[75]. Edward had quartered the arms of Scotland with his own.—S.
[181, 182], supplied by Hogg.
[247]. Some reciters repeat it thus:—
"That Englishman lay under me,"
which is in the true spirit of Blind Harry, who makes Wallace say,
"I better like to see the Southeron die,
Than gold or land, that they can gie to me."—S.
WILLIE WALLACE.
After the battle of Roslin, we are informed by Bower, the continuator of Fordun's Scotichronicon, Wallace took ship for France, and various songs, both in that kingdom and in Scotland, he goes on to say, bear witness to the courage with which he encountered the attacks of pirates on the ocean, and of the English on the continent. Whatever we may think
of Wallace's expedition to France, there can be no doubt that the hero's exploits were at an early date celebrated in popular song. Still, the ballads which are preserved relate to only one of Wallace's adventures, and are of doubtful antiquity.