Re: TV version of Braveheart?
Originally Posted by
Ryan Ross
Let's put it this way- The Bruce felt so guilty about some of his political jockeying in his earlier years that his last wish was to have his heart cut out and taken on cursade, as a form of atonement.
It's also rather ironic that the appellation "Braveheart" seems to have been applied originally not to Wallace, but to Bruce.
The legends of my house (Douglas) has it that as Sir James Douglas, who'd been BFFs with Bruce, was being overwhelmed by Moors at Teba in Spain, he threw the casket containing Bruce's heart ahead of him, crying out "Lead on brave heart as thou was ever wont to do. Douglas will follow."
Last edited by Dale Seago; 14th March 12 at 08:02 AM.
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