ts ▁Another ▁possible ▁work ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁Bar bour ' s ▁canon ▁with ▁the ▁discovery ▁in ▁the ▁library ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cambridge , ▁by ▁Henry ▁Brad sh aw , ▁of ▁a ▁long ▁Sc ots ▁poem ▁of ▁over ▁ 3 3 , 0 0 0 ▁lines , ▁dealing ▁with ▁Leg ends ▁of ▁the ▁Sain ts , ▁as ▁told ▁in ▁the ▁Leg enda ▁A ure a ▁and ▁other ▁legend aries . ▁The ▁general ▁li ken ess ▁of ▁this ▁poem ▁to ▁Bar bour ' s ▁accepted ▁work ▁in ▁verse - length , ▁dialect ▁and ▁style , ▁and ▁the ▁facts ▁that ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁English ▁sain ts ▁are ▁ex cluded ▁and ▁those ▁of ▁St . ▁Mach ar ▁( the ▁patron ▁saint ▁of ▁Aber de en ) ▁and ▁St . ▁Nin ian ▁are ▁inserted , ▁make ▁this ▁as cription ▁pla us ible . ▁Later ▁criticism , ▁though ▁divided , ▁has ▁t ended ▁in ▁the ▁contrary ▁direction , ▁and ▁has ▁based ▁its ▁strong est ▁negative ▁judgment ▁on ▁the ▁consideration ▁of ▁rh ym es , ▁as son ance ▁and ▁voc ab ul ary . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁As ▁" father " ▁of ▁Sc ots ▁poetry , ▁Bar bour ▁holds ▁a ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁Scotland ' s ▁literary ▁tradition ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁position ▁often ▁given ▁to ▁Ch au cer , ▁his ▁slightly ▁later ▁contemporary , ▁vis ▁a ▁vis ▁the ▁vern ac ular ▁tradition ▁in ▁England . ▁If ▁he ▁truly ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁five ▁or ▁six ▁long ▁works ▁in ▁Sc ots ▁which ▁different ▁witness es ▁as cribe ▁to ▁him