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A03659	The actes and life of the most victorious conquerour, Robert Bruce, King of Scotland VVherein also are contained the martiall deeds of the valiant princes, Edward Bruce, Syr Iames Dowglas, Erle Thomas Randel, Walter Stewart, and sundrie others.; Bruce	Barbour, John, d. 1395.	1620 (1620)	STC 1379; ESTC S114859	195,667	450

in the Mountaines 35 How King Robert was discomfist by Iohn of Lorne 38 Howe King Robert slew the three men that swore his death Fol. 41 How the Queene and the Erle of Athole departed fra the King to Kildromy 48 How the King past to Lochlowmound 50 Of the meeting of the Erle of Lennox with the King 52 How the King past to the sea 55 How the Erle of Lennox was chaist on the sea 56 How the King was receiued of Angus of the Iles and was gent●y entreated of him 58 How the Queene and her other Ladies were tane and prisoned and her men slaine 61 Of the siege of Kildromie and how it was betraised to the Englishmen 62 Of the death of King Edward of England 66 The illusion of the Deuill made to the mother of Ferrand Erle of Flanders and of the successe of the battell that followed thereafter 68 How Iames of Dowglas past in Arrane and gart vittall and armour there 71 How the King sent a spy in Carrik to spy wha were his friends there 76 Of the fire the King saw burning 79 Of the Kings hanselling at his first arriuing in Carrik 83 How Iames of Dowglas wan his Castell of Dowglas 97 How a man of Carrik with twa sonnes tooke in hand to slay the King Robert 97 How King Robert slew the three Traitours 101 How King Robert discomfist twa hundreth Galloway-men and slew fifteene of them 105 Howe Tydeus slewe fourtie nine men and their Captaine 108 How Iames of Dowglas slew Thriswall the Captaine of Dowglas 114 Howe sir Aymer and Iohn of Lorne searched the King with a sleuthhound 118 How King Robert slew ye● men that followed him 121 Howe the King was sairlie sought by the sleuthhound and how the sleuthhound was slaine 123 How the three Thieues came to the King and fainyied that they would bee his men 126 How the Kings Foster-brother was slaine and himselfe in great danger and how hee slew the three Thieues 128 How the King after his great troubles effrayed the English companie 133 How the King his hounds slew the 3 men in the wood 136 How the King discomfist sir Aymer in Glentroll 140 How sir Iames Dowglas discomfist sir Philip Mowbray with his companie at Ederfurd 143 How the King discomfist sir Aymer and his men vnder Lowdoun hill 147 How sir Iames Dowglas slew sir Iohn Webtoun and w● the Castell of Dowglas and syne cast it downe 156 How the King past ouer the Month and fell sick by the way 159 Howe the Kings men defended him during the time of his sicknesse 162 How the King discōfist the Erle of Buchane at Enrowry 165 Of the heirship of Buchane and howe the Castle of Forfare was tane 168 How the King wan sainct Iohnstoun and cast downe all the Tower thereof 169 Of the French Knight that was with King Robert at the winning of sainct Iohnstoun 171 How sir Edward Bruce discomfist sir Aymer and sir Ingrame Vmfrauile at the Water of Cree 174 How sir Edward Bruce with fiftie in company discomfist sir Aymer with fifteene hundreth 176 Howe sir Iames Dowglas tooke Thomas Randell and Alexander Stewart 180 How the King discomfist Iohn of Lornes mē at Cre●labē 182 Howe William Binny wanne the Peill of Linlithgowe through the bringing in of hay to it 182 How Thomas Randell was recounselled with the King and was made Erle of Murray 190 How Thomas Randel sieged the Castel of Edinburgh 191 How Sir Iames Dowglas by the conuoy of Sym of Lydhouse wan the Castell of Roxburgh 193 Howe Erle Thomas Randell wanne the Castell of Edinburgh by the conuoying of William Frances 198 Howe sir Edward Bruce wanne the Peill of Ruglyn and syne wanne Dundie 206 Howe sir Edward Bruce sieged Sttiuiling and of the ●rewes tane thereat 207 How King Edward gaddered a puissant armie to relieue St●iuiling 208 Howe King Edward diuided his battels and tooke harbry in Edinburgh 213 How King Robert gaddered his folkes and ordered his battels to resist king Edward 216 Howe king Robert gart make deepe pots in the field ouercouered them with e●rd 218 How king Robert disseuered his vitaillers and carriage men fra his campe and set Erle Thomas Randell to keep the gaite beside the Kirke 220 How the Erle of Murray with an hundreth in company discomfist eight hundreth Englishmen 224 How king Robert slew sir Henrie Bowme in the face of ●aith the Oasts 228 Of the comfort giuen by king Robert to his folks 233 Of the battell of Bannocburne 242 How the Scottish vittallers and carriage men made them baners of s●eetes and presented thēselues to the field 253 The valiantnes and death of sir Geiles de Argentie 255 How the Erle of Herfurd after the battell was receiued in Bothwell 258 Howe the king gart honourably bury the Erle of Glocester and the Castell of Striuiling was randered and sir Philip Mowbray became the kings man 262 Howe sir Iames Dowglas chased king Edward to Dum●ar and his company to Barwike 263 How the Castell of Bothwell the Erle of Herfurd were randred to sir Edward Bruce the Erle interchanged for the Queene and her Daughter that were prisoners 267 How king Robert rade in England and brunt Northumberland 268 Howe sir Edward Bruce with a great companie past in 〈◊〉 269 Of the first three battels sir Edward wan in Ireland 271 How the Irishmen treasonably leet our a Lo●h on sir Edward and his company 279 Howe Erle Thomas Randell conqueissed the Irishmens vittailes 287 How Erle Thomas chased the Scurreours that came fra Cogneres 284 Of the fourth battell sir Edward wan in Ireland 286 Howe king Robert danted the Iles and tooke Iohn of Lorne 296 Howe sir Iames Dowglas reskewed the Pray tane by Englishmen and slewe sir Edmund Calhow Capitane of Barwike 296 How sir Iames Dowglas slew the Lord Newell 299 Howe king Robert past in Ireland to support his brother 303 How king Robert faught in Ireland against a great number of men and discomfist them 305 How sir Iames Dowglas in absenee of king Robert with a few company slew the Erle of Richmond 313 How sir Iames Dowglas slew Clerke Eleis and his company 317 How sir Iames Dowglas in absence of King Robert defended valiantly the Countrie 318 Howe the Bishop of Dunkeld and the Erle of Fife discomfist the Englishmen beside Dumfermeling 320 Of the returning of king Robert from Ireland 323 How Barwik was win by the moyen of Sim of Spaldin 327 Howe the King receiued the Castell of Barwike and made Walter Stewart Capitane thereof 330 How the King of England assembled his power to siege Barwike 333 Of the siege of Barwike 345 How Erle Thomas Randell and sir Iames Dowglas past and burnt in England to raise the siege from Barwike 340 Of the second assault of Barwike 343 How the siege of Barwike was skailled and the towne relieued 350 Of the death of sir Edward in Ireland and mony noble men with him 356 How King Edward againe inuaded Scotland and how sundrie of his men were slaine by sir Iames Dowglas 363 How Englishmen were discomfist at Byland 366 Of the conspiracie deuised against King Robert 370 Of the Trewes tane betwixt Scotland and England and of the death of walter Stewart 376 How the Erle of Murray and sir Iames Dowglas brunt in England till they came to Wardall Parke and of the death of King Edward of Carnauer and of his sonne Edward of Windesore 377 How Sir Iames Dowglas entred in the English Host and slew mony in their Tents 386 Howe the Scottish Host by the conuoy of Sir Iames Dowglas returned in Scotland without battell 391 How King Robert to relieue his ●olkes assembled his Host and entred into England in three parts 394 Of the peace tane and of the Mariage of Edwards sister with Dauid King Roberts sonne 395 How King Robert tooke sicknesse in Cardrosse sent for his Lords 398 How the Lord Dowglas was chosen to passe to the haly Land with the Bruces Heart and of the death of King Robert and how hee was buried in Dumfermling 401 How the Lord Dowglas past to the haly Land with the Kings heart 403 Of the great prowesse and valliantnesse done by the Lord Dowglas in Spaine 406 How the Lord Dowglas in relieuing Sir William Sinclar were both slaine by ●uge multitude of Saracenes 408 Of the noble vertues of the Lord Dowglas and a comparison betwixt him and the Romane Fabricius 410 Howe Sir William Keith brought the Lord Dowglas banes in Scotland and buried them in the Kirke of Dowglas 412 Of the death of sir Thomas Randell Gouernour of Scotland by poyson Fol eodem FINIS TABVLAE

men THe King Robert when he heard say That Englishmen in sik array And into so great quantitie Came in his land in hy gart he All men be summonde priuily And they came all full wilfully To the Torwood where that the King ●ad ordainde to make their meéeting Sir Edw●rd the Bruce the worthy Came with a full great company Of good men armed well and dight Hardie and forcy for to fight Walter Stewart of Scotland syne That then was but a beardlesse hyne Came with a rout of Noble men That men be countenance might thē ken And the good Lord Dowglas alswa Brought with him men I vnderta That well were vsde into feghting They sall the lesse haue abasing Gif them betide in thrang to be And ane auantage sall sooner sée For to astoney their foes might Than men that vses not to fight The Erle of Murray with his men Arrayed well came also then Into good conuéene for to fight And wilfull to maintaine their right Outtaken mony other Baroun And Knights of full greit Renoun Came with their men full stalwardly When they assembled were hailly Of feghting men I trow they were Threttie thousand and some deill mare Withoutten carriage and purall That carried Harnesse and Uittall Ouer all the Host yéed the King And beheld to their conteening And saw that of full faire afféere And hardie countenance they were By lyklinesse the most Cowart Seemed to doe full well his part The King hes séene all their hauing That knew them well into sik thing And saw them all commonlie Of sikker countenance and hardie Without affray or abasing In his heart had hée greit liking And thought that men of so greit will If they would set their might theretill Should bée full hard to win perfay And as hee met them in the way Hee wel●omed them with gladsome faire Speaking good words heere and there And they that their Lord saw blythly So welcome them and so homlie Ioyfull they were and thought that they Aught well to put them in assay Of heard feghting and stalward stour For to maintaine well his honour The parting of the Scots men That in foure battells delt were then THe worthy King when hée hes seene His Host assembled all bedeene And saw them wilfull to fulfill His lyking with good heart and will And to maintaine well his franches Hée was joyfull on mony wise And called all his connsell priuie And said them Lords now may yee see That Englishmen with méekle might Hes all disponed them to fight For they yone Castell would reskew Therefore is good wée ordaine now How wee may let them of purpose And so fra them the wayes close That they passe not but greit letting Wee haue here with vs at bidding Well threttie thousand men and ma. Make wée foure battells of all tha And ordaine vs on sik manéere That when our foes comes néere Wee to the new Parke hold our way For there behooues them passe perfay But if they will beneth vs goe And ouer the Maras passe and so Wee shall bée at a vantage there And mee thinke that right spéedfull were To passe on foot to this feghting Armed but in light arming For shape wée vs on Horse to fight Sen that our foes are maire of might And better horsed than are wée Wée should into greit perill bée And if wée feght on foote perfay Wée shall bee at a vantage aye For in the Parke among the trées The Horsemen cumbred alwayes bées And the Syke also there downe Shall put them to confusioun And they consented to that Saw And then into a litle thraw Their foure battells ordained they And to the Erle Thomas perfay Hée gaue the Uangarde in leading For in his Noble gouerning And in his hie Cheualrie They had affiance souerainely And for to maintaine his Baner Lords that of greit worship were Were assigned with their Menyie Within his battell for to bée The other battell was giuen to leade To him that doughtie was of déede And praised al 's of Cheualrie That was Sir Edward the worthie I trow hee shall maintaine him so That how so euer the gaming goe His foes to plenyie shall matter haue And syne the third battell hee gaue To Walter Stewart for to leade And to Dowglas doughtie of déede They were Cousings in néere degrée Therefore to him betaught was hée For hée was young and not for thy I trow hée shall so manfullie Doe his deuoure and worke so well That men shall of his deédes tell The feird battell the Noble King Tooke in his owne gouerning And had into his companie The men of Carrik haillelie And of the Iles whereof was syre And of Argyle and of Kintyre Angous of the Iles and Boot alswa And of the plaine lands hée had ma Of armed men a Noble rout His Battell stalward was and stout Hée said the Réeregard hée would ma And euen before him should ga The Uangard and on either hand The other Battells should bée gangand Behind on side a litle space And the King that behind them was Should see where there was most myster And reliue them with his Baner How King Robert gart pottes make And couert them well I vndertake THe King that was both wight and wise And right attentiue at deuise And hardie al 's attour all thing Ordained his men for the feghting And on the morne on Satterday The King heard his discurreours say That Englishmen with meekle might Had lyen at Edinburgh that night Therefore withoutten more delay Hée to the North-Parke held his way UUith all that in his leading were And in the Parke them harbred there And in a plaine field by the way Where he thought they behooued haue way The Englishmen gif that they wald Through the Parke to the Castell hald He gart men mony Pots ma Of a foot-brade round and all tha Were déepe vp to a mans knée And so thicke that they might likned be To a wax Kame with Bées made And then the Pots they couered had With stickes and with gersse all gréene So that they might not well be séene On Sunday syne in the morning Well soone after the Sun-rising They heard the Masse all reuerently And mony shraue them full deuoutly That thought to die into that melle Or then to make their Countrie frée To GOD for their right prayed thay There dyned none of them that day But for the Uigile of Sanct Iohn They fasted water and bread ilkone THe King whē that the Masse was done Went for to sée the Pots soone And at his lyking saw them made On other side the way well brade It was potted as I haue tauld Gif that their foes on horse would hauld Foorth on the way I trow they sall Not all escape withoutten fall Throughout the Oast then gart he cry That all sould arme them hastely And buske them on their best maner And when that all assembled wer He gart array them for to fight And syne ouer all gart cry on