Ah! Freedom is a Noble Thing
John Balliol had to decide whether his first loyalty was to the throne of Scotland or to the man who put him there.
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John Barbour
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John Barbour was fourteenth century Scottish clergyman, whose poem on the trials of King Robert the Bruce marked the birth of a new era in Scottish poetry.
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