Edward I.of England caused it to be carried to Westminster Abbey, where it now stands.

The tradition is, that empire abides where it stays.-( 1809.) "What!" inquired Wallace, with a yet darker frown, "has Baliol robbed Scotland of that trophy of one of her best kings?
Is the sacred gift of Fergus to be made the spoil of a coward ?" "Baliol is not the robber," rejoined Monteith; "the halloed pillar was taken from Scone by the command of the King of England, and, with the sackings of Iona, was carried on board the same vessel with the betrayed Douglas.

The archives of the kingdom have also been torn from their sanctuary, and were thrown by Edward's own hands into the fire." "Tyrant!" murmured Wallace, "thou mayest fill the cup too full." "His depredations," continued Monteith, "the good monk told me, have been wide as destructive.

He has not left a parchment, either of public records or of private annals, in any of the monasteries or castles round Montrose; all have been searched and plundered.

And besides, the faithless Earl of March and Lord Sculis are such parricides of their country, as to have performed the like robberies, in his name, from the eastern shores of the Highlands to the furthiest of the Western Isles." "Do the traitors think," cried Wallace, "that by robbing Scotland of her annals and of that stone they really deprive her of her palladium?
Scotland's history is in the memories of her sons; her palladium is in their hearts; and Edward may one day find that she remembers the victory of Largs,** and needs not talismans to give her freedom." **This battle was fought by Alexander III, on the 1st of August, 1263, against Acho, King of Norway.