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24 Finding that he was dying, he requested to see the counsellors and friends he most trusted. He told them that he sorely repented all his misdeeds, especially of having slain the Red Comyn before the holy altar, and that if he had lived, it was his intention to have gone to the Holy Land, and made war against the enemies of the Cross. He requested his dearest friend, and greatest warrior, Lord James Douglas, to carry his heart to Jerusalem, to be deposited in the Saviour's sepulchre. He died on the 7th of June, 1329, in the 55th year of his age and 23d of his reign; and, according to his request, his heart was taken out, embalmed, and put into a silver case.

Douglas set out with his precious charge, but never got to the end of his journey, having been slain in a battle with the Moors in Spain. His body was found lying on the field of battle, with Bruce's heart under him; and both having been brought home, the former was buried in the church of Douglas, and the latter deposited in Melrose Abbey.

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