News has reached me that messengers are riding to and fro between Percy's army and the Scots, and I fear me that these half hearted barons will make peace." "Surely that cannot be! It were shame indeed to have taken up the sword, and to lay it down after scarce striking a blow." "Methinks, Archie, that the word shame is not to be found in the vocabulary of the nobles of this unhappy land.

But let us hope for the best; a few days will bring us the news." The news when it came was of the worst.

All the nobles, headed by Wishart, Douglas, and Bruce, with the exception only of Sir Andrew Moray of Bothwell, had made their submission, acknowledging their guilt of rebellion, and promising to make every reparation required by their sovereign lord.

Percy, on his part, guaranteed their lives, lands, goods, and chattels, and that they should not be imprisoned or punished for what had taken place.
Sir William Douglas and Bruce were ordered to find guarantees for their good conduct; but Sir William Douglas, finding himself unable to fulfil his engagements, surrendered, and was thrown into prison in Berwick Castle, and there kept in irons until he died, his death being attributed, by contemporary historians, to poison.
The surrender of the leaders had little result upon the situation.
The people had won their successes without their aid, and beyond the indignation excited by their conduct, the treaty of Irvine did nothing towards ensuring peace, and indeed heightened the confidence of the people in Wallace.

The movement spread over the whole of Scotland.