"Sir Alexander Scrymgeour," cried he, "that standard must now bow to me.

It represents the royalty of Scotland, before which we fight for our liberties.

If virtue yet dwell in the house of the valiant St.David, some of his offspring will hear of this day, and lead it forward to conquest and to a crown.

Till such an hour, let not that standard bend to any man." Wallace fell back as he spoke, and Scrymgeour, bowing his head in sign of acquiescence marched on.
Sir Roger Kirkpatrick, at the head of his well-appointed Highlanders next advanced.

His blood-red banner streamed to the air, and as it bent to Wallace he saw that the indignant knight had adopted the device of the hardy King Archaius,** but with a fiercer motto-"Touch, and I pierce!" **Archaius, King of Scotland, took for his device the thistle and the Rewe, and for his motto, "For my defense." "That man," thought Wallace, as he passed along, "carried a relentless sword in his very eye!" The men of Loch Doine, a strong, tall and well-armed body, marched on, and gave place to the advancing corps of Bothwell.