To the king fell on knees, his power did them loute.
Unto his peace they yield; fealty to him did sweare;
Truly with him to hold; no arms against him beare.”
Matthew of Westminster says—“The nobles of Scotland, their error having met with stern defeat, submitted themselves to the will of the king of England, and he admitted them to his favour, treating them with great mercy, inflicting merely certain fines, and allowing them time for payment.”
Christmas arrived, and Edward, as his manner was, gathered his family round him. Langtoft says—
“To Dunfermline he went; for rest will he there:
For the queen he sent, and she did dight her chare: (cheerfully.)
From Cawood she glent (passed) to Dunfermline to fare.”
Two or three of the rebel leaders, besides Wallace, still held out, but they were now reduced to great extremities. Langtoft says—
“The lord of Badenoch, Fraser, and Waleis,