Quote Originally Posted by Rob Wright
Not to mention the help he recieved from the Douglases and Murray's.

Rob
My grandfather could recite Marmion from cover to cover. Alas, I can only remember snatches - but, at least, they're ones that relate to Douglas:

"...The hand of Douglas is his own,
And never shall in friendly grasp,
The hand of such as Marmion clasp...

And dar'st thou then
To beard the lion in his den,
The Douglas in his hall?
And hop'st thou thence unscathed to go?...

O what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!..."

That about exhausts my snatches. I know it was about Flodden Field and not about Stirling Bridge or Bannockburn, but the anniversary of that battle has only just past.

And cajunscot, is it possible that the younger Bruce was shocked into getting on the right side after the brutal murder of Wallace?