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NOTE:The version of Blind Harry's Wallace presented on this site is The Life and Heroick Actions of the Renoun'd Sir William Wallace, General and Governour of Scotland, by William Hamilton of Gilbertfield, first published by William Duncan, Glasgow, in 1722, last issued in 1859. The original spelling and capitalization has been retained; quotation marks and paragraph breaks have been inserted for ease of comprehension. A synopsis for each chapter, in modern American English, is provided by the Webmaster of this site.


Title Page

An image by the Webmaster of Mostly Medieval, of the title page of William Hamilton of Gilbertfield's 1722 edition of Blind Harry's Wallace, with modern fonts closely matched to the originals.


BOOK I


BOOK II


BOOK III


BOOK IV


BOOK V

  • Book V: How WALLACE escaped out of St. Johnstoun past to Elchock Park, and killed Fawdoun. How he past to Lochmabane. How WALLACE wan the Castle of Crawford, and killed the Captain thereof.
  • Synopsis of BOOK V

BOOK VI


BOOK VII


BOOK VIII


BOOK IX


BOOK X


BOOK XI


BOOK XII


Credits: (Related Resources) Includes material from the Wikipedia article "List of battles between Scotland and England" and "First War of Scottish Independence", which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Photo credits: (Related Resources) (1) Bibliotheque Nationale MS Fr. 2643, Battle of Neville's Cross (1346), PD-Art Wikimedia Commons, (2) Notable figures in the first Scottish War of Independence, 1898, William Hole, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA-3.0, (3) Cover of The Scottish Chiefs, N.C. Wyeth, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921, Boston Public Library Collection, archive.org

Related Resources

English fight the Scots at Neville's Cross led by their king, David Bruce, Folio 97 verso from Froissart's Chronicle, Wikimedia Commons
The Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland fought dozens of battles with each other. They fought typically over land, particularly Berwick-Upon-Tweed, and the Anglo-Scottish border frequently changed as a result. Read more at Wikipedia.


Notable figures in the first Scottish War of Independence, Detail from a frieze in the entrance hall of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Photo by William Hole, Wikimedia Commons
The First War of Scottish Independence was the initial chapter of engagements in a series of warring periods between English and Scottish forces lasting from the invasion by England in 1296 ... Read more at Wikipedia.


Alexander III, King of Scots, as a guest of Edward I of England at the sitting of an English parliament, Wikimedia Commons
Edward I (1239-1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Read more at Wikipedia.


Cover of The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter, 1926
Digitized version of The Scottish Chiefs, by Jane Porter, a novelization published in 1921 by Charles Scribner's Sons, about William Wallace and the First Scottish War of Independence. Read online at archive.org.