John Barbour Fast Poems

  • 1.
    [Preparations for battle against John of Lorn]
    Quhen Thomas Randell on this wis
    Wes takyn as Ik her devys
    And send to dwell in gud keping
    ...
  • 2.
    [Douglas's division attacks]

    Quhen thir twa fyrst bataillis wer
    Assemblyt as I said you er,
    ...
  • 3.
    [King Robert goes to Ireland]

    Quhen Schyr Edward, as Ik said ar,
    Had discomfyt Richard of Clar
    ...
  • 4.
    The king goes to Carrick; he upbraids Cuthbert]


    Thys wes in ver quhen wynter tid
    ...
  • 5.
    [English harshness to prisoners]

    In Rawchryne leve we now the king
    In rest foroutyn barganyng,
    ...
  • 6.
    [The king prepares his division]

    Now Douglas furth his wayis tais,
    And in that selff tyme fell throw cais
    ...
Total 6 Fast Poems by John Barbour

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The things we thought that we should do
We other things have done
But those peculiar industries
Have never been begun-

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