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

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of the Earl of Ross his dependers, gathered their
forces and pursued the Highlanders with all dili*
gence ; so, overtaxing them at Beallogh-ne-broig, be¬
twixt Ferrindonell and Lochbrime, there ensued a
cruel battle, well foughten on either side. The Clan-
Iver-Clan-tall-wigh and Clan-Leawe were almost all
utterly extinguished. The Monroes had a sorrowful
victory, with a great loss of their men; and carried
back again the Earl of Ross his son. The Laird of
Kildun was there slain, with seven score of the sur¬
name of Dingwall. Divers of the Monroes were
slain in this conflict; and, among the rest, there were
killed eleven of the house of Foulis, that were to suc¬
ceed oiae another; so that the succession of Foulis
fell unto a child, then lying in his cradle. For which
service, the Earl of Ross gave divers lands to the
Monroes and the Dingwalls.” Conflicts of the Clans.
P. 220. A revulsion, the natural consequence of
the inhuman cruelty of Edward and the undaunted
demeanour of his victim, took place in the minds of
the people of England immediately after his execu¬
tion ; and the story of an English monk, who pre¬
tended to have seen a vision of angels conducting
Wallace out of purgatory, with much honour, was
quickly circulated, and received with much pleasure
all over Britain.
The following verses, translated by the author of
the History of the Douglasses, are said to be from
the original Latin of John Blair, the chaplain and