Excerpt from The Bruce, or the Book of the Most Excellent and Noble Prince, Robert De Broyss, King of Scots, Vol. 2: Containing Books XIV. To XX., Notes, and Glossary<br><br>Book XVI. (a.d. 1316, Murray returns to Scotland. King Robert passes over to Ireland to 'help his brother. Description of May. Sir Richard Clare lays an ambush for Sir Edward Bruce. King Robert perceives that there is some stratagem, and knocks down Sir Colin Campbell for being too eager to advance. Severe battle, in which the Scotch are but one against eight; but they are at last victorious. Sir Richard Clare retreats to Dublin. Great depression of the English. The Scotch advance to the southernmost town in Ireland (apparently Limerick is meant). The king hears that a poor laundress, attached to the camp, is in labour. He halts his army, and prepares a tent for her. Nearly all Ireland submits to Sir Edward. An English earl, hearing that King Robert and Murray have gone to Ireland, proposes to attack Douglas, and ad vances to Jedwood forest, where he is surprised by Douglas and slain. Douglas defeats and slays clerk Ellis, who had a cruel mtremet at his dinner. Accounts of three feats of arms, each performed by fifty men. Some English land at Inverkeithing, but are repulsed by Sir William Sinclair, and retreat to their ships. King Robert and Murray return to Scotland. (700 lines; 694 lines in P.)<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.