNMENT SURRENDERED. 57 turned south and established his head-quarters at Dun-fermline, and remained there through the winter. Thegovernment and officials of the kingdom surrenderedto him in the winter of 1304. The terms granted toComyn and the chiefs who then surrendered were,that they should retain their titles and estates subjectto a nominal punishment—merely to show that theywere rebels received to mercy. After a long and. STIRLING CASTLE. heroic defence the castle of Stirling surrendered onthe 24th of July, and the garrison which numbered140 men, were despatched to England prisoners. Touching William Wallace, Edward determinedthat he must surrender unconditionally. Comyn andthe nobles who adhered to him interceded forWallace ; there is evidence that Edward was pressedto offer terms to him, but he declined to listen to anysuggestion of the kind. Edward I. at Stirling openly
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