For God And St. Andrew
Robert The Bruce
King Of Scots
Planted His Standard
Near This Spot
When The
Scottish Patriots
Under His Command
Vanquished The Army Of
Edward II Of England At
The Battle Of
Bannockburn
24th June – 1314
“We Fight Not For Glory, Nor For
Wealth, Nor Honour But Only And Alone
We Fight For Freedom Which No
Good Man Surrenders But With His Life”
The quotation is taken from the final paragraph of the Declaration of Arbroath, believed to have been written by Bernard de Linton, Abbot of Arbroath, and appended with 51 seals of the pro-Bruce Scottish nobility. It was sent to Avignon to ask the schismatic Pope John XXII to recognise Bruce's de facto sovereignty over Scotland. He replied affirmatively.
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