recruited in ſtrength, which had been much exhauſted by forced marches, and ſhortneſs of proviſion, to attack the forces of the Scottiſh monarch, which were encamped ſhort diſtance from them.
Thus ſituated, thus loſt to every hope, and enveloped in the horrors of deſpair, imagine the exultation and joy which the arrival of a courier, whom Glanville had diſpatched in the moment of victory, charged with news of the convoy’s ſafety and near approach, produced in the diſconſolate and almoſt famiſhed ſoldiery. The king himſelf, whom the meſſenger had apprized of the circumſtances of the day and of the extraordinary valour of the ſtranger whoſe exertions ſaved the forage from falling into the hands of the enemy, went forth to meet the ſaviour of his people. Honours and rewards due to ſuch a conqueror were beſtowed; and the deſire which his majeſty expreſſed of knowing the perſon to whom he was ſo much indebted, afforded the modeſt youth an opportunity of relating thoſe particulars with which the reader has been made acquainted. It is needleſs to ſay, that he had the king’s voice for his ſucceſſion to the houſe of Raymond.
It was a circumſtance well known, that the murderer, with his three ſons, was in the camp of David; and Glanville panted for the arrival of the moment that was to lead the oppoſing armies into action. This impatience in a few days was gratified; and in this memorable action the fictitious baron became the priſoner of his injured couſin, who after the battle conducted him to the tent of his royal patron; and in his preſence, and in that of his chiefs and nobles, charged the conquered baron with the foul crime of murder; adducing thoſe circumſtances with which, by the interference of Providence, he had been made acquainted, to ſupport the allegation. Theſe, however, were unneceſſary; guilt and remorſe were pictured in the villain’s countenance, and he unequivocally confeſſed the crime.
The king ordered inſtant execution to be done upon him; but that was unneceſſary; the wound he
