=7. Battle of the Standard.=--But their excesses, and the fear that David, as the representative of the English line, was trying to win the English crown for himself, at length roused the chivalry of northern England, who, forgetting party feeling, made common cause against the common foe, and assembled round the banner raised by _Walter Espec_, a doughty and gigantic warrior. A few years before they had prepared to help David in suppressing those very _Celts_ whom he was now leading against themselves. Against such men, inspired by such righteous indignation, the mixed multitude of _Scots_, _Picts_ of _Galloway_, _Welshmen_ from _Strathclyde_, _Northmen_ from the _Orkneys_, and _English_ from the _Lothians_, who with a body of _Norman_ knights made up the so-called _Scottish_ host, had but small chance of success. This chance was made still smaller by what proved fatal to the cause of Scotland in many an after fight, the inevitable squabbles between the rival races. The _Celts_ were jealous of the _Norman_ strangers, and clamoured so loudly for their right of leading the van, that David at last gave in to them. His own better judgment would have led him to give the task of breaking the hostile ranks to his well-armed, well-mounted horsemen, leaving it to the infantry to follow up their advantage. The two armies met on a moor, near _Northallerton_, where the English were drawn up round their _Standard_, which was so singular that from it the battle took its name. It was the consecrated wafer hoisted on a ship's mast, with the banners of _St. Peter of York_, _St. John of Beverley_, and _St. Wilfrith of Ripon_, floating round it. Before the battle commenced, a last attempt for peace was made by two Norman barons, whose descendants afterwards played a great part in Scottish history. These were _Robert de Brus_ and _Bernard de Bailleul_. They were friends of David and held lands from him, and they begged him not to fight with the old friends who had formerly stood by him. As he was unmoved by all their entreaties, they renounced their allegiance, and the battle began. The Galloway men made a fierce onslaught on the English, but were driven back and beaten down by the English arrows. They fled, and by their flight spread confusion through the army. The panic was made greater by a cry that the King was slain; and though David did all he could to rally the fugitives round his banner, the ancient dragon of Wessex, he was forced to retire upon _Carlisle_, where his son Henry joined him a few days after. But this defeat did not drive the Scots out of England. David still continued the siege of _Werk_, a strong castle, which at last surrendered.