 Due to internal conflicts in Scotland, however, the two failed to secure the ransom, and both were returned to the Tower.The English king's next stratagem was to “turn” the King of Scotland and the Knight of Liddlesdale to his cause, by promising their release on condition that they would, in essence, submit to his headship of Scotland.By this time, the period of captivity had extended to eleven years, and freedom at any cost may have sounded good to the two prisoners.