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The Bruce
John Barbour · 1375
Original text in Scots.
An excommunicated and defeated king vanishes for an entire winter, then reappears with an army.
Poetry · 20 parts · about 83 000 words · about 6 h 01 of reading
Contents
- Book I. The English Tyranny16 min
- Book II. The Battle of Methven15 min
- Book III. The King a Fugitive19 min
- Book IV. The Death of Edward I20 min
- Book V. The Return of the King17 min
- Book VI. Sleuth-Hound18 min
- Book VII. Escapes and Surprises17 min
- Book VIII. The Battle of Loudoun Hill13 min
- Book IX. The Taking of Perth20 min
- Book X. The Capture of Castles22 min
- Book XI. The Eve of Battle17 min
- Book XII. The First Stroke of the Fight.16 min
- Book XIII. The Battle of Bannockburn20 min
- Book XIV. Edward Bruce in Ireland15 min
- Book XV. King Robert in the Isles16 min
- Book XVI. King Robert in Ireland18 min
- Book XVII. The Siege of Berwick25 min
- Book XVIII. The Battle of Byland15 min
- Book XIX. The English Peace22 min
- Book XX. The Death of the Bruce17 min
About this text
John Barbour († 1395): public-domain work. The text is that of la transcription établie par Erostrate sur le fac-similé d'Internet Archive (The Bruce, being the metrical history of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, compiled A.D. 1375 by Master John Barbour, translated by George Eyre-Todd, London and Glasgow, Gowans & Gray, 1907). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.
Note on the edition (in French): Traduction en prose anglaise de George Eyre-Todd (1907), sans la préface ni les notes. Texte établi en collationnant deux scans de la même édition (Cornell, cu31924028145294 ; Toronto, brucebeingmetric00barbuoft) et quatre lectures ; divergences relues sur l'image. Titres des livres passés de la capitale à la casse ordinaire ; mention finale « The End » retirée.
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