Braveheart it is shown as Robert the Bruce who betrayed him. Some scholars claim that it was Scotsman John Mentieth, and even others say it was Mentieths servant. Most likely it is how James McKay writes it. Robert the Bruce had wanted a meeting with Wallace. Wallace and his page went to meet with the Bruce for seven nights in a row, each time finding the Bruce had not shown. The eighth night Mentieth, under orders from King Edward, followed Wallace and his page as they made their way back home. The two supposedly had been sleeping, and this is when Mentieths men seized William. Wallace awoke to find no weapons next to his bed and killed two men with his bare hands before being told by Mentieth that there were almost 60 knights and guards awaiting outside and that resistance was futile. Wallace then gave up and arrived outside only to find a few of Mentieths men, hardly worthy of being called knights.After Wallace was caught he was taken to London to be executed. His crime was treason of the King of England, although he never swore allegiance to him. He was stretched, beaten, disemboweled, had his entrails set aflame, and yet he did not ask for mercy from the English magistrate.This paper was meant to single out a few of the many debates about William Wallace. Among the questions discussed, it seems clear that he was born in Ellerslie in the year 1272. It should be believed that William Wallace was a giant man, towering almost one foot and seven inches over the average mans height at six feet seven inches. He was well built and very strong. Being taught by priests as a young man he was very brilliant and used this intellect and quick thinking on the battlefield. William Wallace fought with a passion, a passion that arose from the hatred of the English. He was betrayed by one of his own countrymen and given into the hands of the English. It is in this way that he was brutally murdered for treason to a King he never swore loyalty to. Wil...
