Note † — BOOK I.
Reading edition
[xx_*421]
But ere they joyned in battell, *421 What Dowglas did, I sall you tell. The Bruce’s Heart, that on his brest Was hinging, in the field he kest, Upon a stane-cast and well more: *425 And said, “Now passe thou foorth before, As thou wast wont in field to be, And I sall follow, or els die.” And sa he did withoutten ho, He faught even while he came it to, *430 And tooke it up in great daintie; And ever in field this used he. *432
*421-*432. In H only; not in C E. See Appendix D.