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GMIDOIDRT to bius J 9fii saw od li <teiiri ?bemi/pne I AooD S leritirfi mid id^uo'id JSd/f ^IbnoosS .looO HJ t Ssm fhiw e$9fli<ufd giilefw JxidV/ .vlfnidT J I S U PON the third day of February, 1722* at seven •'clock in the evening, after I had parted with Thurston, and coming up the burial road, one came up riding after me : upon hearing the noise of the horse's feet, I took it to be Thurston, but looking back, and seeing the horse of a grey colour, I called, Who's there? the answer was the Laird of Cool, be not afraid. Looking to him with the little light the moon afforded, 1 took him to be Collector Castlelaw, who had a mind A to put a trick upon me, and immediately I struck with all my force with my cane, thinking 1 should leave a mark upon him that would make him remember his presumption; .but although sensible I aimed as well as ever I did in my life, yet uiy cane finding no resistance, but flying out of my hand tg the distance of sixty fet, and observing it by its white head, I dismounted and took it up, but had some difficulty in mounting again, �i 4 partly by reason of a certain sort of trembling throughout my whole joints, something also anger had its share in my confusion; for though he laughed when my staff flew out of my hand, | Y coming up with him again, '(who" halted all the j time I was seeking my staff,) I asked him once f more who h e - w a ^ fe -answered, The Laird of Cool. I enquired, First, if he was the Laird oi Cool. Secondly, What brought him thither? and, Thirdly, What was his business with m e ? ' he answered, The reason that I want you is, that I know you are disposed to do for me what none of your brethren in Nithsdale will so much . as: attempt,'though it serve never so good a pur| pose. I told him, I would never refuse to do any thing to serve a good purpose, if I thought • vWk Obliged to do it as my duty. He answered, Mnce I had undertaken what few in Nithsdale Would, for he had tried several persons oil that subject, who were more obliged to him than I was to any person living. Upon bridle reins, and asked in surprise, what I had undertaken ? he answered, That on Sabbatti last, I heard you condemned Mr. Paton, and the other ministers of Dumfries, foi dissuading Mr. Merizies from keeping his appointment with me ; and i f you had been in their place, would have persuaded the lad to do as THaired, and that yl5tt would hare juioa bjid JuJ tiiia^a ^nijiufoai ni vjlij'jifiil f �5 gone with him yourself, if he had been afraid ; and if you had been in Mr. Paton's place, you would have delivered my commissions yourself, as they tended to do several persons justice. I asked him, Pray, Cool, who informed you that I talked at that rate ? to which he answered, You must know that we are acquainted with fmany things that the living know nothing about; these things you did say, and much more to that purpose, and deliver my commissions to my loving wife. Upon this I said, 'tis a pity Cool, that you who know so many things should not know the difference between an absolute and conditional promise; 1 did,, indeed, at the time you mention, blame Mr. Patony folr I thought him justly blameablei im hindering- the lad'to meet with you, and if I had been in his place, I w^uld havie acted quite the reverse ; butr>I did never .say, that if you would come to Innerwick and employ me, that I would g o a i the way to-Ditafrigs on such an errand, that is what never s6 much as entered into my thoughts. Be answered, What were your thoughts I don't pretend }to 1:now* but I can depend on mv information these* were your words; but I fsee you aFe in some disorder, I will wait upon y iu. when you have more presence of mind. By this time we were at James JOickson's iaclosure, below the church-yard ; ; ^ud- while �6 was recollecting in my mind, if ever I had spoken these words he alledged, he broke off from me through the church-yard, with greater violence than any man on horseback is capable of, with such a singing and buzzing noise, as put me in greater disorder than I was in all the time I was with him. I came to my house, and my wife observed more than ordinary paleness in my countenance, and alledged that something ailed me. I called for a dram, and told her I was a little uneasy. After I found myself a little refreshed, I went to my closet to meditate on this most astonishing adventure. Upon the 5th of March, 1722, being at Harehead, baptizing the shepherd's child, I came off about sunsetting, and near Wm. White's march the Laird of Cool came up with me as formerly, and after his first salutation, bade me not be afraid. I told him I was not in the least afraid, in the name of G O D and Christ my Saviour, that he would do me the least harm; for I knew that he in whom I trusted, was stronger than all they put together; and if any of them should attempt to do, even to the horse that I ride upon, as you have done to Doctor Menzie's man, I have free access to complain to my Lord and Master, to the lash whose resentment you are liable as now as before. �Cool. YdU need not.multiply words on that head, for you are safe with me, and safer, if safer can be, than when I was alive. <; OgU. Well then, (gftgk let me ^ v e a peaceable and easy conversation with you for the time we, ride together, and give[me some information concerning the affairs of the other world, for no man inclines to lose his time in conversing with the dead, without hearing or learning something ^ S ^ i o i w l obh mso snoTted mnJoi fens Cool. Well,. Sir, I will satisfy you as far r.s 1 .think proper and convenient. Let me know what information you wantq nco I Qgil. ?^n<>[q uoy May I then ask you, if you be in a, state of happiness or not? -j ori vih lot . dAir Cool. There are a great many things I can answer, that the living are ignorant of; there are a great j&any things that, notwithstanding the additional knowledge I have acquired since my death, I cannott answer; ai)d th^tejjwe A great many may ofjwjtfch the last is one, that I will not answer. ?0{>n oi esnifoni Ogil. Then how to ^anagfL o w qqiv} versation; whatever I eftqjL&ve of you, 1 see you c^u^^Asily ^Mft i^ia 1 ^ j thal1jmigliitt profit iiaore by coiM^fswg m^lt .ahijsm hrrr> gse&sxierni Cool. You may try. .il^eb hi vhvh snob Ogil. Well, then, what sort of a body is thaf �8 you appear in ; and what sort of a horse is that you lide upon, which appears to be so full of metal ? Cool. You may depend upon it, it is not the same body that I was witness to your marriage in, nor in which I died, for that is in the grave rotting ; but it is such a body as serves me in a moment, for I can fly as fleet with it as my soul can do Without it; so that I can go to Dumfries, and return again, before you can ride twice the length of your horse, nay, if I have a mind to go to London, or Jerusalem, or to the moon, if you please, I can perform all these journies equally soon, for it costs me nothing but a thought or wish : for this body is as fleet as your thought, for in the moment of time you can turn your thoughts on Rome, I can go there in person : and as for my horse, he is much like myself, for he is Andrew Johnston, my tenant, who died fortyeight hours before me. I •^wari/ijomifio I edjiiob Ogil. So it seems when Andrew Johnston inclines to ride, you must serve him ik the quality of an horse, as he does you now. Cool. You are m i s t a k e i i . ' f w * i ^ w 5 noiffiiwr Ogil. I thought that all distinctions between mistresses and maids, lairds and tenants, had beet) done away at death. « (hod r 1o tin* u d rr (wmIi ,11s// > .IijO �ft Cool. True it is, but you do not t,ake 4p matter* '• • .\t . ; , . : how < Ogil. This is one of the questions you wc^i'fc odw 9moR 9*ff> 9 ^ 1 Jniiui *?odto od} Cooll You are mistaken, for the question I can answer, and after you may understand it. Ogil. Well then, Cool, have you never ypx appeared before God, nor received any sentence from him as a Judge. q JiH-'uur- a v^fnwn Cool. Never yet. Ogil. I know you was a scholar, Cool, and 'tis generally believed there is a private judgment, besides the general at the great day, the former immediately after death.—Upon this lie interrupted me, arguing. Cool. No such thing, no such thing! No trial-, no trial till the great day! The heaven which good men enjoy after death, consists o n l y in the serenity of their minds, and the satisfaction of a good conscience; and the certain hopes they uave of eternal^joy, when that day shall come. The punishment or hell of the wicked, immediately after death, consists in the stings of an awakened conscience, and : the .terrors -of • facing: gthe great Judge! and the sensible apprehensions of eternal torments ensuing! And this bears still a due proportion to the evils they did when living. S<r indeed the state of some g ood folks differ but �1 0 little in happiness from what they enjoyed in the world, save only that they are free from thebody, and the ^ins and sorrows that attended it. )On the other hand, there are some who may be?, s$id ratter rO > to have been good, than that theyare i| wicked H while livings their state is not .easily disr 'iHgittifeted from that of the former ; and under * hat1 class comes a great herd of souls; a vast number of ignorant people, who have not much minded the affairs of eternity, but/at the Same irme have lived in -much indolence, ignorance ^MjiotBiriaqcai "i oiedt hsvsiiod ^Ilmsuo^ eh* Ggil. I thought that their rejecting the terms of salvation offered, was sufficient ground for God to punish them with eternal, displeasure; and as4o their ignorance, thatcould neverexcuse them, since they live in a p k c e oij the W f W , where the true knowledge of these things^migjit have teen easily attained. ('' • - U . • • 5. Cool. They never properly rejected the terms ' of salvation; fthey nev^r, strictly speaking, Rejected Christ; poor souls, they had as greatl a liking both to him and heaven, as thei? gross imaginations: were capable of ^ Impartial reason nMst make many allowances, as the stupidity of their parents,7 want of education, distance from people of good sense and knowledge, and the Mnintferrdpt^d applications they, were oblige4 t° �11 give to their secular affairs for their daily bread, the impious treachery of their pastors, who persuaded them, that if they were of such a party all was well; and many other consideratibns which God, who is pure and perfect reason itself, will not overlook : these are not sp much under the load of divine displeasure, as they are out of his grace and favour; and you know it is one thing to be discouraged, and quite another thing to be persecuted with all the power and rage of an incensed earthly king. I assure you, mens* faces are not more various and different in the world, Hi' ' ViiLl j than their circumstances are after death. Ogil. I am loath to believe all that you have said at this time. Cool, (but,I will not dispute those matters with you) because some things you have advanced seem to contradict the Scriptures, which I shall always look upon as the infallible truth of God. For I find, in the parable of Dives and Lazarus, that the one was immediately after death carried up by the angels into Abraham's bosom, and the other immediately thrust down to hell. 9IB b9iiB(pb tmtn boog 'io 8ii;iiqa Cool. Excuse me, Sir, that does no»r contradict one word that I have said, but you seem not to understand the parable, whose only end is to illustrate the truth, that a man be very happy and 'flourishing' in this world, and wretched and �it miserable in the next; and that a man may be miserable in this world, and happy and glorious W » # f 4i«bt4* io li Jfifll Ogil. BeitfSb, Cool, I shall yield that point to you, and pass to another, which has afforded me much speculation since our last encounter ; and that is, How you came to know that I talked after the manner that I did concerning Mr. Paton, on the first Skbbath o f February last. Was you present with me, but invisible ? He answered very haughtily, No, Sir, I was not present myself. I answered, I would not have you angry, Cool, I proposed this question for my own satisfaction, but if you don't think proper to answer, let it pass. After he had paused, with his eyes on the ground, for three or four minutes of time at most, with some haste and seeming h ">' ;.j;WW* 1 cheerfulness, says. Cool. Well, Sir, I will satisfy you in that point. You must know that there are sent from heaven, angels to guard and comfort and to do other good services to good people, and even the spirits of good men departed are employed in t^Mfr^MW^ob Ifidi f <9in SMI^M .roovj Ogil. And do you not think that every man has a good angel ? fousq ed* bfuii^ienua o i Jon Cool. No, but a great many particular men have: there are but few houses of distinction �13 especially, but what have at least one attending them; and from what you have already heard of spirits, it is no difficult matter to understand how they may be serviceable to each particular member, though at different places at a great distance. Many are the good offices which the good angels do to them that fear God, though many times they are not sensible of i t : and I know assuredly, that one powerful angel, or even an active clever soul departed, may be sufficient for some villages; but for your great cities, such as London, Edinburgh, or the like, there is one great angel, that has the superin tendance of the whole ; and there are inferior angels, or souls departed, to whose particulars care such a man, of such a particular weight or business, is committed. Now, Sir, the kingdom of Satan does ape the kingdom of Christ as much in matters of politics, as can be, well knowing that the court of wisdom is from above ; so that from thence are sent out missionaries in the same order. But because the kingdom of Satan is much better replenished than the other, instead of one devil, there are in many instances two or three commissioned to attend a particular family of influence and distinction. Ogil. I read that there are ten thousand times ten thousand of angels that wait upon God, and sing his praise and do his will, and I cannot �14 understand how the good angels dan be <§ IflMiloy S&jftfae ^xriR uov iisdw moil bnfi f inadJ Cool. Did not I say that whatever the number be, the spirits departed are employed in the same business ; so that as to the number of original deities, whereof Satan is chief, I cannot determine, but you need not doubt but there are more souls departed in that place, which in a loose sense you call helh by almost an infinity, than what are gone to that place, which in a like sense you call heaven, which likewise are employed in the same purpose; and I can assure you that there is as great n difference between angels, both good and bad, as there is among men, with respect to their senge, knowledge, cunning, cleverness, and action; nay, which is more, the departed souls on both sides, o u t d o severals, from their very first departure, of the original angels. This you will perhaps think a paradox, but is true. Ogil. I do not doubt it, but what is that to my question, about which I am solicitous ? Cool. Take a little patience, Sir ; from what I have said you might have understood me; if ypu had your thoughts about you ; but I shall explain Myself to you. Both the good and the bad angels have stated times of rendezvous, and the principal angels, who have the charge either of towns, cities, or kingdoms, not to mention par- �15 tloular. persona, villages, and Amities, and all that is transacted in these several parts o f the eouniryiare. there-made open : and at their re-encounter on each side, every thing is told, as in you? parish, ih milns, kilns, and smithies, with this difference that many things false are talked at the living re-encounters, but nothing but what is exact truth, is said or told among the dead ; only:I must observe to you, that, as I aim crediU ably in formed, several of the inferior bad angels, and souls of wicked men departed, have told many things that they hkve done, and then When a more intelligent spirit is selt out upon enquiry, and the report of the former seeding doubtful, he brings in a contrary report,' and makes it appear truth, the former fares very i l l : neveiWeless their regard to truth iffr0t*efl'4s i t ; #F'\vhila ^thfe} observe the truth, they do their business and keep their station, for God truth. Ogil. So much truth being among the'|>t>od angels, I,am-'apt to think that lies and falsehood will be as much in vogue among the bad. Cool. A gross mistake, and it is not alone* the mistake which the living folks fall under With respect to the other world; for tfie ^ s e ; plainly ^s this, an ill mah will not stick at a falsfeh&dd tb p ^ » i o t e his design ; ds little will air evil ^o ul departed, stop at any thing that can makd hirtMfeJf �46 successful; but in admitting report he must tell the truth, or woe be to him. But besides their monthly, quarterly* or yearly meetings, or whatever they be, departed souls acquainted, may take a trip to see one another yearly, weekly, daily, or oftener if they please. Thus then I answer your question that you was so much concerned about; for my information was from no less than three persons, viz. Aikman, who attends Thurston's family; James Corbet, who waits upon Mr. Paton; for at that time he was then looking after Mrs. Sarah Paton, who was at your house; and an original emissary appointed to I f f l & J l e r i n c f t vfo 'io Jioqoi srit biu; At this I was much surprised, and after a little thinking, I asked him, And is there really, Cool, an emissary from hell, in whatever sense you take it, that attends my family ? Cool. You may depfend upon it. Ogil. And what do you think is his business ? Cool. T o divert you from your duty, and cause you to do as many ill things as he can; for much depends on having the minister on their ishrui Hut ajlloi gnivil sdi Hqirfw odfitaim Upon this I was struck with a sort of terror, which I cannot account for. In the mean time he said several things I did not understand. But after coming to my former presence of mind, said. �17 Ogil. But, Cool, tell me in earnest, if there be a devil that attends niy family, though invisible. CooL Just as sure as you are breathing, but be not so mueh dejected upon this information, for 1 telUyou likewise, that there is a good angel who attends you, who is stronger than the other. Ogil. Are you sure of that, C o o l ? Cool. Yes, there is one riding oh your right hand, who might as well have been elsewhere, for I meant you no harm. Ogil. And how long has he been with me ? Cool. Only since We passed Brand*s-lee, but now he is gone. Ogil. We are just upon Elenscleugh, and ) desire to part with you, though perhaps I have gained more by conversation than I could have other wise done in a twelvemonth ; I choose rather to see you another time, when you're at leisure and I wish it were at as great a distance from fHiteft^BllWyoft^cfiJi? 11 ^ H) t Cool. 1 * Be it so, Sir; but I hope you will be as obliging to me, next re-encounter, as I have ifeen i b ybWtn& r Ogil. 5 fi<I <H Vi nK I promise you I will, as far as is con- sistent with my duty to my Lord and Mastei Christ Jesus: and since you have obliged me so much by information, J will answer all the qiites- �fcions you propose, as far as consists witji my Jpipwledgej but f believe you want no inforillation from me. . Jf!t I came not here to be instructed by ; CooJ. you, but I want your help of another kind. Upon the 5th of April, 1722, as I was returning from f Old Hamstocks, Cool came up with me on horseback at the foot of the ruinous inclosure, before we came to D o d ; I told him his last conversation had proved §o acceptable to me, that I was well pleased to see, him agaiii; that there was a number of things that I wanted to inform myself further of, if he would be so good as satisfy me. sijo-q ei sd won Cool. Last time we met, I refused you nothing you asked; and now I expect that you shall refuse me nothing that I shall ask. Ogil. Nothing, Sir, that is in my power, oy that I can do with safety^ to my reputation and character. What then are your demands. Cool. All that I desire of you is, that as you prpmjs^c| Jfyaj^ pn ^ SaJbbath day you wosuld .go to my wife, who now possesses all my effects, and tell her the following particulars: and tell h^r in my n.^me to j rectify th$$$ ^att^rs. jflfgst, That I was owing justly to Provost Crosby, 501. Scots, and three years interest, but on hearing of his death, my good-brother the Laird of C — I �w and I forged a discharge, narrated the bond, the sum, and other particulars, with this honourable clause, " And at the time it had fallen by, and could not be found. ,, With an obligation on the Provost's part to deliver up this Bond as soon at he could hit upon it. And this discharge was dated three months before the Provost's death. And when his son and successor, Andrew Crosby, wrote to me concerning this Bond, I came to him and shewed him the forged discharge, which silenced him; so that I got up my bond without more ado. And when I heard of Robert Kennedy's death, with the same help of C—1, I got a bill upon him for 1901. of which I got full • and complete payment, C—1 got the half. When I was at Dumfries, the same day that Robert ©Her died, to whom I was owing an account of 361. G—1, my good-brother, was then) at London, and not being able of myself, being but a bad writer, to make out a discharge of the account, which I; wan ted, I met accidently with one Robert Boyd, a poor Writer lad in Dumfries .; I took him to Mrs* Carnodk's, and gave him a» bottle of wine, and told him I had paid 'Thomas Grier's account but had neglected to get ;a dfecharge, and if he would help me to one* T w o £dd reward him. He flew away from me in a great passion, sayings he would rather he hanged * but s �20 if I had a mind for these things, 1 had better wait till C—1 came home. This gave me great trouble, fearing- what G - J and I had done formerly was no secret. I followed Boyd to the street, and made an apology, saying, I was jesting, commending him for his honesty, and got his promise never to repeat what had passed. I sent for my Cousin B^r-m H—rie, your goodbrother, who with no difficulty, for a guinea and a half, undertook and performed all that I wanted ; and for a guinea more made me up a discharge for 2001, Scots that I was owing to your fatherin-law, and his friend Mr. Muirhead, which discharge I gave to John Ewart, when he desired the money, and he at my desire? produced it to you, which you sustained. A great many of the like instances were told, of which I cannot remember the persons names and things; but, says he, what vexes me more than all these, is the injustice I did Homer M a x well, tenant to my Lord Nithsdale, for whom I was factor. I borrowed 20001. from him, 5001 of which he borrowed from another hand : I gave him my bond, and, for reasons I contrived, I obliged him to secrecy. H e died within the yean and left nine children, his wife being dead before himself. I came to seal up his papers for my Wd's security; his eldest daughter intreated me �21 to look through them all, and to give her an account what was their stock, and what was their debt. 1 very willingly undertook it, and in going through the papers, I put my own bond in my p$cke$0, tj^s circumstances proving bad, his nine children are now starving. These things 1 desire you to represent to my wife, and take her brother with you, and let them be immediately rectified, for she has a sufficient fund to do it upon ; and if it were done. 1 think I would be easy and therefore I hope you will make no delay. After a short pause, I answered, Tis a good errand Cool, you are sending me to do justice to the oppressed and injured^ but notwithstanding I see myself come in for 2001. Scots, yet X beg a little time to consider the matter. Ar^d since I find you are as much master of reason now as ever, and more than ever, I will reason upon the matter in its general view, and then with respect to the expediency of my being the messenger; and jsmxI will do \yithluu / manner T J * \ Bjit this •669niow" all »I J 7 ofAfrankness* I\ T T From what you have said, I see clearly what your present condition is, so that I need not ask any more questions on (that head; and you need not bid me take courage, for at this moment I am no more afraid of you than a new born child. Cool. Well, say on. Ogil. Tell me then, since such is your ability �<>o that you can fly 9, thousand miieg in the twinkling ^f an eye, if your desire to do the oppressed jusdee, .be as great as you what's the rfeks- dont fly to the coffers of some rich Jew or Banker, where are thousands df gold and silver^ invisibly left, and invisibly return it to the coffers of the injured ? A n d since your wife has sufficient fund, and more, why cannot you empty her purse invisibly, to make these people amends. Cool. Because I cannot. Ogil, Y o u have satisfied me entirely upon that head. But pray, Cool, what is the reason that you cannot g o to your wife yourself, and tell her What you have a mind; I should think this a more sure way to gain your point. Ogil. That is not an answer to me, CooL Mool. That is one of the ques tions that I told you long ago I would not answer: but if you go as I desire, I promise to give you full satisfaction after you have done your business. Trust me tor once, and believe me I will not disappoint ybtt.30it f m n I tndl o* d n o b i b n p y i i i ^ a i q W Q Y Upon the 10th of April, 1722, coming from Old Cambus, upon the post road, I met with Cool on the head of the heath called the Pees. He asked me, if I had coiisidered the matter he had.recommemled ? I told him I had, and was in �23 like game opinion I was in when we parted; that I would not possibly undertake his commissions, unless he could give me them in writing under his hand. I told him that the list; of his grievances were so great, that I could not possibly remember them without being put in writing; and that I wanted nothing bufcuteason to determine toe in that, and all other affairs of m y know, says he, this M a mere evasion>~biH teU me if the Laird otoDhurston will do ito?^ J am- sur% said I, he will n o t : and if he should, I would do all that I could to hinder him;i&rul think h e k m as little to do in these matters as.myself. But tell me, Cool, fa fit notas eidsyf to^write^your ry a&tell it, or iiide o n • whathdprychcaili-hiBi • I have forgot your horse's name. Cool. N o , S&,9«pis n o t ; and pei>hapa>i -raayi convince you of the reasonableness it after4 wwrdkumi oJ oomcM d*>inu tu ol> ^ a i tiwvi-g svud Ogil. I would be glad to hear a reason that is solid, for not speaking to your wife yourself*? but, however, any rational creature may see what a fool I would make of myself, if I would g o to Dumfries, and tell your wife you had appeared to me, and told so ma^y^|orgeries and villanies that you had commitea, and" that she behoved to make reparation; the consequence might perhaps Ve, that rhe would seold me ; for she would be �24 loath to part with any money she possesses, and therefore tell me I was mad, or possibly pursue me for calumny; how would I vindicate myself, how eould I prove that you-ever* spoke with me H Mr. Paton, and other ministers, in Dumfries would tell me, the devil had spoken with m e ; and why should I repeat these things for truth, which he, that was a liar from the beginning, had told m e ; C—-p—1 and B-—r H—-rie would be upon me, and pursue me before the Commissary ; every body would look upon mbim brain-sick or mad * therefore I entreat you do not insist upon sending me so ridiculous an errand. T h e reasonable- ness of my demands 1 leave to your o wn consideration, as you did your former to mine. But drop- ping the matter till out next interview^ give md leave to enter upon some more diverting subject: I do not-know, Cool, but the information yow have given, may do as much service to mankind, as the redress of all these grievances would- ai^Mtfitrd^.dliw *wo\ ot ^ubhsscp ion to! <biioa m Mr. Ogilvie died very soon after. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Woodcut 016: Title-page illustration of the God, Mercury, wearing winged sandals and holding a caduceus . Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Woodcut on title-page portraying Portrait of the God, Mercury in winged sandles holding a caduceus https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/0cfc9aeb8307a5c3bcd5876cb3586396.pdf 0b7640089ba2e1329d4f7eebe0677833 PDF Text Text y f\ T O K E N FOR MOURNERS. W I T H A SELECTION OF SCRIPTURE PROMISES, RELATIVE TO THE TROUBLES of LIFE. m Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning Providence He hides a smiling face. £ f 5 ? S IJ k ms GLASGOW ; PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS, nw^j^v- MJV^^V �T O K E N FOR ^ P^IPiT/ O{Ici \r <ttT r i if r ^ r r ) 2 MOURNERS. 2. KINGS, iv. 26. she answered, It is well. S H O R T words, soon spoken ; but to have a suitableness of heart to them is one of the highest attainments of faith. T o be sure," It is well we think so, when all things go according to oni wish ; when there is nothing in Providence that crosses our desires, that thwarts our designs, that sinks our hopes, or awakens our fears; Submission is easy work then ; but to have all things seemingly against us, to have God smiting in the tenderest part, unravelling all our schemes, con tradicting our desires, und standing aloof from �3 our very prayers ; how do our souls beliave then ? This is the true touchstone of our sincerity and submission ; " Here, as it is said, Rev. xiii. 10. c ; is the patience and faith of the saints this shews what they are made of, what they are within ; but instances there are many in the book of God, wherein we find this sweet, frame prevailing, as Abraham, Job, David, and the Shulamite in my text, than whose story we meet with few things in Providence more affecting. If you look back a little,,you may see what were her circumstances, and those of her family. She was a " great woman," says verse 8, and that she was a " g o o d woman," the whole context shews, Her husband and she wanted but one thing to make them as happy as the vanity and uncertainty of all human affairs would admit of. T h e y had enough of the world, a i d they seem ro Iiavre had the enjoyment of it ; for when Elisha, to requite her kindness, asks ; " What shall be done for thee ? Wouldst thou be spoken for to the king ? &c. she answers, 44 No, I dwell among mine own people," " I seek nothing greater than what I have : " only ( a s Gehazie learned from her) they wanted a child to comfort them now, and to inherit what they bad when they were gone. God in a miraculous way, gives this request. This child grows up, and was no doubt �4 the delight of its parents. Just at the time of life when children are most engaging, before they are capable of doing any great thing to grieve their parents, God lays his hand suddenly upon him and takes him away. T h e dearest comforts are but short lived, and the dearer they are when living, the deeper they cut when they are removed. Many of you can judge what the loss of a son, an only son, must be, and when there is no hope of a Seth instead of Abel. But, behold, " he tak eth away, and who shall hinder him ?" Well : What does the mother do now ? One would think all her hope is cut off, and all her comfort dried up : No, it is far otherwise. T h e same power that gave him could also raise him ; in faith of this, she lays him upon the prophet's bed, and makes all the haste to him she could. She concealing what had happened (as it is probable) from her husband, he objects to her going to the prophet, ver. 23. " Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day ? It is neither new-moon nor Sabbath.* And she said, " It shall be well." Faith sets aside every obstacle : " It shall be well : the end will be peace " God is with me, and he will make all things work together for good." Commentators, in general, make very light of this, and her answer to Elisha's message in my text. Some suppose she has a reserve in her breast, when �5 ' Gea<a& 4sks after her family, that this " Trell" only refers to her husband and herself. Others think it is but a transition to something farther, which she was in haste to say ; as if she had said, " All is well do not hinder me, I have urgent business with your master Elisha, and cannot stay to talk farther with you upon any matters." This is the sense which most annotators incline to, which, I confess, I the more wonder at, because all agree, that the apostle's words in part refer to this story, Ileb. xi. 35. " Women received their dead raised to life again." How they received them is there specified ; namely, by or " through faith Faith, not as some carry it, in the prophet, but in the persons who had their dead restored to them; or else there would have been no need to make mention of any by name. N o w wherein this woman's faith appeared, my text and context make manifest. Here was a dependance upon God's promise, an abiding by that, God had promised her a son ; a son, not to lose him but to have comfort in him ; and, as if she had said, " As for God, his work is perfect, he does not use to raise his people's expectations for nothing; to give and immediately take away again, M y son is dead, but God, all sufficient liveth ; why should I mourn as though I had no hope ? A s for v/od's power and faithfulness there is no �6 abatement in them." Therefore, she makes no preparation for his burial tells her husband nothing of his death, but seeks to G o d by the prophet, and expects help from him, See how she expresses herself: " Is it well w ith thee ? " (and says Gehazzi,) u Is it well with thy husband ? Is it well with the child ? and she answered, It is well". Here is the greatest submission in the greatest distress : Her son, her only son, the son of all her love, the son of her old age, he is taken away with a stroke, and yet all is well. There is nothing amiss in the dispensation ; had she been to choose it, it is w e l l ; she has nothing to object. Here are submission and faith both discovered ih their sweet exercise ; submission to what God hath done ; faith in what he is able to do, and in what she "believed he would do : c t B y faith women received their dead raised to life again ; so that the words, thus explained, afford us this plain and useful observation. OBSERV. Faith in God'S promise and power will bring a man to submit to the sorest and most trying dispensations of his Providence ; or thus. Faith where it is in exercise, will teach a Christian to say of all G o d does, cc It is well." In discoursing on this propossition, I will endeavour to show what submission is, or how arid �7 in what sense we are to understand the expression in my text, " It is welL" This " well" dost not suppose there is nothing in providential dispensations, which to flesh and sense appears evil. Submission quiets under an affliction, but it does not take away our sense and feeling of the affliction. T h e apostle speaks what is every believer's experience, Heb. xii. 11. " N o chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous. Whatever be spoken of the good of it, it presents itself unto us with a very different face ; it is matter of present grief and sorrow to them that are chastised ; nor are we blamed for our feeling and sense of it. Our blessed Lord himself wept at the grave of his dear friend, John xi. 35. A n d at the approach of his last sufferings, " his soul was exceeding sorrowful, even unto death," Matt. xxvi. 38. " yet he was led as a lamb to the slaughter ; he opened not his mouth ": there was patience and quiet submission under all his sorrows, while nature had some vent ; for groans a"re sometimes an easement to our grief. Thus it is said of the good woman, " that her soul was bitter within her," ver. 27. Elisha saw her agony in her looks, though he knew not the cause of i t ; and yet " All is well." When Job lost his substance and his children, and was smitten in his body with sore �8 boils ; when Heman, and when the church in the Lamentations were deprived of the consolations from God, when the Comforter, who would relieve their souls, was far from them ; when D a vid also was cursed by Shimei, and turned out of doors by his own son ; can you think that in all these there was no feeling ? Had there been none, there could have been no profit by any of the dispensations. Unless we realize our trials indeed, what are we the better for them? This would be to despise the chastening of the Lord, to be above correction, to be smitten and not grieve, is one of God's sorest judgments, and always argues a soul ripe for ruin : this " w e l l " does not suppose us insensible of the evil of afflicting. Though we believe all that befals us is well, this does not forbid our inquiring into the reasons of God's providential dispensations, and a searching out the cause for which they come upon us. Every rod hath a voice in it, and the " man of understanding will hear it," and " see the name of God in it, " Micah vi. 9. what God intends by it, what is his ends and design in i t ; for he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men, L a m . iii. 33. There is a " need be " in every dispensation that befals us : 1 Pet. i. 6. "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season" (if need be) " ye are in heaviness through �9 manifold temptations." G o d acts with judgment in proportion to our needs; there is a conveniencv and fitness, nay, there is an absolute necessity in the case ; it must be that we are in heaviness and that through manifold temptations. One single trial oftentimes will not do, empty us of self, to wean us from the world, to shew us the vanity of the creature, the sinfulness of sin, & c . : it must be repeated or others joined with it, so fast are our affections glued to the things of time and sense. Now, what this need is in us, what this intention and end is in God, the Christian will and ought to be searching out, and inquiring daily into. This wras Job's frame, (and ye have heard, as says the, apostle, of the patience of J o b . ) Job xxxiv. 31. 32. " Surely it is meet to be said unto God I have borne chistisement, I will not offend any more. That which a see not, teach thou m e ; if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. Sin lies deep, it must be searched after in the deep and secret corners of the heart; there is so much self-love and self-flattery hid there, that a man cannot judge aright of himself, or of God without divine teachings. " It It is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisment." Sirs, it is one thing to be chastised, and another thing to bear chastisement; to behave aiight under i t ; to be patient, submissive, �K) thankful; to have a frame of heart suited to the dispensation, whatever it is. This is to bear chastisement:, and wherever this is, the language of the soul will be, " That which I see wot teach thou m e ; I have done inquity,. I will do no more." When an affliction is sanctifiedy it always begets godly fear and jealousy. A man is then most afraid of his own heart, lest that should deceive him; lest he should come out of the furnace unpurged, unrefined; lest the end of God's visitation upon him should be unstained. And this is well consistent with our believing all that God does is well done. Once more, A soul may say in a becoming frame,- and in the exercise of suitable affections, <c It is well, " and yet long, and pray, and wait from the trial. Submission to the wifr of God, under awful dispensations, is not inconsistent with earnest prayer for a gracious and speedy issue to these 'very dispensations. a It is well, " says this good-woman in my text; and yet h(Vw does she plead for the life of the child, ver. 28. Did I desire a son of my lord ? Did not I say do not deceive me ? As if she had said, " I asked it not, I could scarce believe it when it was promised me; God raised my expectations himself, he encouraged my hopes* and surely he will not go back from his own word." It was a wonderful act of faith; but the promises �11 of God can never lie long unfulfilled: when he has prepared the heart to pray, his own ear is epen to hear. H e has not called himself " I am that I am," for nothing. Abraham staggered not at the promise through unbelief, no more does the daughter of Abraham here ; it is blessed pleading, " Did not I say, do not deceive me ? " . " May I trust ? M a y I venture ? He has given me the faithful word of God to rely on; here my faith resteth." -'And a son came in due season. Now she looks to God, the author of the mercy, and applies to the prophet, who was the revealer of it. He sends Gehazi with his staff, but this will not content her, except Elisha goes himself: she knows that he was great with G o d ; she will therefore have his prayers and presence " A s the Lord liveth, and as .thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee," ver. 30, A l l this argues the strong desires of her heart after the return of the child's -life, though still she says, " All is well " While, we bear chastenings, we may pray, and pray hard that God would take them off. " I f it be possible," ( says iunocent aggrieved nature in the man Christ, ) "let this cup pass from me," Matthew xxvi. '26. Opening our mouth against God is our sin, but it is our duty to open our mouths and our hearts to him. In the former sense, says D a v i d , . " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thoia �12 didst it," Psal. xxxix, 9 . : and yet, w ith the same breath, he adds, 66 Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thine hand," ver. 10. Was a child under the direction of a parent to intimate no desire of his forbearance, should we not rather account him stubborn than submissive ? In like manner, not to ask of God release from troubles, is as offensive as to mourn at them. It is the token of a proud heart and a relentless spirit. God expects other things at our hands ; even of1 the wicked he says, " In their affliction they will seek me early; " much more shall his own people, who have known his name, and put their trust in him ; who have known the advantage of prayer, and been so often set at liberty by it from all their fears. If these are silent, they cannot be sensible nor submissive. Only in all their prayers, when they are most earnest and vehement, 6 ''If it be consistent with the will oi God," and there will be no limiting him as to time or way. These things are neither of them inconsistent with the soul's saying, under the most awful rebukes," A l l is well." Now, what is included in this " well" in my text, or what is this submission to the will of G o d ? . It takes in, as I apprehend, these three things 5 �13 1. A justifying God in all he does " It is w e l l G o d cannot do amiss; he worketh all things after the counsel of his own will, to the praise of his glory. And after all that is come upon us," says the Church, E z r a i x . 13. " thou, our God, hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve; thou hast taken vengeance according to the desert of our sins, When sin appears to be what it is in itself, exceeding sinful, affliction will appear light, and not till then. Wherefore, says the church, L a m . iii. 39, " wherefore, does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? So long as we are. out of hell, God punishes less than our iniquities deserve. Whatever be our trial, it comes from God : he is the author, whoever be the instrument, therefore, " it is well," He cannot do iniquity : David had not one word to say, by way of complaint, when he saw God's hand in the affliction : yea, let him curse, for " the Lord hath bid Shimci curse David," 2 Sam. xvi. 12. We may puzzle and distress ourselves about instruments and second causes, but no quiet no rest can we have, till we are led to the first. " Lie performeth the thing appointed for me;" that settles the soul, but nothing else will do it. " Be still and know that I am God," Psal. xlvi. 10. If thy children are taken, thy substance fails, thy body is �14 sore vexea, thy comforts, and even the presence of thy God leaves thee; yet be still, that is, do not say a word against the dispensation, do not fret, do not censure and condemn Providence. I am God, thy God in a l l ; and a covenant God cannot do amiss. God will be glorified and exalted, that's enough for us. This, " It is well," implies in it, not in some things, but in all. 2. This submission implies in it, our approving of all God does ; not only it is not amiss, but it is right; it is the best way, the only sure way to bring about our good : Therefore holy Job blesses God in all, chap. i. 21. " Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.' He had the same great and good thought of God as ever he h a d ; God was his God still, and the God of his mercy. He should have an expected, a desired end; that he believed still, still, because God's thoughts were the same they ever were; that is thoughts of peace and not of evil. And this is the frame in which we find the poor saints, diat were scattered up and down throughout the whole world almost, I Pet. i. 6. " who are kept by the power of God through salvation,, ready to be revealed in the last time, wherein ye greatly rejoice," &c. T h e y were far from one another to �lo avoid persecution, it was in their w a y : but none of these things moved them. There was joy in their expected rest in happiness at last, though there was great pain and heaviness in the way to i t : the way was rough, but right; therefore they approved of it, they acquiesced in i t ; nay, herein " they greatly rejoiced." Thus the saints of old took joyfully the spoiling of their goods, and were tortured* not accepting deliverance, because they knew in themselves, " t h a t they had in heaven a better and an enduring substance, " Heb. x. 34. O that blessed knowledge ! it comforts, refreshes, it fills the soul, and lifts a. man above himself. Every path which God takes is right then and the believer chooses to walk in i t : His God, his Father, has marked it out, and nothing goes so against the grain, but that " all is well," which his Father does : His will is brought to be one with God's; the soul approves of all God does. 3. This submission implies in it our cleaving to God in all. T o be pleased with God as a frienc, when he seems to he coming forth against, us as an enemy; to lean upon a promise, w 1 all the ways leading to the performance are shut up ; to rejoice in God when we have nothing left beside to rejoice in, and faith is hard put to it to �16 call God ours. Thus, to cleave to God when we do not find comfort from him, this is believing indeed; to love the hand that smites, this is true grace and great grace. A noble act of faith was that, Job xiii. 15. " though he slay me, yet will I trust in him So " Abraham staggered not at the promises through unbelief, " Rom. iv. 20. He brought God's promises and faithfulness close together, and considered none of the difficulties nay absurdities, which came between them: It was n o t — " I s this reasonable ? What probability is there in that ? How can these things be ?" &c. but being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb, but was strong in faith, giving glory to G o d ; he clave to him, abode by his promise in a way of faith and firm dependance. This is the true nature of submission, and is contained in that expression in my text, " It is well." A word of u s e . — USE 1. Wonder not at your trials, be they never so strange: " A l l is w e l l ; some secret end is to be answered which you see not; God is in a l l ; the hand and love of a Father is there. T h e y are to purge from sin, to wean from the world, to bring you from the foot of God, to shew you that your rest is not here, that it lies beyond the �ir grave. What though they make you smart, they do you the more good: this argues your sen~ sibleness under the rod ; that is not a rod which does not cause smart; the sharpest physic does most service, because it reaches the inward, hidden cause, not one of our many trials which we could well spare. USE 2. D o not think any trial sanctified, till you have a suitable frame to the trial, whatever it be. Are you humbled ? Are you prayerful ? Are you submissive ? Have you looked inward, and confessed your sin, saying. T a k e away all iniquity ? If the affliction has not brought you to this, it hath done you no good. For all you may have borne, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. USE 3. D o not think of other means, whereby God's end in visiting you might have been as well answered; that is, in fact, to quarrel with God in what he has done, or is doing. Have a care of your thoughts; unsubmission slips in at that door before one is aware. " It is well, " is the only soul quickening and God-glorifying frame. God that has oppointed the end, has settled, and he will order the means: Rest there, and " all is w e l l " �18 HINTS TO THE AFFLICTED fatal mischiefs-would follow, if there was no variety in our experience ! There are so many remains of depraved nature in the hearts of the saints, that if the warm sun of prosperity did always shine upon the Lord's garden, the we£ds would quickly multiply, the choicest f l o w r s wither, and an army of caterpillars devour the pleasant fruits. T o prevent th^se, God will not suffer his •people to enjoy uninterrupted prosperity, but wisely appoints seasons of affliction and trouble. On the other hand, were we to groan under perpetual adversity, our souls perhaps would suffer equal prejudice. Our heavenly father will not always chide; he remembers that we are but dust, and that our flesh is not like brass or iron. Were we never in the fire, our dross would not be consumed, and were we always to be in the fire, our .ilver and gold would be w asted. WHAT Hereby G o d takes a proper method for the exercise and improvement of the graces of his children. Without such a mixed condition, there could be noToom for many of them, and not room enough for any of them to appear in their glory and beauty. Were it always a day of prosperity where would be the proof of their faith, hope and patience ? — the evil day brings thee to rest. To �19 possess our souls in patience, in the day of trouble to believe the good will and fatherly love of God even when he smites, is a point of no small diffic u l t y . — But, were we never to enjoy a season of prosperity, where would be the evidence of our humility, heavenly mindedness, and contempt of a present world ? Variety adds a beauty and lustre to providence. In the day of prosperity therefore, we ought to rejoice with trembling, and in the day of adversity, to consider and faint not; for " G o d hath set one against the other, to the end that no man might find any thing after him," Eccl. vii 14. in this valley of tears, it is not wonderful that believers should be often called to weep. T o mingle their tears with those of their brethren — o r in the words of the apostle, to " w e e p with those that weep,—is apart of the holy fellowship they are called to by the gospel. A t present, the way of providence in general is dark and mysterious. There is a depth in it, for which we have no line. There are many seals 011 it, not fit as yet to be opened. But when the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne, shall open the seals, and shew the meaning of all the dark passages in that mysterious book, and eveiy one is WHILE �20 made to view that part of it that related to the way in which they were brought through manifold tribulations to the kingdom, when they will all strike up on the highest key, and sing 66 HE HATH DONE ALL THINGS WELJ, !" Believers ought to comfort one another with these words. It is heartsome for travellers on the road in a dark night, and going to the same place, to speak to each other in the language of the country to which they are going, and to say, " What of the night! what of the night!" And O O to encourage one another, by often reiterating that animating reply, " T h e morning cometh." T h e shadows of the evening are daily growing longer with all the travellers to the heavenly Sion. But at evening time it shall be light. T h e bright shining of the sun of Righteousness will make even the passage through the dark valley of the shadow of death lightsome and pleasant. Faith can see eternal day at the farther end of it. Jesus went through the Jordan of death when it overflowed all its banks, and was brimful of the curse. B u t his death drank up the curse, and left nothing but a blessing to all his redeemed: and his sweet and cheering voice is still to be heard in the passage—"Fear not! I am He that liveth, and was dead; and behold I am alive for evermore ; and have the keys of hell and of death ! " �21 " I F T H E I R U N C I R C U M C I S E D H E A R T S , " said the Lord respecting ancient Israel, " be humbled, and they ACCEPT of the punishment of their iniquity, then will I remember my covenant with Jacob," &c. L e v . xxvi. 4 1 — o f the punishment of their iniquity ! that is, bear it willingly contentedly. It is a happy state of mind when our trials are A C C E P T E D ones: when God's chastening hand is even esteemed a k i n d n e s s — L o r d ! may the believer say, I will not puzzle myself with hows, and whys, and yets. T H O U hast done i t ; I rest there. It seemed good in thy sight that is a sufficient reason. L e t God choose my portion; I am sure it will be best in the e n d — Even when He acts as a Sovereign, he forgets not his relation as a fathe SCRIPTURE PROMISES. A father of the fatherless, and f . Psalm G8—6. a judge of the widow is God in his holy habitation. Jeremiah 4 9 — 1 1 . Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. i Job 5 . — 1 7 . Happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Verse 18. For he maketh sore, and bindeth u p ; he woundeth, and his hands make whole. �22 Psalm 1 1 9 — 6 7 . Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word. Verse 7 1 . It is good for me, that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 75. I know, O Lord, thy judgements are right, arid thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 2. Corinthians 4 — 1 6 . For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Verse 17. For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Hebrews 21 6. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Verse 7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom th^ father chasteneth not? 10. T h e y verily, for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that ^'e might be partakers of his holiness. 11. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness, unto them which are exercised thereby. Deut. 8 — 5 . As a man chasteneth his son. so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Job 3 6 — 8 . And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction. Verse 9. �23 Then he sheweth them their work and their transgressions, that they have exceeded. 10, He openeth also their ear to discipline, andcommandeth that they return fron iniquity. Psalm 94 12. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord and teachest him out of thy law. Verse 13. T h a t thou may est give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. Romans 5 . — 3 . We glory in tribulation also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope. Job 19 4 —2 G. Though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall 1 see God. Verse 27. Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another, though my reins shall be consumed within me. Isaiah 26 19. T h y dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs: and the earth shall , oast out the dead. �24 A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but grievous words stir up anger. Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith than an house full of sacrifices with strife. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. B e not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. A s snow in summer, and as rain in harvest; so honour is not seemly for h fool. A s a dog returncth to his vomit; so a fool returnctlx to his folly. A false balance is abomination to the L o r d ; but a just weight is his delight. A wise son heareth his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke. E v e r y wise woman buildeth her house; but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. Fools make a mock at s i n ; but among the righteous there is favour. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Woodcut 016: Title-page illustration of the God, Mercury, wearing winged sandals and holding a caduceus . Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A token for mourners. with a selection of scripture promises, relative to the troubles of life. 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Chapbook #7 in a bound collection of 34 chapbooks (s0098b48) Chapbook #7 in a bound collection of 22 chapbooks (s0221b12) Description An account of the resource 115 printed at the bottom of title-page Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1850 per G. Ross Roy Collection, University of South Carolina Libraries Subject The topic of the resource Covenanters Religion and Morals Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow Supernatural Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. G. Ross Roy Collection, University of South Carolina Libraries <a href="http://library.sc.edu/spcoll/britlit/roycol.html">http://library.sc.edu/spcoll/britlit/roycol.html</a> Abstract A summary of the resource. This biography tells the life and history of Alexander Peden, a renegade Presbyterian minister after the Restoration. 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These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3072 Width 1891 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait on title-page of a king in full regalia. https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/2db762184daa72dc4c75a76e44f0cf58.pdf dedda52fa5b5a868199e0c34f4d02371 PDF Text Text THE GUDE W M L 1 C E TO WHICH IS ADDED LORD THOMAS STUART. GLASGOW: PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS. 76. �THE GUDE WALLACE. WALLACE wicht, upon a nicht, Cam' riding ower a linn ; And he is to his leman's bouir, And tirl'd at the pin. 0 sleep ye, or wake ye, lady?" he cried Ye'll rise and let me in." " 0 wha is this at my bouir door, That knocks and knows my name ? " * My name is William Wallace ; * Ye may my errand ken." 44 " The truth to you I will rehearse— The secret 1 1 unfauld ; *1 Into your enemies' hands, this nicht, I fairly lia'e you sauld." If that be true ye tell to me, Do ye repent it sair?" M Oh that 1 do," she said, " dear Wallace, And will do evermair! " The English did surround my house, And forcit me theretill; But for your sake, my dear Wallace, I could burn on a hill." Then he ga'e her a loving kiss ; The teir drapt frae his e'e; �Says, " Fare ye weel for evermair; Your face nae mail* I'll see." She dress'd him in her ain claithing, And frae her house he came ; Which made the Englishmen admire To see sic a stalwart dame! Now Wallace to the Hi elands went. Where nae meat nor drink had he ; Said, " Fa' me life, or fa' me death, To some toun I maun drie." He steppit ower the river T a j — On the North Inch steppit he ; And there he saw a weel-faured May, Was washing aneath a tree. * What news, what news, ye weel-faured May * What news ha'e ye to me ? What news, what news, ye weel-faured May, What news in the south countrie ? " " 0 see ye, sir, yon hostler-house That stands on yonder plain ? This very day have landit in it Full fifteen Englishmen, '* In search of Wallace, our champion, Intending he should dee ! " 41 Then, by my sooth," says Wallace wicht, " These Englishmen I'se see. " If I had but in my pocket The worth of a single pennie, I wad gang to the hostler-house, These gentlemen to see." �4 She put her hand in her pocket, And pull'd out half-a-croun, Says, " Tak' ye that, ye beltit knieht, And pay your lawin doun." As he went frae the weel-faured May, A beggar bold met he, Was cover'd wi' a clouted cloke, In his hand a trustie tree. What news, what news, ye silly auld man What news ha'e ye to gie ?" 44 No news, no news, ye beltit knicht, No news ha e I to thee, But fifteen lords in the hostler-house Waiting Wallace for to see." " Ye'11 lend to me your clouted cloke, That kivers ye frae heid to shie ; And I'll go to the hostler-house, To ask far some supplied Now he's gane to the West-muir wood, And pulled a trustie trie ; And then he's on to the hostler gone, Asking there for charitie. Doun the stair the captain comes, The puir man for to see : •' If ye be captain as gude as ye look, Vou'll give me some supplie." " Where were ye born, ye cruikit carle ? Where, and in what countrie ? " " In fair Scotland, sir, was I born, Cruikit carle as ye ca' me," \ �5 " 0 1 wad give you fifty pounds Of gold and white monie ; 0 I wad give you fifty pounds, If Wallace ye would let me see." " Tell doun your money," quo' the cruikit carle, Tell doun your money good; I'm sure I have it in my pouir, . And never had a better bode." The money was told upon the table, Of silver pounds fiftie : " Now here I stand!" quo the gude Wallace, And his cloke frae him gar'd flie. He slew the captain where he stood; The rest they did quake and rair: He slew the rest around the room ; Syne ask'd if there were ony mair. " Get up, get up, gude wife," he says, 44 And get me some dinner in haste, For it soon will be three lang days time, Sin' a bit o' meat I did taste ! " The dinner was na weil readie, Nor yet on the table set, When other fifteen Englishmen Were lichtit at the yett. " Come out, come out, thou traitor, Wallace! This is the day ye maun d e e ! " " I lippen nae sae little to God," he says, " Although I be but ill wordio " �6 The gudewife had an auld gudeman; By gude Wallace he stiffly stude, Till ten o' the fifteen Englishmen Lay before the door in their blude. The other five he took alive, To the greenwood as they ran ; And he has hanged them, bot mercie, Up hieli upon a grain. Now he is on to the North Inch gone, Where the May was washing tenderlie. " Now, by my sooth," said the gude Wallace, It's been a sair day's wark to me." He's put his hand in his pocket, And pulled out twenty pounds ; Says, 44 Tak' ye that, ye weel-faured May, For the gude luck o' your half-croun." Full five-and-twenty men he slew, Five hanged upon a grain ; On the morn he sat, wi' his merry-men a'. In Lochmaben toun at dine. LORD THOMAS STUART. THOMAS STUART w a s a l o r d , A lord of mickle land ; He used to wear a coat of gold, But now his grave is green. Now he has wooed the young Countess, The Countess of Balquhin, And given her lor a morning gift, Strathbogie and Aboyne. �7 But woman's wit is aye wilful, Alas! that ever it was sae, She long'd to see the morning gift, That her good lord to her ga'e. When steeds were saddled and weel bridled. An' ready for to ride, There came a pajn 011 that gude lord, His back likewise his side. He said, " Ride on, my lady fair, May goodness be your guide, For I am so sick and weary that No farther can I ride." Now ben did come his father dear, Wearing a golden b^-nd, Says, " Is there na leech in Edinburgh Can cure my son from wrang?" 0 leech is come and leech is gane, Yet, father, I'm aye waur ; There's not a leech in Edinbro' Can death from me debar. But be a friend to my wife, father, Restore to her her own, Restore to her her morning gift, Strathbogie and Aboyne. It had been gude for my wife, father, To me she'd borne a son. He would have got my lands and rents, Where they lie out and in. �8 " I t had been gude for my wife, father, To me she'd borne an heir ; He would have got my lands and rents Where they lie fine and fair." The steeds they strave into their stables, The boys could not get them bound, The hounds lay howling on the beach, 'Cause their master was behind. 441 dream'd a dream since late yestreen, I wish it may be good, That our chamber was full of swine, An' our bed full of blood. " I saw a woman come from the west, Full sore wringing her hands, And aye she cried, Ohon, alas! My good lord's broken bands. " As she came by my gude lord's bower Saw mony black steeds and brown,— I'm feared it be mony unco lords Haying my love from town. " A s she came by my gude lord's bower, Saw mony black steeds and grey, — I'm fear'd it's mony unco lords Havin' my love to the clay." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Woodcut 014: Title-page illustration in single ruled octangular border of a portrait of a king. 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Title A name given to the resource The gude Wallace; to which is added Lord Thomas Stuart Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840-1850 per National Library of Scotland Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In the public domain; For high quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph. libaspc@uoguelph.ca, 519-824-4120, Ext. 53413 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://ocul-gue.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_GUE/mrqn4e/alma9923325623505154">s0402b31</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Glasgow, Scotland Description An account of the resource '76' is printed at the foot of the title page Extent The size or duration of the resource. 8 pages 16 cm Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers Type The nature or genre of the resource ballads & songs Subject The topic of the resource Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow Wallace, William, -1305 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario # of Woodcuts: 1 Bib Context: title-page Chapbook Date: 1841-1850 Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers Fashion (Clothing): armour Fashion (Clothing): cape Fashion (Clothing): crown Fashion (Clothing): military Fashion (Clothing): regalia Gender: man/men Monarch: king Portrait: Sir William Wallace https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/80b4fd130cfcdd9ebc1c28f93ba3e788.pdf 11febb40834239591f8afffb4c6fb966 PDF Text Text HISTORY OF SIR WILLIAM WALLACE, THE RENOWNED SCOTTISH C H A M P I O N . GLASGOW: PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS ��HISTORY OF SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. IT was in times of the deepest calamity, when Scotland as it were was overwhelmed with affliction, and sinking into the deepest despair, by the base conduct of an ignominious monarch, that Scotland was betrayed into the hands of the King of England, who put Scotland in a state of cruelty and oppresion, and sent blood and carnage over the land that Divine Providence, raised up Sir William Wallace, for a deliverer of his country, from the slavish submission to the English monarch, and a champion to avenge her wrongs. This remarkable hero was the son of Sir Malcolm Wallace, the proprietor of a small estate called Ellerslie, near Paisley, in the county of Renfrew. The exact period of his birth is not known; but it is supposed that at the time of his father's death, who was killed at the battle of Loudon Hill, in 1293, he was about fifteen years of age. His mother, after this disastrous event, fled with her son to the house of an uncle, where Wallace lived between two and three years. when a boy he had witnessed the �security and happiness of his country during the reign of Alexander I I I , and now when she was degraded and oppressed by the tyrant Edward, his countrymen despoiled of their goods, and their wives and daughters wantonly insulted by his English followers, the contrast was of such a nature as to arouse the keenest feelings in a heart which from its earliest stirrings was animated by a love of liberty to his country, which nothing but death could extinguish. Whilst brooding in secret over his country's wrongs, an event occurred which stimulated the powers of his mind and body into active existence, and for ever banished all hope of conciliation betwixt him and the enslavers of his country. He had formed an attachment to a beautiful young woman in the town of Lanark, and when passing through that burgh, well armed and somewhat richly dressed, he was recognised by a troop of English soldiers, who surrounded and insulted him. Wallace at first would have prudently got dear of their insolence; but a contemptuous stroke which one of them made against his sword, provoked him to draw, and he laid the culprit dead at his feet. A tumult now arose, and, almost overpowered by numbers, he escaped with difficulty into the house of his sweetheart, and through it, by a back passage, into the neighbouring �woods. For facilitating his escape, the unfortunate girl was seized next day by the English sheriff, and with inhuman cruelty condemned and executed. But Wallace's revenge when he heard of her unmerited fate wasasrapidasitwasstern. That very night he collected thirtyfaithfullyand powerful partisans, who, entering the, town when all were in their beds, reached the sheriff's lodgings in silence. It was a building constr wood, and the sheriff's apartment communicated with the street by a high stair. Up this Wallace rushed at midnight, and, beating down the door, presented himself in full armour, and with his naked weapon, before the affrighted officer, who asked him whence he came, or who he was? " I am William Wallace," he replied, "whose life you sought yesterday : and now thou shalt answer me for my poor maiden's death." With these words he seized his naked victim by the throat, and passing his sword through his body, cast the bleeding wretch down the stair into the street, where he was immediately slain. He then speedily withdrew with his followers into the woods which surrounded the town. For his daring act of retaliation he was accused by the government of murder, and sentence of and outlawry being passed against him, an immediate and eager pursuit was adopted. Wallace, �however, was intimately acquainted with the country, and found little difficulty in defeating every effort for his apprehension. Before proceeding further, however, in the detail of Wallace's personal history, and in order better to understand the narrative which follows, it becomes necessary to take a short review of the state of matters at that time in Scotland, and the course of events which led to the series of transactions. Upon the death of Alexander I I I . a number of candidates appeared for the Scottish crown; and among others were Robert Bruce and John Baliol, both descendants of David I. The right of the former was certainly the preferable one; but when the right of succession was not distinctly settled, the claims of both had supporters. It was at last proposed, to refer their claims to Edward I. of England, one of the most powerful monarchs of that day. Edward, who had long cherished ambitious designs upon Scotland, was delighted with this proposal, and by way of pon with a great deal of solemnity, summoned the Scottish nobles to Norham, where, he soon Baliol, to acknowledge him Lord Paramount, and swear fealty to him in that character. adjusting the matter, which he now prevailed on all present, no �It was on this occasion maintained by Edward, that the English monarchy were the natural and acknowledged superiors of the kingdom of Scotland, which only an appanage of the English crown; and that at different periods this right had been authenticated by the homage of the Scottish princes. Now the fact was, that these acts of fealty were only rendered for possessions of the Scottish sovereigns lying on the northern frontier of the English dominions. These territories, from their being situate on the threshold of the two kingdoms, had formed the theatre of many sanguinary conflicts; and had at divers times changed masters, till they came at last to be considered as belonging to Scotland. For these possessions it had been the practice of some of the Scottish kings, at different periods, to do homage, to those of far inferior note, for tracts of land acquired in this manner; and instances were not awanting of the English monarchs themselves, rendering that sort of subjection to the kings of France. It was now contended, however, by Edward, that the homage or fealty on these occasions had been done for the entire kingdom of Scotland. This was the first step in Edward's ambitious views. Under pretence of transmitting the full authority into the hands of the successful �8 candidate, he next demanded the temporary possession of all the fortresses of the kingdom: which, strange to say, were passively yielded into his hands, with the exception of the castles of Dundee and Forfar, then held by Gilbert de Umfraville, looked-for mandate, unless a written indemnity should be given at the hand of the Scottish nobles, freeing him from all share of blame. T h e claim of Baliol was at last, 17th December 1292, declared the preferable one, and that personage, having again acknowledged the English king as his lieg lord, was placed by him on the Scottish throne. who refused compliance with T h e insuits and degradation to which he was subjected at last roused even the complying spirit of Baliol, and in the bitterness of his soul he could not help communicating his feelings to the nobles of his court, who, at his instigation, now unanimously disclaimed their hasty allegiance to the English monarch. " The silly traitor," exclaimed Edward in derision, when Baliol's refusal to attend his summons was communicated to him, " if he will not come to us we will go to him." Edward now entered Scotland with a large conqueror; Edinburgh Castle surrendered after army; one stronghold after ano �9 a slight resistance; Stirling Castle almost without a struggle; others were abandoned : the spirit of the nation was extinguished : and Baliol again submitted to the terms of the conqueror. In this invasion Edward had been joined by Bruce and his adherents, who conceived a prospect was opened up of that nobleman obtaining the crown. But Edward, when order was restored, and the matter hinted to him, contemptuously replied, " Have we nothing else to do but to conquer kingdoms for y o u ? " Bruce made no reply, but retired into obscurity, and passed the remainder of his days in quietness and opulence. It was in the month of July 1296 that Edward finished at Elgin his expedition northward against his army committed the most dreadful excesses; and still more to complete the subjugation of Scotland, the English monarch ordered all the charters and public papers which could in any Way exhibit proof of the independence of the realm to be destroyed. H e also carried off the celebrated stone, belonging to the coronation chair of the Scottish kings, from the palace of Scone, where it had been kept for ages, and deposited it in Westminister Abbey. But all these indignities, added to the oppression and misrule of Edward's lieutenants in Scotland, only served the Scots. On his return to the south �io I to'exasperate, and at last to rouse into fearful action, the slumbering hatred of the nation. A mong the foremost of those who banded themselves against the English'was Wallacc, who now first publicly appeared on the scene. He was a man eminently fitted for his perilous enterprise; for to the most ardent love of his country, unshaken resolution, and prodigious strength of body, he added those firm yet conciliatory manners which are necessary to govern rude ari(l tumultuary ranks; while the personal and family injuries he had sustained at the hands of the English gave tenfold vigour to his efforts. A prediction also of Thomas the Rhymer, asserted that by the arm of Wallace was the independence of Scotland to be achieved. T o be aquainted with the strength and resources of the English, Wallace often disguised himself, and visited their garrisons and towns. H e took precaution to wear a light coat of mail under his common clothes ; his bonnet, which to common sight was nothing more than a cap cloth or velvet, had a steel basnet concealed imder i t ; a collar or neck-piece, of the same metal, fitted him so closely, that it was hid completely, and below his gloves he had strong gauntlets of plate. Relying on his Herculean strength and secret armour, b e fearlessly ventured into the very �88/WJ fi{t'T b" V < 11 y. } ) Q n j.;f . middle of his enemies, and when they ventured to taunt or assail him, found that they had to do with an assailant in full armour and of undaunted courage. While thus disguised, personal encounters with his enemies were of frequent occurrence. He slew a buckler-player at Ayr, and put to flight a number of soldiers, who attempted to rob him of his day's sport as he fished in Irvine water. He repaid the rudeness of Squire Long-castle by a mortal thrust in the throat with his dagger; and by many such bold and daring adventures he slew many of his foes. In the spring of the year 1297, the people were suffering grievously from famine, to relieve #ie English garrison of Ayr, a large train of waggons, under the protection of John de Fenwick, took their journey from Carlisle to that town. O f this Wallace was informed, and although he could then only muster about fifty soldiers, he determined to attack it. Having occupied a strong position within a wood, he put up a temporary fortification, and passed the night. In the grey dawn of the morning, he and his men left their horses, and occupied a narrow valley which the convoy was to pass. Forward came Fenwick at the head of a force which far outnumbered them, and, confident in his own numbers* �12 if ne did not hesitate to Attempt forcing the pass • Rut teVas soon convinced of his error. Encum' ociVcd fcy the train of waggoils, and carriages he thrown into irrecoverable confusion, and the Scots, after a great slaughter, captured the whole convoy, which, besides wine, and forage,-included tvVo hundred horses, ajid a considerable plunder irr arihs a n d ' a c c o u t r e m e n t s . ^ . '^Wall^e , haVino« been thus successful in variou? partial encounters, many of the barons and other "persons'"of high rank flocked to his standard. Edward nofW prepared a fresh:army> which, uh' der t h y Command df Sir Robert Clifford and Sir Henry Percy, a second timfc invaded Scotland. Hasieiiirig to- quell :the insurrection, they came up WitH Wallace artd his 'army, occupying an ad1 vaHtJa^emis Aidsitioii in the neighbourhoods of l r ' Slrie, in Ayrshire, and much superior to the Eng'^tish/ih iiumbei-s/ but far inferior in discipline and a p p o i n t m e n t s ; B y that sort of fafedity,.;which Bebmstinheretftf in divided corhinand > and, undis"••^jyffrted masses,'Mien they1 are most required *to l? act infb81i&rt, and Hvhieh always leads to distrust and perplexity:, the commanders, on this occasion, were determined to Jbe each independent, and wei'e "'therefore: intractable > They caulcl agree upon no measure, Dissension and heartburnings were every where: and Sir Richard Lundin, who �13 had been most vehement in his hostility to the invaders, deserted the cause of his country, and went over to the English, " I will remain no longer with a party that is at variance with itself."—Stewart, Lindsay, and Douglas, followed this example, and basely yielded themselves to the authority of Edward's officers. The Scottish champion, finding himself thus basely deserted, by the leading men who surrounded him, retired northward. On his march with those who still remained faithful to his fortunes, he was joined by many new followers, and even received considerable accessions to his ranks from the vassals of several barons. Finding his army, by reason of these accessions, once more on a formidable footing, Wallace renewed the war, and commenced operations by laying siege to Dundee, a place of considerable strength. The English leaders were no sooner apprized of Wallace's movements in that quarter than they hastened to meet him, and with that intent advanced in the direction of Stirling. Intelligence of their march having been speedily communicated to the Scottish champion, he instantly resolved to meet them on their approach. He then charged the citizens of Dundee, under pain of death, to continue the blockade, and commenced his march, hastening to seize the important pass �14 which divides the Ochil from the Grampian Hills, so that the English forces, when ready to pass the Forth by the bridge at Stirling, were astonished to see the Scottish army drawn up on a rising ground near the Abbey of Cambuskenneth, and prepared to oppose their passage. Edward's governor, here attempted to practise the same arts which had beed so successful while at Irvine. The men which Wallace now had, were of a very different stamp from those dastardly and perfidious barons with whom it was his misfortune on that occasion to be allied. All terms of compromise were promptly and sternly rejected, " Return," said Wallace to the two friars sent by Warrene to propose an accommodation; " We came not here to treat but to assert our rights, and set Scotland free. Let them advance, they will find us prepared." Thus the English commanders were thrown into perplexity as to what plan of operations they should follow. T o attempt to force a passage along the bridge, in the face of an enemy soadvantageouslyposted and so full hopes, would be a step fraught with manifest danger, On the other hand, to decline the contest with an enemy inferior in many respects, would be held disgraceful. While engaged in these deliber �15 the Scots in their present position appeared more and more hazardous to all the English commanders, except Cressingham the treasurer, who exclaimed " Let us fight, as is our bounden duty." The boisterous eloquence of Cressingham prevailed, and the rest of the leaders yielded a reluctant assent, contrary to the advice also of one of Wallace's late perfidious associates, Sir Richard Lundin, who offered to point out a ford at a short distance, by taking advantage of which they could fall on the rear and flanks of the enemy. Wallace, Exhorting his followers solely to abide by his orders for the moment of attack, Wallace allowed about a third of the English army fairly to clear the bridge; when rushing down, while the others were defiling along the bridge, with an unlooked for and almost incredible impetuosity, the Scots precipitated themselves on their yet unformed ranks. The shock was like that of a mountain-torrent. The English seemed to have been, as it were, instantaneously swept off the earth. Thousands were slain on the field or drowned in the river; among the rest their rash adviser, Cressingham, whose dead body was treated with great indignity by the Scots, who abhorred him for the tyranny which he had always displayed against their country. A panic seized the English, who had witnessed this sudden �16 overthrow and destruction of their companions: they hastily burned the bridge to secure their retreat, and, fleeing with the utmost rapidity, they scarcely halted till they had reached Berwick, leaving all their baggage and other ammunition in the hands of the victors. Few among the Scots fell in this engagement. This battle, so fatal in its issue to the English, took place on the 11th September 1297. Wallace pushed on with rapid steps to Dundee, which in a short time capitulated. One stronghold after another fell into the hands of the patriots, and the country was soon freed from the tyranny of her oppressors. By reason of bad seasons and want of cultivation, the country was reduced to a most deplorable state of privation and want, amounting almost to famine. T o relieve in some measure the general pressure, as well as to retaliate on the invaders, an expedition into England was put under the command of Wallace, and the young Sir Andrew Murray, whose father fell at Stirling. The Scots poured into the northern counties, Berwick was taken, and the whole country completely overrun and wasted; and so great was the revenge of the Scots at this time, that Wallace himself and the other commanders were altogether unable to restrain their excesses. �Many wonderful facts are told of Wallace's exploits he defeated the English in several combats, chased them almost entirely out of Scotland, regained the towns and castles of which they had possessed themselves, and recovered the complete freedom of the country. He even marched into England, and laid Cumberland and Northumberland waste, and humbled the English. In the north of Scotland, the English had placed a garrison in the strong castle of Dunnottar, overhangs the raging sea. Though the place is almost inaccessible, Wallace and his followers found their way into the castle, while the garrison in great terror fled into the church or chapel, which was built on the very verge of the precipice. This did not save them, for Wallace caused the church to be set on fire. A number of the terrified garrison, involved in the flames, ran upon the points of the Scottish swords, while others threw themselves from the precipice into the sea, and swam along to the cliffs, where they hung like sea-fowl, screaming in vain for mercy and assistance. The followers of Wallace falling on their knees before the priests who chanced to be in the army, they asked forgiveness for having committed so much slaughter within the limits of a church which, built on a large and precipitous roc �iti dedicated to the service of God. But Wallace had so deep a sense of the injuries which the English had done to his country, that he only laughed at the contrition of his soldiers,—" I will absolve you all myself," he said. " It is not half what the, invaders deserved at our hands ? " So deep seated was Wallace's feeling of national resentment, that it overcame, the scruples of a temper which was naturally humane. The Scots returned from England in triumph, laden with plunder; where they had spread terror along the whole border, to the gates of Newcastle. Edward once more resolved to invade Scotland, at the head of 80,000 infantry and 7000 horsemen, he in person led on the march, holding his course northward he passed through Edinburgh, and fixed his head-quarters at Templeliston, a village between that city and Linlithgow, where he resolved to abide till his victualling ship should arrive. While stationed here he received intelligence that the Scots were advancing upon Falkirk, a town about 12 miles distant He resolved to give battle. But passed the night under arms on a heath, an accident happened to their king which th for the present to suspend the attack. As he lay on the ground, his war-house struck himwitha �violence which broke two of his ribs ; but, disregarding the pain, he mounted the horse and instantly led his troops to battle. The Scots were formed in a stony field on a slightly rising ground, in the near vicinity of Falkirk. Their infantry were drawn up in four circular bodies, while the archers were disposed in the intervals. The horse, amounting only to a thousand, were posted in the rear. In front of the whole lay a morass. " Now," said Wallace, " I have brought you to the ring ;hopingif you can ;"—that is, " dance if you have skill." Edward's chief dependence was on his cavalry, 4000 of whom were cased in complete armour. These he ranged in three lines. The first was led by Bigot, Earl Marshal, and the carls of Hereford Lincoln; the second by the bishop of Durham, having under him Sir Ralph Basset of Drayton; the third, to act as a reserve, was commanded by the king in person. The assault was begun by the English horse, who, finding the passage of the morass, which lay in front of the Scots, to be impracticable, made a simultaneous attack on the right and left flanks of their enemy. The left flank made a determined and bloody resistance ; but the Scots' cavalry, panic struck by the overwhelming appearance of the English horse which, as well us their riders, were equip �20 heavy plates of steel, fled on their near approach, Wallace with his gallant infantry had now to sustain, unsupported, the whole shock of the English army, who again and again threw themselves with headlong fury upon the Scottish circles; but, " they could not penetrate into that wood of spears." After sustaining these repeated charges with the most determined resolution, the outer ranks were at last broken by dense showers of stones and arrows, which the English poured in upon them in aid of the heavy onsets of their horse. Macduff and Sir John Graham had by this time fallen, as also Sir John Stuart, who commanded the archers ; almost all of which last had perished by the side of their beloved commander, whose death by their devoted bravery they so amply revenged. The rout was now becoming universal, when Wallace, collecting the shattered remains of his forces, commenced a retreat across the Carron,—a movement which, by his precaution caused little loss.— Among those who most eagerly pressed on their rear was Bruce, who on this occasion had again leagued himself with the English. Exasperated at the sight of this with his two handed sword dealt him a blow, which, though it missed Bruce's head, was yet aimed with such prodigious strength as to cleave selfish traitor, Wallace suddenly d �21 his horse to the ground. With Sir Brian le Jay, aknighttemplar of high military renown, the Scottish hero was more successful. With a single blow of his battle axe he laid him dead in the midst of his followers. Wallace now retreated across the Forth. But previous to this movement, and while wandering on the banks of the Carron, Wallace was recognised by the misguided Bruce, who descried him from the opposite bank, and, with the view perhaps of justifying his own dastardly conduct, ascribed to ambitious motives, in his opposition to the English. " No," said Wallace, " my thoughts never soared so high; I only mean to deliver my country from oppression and slavery, and to support a cause which you and others have abandoned. If you have but the heart, you may yet win a crown with glory, and wear it with justice. I can do neither: but will—live and die a free born subject." The generous mind of Bruce was much struck with these glorious sentiments; he repented that he had joined Edward; he felt that he had secretly determined to seize the first opportunity of joining his oppressed countrymen. In this battle, the loss on both sides was very greater. The number of the English, according betrayed his country and his own right �to history of credit, amounted, as before stated, to nearly 90,000 men, while that of the Scots scarcely reached to a third part of the amount. Among the Scots who fell none was more regretted than Sir John the Graham, whose death was deeply mourned by Wallace. Sir John was buried at Falkirk, where a monument was erected to his memory, on which there is the following inscription : — " Graham is buried here, slain in battle by the English: he was strong in mind and body, and the faithful friend of Wallace." The battle of Falkirk led the way to further successes on the side of the English, and almost the whole of the southern districts were reduced under their power. The Scots still held possession of the country north of the Forth. In the mean while Wallace, mortified by the treachery of the nobles, who threw every obstacle in the way of his being of any efficient use in the cause of his country, and disgusted with their quarrels and jealousies, retired for a while into obscurity. About this time, he took a voyage to France, with a small band of trusty friends, to try what his presence might do to induce the French monarch to send to Scotland a body of auxiliary forces, to aid the Scots in regaining their independence, but in the mean time bishop Lamberton, Bruce, earl of Carrick, and JohnCummingthe 1 �23 younger submitted to Edward, but Sir William Wallace, with a very small band of followers refused either to acknowledge the usurper, Edward, or to lay down his arms. He continued to maintain his native country, for no less than seven years after his defeat at Falkirk, and for more than one year after all the other defenders of Scottish liberty had laid down their arms. Many proclamations were sent out against him by the English, and a great reward was set upon his head ; for Edward did not think he could have any secure possession of his usurped kingdom of Scotland while Wallace lived. A t length he was taken prisoner ; and, shame it is to say, a Scotsman, called Sir John Menteith, was the person by whom he was seized and delivered to the English. It is generally said that he was made prisoner at Robroyston, near Glasgow : and the tradition of the country bears, that the signal made for rushing upon him and taking him at unawares, was, when one of his pretended friends, who betrayed him, should turn a loaf, which was placed on the table, with its bottom or flat side uppermost. And in after times it was reckoned ill-breeding to turn a loaf in that manner, if there was a person named Menteith in company ; since it was as much as to himself among the woods and mountain �24 remind him, that his namesake had betrayed Sir William Wallace, the Champion of Scotland. Edward having thus obtained possession of the person whom he considered as the greatest obstacle to his complete conquest of Scotl ved to make Wallace an example to all Scottish patriots, who should in future venture to oppose his ambitious projects. He caused this gallant defender of his country to be brought to trial in Westminster hall, where he was accused of having been a traitor to the English crown; to which he answered, " I could not be a traitor to Edward, for I was never his sub Notwithstanding this most honourable defence, Wallace was shamefully condemned to be executed as a traitor ! and Edward to his infinite reproach and disgrace, ordered Wallace to be dragged upon a sledge to the place of execution, where his head was struck off, and his body divided into four quarters, which, in conformity to the cruel practice of the time, were exposed upon pikes of iron upon London Bridge,— his right arm above the bridge at Newcastle,— his left was sent to Berwick,— his right foot and limb to Perth, and his left quarter to Aberdeen,—and termed the limbs of a traitor! 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A short biography and history of William Wallace, one of Scotland’s national heroes, describing his role in the First War of Scottish Independence. This chapbook is one of a series of histories and biographies of notable Scottish figures which have been bound together in this collection. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 24 pages Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Woodcut 044: Title-page illustration in a single ruled border of two knights in battle on horses. In the foreground is a fallen shield marked with a cross. Printed on green paper. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource History of the life and death of the great warrior Robert Bruce, King of Scotland Subject The topic of the resource Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow War Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329 Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840-1850 per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks; http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/chapbooks/search/ Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://ocul-gue.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_GUE/mrqn4e/alma9953133913505154">s0221b12</a> <a href="https://ocul-gue.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_GUE/mrqn4e/alma9953133963505154">s0098b48</a> (copy) Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Chapbook #8 in a bound collection of 34 chapbooks (s0098b48) Chapbook #2 in a bound collection of 22 chapbooks (s0221b12) Abstract A summary of the resource. A short biography and history of Robert the Bruce, focusing especially on his role in the First War of Scottish Independence and the famous Battle of Bannockburn. This chapbook is one of a series of histories and biographies of notable Scottish figures which have been bound together in this collection. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 24 pages Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks <a href="University%20of%20Glasgow%20Union%20Catalogue%20of%20Scottish%20Chapbooks%20%20http%3A//special.lib.gla.ac.uk/chapbooks/search/">http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/chapbooks/search/</a> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In the public domain; For high quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph libaspc@uoguelph.ca 519-824-4120 Ext 53413 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario Type The nature or genre of the resource biography # of Woodcuts: 1 Activity: dueling/fighting Animal: horse(s) Bib Context: title-page Chapbook Date: 1831-1840 Chapbook Date: 1841-1850 Chapbook Genre: biography Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers Fashion (Clothing): armour Fashion (Clothing): military Gender: man/men Monarch: king Nature: hill(s) Outdoor Scene Symbols: cross(s) Transportation: horse(s) Weapons: axe(s) Weapons: shield(s) Weapons: sword(s)