All the brother was in his letter to Edwin, conjuring him to prove his
affection for his friend by quietly abiding at home till they should
meet again in Scotland.
He wrote to Andrew Murray (now Lord Bothwell), addressing him as the
first of his compatriots who had struck a blow for Scotland; and, as
his dear friend and brother soldier, he confided to his care the
valiant troop which had followed him from Lanark. "Tell them," said
he, "that in obeying you they still serve with me, they perform their
duty to Scotland at home--I abroad; our aim is the same; and we shall
meet again at the consummation of our labors."
These letters he inclosed in one to Scrymgeour, with orders to dispatch
two of them according to their directions; but that to Murray,
Scrymgeour was himself to deliver at the head of the Lanark veterans.
At the approach of twilight Wallace quitted the monastery, leaving his
packet with the porter, to present to Scrymgeour when he should arrive
at his usual hour. As the chief meant to assume a border-minstrel's
garb, that he might travel the country unrecognized as its once adored
regent, he took his way toward a large hollow oak in Tor Wood, where he
had deposited his means of disguise.
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