1. Although the enemies of Robert Bruce conquered him many times, he
finally conquered them in Scotland, because he was patient and very
courageous. 2. He was sitting in a large stable, to hide (himself), and
also in order to (98) look directly from its roof (at) the soldiery
(126) of the enemy. 3. At the end of the day he noticed a spider
crawling up (ward) on the wall. 4. The spider fell suddenly into the
dust and lay at the king's feet, but soon began to crawl up. 5. "Where
does it wish to go?" said the king to himself. 6. "What patience it
shows! It has crawled up and fallen down a great many times." 7. Finally
however the spider succeeded, and crawled up to the ceiling. 8. The
king said that he had learned a lesson from the patient spider. 9. He
said "Although the enemy have conquered many times, because they have a
larger number of soldiers, I shall finally succeed against them." 10.
Soon it happened that the wind blew violently, and a rainstorm occurred.
11. The blast shook the foliage (126) on the trees, and broke away many
small branches. 12. A group of soldiers ran right ("rekte") toward the
stable, and Robert Bruce was much afraid that they would find him. 13.
But they merely stole the horses there, and rode away.