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John Barbour
John Barbour Poems
| 1. | The Brus Book Vi | 1/1/2004 |
| 2. | The Brus Book Vii | 1/1/2004 |
| 3. | The Brus Book Viii | 1/1/2004 |
| 4. | The Brus Book Xi | 1/1/2004 |
| 5. | The Brus Book Xii | 1/1/2004 |
| 6. | The Brus Book Xv | 1/1/2004 |
| 7. | The Brus Book Xvi | 1/1/2004 |
| 8. | The Brus Book Xiii | 1/1/2004 |
| 9. | The Brus Book Xiv | 1/1/2004 |
| 10. | The Brus Book Xviii | 1/1/2004 |
| 11. | The Brus Book 20 | 1/1/2004 |
| 12. | The Brus Book Ii | 1/1/2004 |
| 13. | The Brus Book Iii | 1/1/2004 |
| 14. | The Brus Book Iv | 1/1/2004 |
| 15. | The Brus Book 19 | 1/1/2004 |
| 16. | The Brus Book V | 1/1/2004 |
| 17. | The Brus Book 18 | 1/1/2004 |
| 18. | The Brus Book Ix | 1/1/2004 |
| 19. | The Brus Book I | 1/1/2004 |
| 20. | The Brus Book X | 4/19/2010 |
| 21. | Freedom | 1/4/2003 |
Freedom
A! Fredome is a noble thing!
Fredome mays man to haiff liking;
Fredome all solace to man giffis,
He levys at ese that frely levys!
A noble hart may haiff nane ese,
Na ellys nocht that may him plese,
Gyff fredome fail; for fre liking
Is yarnyt our all othir thing.
Na he that ay has levyt fre
May nocht knaw weill the propyrte,
The angyr, na the wretchyt dome
That is couplyt to foule thyrldome.
Bot gyff he had assayit it,
Than all perquer he suld it wyt;
And suld think fredome mar to prise
Than all the gold in warld that is.
Thus ...
The Brus Book Vii
[The king escapes from the hound]
The king towart the wod is gane
Wery forswayt and will of wane
Intill the wod sone entryt he
And held doun towart a vale
5 Quhar throu the woid a watter ran.
Thidder in gret hy wend he than
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