His progress was unhindered.

Bannockburn left Edward powerless, and Lancaster at the head of the Ordainers became supreme.

But it was still impossible to trust the king or to act with him, and in the dead-lock of both parties the Scots plundered as they would.

Their ravages in the North brought shame on England such as it had never known.

At last Bruce's capture of Berwick in the spring of 1318 forced the king to give way.