The Bruce of Bannockburn

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Excerpt from The Bruce of Bannockburn: Being a Translation of the Greater Portion of Barbour's "Bruce"As this year is the sexcentenary of the Battle of Bannockburn, Scotsmen may naturally be expected to turn with peculiar interest to the old poem, which is the source of nearly all that is known about the heroic king of Scotland and his great victory. At the celebration of such an anniversary it is to be hoped that all will be anxious to know exactly what deeds Robert Bruce actually did, and the very words that he spoke. It is in this hope that the present version of Barbour's Bruce is offered to the public. Such a modernisation might be regarded as unnecessary, because the original work is easily intelligible. But unfortunately, in spite of its great interest, the poem is very little read, except by students. The obsolete language, and still more the antiquated spelling, seem to have a powerqy deterrent effect upon the general reader. The translator has attempted, as far as the exigen ces of rhyme and metre allow, faithfully to repro duce the whole of Barbour, and nothing but Bar bour, up to the conclusion of the account of the Battle of Bannockburn. He has, therefore, followed the original line by line, and added no such embellishments of poetical diction as would make the modern version unlike the plain, straight forward story so well told in the reign of the first of our Stewart kings. As it would be impossible to write a full commentary without repeating much of the information already provided in the learned editions of Skeat and Mackenzie, only a few casual notes have been appended to the translation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.