"(man) I shall tell you of William Wallace." "Historians from England will say I am a liar." "But history is written by those who have hanged heroes." "The King of Scotland had died without a son. claimed the throne of Scotland for himself." "Scotland's nobles fought him and fought each other over the crown." "So Longshanks invited them to talks of a truce." "No weapons." "One page only. a commoner with his own lands." "He had two sons:" "John and William." "I told you to stay!" "I finished my work." "Where are we going?" "MacAndrews'." "He was supposed to visit after the gathering." "boy!" "or you'll feel the back of my hand!" "William." "(horse whinnies)" "MacAndrews!" "MacAndrews!" "Holy Jesus." "(bird flutters)" "(gasps)" "(screams)" "(screams) William!" "William!" "lad." "(beams creak)" "William!" "(whimpers)" "And I say we hit back now!" "We cannae fight them." "Something's got to be done." "Wallace is right!" "We fight them!" "Every nobleman willing to fight was at that meeting!" "We cannot beat an army!" "Not with the 50 farmers we can raise." "We do not have to beat them Just fight them." "Wallace." "all right." "Aye." "Where do you think you're going?" "I'm going with you." "are ye?" "And what are you going to do?" "I'm gonna help." "too." "But I need you to stay here and look after the place for me while I'm away." "I can fight!" "I know!" "I know you can fight." "But it's our wits that make us men." "See ye tomorrow." "(sighs)" "English!" "Get down." "they'll kill us and burn the farm!" "Hamish." "(yelling)" "Nah!" "(owl hoots)" "(cock crows)" "Da?" "Da?" "(cattle lowing)" "(dogs barking)" "William." "lad." "De profundis" "Domine." "exaudi vocem meam." "Fiant aures tuae intendentes in vocem deprecationis meae." "Domine." "Et lux perpetua luceat eis." "Requiescant in pace." "Amen." "(all) Amen." "(horse whinnies)" "William." "I'm your uncle." "Argyle." "You have the look of your mother." "you'll come home with me." "I don't want to leave!" "did you?" "But it happened." "Did the priest give a poetic benediction?" "The Lord bless thee and keep thee lt was in Latin." "You don't speak Latin?" "that's something we shall have to remedy." "(Argyle) The Lord bless thee and keep thee." "The Lord cause his light to shine on thee." "The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace." "Amen." "Your heart is free." "Have the courage to follow it." "(thunder)" "(bagpipes)" "What are they doing?" "Saying goodbye in their own way." "Playing outlawed tunes on outlawed pipes." "It was the same for me and your daddy when our father was killed." "learn to use this." "Then I'll teach you to use this. who would succeed him as king." "Amen. the King of France." "(choir sings in Latin) Longshanks would have to do the honours himself." "That may have been what he had in mind all along." "Scotland" "My land." "The French will grovel to anyone with strength." "But how will they believe our strength when we cannot rule the whole of our island?" "Where is my son?" "my Lord." "He asked me to come in his stead." "I sent for him and he sends you?" "my Lord? then by all means stay and learn how." "Please." "Nobles." "Nobles are the key to the door of Scotland." "Grant our nobles lands in the North." "Give their nobles estates here in England." "And make them too greedy to oppose us." "our nobles will be reluctant to uproot." "New lands mean new taxes and they're already taxed for the war in France." "Are they?" "Are they?" "The trouble with Scotland is that it's full of Scots." "(laughter)" "Perhaps the time has come to reinstitute an old custom." "Grant them primae noctis." "First night. our nobles shall have sexual rights to her on the night of her wedding. we'll breed them out." "That should fetch just the kind of lords we want to Scotland." "eh?" "sire." "is it?" "in Edinburgh were gathered the council of Scottish nobles. a leading contender for the crown of Scotland." "I hear that Longshanks has granted primae noctis." "Clearly meant to draw more of his supporters here." "My father believes we must lull Longshanks into our confidence by neither supporting his decree nor opposing it." "A wise plan." "How is your father?" "He missed the council." "His affairs in France keep him long overdue." "But he sends his greetings." "And he says that I speak for all of the Bruces and for Scotland." "(þarký pipes and percussion)" "(music stops)" "You've dropped your rock." "A test of manhood." "You win." "Ah-hah!" "then." "so we train with stones." "The test of a soldier is not in his arm." "It's here." "No. lt's here." "(laughter)" "Hamish?" "Mm-hm." "son." "Show him how." "boy!" "Come on!" "That's a good throw." "it was." "I was wondering if you could do that when it matters." "As it as it matters in battle." "Could you crush a man with that throw?" "I could crush you like a worm." "(crowd) Oooh!" "You could?" "Aye." "do it." "Would you like to see him crush me like a worm?" "Come and do it." "You'll move." "I will not." "Right." "He'll move." "Hamish!" "boy!" "Well done!" "(chuckling) young Wallace." "Are you all right?" "You look a wee bit shaky." "I should have remembered the rocks." "you should have." "you big heap of welcome home." "Look what you did to my head." "You should have moved." "will you dance with me?" "Of course I will." "I've come to claim the right of primae noctis." "I will bless this marriage by taking the bride into my bed on the first night of her union." "By God you will not!" "It is my noble right." "(chuckles)" "sir." "huh?" "it's that." "Might I have a word with your daughter?" "What do you want to have a word with her about?" "erm" "Murron?" "Would you like to ride with me this evening?" "In this?" "You're out of your mind!" "madam." "The rain is falling almost straight down." "She cannae go with you." "No?" "anyway." "No the now." "No the now." "We'll see ye later." "The weather's fine. lt's hardly raining." "Did you no hear what I said?" "Murron!" "Murron!" "It's you she takes after." "(William) How did you know me after so long?" "I didn't." "I saw you staring at me and I didn't know who you were." "I'm sorry. I suppose I was." "Are you in the habit of riding off in the rain with strangers?" "It was the best way to make you leave." "I'll warn you in writing first." "It wouldn't help. I can't read." "Can ye not?" "No." "that's something we shall have to remedy." "You're gonna teach me to read?" "If you like." "Aye." "In what language?" "You're showing off now." "That's right." "Are you impressed yet?" "No." "Should I be?" "(French)" "and I'll be impressed." "but I'll try (squeals)" "You learnt no manners on your travels!" "The French and the Romans are worse than I." "You went to Rome?" "Aye." "Uncle took me on a pilgrimage." "What was it like?" "(French)" "What does that mean?" "Beautiful." "But I belong here." "(mother) Murron!" "Come in now!" "but" "MacClannough's daughter is another matter." "I've come to fetch you to a meeting." "What kind of meeting?" "The secret kind." "Your meetings are a waste of time." "Your father was a fighter and a patriot." "I know who my father was." "a family." "I will." "Go on!" "You want to stay out of the troubles?" "Aye." "you may court my daughter." "the answer is no." "Wallace." "No." "Didn't I just prove it?" "No!" "No?" "No!" "(gasps)" "running a farm is a lot of work." "But that will all change when my sons arrive." "you've got children." "not yet." "But I was hoping that you could help me with that." "then?" "but all right." "is that what you call a proposal?" "I love you." "Always have." "I want to marry you." "is that a yes?" "that's a yes." "Yeah?" "wait." "Where are you going?" "What's that?" "You'll see." "(whispers) Father." "I will love you my whole life." "You and no other." "And I you." "You and no other for ever." "(priest speaks Gaelic)" "et Spiritus Sancti" "When will I see ye again?" "Tonight?" "I can't." "Why not?" "My dad's growing suspicious." "Would that have anything to do with" "When?" "When?" "Tonight." "Tonight?" "Sergeant." "lassie?" "That looks heavy." "Can we help you?" "That's fine." "(chuckles) I'm not going to steal it" "Ohh!" "You remind me of my daughter back home." "lassie." "(Murron screams)" "Ssh." "Smythe." "(screams)" "Aagh!" "Bitch!" "(Smythe yells)" "You bitch!" "Are you all right?" "Are you all right?" "Aye." "Can you ride?" "Aye." "you bastard!" "Ring the alarm!" "Help!" "Meet me at the grove." "Ride!" "They're getting away!" "you bitch!" "Murron!" "Murron!" "All of you know full well the great pains I've always taken with the application of our laws. have we not learned to live together in relative peace and harmony?" "Huh?" "And this day's lawlessness is how you repay my leniency." "you leave me with little choice." "An assault on the King's soldiers is the same as an assault on the King himself. let this scrapper come to me." "(soldier shouts)" "There." "(horse whinnies)" "Aaagh!" "Aaagh!" "Corporal!" "Some archers on the tower!" "Now!" "Father." "(screams) boy!" "Aaagh!" "(whooping)" "are you all right?" "Aye." "(thunder)" "MacCaulich." "MacCaulich." "MacCaulich!" "(chanting) MacCaulich!" "MacCaulich!" "MacCaulich!" "(chanting) Wallace!" "Wallace!" "(chanting continues)" "Anima eius et animae omnium fidelium defunctorum per misericordiam Dei requiescant in pace." "et Filii et Spiritus Sanctus." "Amen." "(all) Amen." "(sobbing)" "(chattering) boy?" "(laughs)" "Here." "You can do it. I'll hold him down." "Here." "You can do it. I'll hold him down." "boy." "I know it seems like a waste of good whisky. indulge me." "(groans)" "(screams) let him go." "(yells)" "All right?" "boy." "There's somebody coming!" "Arm yourselves!" "There's somebody coming." "MacGregors!" "From the next glen." "We heard about what was happening." "We don't want you amerdans thinking you can have your fun without us." "Go home." "Some of us are in this." "I can't help that now." "But you can help yourselves." "Go home." "We'll have no homes left when the English garrison comes through and burns us out." "And they will." "(man) Aye." "Welcome." "my Lord." "what news?" "I have dispatched 100 soldiers to Lanark." "They will be returning now!" "Were they dressed like this?" "it was more like 50." "Make it quick." "Do you remember me?" "I never did her any harm. lt was my right!" "Your right." "I'm here to claim the right of a husband!" "(screams)" "I'm William Wallace." "And the rest of you will be spared." "Go back to England!" "And tell them there that Scotland's daughters and her sons are yours no more." "Tell them Scotland is free." "Burn it." "(applause)" "The Scottish rebels have routed one of my garrisons and murdered the noble Lord." "nothing more." "And how would you deal with this brigand?" "Like any common thief." "Have the local magistrate arrest and punish him." "Leave us." "Wallace has already killed the magistrate and taken control of the town." "Stand up." "Stand up! I depart for France to press our rights there." "And I leave you here to quell this little rebellion." "Understood?" "is it?" "One day you will be a king." "At least try to act like one." "Get away from me!" "Convene my military council!" "(French)" "(yelling)" "There!" "After them!" "No point resisting." "You're outnumbered and trapped." "Where are the rest of you?" "Where's Wallace?" "come in." "Come in." "A rebellion has begun." "Under whom?" "A commoner named William Wallace." "You will embrace this rebellion." "Support it from our lands in the North." "I will gain English favour by condemning it and ordering it opposed from our lands in the South." "Sit down." "Stay awhile." "This Wallace" "He doesn't even have a knighthood." "But he fights with passion." "And he inspires!" "eh?" "maybe it's time." "It is time to survive." "You're the 17th Robert Bruce." "The 16 before you passed you land and title because they didn't charge in." "Call a meeting of the nobles." "They do nothing but talk." "as we are." "You admire this man this William Wallace." "Uncompromising men are easier to admire." "He has courage." "So does a dog." "But it is exactly the ability to compromise that makes a man noble." "And understand this:" "Edward Longshanks is the most ruthless king ever to sit on the throne of England." "And none of us and nothing of Scotland will remain unless we are as ruthless." "Give ear to our nobles." "Knowing their minds is the key to the throne." "Wait." "Wait!" "Look." "and this is left." "Carry on." "Carry on!" "(French) eventually Longshanks will send in his northern army." "Heavy cavalry." "Armoured horse." "Shake the very ground." "He'll ride right over us." "Uncle Argyle used to talk about it." "How no army had ever stood up to a charge of heavy horse." "So what do we do?" "Hit." "Run." "Hide." "The Highland way." "(birds twittering)" "Or make spears." "Hundreds of 'em." "Long spears." "Twice as long as a man." "That long?" "Aye." "Some men are longer than others." "eh?" "Volunteers coming in!" "William Wallace." "We've come to fight and to die for you." "man. I'm not the Pope." "My name is Faudron." "My sword is yours." "I brought you this We checked them for arms." "I brought you this." "My wife made it for you." "thank you." "(chuckling)" "Him!" "That can't be William Wallace." "I'm prettier than this man." "Father." "I'll ask him. will I get to kill Englishmen?" "is your father a ghost or do you converse with the Almighty?" "an Irishman is forced to talk to God." "Father!" ""Just answer the fucking question!"" "Mind your tongue." "Insane Irish!" "old man." "Irishman." "you get to kill the English." "Excellent!" "Stephen is my name." "I'm the most wanted man on my island." "of course." "More's the pity." "Your island?" "You mean Ireland?" "Yeah. lt's mine." "You're a madman." "(laughs)" "then." "(Stephen laughs)" "didn't the Almighty send me to watch your back?" "I didn't like him anyway." "He wasn't right in the head." "William!" "It's our runners!" "The English are advancing an army towards Stirling!" "Do the nobles rally?" "Robert the Bruce and others will not fight." "But word has spread." "The Highlanders are coming down on their own." "Aye ln droves of hundreds and thousands!" "Are you ready for a war?" "!" "(cheering)" "at least three to one." "maybe more." "300 heavy horse!" "We must try to negotiate." "Who was in command?" "Did he have a scarlet chevron?" "he did." "That'll be Cheltham." "We could still negotiate" "What are they talking about?" "but it doesnae look good." "The nobles will negotiate." "They do a deal and we go home." "If not we charge." "300 heavy horse!" "We've no chance!" "(rumbling)" "So many." "I didn't come here to fight so they could own more lands." "Then I'd have to work for them." "Nor me." "lads!" "I'm not dying for these bastards!" "Let's go home!" "(shouting)" "men!" "Do not flee!" "Wait until we've negotiated!" "William Wallace!" "Can't be." "Not tall enough." "The Almighty says this is a fashionable fight." "It's drawn the finest people." "I thank you." "you give homage." "I give homage to Scotland. why does it go?" "We didn't come here to fight for them!" "(shouting)" "Home!" "The English are too many!" "Sons of Scotland!" "I am William Wallace!" "I've heard." "He kills men by the hundred." "he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes and lightning from his arse!" "(laughter) I am William Wallace!" "And I see a whole army of my countrymen here in defiance of tyranny." "You've come to fight as free men and free men you are!" "What will you do without freedom?" "Will you fight?" "(shouting)" "Against that?" "No!" "and we will live." "Aye." "Fight and you may die." "and you'll live." "At least a while. would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives" "but they'll never take our freedom!" "Alba qu bra!" "Alba qu bra!" "(cheering)" "They seem quite optimistic." "Maybe they do want to fight." "Confrontation might be a foregone conclusion." "But nonetheless I think we should deliver the King's terms." "The King's terms?" "They'll never live up to them." "I think" "All right!" "Offer them the terms." "They're coming out." "Should we go to them?" "Let me do the talking." "Agreed?" "Aye." "Fine speech." "Now what do we do?" "Just be yourselves." "Where are you going?" "I'm going to pick a fight." "we didn't get dressed up for nothing." "Craig." "Here are the King's terms." "Lead this army off the field" "and he will give you each estates in Yorkshire from which you will pay" "From which you will pay I have an offer for ye." "this is William Wallace." "From which you will pay the King an annual duty I said I have an offer for you." "You disrespect a banner of truce!" "From his King?" "Absolutely." "Here are Scotland's terms." "Lower your flags and march straight back to England." "rape and murder." "and your men shall live." "Do it not and every one of you will die today." "You are outmatched." "You have no heavy cavalry." "no army has won without." "I'm not finished!" "Before we let you leave put his head between his legs and kiss his own arse." "I'd say that was rather less cordial than he was used to." "You be ready and do exactly as I say." "On my signal and flank them." "We must not divide our forces." "Do it and let the English see you do it." "They'll think we run away?" "Take out their archers." "I'll meet you in the middle." "Right." "Come on." "Ego vos absolvo ab omnibus peccatis vestris." "In nomine Patris lnsolent bastard!" "I want this Wallace's heart on a plate!" "Archers!" "(drums beat)" "Archers forward!" "(battle cry)" "You bastards!" "(chanting)" "The Lord tells me He can get me out of this mess but He's pretty sure you're fucked." "(manic laugh)" "(groaning)" "(yelling)" "Ready Loose!" "(yelling)" "(groaning)" "Ride!" "See?" "Every Scot with a horse is fleeing." "Our cavalry will ride them down like grass." "Send the horse." "Full attack." "(yelling)" "Steady" "Hold!" "Hold!" "Hold!" "Hold!" "Now!" "Send the infantry." "My Lord" "You lead them!" "Charge!" "(battle cry)" "(battle cry)" "Retreat!" "Bastard!" "Come on!" "All right." "(cheers)" "Wallace!" "(chanting) Wallace!" "Wallace!" "(cheers)" "(chanting)" "I knight thee" "Sir William Wallace." "in the name of God we appoint thee guardian and high protector of Scotland and thy captains as aides-de-camp." "Stand and be recognised." "(cheering)" "Does anyone know his politics?" "but his weight with the commoners could upset everything." "and so we must." "Sir William!" "Sir William." "Inasmuch as you and your captains hail from a region may we invite you to continue your support and uphold our rightful claim?" "Damn the Balliol clan!" "They're all Longshanks's men!" "(angry shouting)" "Gentlemen." "Gentlemen!" "It's time to declare a king." "Halt!" "Wait!" "Are you prepared to recognise our legitimate succession?" "written by you." "no." "(shouting continues) I demand recognition of these documents!" "These were lies when you wrote them!" "gentlemen!" "Quiet!" "Sir William!" "Where are you going?" "We have beaten the English." "But they'll come back because you won't stand together." "What will you do?" "I will invade England and defeat the English on their own ground." "(chuckling) lnvade?" "That's impossible." "Why?" "Why is that impossible?" "You're so concerned with squabbling for scraps from Longshanks's table that you've missed your God-given right to something better." "There's a difference between us." "You think the people of Scotland exist to provide you with position." "I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom." "And I go to make sure that they have it." "(chattering)" "(man) Wait!" "I respect what you said." "But remember that these men have lands and castles." "It's much to risk." "does he risk less?" "No." "this country has got no sense of itself." "Its nobles share allegiance with England." "Its clans war with each other." "Aye." "If you make enemies on both sides of the border you'll end up dead." "We all will. lt's just a question of how and why." "I'm not a coward. I want what you want." "But we need the nobles." "We need 'em?" "Aye." "to be noble?" "but men don't follow titles." "They follow courage." "our people know you." "they respect you." "And if you would just lead them to freedom they'd follow you." "And so would I." "Damn it!" "My sodomite cousin the Prince tells me he has no troops to lend." "And every town in northern England is begging for help." "He advances!" "my Lord." "seal the gate." "Now!" "(soldier) Quickly!" "Bring in the provisions!" "we can get you out if you leave now." "I will not tell my uncle I've lost him the greatest city in the North." "(screaming)" "Come on!" "(yelling)" "(cheering)" "Make way for the King!" "It's not your fault." "Stand up to him!" "I will stand up to him and more." "What news of the North?" "Your Majesty." "We've sent riders to speed any word." "I heard the word in France where l was fighting to expand your future kingdom." "is that our entire northern army is annihilated." "And you have done nothing." "assembled and ready to depart." "but there's a very urgent message from York." "Come." "sire." "Erm WWallace has sacked York." "What?" "Wallace has sacked York." "Uh!" "Oh!" "Sire thy own nephew!" "What beast could do such a thing!" "If he can sack York he can invade Lower England." "We will stop him!" "Who is this person who speaks to me as though I needed his advice?" "I have declared Phillip my High Counsellor." "is he qualified?" "sire." "Are you?" "Tell me present situation?" "Aaaagh!" "(coughs)" "(spluttering)" "I shall offer a truce and buy him off." "But who will go to him?" "Not I." "If I fell under the sword of that murderer it might be my head in a basket." "And not my gentle son." "The mere sight of him would only encourage an enemy to take over the whole country." "(coughs)" "So whom do I send?" "Whom do I send?" "(twig snaps)" "(owl hoots)" "(gasps)" "I'm dreaming." "you are." "And you must wake." "I don't want to wake." "I want to stay here with you." "And I with you." "But you must wake now." "William." "Wake up." "wake up" "(man) William!" "A royal entourage comes flying banners of truce and the standards of Longshanks himself!" "I am the Princess of Wales." "I come as the King's servant and with his authority." "To do what?" "To discuss the King's proposals." "Will you speak with a woman?" "I understand you have recently been given the rank of knight." "I have been given nothing." "God makes men what they are." "Did God make you the sacker of peaceful cities?" "my husband's own cousin?" "York was the staging point for every invasion of my country." "from the city walls." "Longshanks did far worse the last time he took a Scottish city." "(Latin)" "(Latin)" "(French)" "(English) You ask your King to his face." "Ask him." "See if his eyes can convince you of the truth." "Hamilton Leave us." "My Lady?" "Leave us!" "Now." "Let us talk plainly." "You invade England." "But you cannot complete the conquest so far from your shelter and supply." "The King desires peace." "Longshanks desires peace?" "I swear it." "He proposes that you withdraw your attack." "estates and this chest of gold which I am to pay to you personally." "gold that I should become Judas." "Peace is made in such ways." "Slaves are made in such ways!" "I was a boy." "And many Scottish nobles who would not be slaves to a barn where he had them hanged." "I was very young." "But I remember Longshanks's notion of peace." "I understand you have suffered." "I know about your woman." "She was my wife." "We married in secret because I would not share her with an English lord." "They killed her to get to me." "(sighs) I've never spoken of it." "except I see her strength in you." "One day you'll be a queen." "And you must open your eyes." "You tell your King that William Wallace will not be ruled and nor will any Scot while I live." "Ah!" "My son's loyal wife returns unkilled by the heathen." "So he accepted our bribe?" "No." "He did not." "Then why does he stay?" "My scouts tell me that he has not advanced." "He waits for you at York." "He says he will attack no more towns if you are man enough to come and face him." "Did he?" "The Welsh bowmen will not be detected arriving so far around his flank." "The main force of our armies from France land here to the north of Edinburgh." "Conscripts from Ireland approach from the southwest to here." "Irish conscripts." "But they'd take weeks to assemble." "I dispatched them before I sent your wife." "So our little ruse succeeded." "(Longshanks) Thank you. behind him." "er" "Wallace in private?" "Tell me" "What kind of man is he?" "A mindless barbarian." "my Lord." "You may return to your embroidery." "my Lord." "of course?" "No. I gave it to ease the suffering of the children of this war." "(laughs)" "That's what happens when you send a woman." "sire. I thought that generosity might demonstrate your greatness to those you mean to rule." "(coughs)" "My greatness will be better demonstrated when Wallace returns to Scotland and finds his country in ashes." "(coughs)" "William!" "There's riders approaching." "A personal escort of the Princess." "Aye." "Must have made an impression." "Aye." "I didn't think you were in the tent that long." "Mademoiselle." "Un message de ma maîtresse." "Merci." "It's true!" "The English ships are moving up from the South." "but the Irish have landed." "I had to see it myself to believe it." "What are the Irish doing fighting with the English?" "I wouldn't worry about them." "Didn't I tell you before?" "It's my island." "ride ahead to Edinburgh and assemble the council." "Order it!" "Right." "Come on!" "Ya!" "Your island?" "My island!" "Yup!" "gentlemen!" "Craig is right!" "This time our only option is to negotiate." "Unless you want to see Edinburgh razed" "My army has marched for more days than I can remember." "And we still have preparations to make so I'll make this plain. even yourselves." "And we need them now." "it's time to discuss other options." "Other options?" "!" "Don't you wish at least to lead your men onto the field and barter a better deal with Longshanks before you run?" "Sir William" "We cannot defeat them!" "We can!" "Sir William!" "And we will!" "and still you quibble!" "We won at York and you would not support us." "I'd say you're cowards." "l'm ashamed to call myself one." "speak with me alone." "I beg you." "You've achieved more than anyone ever dreamed." "not courage." "It's well beyond rage." "Help me." "help yourselves!" "Now is our chance!" "Now! we'll have what none of us have ever had before." "A country of our own." "You're the rightful leader I see it." "Unite us." "Unite us!" "Unite the clans!" "All right!" "Right." "This cannot be the way." "You said yourself the nobles will not support Wallace." "So how does it help us to join the side that is slaughtered?" "I gave him my word." "I know it is hard." "Being a leader is." "My son" "Son" "Look at me." "I cannot be King." "You and you alone can rule Scotland." "you must do. but for your country." "make way." "Coming through." "lads." "William." "He'll come." "Mornay and Lochlan have come." "So will the Bruce." "Quite a lovely gathering." "Wouldn't you agree?" "sire." "Not the archers." "My scouts say their archers are miles away and no threat." "Arrows cost money." "Use up the Irish." "The dead cost nothing." "And send in the infantry and cavalry." "Infantry!" "Infantry!" "Cavalry!" "Cavalry!" "Cavalry!" "Cavalry!" "Advance!" "Advance!" "good to see ye this morning!" "Irish!" "Glad to have ye with us." "Watch this." "(battle cry)" "Mornay?" "Lochlan?" "I gave Mornay double his lands in Scotland and matching estates in England." "Lochlan turned for much less." "Archers." "sire?" "Won't we hit our own troops?" "Yes." "But we'll hit theirs as well." "We have reserves." "Attack!" "Archers!" "Archers!" "Archers!" "Send in our reinforcements." "(coughs)" "Send in the rest!" "(battle cry)" "Bring me Wallace." "if possible." "Dead just as good." "Send us news of our victory." "Shall we retire?" "Ya!" "Ya!" "Protect the King." "Aaaagh!" "(groans)" "Aagh!" "Aagh!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get him out of here!" "Jesus!" "Go!" "Ya!" "(splutters)" "I'm dying." "Let me be." "No." "You're going to live." "I've lived long enough to live free." "Proud to see you become the man you are." "I'm a happy man." "(Hamish sobs)" "I'm the one who's rotting." "But I think your face looks graver than mine." "Son" "We must have alliance with England to prevail here." "You achieved that." "You saved your family and increased your land." "you will have all the power in Scotland." "Lands." "Titles." "Men." "Power." "Nothing." "Nothing?" "I have nothing." "Men fight for me because if they do not I throw them off my land and I starve their wives and children." "Those men who bled the ground red at Falkirk" "and he fights for something that I've never had." "And I took it from him when I betrayed him and I saw it in his face on the battlefield." "And it's tearing me apart." "all men betray." "All lose heart." "I don't want to lose heart!" "I want to believe as he does." "I will never be on the wrong side again." "(snores)" "(gasps)" "Aagh!" "No!" "(shouting)" "(yells)" "is it true about Mornay?" "Aye." "Wallace rode into his bedchamber and killed him." "More of a liability now than ever he was." "And there's no telling who'll be next." "Maybe you." "Maybe me." "It doesn't matter." "Robert." "So am I!" "Christ!" "Shit!" "Search the place!" "Lochlan!" "William Wallace killed 50 men." "50 if it was one." "100 men with his own sword." "Cut through them like" "Moses through the Red Sea." "(Longshanks) His legend grows." "It will be worse than before." "He rallies new volunteers in every Scottish town." "When he replenishes his numbers" "They're sheep!" "Mere sheep!" "(Longshanks coughs)" "Easily dispersed if we strike the shepherd." "Very well." "Pick a flock of your finest assassins and set a meeting." "Wallace is renowned for his ability to smell an ambush." "If what Lord Hamilton tells me is correct he warmed to our future Queen and would trust her." "So we'll dispatch her with the notion that she comes in peace." "the Princess might be taken hostage or her life be put in jeopardy." "My son would be most distressed by that. we would soon find the King of France a useful ally against the Scots." "You see you must find the good in any situation." "sure." "And he's given up his sword." "Be ready." "Aagh!" "(screaming)" "(owl hoots)" "My Lady." "I received your message." "(gasps)" "This is the second time you've warned me of danger." "Why?" "There will be a new shipment of supplies coming north next month." "Foods and weapons." "They will stop." "Why do you help me?" "(whispers) Why do you help me?" "Because of the way you are looking at me now." "(gasps)" "(gasping for breath) our noble saviours have arrived." "Off with their hoods." "we come to seek a meeting." "what's the point?" "You've all sworn loyalty to Longshanks." "An oath to a liar is no oath at all." "Every man of us is ready to swear loyalty to you." "So let the council swear publicly." "We cannot." "Some scarcely believe you're alive." "Others think you'll pay them Mornay's wages." "So we bid you to Edinburgh." "Meet us two days from now." "Pledge us your pardon and we'll unite behind you." "Scotland will be one." "One?" "You mean us and you." "No." "I mean this." "It's the pledge of Robert the Bruce." "(Hamish) You do know it's a trap." "Tell him!" "he'd have done it at Falkirk." "Aye." "I know. I saw." "what about the others?" "Scheming bastards who couldnae agree on the colour of shite!" "It's a trap!" "Are you blind?" "Look at us." "We've got to try." "We can't do this alone." "Joining the nobles is the only hope for our people." "You know what happens if we don't?" "What?" "Nothing." "I don't want to be a martyr." "Nor I." "I want to live." "and children." "And peace." "I do." "I've asked God for those things." "It's all for nothing if you don't have freedom." "William." "A dream?" "Just a what have we been doing all this time?" "We've lived that dream." "Your dream isn't about freedom." "It's about Murron!" "You're doing this to be a hero because you think she sees ye!" "I don't think she sees me. I know she does." "too." "Jesus." "(William coughs)" "Shall I come with you?" "No. I'll go alone." "I'll see you after." "Right." "I hope." "He won't come." "He will." "I know he will." "My Lord!" "He approaches!" "No!" "Robert!" "Aagh!" "Get away!" "Get away!" "that's the arrangement." "(screams) Father!" "You rotting bastard!" "Why?" "Why?" "Longshanks required Wallace." "So did our nobles." "That was the price of your crown." "Die!" "I want you to die." "Soon enough I'll be dead." "And you'll be King." "I don't want anything from you!" "You're not a man!" "And you're not my father." "You're my son and you have always known my mind." "You deceived me." "You let yourself be deceived." "you always knew what had to happen here." "At last you know what it means to hate." "Now you're ready to be a king." "My hate will die with you." "you stand in taint of high treason." "Against whom?" "Against your King." "Have you anything to say?" "Never in my whole life did I swear allegiance to him." "It matters not." "He is your King." "Confess and you may receive a quick death." "Deny and you must be purified by pain." "Do you confess?" "Do you confess?" "(sighs)" "Then on the morrow you shall receive your purification." "Your Highness." "I will see the prisoner." "The King ordered that nobody The King will die soon and his son is weak." "Who do you think will rule this kingdom?" "Now open this door." "Your Majesty." "filth." "Up on your feet!" "Stop it!" "Leave me." "I said leave me!" "My Lady." "Sir I come to beg you" "to confess all and swear allegiance to the King that he might show you mercy." "Will he show mercy to my country? perhaps even live in a tower." "who knows what can happen?" "If you can only live" "If I swear to him then all that I am is dead already." "(sobs)" "You will die. lt will be awful." "Every man dies." "Not every man really lives." "Drink this." "It will dull your pain." "No. lt will numb my wits." "And I must have them all." "For if I'm senseless or if I wail then Longshanks will have broken me." "I can't bear the thought of your torture." "Take it." "All right." "I have come to beg for the life of William Wallace." "(sniggers) aren't you?" "I respect him." "he was a worthy enemy." "and win the respect of your own people." "(wheezes)" "Even now you are incapable of mercy." "(breathes heavily)" "And you" "that word is as unfamiliar as love." "Before he lost his powers of speech he told me his one comfort was that he would live to know Wallace was dead." "You see?" "Death comes to us all. know this:" "Your blood dies with you." "A child who is not of your line grows in my belly." "I swear it." "(Longshanks coughs)" "(wheezes)" "(crowd cheers)" "I'm so afraid." "Give me the strength to die well." "(crowd cheers)" "(crowd) Boo!" "(man) Here he comes!" "(shouting)" "Now behold the awful price of treason! declare yourself the King's loyal subject and beg his mercy" "(crowd gasps) and you shall have it." "Rope!" "(cheering)" "(coughing) Raise him." "(chokes)" "Stretch him!" "That's it." "Stretch him!" "yes?" "Rise to your knees." "Kiss the royal emblem on my cloak and you will feel no more." "(coughs)" "(gasps)" "Rack him!" "(cheering)" "Enough?" "(gasps)" "It can all end right now." "Peace." "Bliss." "Just say it." "Cry out" ""Mercy."" "Mercy!" "(crowd chants) Mercy!" "Mercy!" "Cry out." "(crowd chanting)" "Just say it. "Mercy."" "William." "Mercy." "say it." "The prisoner wishes to say a word." "(shouts) Freedom! William Wallace's body was torn to pieces." "His head was set on London Bridge." "His arms and legs sent to the four corners of Britain as a warning." "It did not have the effect that Longshanks planned. rode out to pay homage to the armies of the English King and accept his endorsement of my crown." "I hope you've washed your arse this morning." "It's about to be kissed by a king." "Come." "Let's get it over with." "Stop!" "You have bled with Wallace!" "Now bleed with me." "(battle cry)" "Wallace!" "Wallace!" "Wallace! charged the fields of Bannockburn." "They fought like warrior poets." "They fought like Scotsmen and won their freedom." "Subtitles ßy MühàmmáÐ Ü§mâñ"