TO
THE MEMORY OF
THE COMRADES AND HELPERS
OF
SIR WILLIAM WALLACE
MEN OR WOMEN
DISTINGUISHED OBSCURE OR NAMELESS
Quod de re publica non desperassent
'My son, I tell thee soothfastlie,
No gift is like to Libertie;
Then never live in slaverie.'
'For Freedom's battle, once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding Sire to Son,
Though baffled oft, is ever won.'