=14. Capture of Wallace.=--Wallace had been on the Continent ever since the battle of Falkirk. He now came back and was betrayed by his servant _Jack Short_ to Sir John Menteith, governor for Edward in _Dunbarton Castle_, and was sent by him to London. He was there tried, by a special commission, for treason and rebellion against Edward. He pleaded in his own defence that he had never sworn fealty to Edward. In spite of this he was found guilty, condemned to death, and hanged, drawn, and quartered according to the barbarous practice which was then coming into use in England. His head was stuck up on _London Bridge_, and the four parts of his body were sent to _Newcastle_, _Berwick_, _Stirling_, and _Perth_, by way of frightening the people from such attempts in future. =15. Attempted Union.=--Edward then set to work to complete the union of the two kingdoms. In the meantime Scotland was to be governed by a _Lieutenant_ aided by a council of barons and churchmen. It was to be represented in the English parliament by _ten deputies_,--_four churchmen_, _four barons_, and _two_ members of the _commons_, _one_ for the country _north_ of the _Firths_, _one_ for the _south_. These members attended one parliament at Westminster, and an ordinance was issued for the government of Scotland. _John of Bretayne_ was named _Lieutenant_ for the King; justices and sheriffs were appointed; the strongholds were put under governors for the King, and an inquiry was ordered into the state of the laws in order to take measures for their amendment. Edward's policy in all this was to win favour with the people and the members of the council, although many of them, such as _Bruce_ and _Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow_, had taken part in the last rising. The King's peace was now offered to all rebels who would profit by it. But the great difficulty in dealing with the Scots was that they never knew when they were conquered, and, just when Edward hoped that his scheme for union was carried out, they rose in arms once more.