Excerpt from The History of the Life, Adventures, and Heroic Actions of the Celebrated Sir William Wallace, General, and Governor of Scotland: Translated Into Metre, From the Original Latin This history of Sir william wallace was written In Latin by Mr. John Blair, chaplain to Wallace, and turned into metre by one called Blind Harry, in the days of King James IV. And contains a relation of the most famous'war that ever fell out in the isle of Britain, fought most val iantly for the space of forty years, between the two realms of Scotland and England; the one unjustly pursuing, the other constantly defending, the liberties of their country; during which broils, there happened great alterations, both in the general state of this kingdom, and in the over throw and advancement of particular families; the one for betraying, the other for maintaining, their country's freedom and welfare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.