Final Thought of ...Robert Bruce

Robert Bruce, king of Scotland (depicted as less-than-heroic in the movie "Braveheart," the more to contrast with William Wallace and Mel Gibson's martyr's complex?) wanted to go on a crusade to the Holy Land before he died in 1329.

On his deathbed he instructed his knights to embalm his heart and carry it to the Holy Sepulchre, where Jesus was buried.

"I shall now die in peace," Bruce said "sine I know that the most valiant and accomplished knight of my kingdom will perform for me that which I am unable to do myself."