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The Bruce

by John Barbour

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 22 — The Scribes
  3. 33 — The Present Edition
  4. 4Introduction
  5. 52 — John Barbour
  6. 63 — Historic Value of “The Bruce”
  7. 7Book I
  8. 8How the Lords of Scotland Took the King of England to Be Arbiter at…
  9. 9Here the King of England Seeks for Robert Bruce, but Does Not Find Him
  10. 10Here the Lord of Lorn Attacks the King Because of the Death of John…
  11. 11How the King Passed to the Sea, and How the Earl of Lennox Was Chased
  12. 12How the Queen and Other Ladies Were Taken and Imprisoned and Her Me…
  13. 13How the King Sent His Man to Spy in Carrick Who Were to Him Friendly
  14. 14Here the King’s Hostess Foretells What Is to Be, and Gives Him Her…
  15. 15A Certain Lady, a Relative of the King, Comes to Him With Forty Men
  16. 16Here Sir Aymer and John of Lorn Follow King Robert With a Sleuth-hound
  17. 17How John of Lorn Sought the Good King Robert Bruce With the Sleuth-…
  18. 18How the Three Men That Bare the Wedder Sheep Thought to Have Slain…
  19. 19Here the King and His Company Come Hastily Upon Their Enemies, and…
  20. 20How Sir Aymer Valence Sent the Woman to Spy King Robert in Glentrool
  21. 21Here King Robert Provides for Advantage in the Place Where They Sho…
  22. 22Here Sir James Wins Many Men, and Makes First a Train on the Castle
  23. 23Here the Earl of Buchan Flies, and Sir David Brechin Yields Himself…
  24. 24Here the King Burns All Buchan, and Gets the Castle of Forfar and D…
  25. 25Here He Discomfits Far More Manfully, That Is to Say, Fifteen Hundr…
  26. 26Here Sir James Douglas Comes to the King With Sir Alexander Stewart…
  27. 27How Earl Thomas Randolph Became Man to the Good King Robert the Bruce
  28. 28The Winning of the Castle of Roxburgh by the Douglas Through the Sl…
  29. 29How Good James of Douglas Asked of King Robert the Bruce Leave to G…
  30. 30How Good Douglas Chased the King of England After the Battles of Ba…
  31. 31The Winning of the Town of Berwick by the Scots Men, Through the Me…
  32. 32How the Good King Robert the Bruce Followed King Edward of England…
  33. 33How Good King Robert the Bruce Crowned His Young Son David and Dame…
  34. 34Book I
  35. 35Book II
  36. 36Book III
  37. 37Book IV
  38. 38Book V
  39. 39Book VI
  40. 40Book VII
  41. 41Book VIII
  42. 42Book IX
  43. 43Book X
  44. 44Book XI
  45. 45Book XII
  46. 46Book XIII
  47. 47Book XIV
  48. 48Book XV
  49. 49Book XVI
  50. 50Book XVII
  51. 51Book XVIII
  52. 52Book XIX
  53. 53Book XX
  54. 54Appendices
  55. 55Appendix B — Bruce’s Speech at Bannockburn
  56. 56Appendix C — The Numbers at Bannockburn
  57. 57Appendix D — The Throwing of the Heart
  58. 58Appendix E — The “Alexander” and the “Bruce”
  59. 59Appendix F — Mr. Brown’s “Sources” for the “Bruce”
  60. 60Appendix G — Language and Orthography
  61. 61Appendix H — Grammar
  62. 62Glossary
  63. 63List of Principal Works in References
  64. 64Linenotes

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