Scotland/Scots > Life of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Ellerslie, and Guardian of Scotland

CHAPTER V.
Wallace meets his uncle, and agrees to renew the truce.
Truce again broke by the English. Wallace re¬
venges the breach of it, and captures the baggage of
Percy. Successful attacks on various places by
Wallace and his followers.
Wallace having thus brought off his compa¬
nions in safety, felt anxious to see his uncle, and
give such an explanation of the affair as would
exculpate him, in case he might be charged by
his enemies as being the first aggressor under
the truce existing between them; Sir Raynauld
being, in a manner, guarantee for the conduct
of his nephew. As soon, therefore, as the dark¬
ness of the night would conceal him from the
view of the English, Wallace, after leaving in¬
structions with his followers for their future pro.
ceedings, rode off to Crosby Castle, the residence
of his uncle. A herald from Percy had, how¬
ever, been before him, who, without throwing
any blame on the Scots as the breakers of the
truce, merely required that it might still be pre¬
served, and that Wallace should, in future, ab-