Luff is off sa mekill mycht, That it all paynys makis lych. - John Barbour

Storys to rede ar delatibill
Suppos that thai be nocht bot fabill,
Than suld storys that suthfast wer
And thai war said on gud maner
Have doubill plesance in heryng.
The first plesance is the carpyng,
And the tother the suthfastnes
That schawys the thing rycht as it wes.

Na thar may na man fyr sa covyr
Than low or rek sall it discovyr.

The Bruce, with which the Scottish contribution to English literature begins, long held its place as the national epic of Scotland.