[60] Hemingford, Hist. Edw. I., ed. Hearne, p. 126–9. Barded, clad in armour as well as his rider.
[61] Hemingford, Hist. Edw. I., ed. Hearne, p. 134.
[62] His system of war is embodied in some monkish Latin verses called ‘The Bruce’s Testament,’ of which the following is an old Scottish translation:—
On fut suld be all Scottis weire,
Be hyll and moss thaimself to weire,
Lat wod for wallis be; bow, and spier,
And battle–axe, their fechting gear.
That ennymeis do thaim na dreire
In strait placis gar keip all stoire,
And birnen the planen land thaim befoire.
Thanan sall they pass away in haist
Quhen that thai find nothing bot waist;
With wyles and wakenen of the nycht,
And mekil noyse maid on hycht;
Thanen shall thai turnen with gret affrai
As thai were chasit with swerd away.
This is the counsall and intent
Of gud King Robert’s testament.
[63] Tytler, vol. i.
[64] Rather.
[65] Wyntown, VIII, xv. v. 65.
[66] Consigned him to the devil as a traitor.
[67] Promised for his reward.
[68] Fails in obtaining peace.