The whole followers of the nobility attached themselves to Wallace; and although the persons of their lords were with the king of England their hearts where with Wallace, who found his army reinforced by so immense a multitude of Scots that the community of the land obeyed him as their leader and prince.
Hemingburgh
"You are a cruel man, and I have several times rebuked you for being too cruel, and for the pleasure you take in the death of your enemies. But go now, and exert all your frightfilness, and I shall not even blame you, but praise you. And mind you do not see my face again untill these three castles are burnt."
King Edward the first to Sir John Fitz-Marmaduke, in regards to the Scottish castles of Dirleton, Tantallon and Hailes.
