Excerpt from The General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 31: Containing an Historical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; From the Earliest to the Present Time The news of these suiprising events being cariied to king Edward I. Who was then in Flanders, accelerated his return, and soon after he raised a vast army of foot and 7000 horse, ' which the Scots were now in no con dition 'to resist. Their countiy, for several years, had been almost a continued scene of war, in which many of its ia habitants had perished. Some of their nobles were in the English interest, some of them in prison; and those few who had any power or inclination to defend the freedom of their country, were dispirited and divided. In parti cular, the ancient nobility began to view the power and popularity of William Wallace with a jealous eye: which was productive ofvery fatal consequences, and contributed to the success of Edward in the battle offalkirk, fought July 22, 1298, in which the Scots were defeated with great slaughter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.