I wonder that they had not done it before Homildon, but doubtless they had other matters in hand.
"Now I can live in peace; but I, too, have not forgotten the injuries I have suffered at their hands, and should rejoice, greatly, did I hear that their stronghold had been levelled to the ground." "I hope that it will be long before our kings march against Scotland again.

The ill success of all our efforts should have taught them that, do what they will, they will never conquer Scotland; and Henry is not likely to court another failure, such as he met with two years since.
'Tis not like the wars with the Welsh.

They are a different people, speaking in a different language, while we and the lowland Scots are of one blood and one language--scarce a noble in Scotland who is not of Norman descent--and a quarrel between us seems, to me, almost as bad as a civil war." "I hope that all will come to think so, some day, Oswald; but as long as the two kingdoms stand apart, with various interests and different alliances, it will hardly be likely that there will be a permanent peace between them." "That is so," Oswald agreed.

"'Tis the part that Scotland plays by her alliance with France, and the aid she gives her by always choosing the time when we are fighting there to fall upon us, that keeps the trouble afoot.

If Scotland would hold herself aloof from France, I see no reason why we should interfere with her in any way." "No good has ever come to us from such alliance.