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Barbour John. The Bruce
The Bruce
Table of Contents
PREFACE
1. MSS. and Editions
2. The Scribes
3. The Present Edition
INTRODUCTION
1. “The Bruce” as Romance
2. John Barbour
3. Historic Value of “The Bruce.”
BOOK I
How the Lords of Scotland took the King of England to be Arbiter at the last
The First Rising of Lord Douglas
The Scots are likened to the Holy Maccabees
BOOK II
How the Bruce avoided King Edward’s Deceit
Here John Comyn and Others are Slain in the Friars’ Kirk
Here the King of England seeks for Robert Bruce, but does not find Him
Here Robert Bruce sends Letters for an Assembly
The Douglas meeting with King Robert
The Crowning of King Robert
The First Speaking of King Robert with Sir Aymer
The Lodging of King Robert in the Park of Methven
The Battle of Methven and the First Discomfiture of King Robert
Here the King and his Men Suffer Great Want
Here King Robert with his Men goes as far as Aberdeen
BOOK III
Here the Lord of Lorn attacks the King because of the Death of John Comyn
How the King slew the Three Men that swore his Death
The Pains of King Robert among the Mountains
How the King passed over Loch Lomond
How the King passed to the Sea, and how the Earl of Lennox was chased
Here the Earl of Lennox is followed by Traitors
BOOK IV
How the Queen and Other Ladies were taken and imprisoned and her Men slain
How Prince Edward of England besieged Kyldrumy
Here the King of England collects his Men in Scotland
How King Edward died in Burgh-in-Sand
The Lines about the War of Bosbek
How James of Douglas passed into Arran
The Coming of King Robert Bruce to Arran
How the King sent his Man to spy in Carrick who were to him Friendly
Of the Fire the King saw Burning
Here the King’s Hostess foretells what is to be, and gives him her Two Sons
BOOK V
Of the King’s Handseling in Carrick at his First Arrival
Here the King secretly enters the Town and slays All
A Certain Lady, a Relative of the King, comes to him with Forty Men
Here Henry Percy flies to England
The Passing of James of Douglas to Douglas-dale, his Heritage
Here James of Douglas slays them in the Kirk
Here makes he “the Douglas Larder.”
Here Clifford builds the Castle again
How one Man and his Two Sons undertook to slay King Robert
Here the English Knight fees a Traitor
Here King Robert is in Great Peril
Here the Noble King slays three Traitors, Himself, Alone
BOOK VI
Here Galloway Men seek him
Here he fights alone against Two Hundred
How Douglas slew Thirlwall
Here Sir Aymer and John of Lorn follow King Robert with a Sleuth-hound
Here Five Chosen Men are sent to take the King
BOOK VII
How John of Lorn sought the Good King Robert Bruce with the Sleuth-hound
Here the Sleuth-hound lost his Scent
Or else he was Slain with an Arrow
How the Three Men that bare the Wedder Sheep thought to have slain King Robert Bruce
Here Three Traitours meet the King, with a Wedder
Here he slew the three traitors
Here the King goes to his Tryst
Here meets he with his Company
Here the King and his Company come hastily upon their Enemies, and slay Many
Here Sir Aymer passes to Carlisle
Here the King meets three Traitors
Here Sir Aymer sets the King in Great Jeopardy
How Sir Aymer Valence sent the Woman to spy King Robert in Glentrool
Here were Fifteen Hundred discomfited with Few Scots
BOOK VIII
Here Sir Aymer urges a Fight on the Plain
Here King Robert provides for Advantage in the Place where they should Fight
Here Sir Aymer comes with his Host in Sight
Here King Robert meets him with Few
Here King Robert wins in Plain Battle
Here Sir Aymer passes to England
How the Good King Robert the Bruce passed North beyond the Mounth
Here Sir James wins Many Men, and makes First a Train on the Castle
BOOK IX
How Good King Robert lay Sick in Inverury
Here the Earl of Buchan gathers against the King
Here the Earl of Buchan flies, and Sir David Brechin yields himself to the King
Here the King burns all Buchan, and gets the Castle of Forfar and destroys it
How Good King Robert the Bruce besieged the Town of Perth
Here he gets it with Jeopardy
Here All Scots obey the King except Lorn
Here Sir Edward Bruce is much commended
Here Sir Edward Bruce discomfits the Englishmen at Cree
Here he discomfits far more manfully, that is to say, Fifteen Hundred with Fifty
Sir Edward Bruce in a Year won Thirteen Castles
Here Sir James Douglas meets with Sir Alexander Stewart, Lord Bonkill
Here Sir James Douglas comes to the King with Sir Alexander Stewart and Thomas Randolph
BOOK X
Here the King passes against John of Lorn
Here the King meets with John of Lorn’s Company
Here the King besieges and wins Dunstaffnage Castle
How Earl Thomas Randolph became Man to the Good King Robert the Bruce
The winning of the Castle of Roxburgh by the Douglas through the Sleight of John Ledhouse
Here Sir Thomas Randolph besieges Edinburgh
The winning of the Castle of Edinburgh by Good Earl Thomas Randolph
BOOK XI
The winning of Stirling by Sir Edward the Bruce, though the Battle was set over a Year and a Day, betwixt him and Sir Philip the Mowbray
How good James of Douglas asked of King Robert the Bruce Leave to go to support Earl Thomas Randolph
BOOK XII
The Battle of Bannockburn
BOOK XIII
How the Yeomen and the Poor Men made of Sheets the Manner of Banners in Support of King Robert the Bruce and his Folk
How Good Douglas chased the King of England after the Battles of Bannockburn
BOOK XIV
How the Earl of Carrick passed into Ireland to win it, and with him Earl Thomas Randolph and Sir Philip the Mowbray, Sir John Stewart, Sir John Soulis, and Ramsay of Ochterhouse
The Withletting of the Pass of Endnellan
BOOK XV
How the King of Ireland called Edward came upon the Scotsmen
How King Robert Bruce passed through the Tarbats, and won the Isles
The Battle betwixt the Lord Douglas and the Lord Nevill of England
BOOK XVI
How King Robert the Bruce passed in Ireland with his brother Edward
How the Good Douglas slew the Earl Richmond of England
How Good King Robert the Bruce came Home again from Ireland
BOOK XVII
The Winning of the Town of Berwick by the Scots Men, through the Means of Sim of Spalding
How Walter Stewart was assailed in Berwick by the King of England
BOOK XVIII
How Sir Edward the Bruce was slain in Ireland
How King Edward came again to Scotland with his Power, to Edinburgh, after the Death of Good Sir Edward the Bruce in Ireland
How the Good King Robert the Bruce followed King Edward of England South into his own Land
BOOK XIX
How the Lord Soulis thought through Treason with his Accomplices to have put down Good King Robert the Bruce, and how he was warned by a Lady
The Death of Good Sir Walter Steward
How the Fox played with the Fisher
BOOK XX
How Good King Robert the Bruce crowned his Young Son David and Dame Johann, his Spouse
Death of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland
Footnote
BOOK I
BOOK II
BOOK III
BOOK IV
BOOK V
BOOK VI
BOOK VII
BOOK VIII
BOOK IX
BOOK X
BOOK XI
BOOK XII
BOOK XIII
BOOK XIV
BOOK XV
BOOK XVI
BOOK XVII
BOOK XVIII
BOOK XIX
BOOK XX
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A. THE SITE OF THE BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN
APPENDIX B. BRUCE’S SPEECH AT BANNOCKBURN
APPENDIX C. THE NUMBERS AT BANNOCKBURN
APPENDIX D. THE THROWING OF THE HEART
APPENDIX E. THE “ALEXANDER” AND THE “BRUCE”
APPENDIX F. MR. BROWN’S “SOURCES” FOR THE “BRUCE.”
APPENDIX G. LANGUAGE AND ORTHOGRAPHY
APPENDIX H. GRAMMAR
Nouns
Proper Nouns
Adjectives
Numerals
Pronouns
Verbs
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
GLOSSARY
LIST OF PRINCIPAL WORKS IN REFERENCES
LINENOTES
Footnote
