He was presently captured, and crowned a glorious life of honour by a more glorious death on the gibbet (May 21).

He had kept his promise; he had searched his death; he had loyally defended, like Jeanne d'Arc, a disloyal king; he had "carried fidelity and honour with him to the grave." His body was mutilated, his limbs were exposed,--they now lie in St Giles' Church, Edinburgh, where is his beautiful monument.
Montrose's last words to Charles (March 26, from Kirkwall) implored that Prince "to be just to himself,"-- not to perjure himself by signing the Covenant.

The voice of honour is not always that of worldly wisdom, but events proved that Charles and Scotland could have lost nothing and must have gained much had the king listened to Montrose.

He submitted, we saw, to commissioners sent to him from Scotland.

Says one of these gentlemen, "_He_.