| “Edwardus Primus. | Malleus Scotorum | Pactum serva. |
| Edward the First. | The Hammer of the Scots. | Keep covenant.” |
“It was scarce worth while to bring a stone from Jerusalem, to mark it with ‘the Hammer of the Scots!’” said the lady.
“Alas, my cousin Edward!” sighed the beggar. “Ever with a great scheme, ever going earnestly on to its fulfilment; with a mind too far above those of other men to be understood or loved as thou shouldst have been! Alack, that the Scottish temptation came between thee and the brightness of thy glory! Art thou indeed gone—like Richard—to Jerusalem; and shall I yet follow thee there? Let us pray for the peace of his soul, children; for a greater and better man lies here than England knows or heeds.”
FOOTNOTES
[100] Psalm cxxvi. 6, 7.