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againſt Macfadzan—Kills Macfadzah—Takes perth 
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| bay Feuerzher—befell ye famyn cac, 
Vat Ingliſmen tuk trewis with Wallace. 

vis paſſyt our till Mareh till end was ſocht. 
Ye Ingliſmen keſt all ye wayis yatr mocht, | 
With ſuttelte, and wykkit illuſione, e; 
Ye worthi Scotts to put to confufiounez = 8 
In Aprill ye king of Ingland come 
In Cummyrtand off Pomfrat fro hys _— > 
Into Carfeill till a confell he zeid, N — 


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Mony Captayne yat was off Ingland born, 
Yidder yai paſt, and ſemblyt yar king beforn 
Na Scotts man till yat cunſaill yai cald, 
Bot Schyr Amar, yat traytour was off ald. hs. 
At hym yai ſperd, how yai ſuld tak on hand, Is 
Ye rychtwyſs blud to ſcour out off Scotland. 
Schyr Amar ſaid, yair Chyftane can weill do, 
Rycht wyſs in wer, and has gret power to; 


And now yis trew gifts yaim fic hardyment, 


Yat to your faith yai will nocht all conſent: 20 
Bot wald yow do rycht as I wald yow ler, 
Vis peſs to yaim it ſuld be ſald full den. 
Yan demyt he, ye fals Sothroune amang, 
How yai mycht beft ye Scotts Barownis hang. 
For gret barnys yat tyme ſtud intill Ayr, 25 
Wrocht for ye king, quhen hys lugyng was yar, 
Byggyt about, yat no man entir mycht, | 
Bot ane at anys, nor haiff off oyir ſicht, 
Yar ordand yai yir lords ſuld be ſlayne, | 
A juſtice maid, quhilk was of mekill mayne, 30 
To Lord Perſye off yis mattir yai laid. | 
With ſad awyſs agayne to yaim he ſaid, 
Yai men to me has kepyt treuth fa lang, 
Deſaitfully I may nocht ſe yaim hang. 
I am yar fa, and warn yaim will I nocht, 33 
Sa I be quytt, I rek nocht quhat be wrocht; : 
Fra ynce I will, and towart Glaſkow draw, 
With our Bbſchope to her off hys new law. 
Yan cheſyt yai a juſtice fers and fell, 8 
Qubilk Arnulff hecht, as my auctour will tell, 40 

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Off South-hamtoune, yat huge hie her and Lords 
He undirtuk to pyne yaim with ye cord. 
Ane oyir in Glaſkow ordand vai, 4 
For Cliddiſdaill men, to ſtand yat ſamyn day; | 
Syne chargyt yaim, in all wayis erneſtfully, 4 
Be no kyne meyne Wallace ſuld pot chaip by: 
For weill yai wyſt, and yai men war owrthrawin, 
Vai mycht at will bruk Scotland as yair awin. 
Vis band yai cloiſs undir yair ſeillis faſt, 
Syne ſouth our mur agayn King Edward paſt. ge 
Ye new juſtice reſawit was in Ayr. ; 
Ye Lord Perſye can on to Glaſkow fayr. 
Lis Ayr was ſet in Jun ye auchtand day, 
And playnly ſeryt, na fre man war away. 
Ye Scotts marweld, and pefs tane in ye land, 33 
Quhy Ingliſmen fic maiſtir tuk on hand. 4 
Schyr Ranald ſet a day befor yis Ayr, 
At Monktoune kyrk, hys freynds mett hym yar. 
William Wallace on to ye tryſt couth paſs,,  _ 
For as yan Wardane off Scotland he was. 60 
Vis maiſtir Jhon a worthi clerk was „ 
He chargyt hys kyne for to byd fra yat Ayr; 
Rycht weill he wyſt, fra Perſye ſled yat land, 
Gret perell was to Scotts apperanc a 
Wallace fra yaim to ye kyrk he zeid, + 65 
Pater Noſter, Aue, he ſaid, and Creid; _— 
Syne to ye grete he lenyt hym ſobyrly, 
Apon a ſleip he flaid full ſodandly. — 
Kneland folowed, and ſaw hym fallyn on ſleip, 
He maid no noyis, bot wyſly couth bym kepe. 
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In yat ſummir cummand hym thocht he ſaw, 
Ane agyt man faſt towart hym couth draw, |, 


Sone be ye hand he hyat hym haiſtele, 


I am, he faid, in wiage chargyt with ze. 

A ſuerd hym gaiff off burly burnyſt ſteill, 75 
Gud ſone, he ſaid, yis brand zow fall bruik weill. 
Off topaſtone hym thocht ye plumat was, {x 
Bathe hilt and hand all glitterand lik ye glas. 

Der ſon, he ſaid, we tary her to lang, N 
Yow ſall go fe quhar wrocht is mekill wrang; 8 
Yan he hym led till a montane on bycht, 

Je warld hym thocht he mycht ſe with a ſycht. 

He left hym yar, ſyne ſone fra hym he went. 
Yaroff Wallace ſtudyt in hys entent, 2 
Till fe hym mar he had ſtill gret deſyr,  - 8g. 
Yarwith he faw begyne a felloune fyr, 


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Scotland atour, fra Roſs to Sulway ſand. 

Lan ſone till hym yar deſcendyt a queyne, 

In lumyt, lycht, ſchynand full brycht and ſcheyne ; 90 
In hyr preſens apperyt ſa mekill lycht, 

Yat all ye fyr ſche put out off hys ſycht, 

| Gaiff hym a wand off colour reid and greyne, 
With a ſaffyr ſanyt hys face and eyne, | 
Welcum, ſche faid, I cheiſs ze as my luff, 95 © 
Low ar grantyt be ye gret God abuff, 

| Till help pepill yat ſuffers mekill wrang, 

With ye as now I may nocht tary lang, 

Tov fall return to yi awne oyſs agayne, 

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Vis rycht regioune yow mon redeme it all, 3 20 
Vi laſt reward in erd ſall be bot ſmall; 
: Let nocht yarfor, tak redreſs off yis myſs, 
| To yi reward yow fall haift leſtand blyſs. ; 
8 Off hyr rycht hand ſche betaucht hym a buk, 105 
Humilly yus hyr leyff full ſone ſche tuk, | 
Into ye cloud aſcendyt off hys ſycht. 2 
Wallace brak up ye buk in all hys mycht. f 
An thre parts ye buk weill wrytten was, | 
Ye fyrſt writtyng was groſs lettris of bras, 110 
Ye ſecund gold, ye thrid was filuer ſcheyne. | 
Wallace merweld quhat yus writtyng ſuld meyne; 
To rede ye buk he beſyet hym a faſt, | 
Hys ſpreit agayne to walkand mynd is paſt,, 
And up he raiſs, ſyne ſowndly furth went, I 
KH Yis clerk he fand, and tald hym hys entent 
1 Off yis wifioune, as I haiff ſaid befor, | 
Completly throuch, quhat neds words mor.. 
Der ſon, he ſaid, my witt unabill is: 
To ranſik fic, fer dreid I ſay off miſs; 120 
Zeit I ſall deyme, yocht my cummyng be ſmall, 
God grant na charge eftir my words fall. | 
Sanct Androw was gaiff ze yat ſuerd in hand, 
Off Sancts he is ye wowar off Scotland; 
Vat montane is, quhar he ze had on hycht, 125 | 
Knawlage to haiff off wrang yat yow mon rycht; | 
Ze fyr fall be fell tithyngs, or ye part, 
Quhilk will be tald in mony ſundry art. 
I can nocht witt quhat queyne at it ſuld be, | 
Qukeyr fortoun, or our lady ſo fre, 130 


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Modyr off hym yat all yis warld has wrocht. 

Ye pritty wand, I trew, be myne entent, 

Aſſignes rewlle and cruell jugement ; 

Ye red colour, quha graithly underſtud, * Bhs © 


| Betaknes all to gret battaill and blud ; 


Ye greyn, curage, yat yow art now amang, | 

In ſtrowbill wer yow ſall conteyne full lang; 
Te ſaphyr ſtayne ſche bliſſit ye with all, 5 | 

Is leſtand Grace, will God, fall to yow fall; 140 

Ye thrynfald buk is bot yis brokyn land, 

Yow mon rademe be worthines off hand ; | 

Ye bras lettris betakynnys bot to yis, 

Ye gret oppreſs off wer and mekill myfs, . 
Ve quhilk yow ſall bryng to ye rycht agayne, 143 

Bot yow yarfor mon ſuffer mekill payne; 75 

Ye gold takynnis honour and worthines, | 2 

Wictour in armys, yat yow fall haiff be grace; 

Ye filuer ſchawis cleyne lyf and hewynys blyſs, 

To yi reward yat myrth yow fall nocht myſs, 150 

Dreid nocht yarfor, be out off all dyſpayr. 

Foryir as now heroff I can no maigg 

He thankyt hym, and yus hys leyff has tayne, 

Till Corſbe ſyne with hys uncle raid haymez. — 

With myrthis yus all nycht yai foiornyt yar, 155 

Apon ye morn yai graith yaim to ye Ar, | . 

And furth yai ryd, quhill yai come to Kingace, 

With dreidfull hart yus ſperyt wycht Wallace 

At Schyr Ranald, for ye chartir off peſs. ws 

Neuo, he ſaid, yir words ar nocht les 160 
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It is lewyt at Corſbe in ye kyſt 8 
Quhar yow it laid, yaroff na othyr wit. 
Wallace anſuerd, had we it her to ſchaw, 
And yai be falfs, we ſuld nocht entir aw. 
Der ſone, he ſaid, I pray zow paſs agayne, 


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Youch you wald ſend, yat trawaill war in dep e 1 


Bot yow or I, can nane it bryng yis tyde. 

Gret Grace it was maid hym agayne to ryde. 

Wallace raturnd, and tuk with aym bot thre, 

Nane off yaim knew yis endentour but he. 

Unhap hym led, forbid hym couth he nocht, 

Off fals diſſayt yis gud knycht had na thocht. 
Schyr Ranald raid, but reſtyng to ye toune, 

Wittand na thing off all yis fals treſoune, 

Yat wykked ſyng ſo rewled ye plainait; 

Saturn was yan intill hys heaſt ftait, 

Aboun Juno in hys melancoly, 

Jupiter Mars ay cruell off inwy; 

Saturn as yan awanſyt hys natur, 

Off terandry he. power had and cur, 

Rebell rewls in mony ſeir regioun, 

Trubill weddyr makis ſchippis to droun; 

Hys drychyn is with Pluto in ye ſe, 

As off ye land, full off iniquite, 

He waknys wer, waryng off peſtilence, 

Fallyng off walls with cruell wiolence, 

Puſoun is ryff, amang ye oyir things, 

Sodeyn flauchter off emprours and kings; 

Quhen Sampſone powed to grond ye gret piller, 

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At Thebes als off hys power yai tell, . 


Quhen Phiorax fank throch ye Erd till hel; 


Off ye Troians he had full mekill cur, 
Quhen Achilles at Troy flew gud Ectur 


Burdeous ſchent, and mony citeis mo, I95 


Hys power zeit it has na hap to ho; 


In braid Brytane feill wengeance has beyne ſeyne, + 


Off yis and mar, ze wait weill quhat I meyne. 
Bot to yis houſs, yat ſtalwart was and ſtrang, 


Schyr Ranald come, and mycht nocht tary lang. 200 


A bawk was knyt all full off rapys keyne, 
Sic a towboth ſen ſyne was neuir ſeyne ;, 
Stern men was ſet ye entre for to hald, ; 
Nayne mycht paſs in, bot ay as yai war tald. 1 
Schyr Ranald fyrſt to mak fewte for hys land, aoy: 
| Ye knycht went in, and wald na langar ſtand ;. 
A rynnand cord yai ſlewit our hys hed, 
Hard to ye bawk, and hangyt hym to ded.. 
Schyr Bryſs ye Blair next with hys Eyme in paſt, 
On to ye ded yai haiſtyt hym full faſt, 
Be he entryt hys hed was in ye ſnar, 
Tyit to ye bawk hangyt to ded rycht yar. 
Ye thrid entrit, yat pete was for thy, 
A worthi knycht, Schyr Neill Mungummry ; 


And oyir feill off landyt men about, A 


Mony zeid in, bot na Scotts come out 

Off Wallace paſt, yai put to yat derff deid; 
Mony Crawfurd ſa endyt in yat ſteid. 

Off Carrik men Kennadyſs ſlew yai als, 1 
And kynd Cambells yat neuir had beyne falſs, "220 


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Vir rabellit nocht contrar-yir rychtwyſs eroun, 
Sothroune for yi yaim put to confuſioun. 

Berklais, Boids, and Stuarts off gud kyn; 

Na Scott chapyt yat tyme yat entrit in. 1 
Upon ye bawk yai hangyt mony par, 225 
Beſid yann ded in ye nuk keſt yaim yar. | 

Sen ye fyrſt tyme yat ony wer was wrocht, 
To fic a dede ſo mony fic zeid nocht 5 
Upon a day, throuch curſſit ſaxons ſeid; 
Wengeance off yis throuchout yat Kynryk zeid. 230 
Grantyt was fra God in ze gret Hewyn, 

Sa ordand he yat law ſuld be yair ſtewyn, 

To falſs Saxons, for yair fell jugement, 

Yar wykkydnes our all ye land is went. 

The nobill men, yat ar off Scotts kind, 233 

Yar petous dede ze kepe into zour mynd, | 

And us rawenge, quhen we ar ſet in thrang. Boy 
Dolour it is heron to tary lang. | | 
Yus auchteyn ſcor to yat derff dede yai dycht, 
Off barronis bauld, and mony worthi knycht. 240 
Quhen yai had ſlayne ye worthiaſt yat was yar, 
For waik pepill yai wald na langar ſpar, 

Intill a garth keſt yaim out off yat ſted, 


As yai war born, dispulzeit, bar, and dec. 2 


Gud Robert Boyd on till a tawern zeid, 244 
With twenty men yat douchty war in deid, 
Off Wallace houſs full cruell in entent, 
He gouernyt yaim quhen Wallace was abſent. 
Kerle turnyt with hys maiſtir agayne, I 
Kneland and Boyd, a ps war in mayne. 250 

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Stewyn off Irland went furth, upon ye ftreit 

A trew woman full ſone with hym couth meit. 
He ſparyt at byr, quhat hapnyt in ye ayr. . 
Sorou, ſche ſaid, is nothing ellis yar. 1 5 
Ferdly ſche aſt, allace, quhar is Wallace? 255 
Fra us agayne he paſſyt at Kingace. 
Go warn hys folk and haiſt yaim off ye toune, 

To kepe hymſelf I fall be reddy boune. 

With hyr as yan no mar tary he maid, | . 
Till hys fallowis he went withoutyn baid, 2860 
And to yaim tald off all yis gret mysfair, 

To Laglane wode yai bownyt withbutyn mar. 
Be yis Wallace was cummand wondir faſt, 

For hys freynds he was full far agaſt ; T's 

On to ye bern ſadly he couth perſew, | 265 
Till entir in, for he na perell knew. | 8 
Vis woman yan upon hym loud can call, 
O fers Wallace, feill tempeſt is befall, = 
Our men ar ſlayne, yat pete is to ſe, D | 
As beſtiall hunds hangyt our a tre, 270 

Our trew barrouns be twa and twa paſt in. 
Wallace wepyt for gret loſs off hys kyn, 
Yan with uneſs apon hys horſs he baid, 

Mair for to ſper to yis woman he raid. | 

Der nece, he ſaid, ye trewth giff yow can tell, 
Is my Eyme dede, or how ye cace befell. 

Out off zon bern, ſche ſaid, I ſaw hym born, 

Nakit, laid law on cald erd me beforn ; 

Hys froſty mouth I kiſſit in yat ted, | 

* now manlik, now bar, and brocht to ded, 280 
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Wallace raturnd, in greiff and matelent, 305 | 


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And with a claith I coweryt hys licaym, | 
For in hys lyff he did neuir woman ſchayme. 

Hys ſyſtirs fone you art, worthi and wycht, 
Rawenge yar dede, for Godds ſaik, at yi mycht; 
Als I fall help, as I am woman trew. 285 
Der wycht, he ſaid, der, God ſen at you knew 
Gud Robert Boid, quhar at you can hym ſe, 


Adam Wallace wald help me in yis ſtriff, 5 
I pray to God ſend me all in liff? 290 
For Marys ſaik bid yaim ſone cum to me, 
Ye juſtice Innys yow ſpy for cheryte, 

And in quhat feir yat yai yair lugyng mak, 
Sone eftir yat we will our purpoſs tak 6 
Into Laglane, quhilk has my ſuccour beyne, 295 
Adew Market, and welcum wodds greyne. 
Heroff as yan till hyr he ſpak no mair, 

Hys brydill turnyt, and fra hyr can he fair; 
Sic murnyng maid for hys der worthi kyn, : 
Hym thocht for baill yis breyſt ner bryſt in twyn. 300 
As he yus raid in gret angyr and teyne, | 
Off Ingliſmen yar folowed hym fyfteyn, 

Wycht, waillyt men, yat towart hym couth draw, 
With a maſer, to tack hym to ye law. 


With hys ſuerd drawyn amang yaim ſone he went. 

Ye myddyll off ane he mankit ner in twa, 

Ane oyir yar apon ye hed can ta, | 

Ye thrid he ſtraik, and throuch ye coſt hym claiff, 

Ye ferd to ground rycht derfly ded doune he draiff,, 
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Ve fyfft he hit with gret ire in yat led, 


Without reſkew dreidles he left yaim ded, = 


Yan hys thre men had flayn ye toyir fyffe ; | 

Fra yaim ye laiff eſchapyt into lyff, | 
_ _ Fled to yair Lord, and tald hym off yis cace. 

To Laglane wode yan rids wycht_ Wallace. | 
Ye Sothroune ſaid, quhat ane yat he hyt rycht, 
Without merce, dredles to ded was dycht. 
Merwell yai had fic ſtrenth in ane ſuld be, 
Ane off yair men at ilk ſtraik he gert de. 

- Yan demyt yai it ſuld be Wallace wycht. 
To yar langage maid anſuer ane ald knycht, 

Forſuth, he ſaid, be he chapyt yis Ayr, 
All your new deid is eking off our cayr. 
ve juſtice ſaid, quhen yar fic murmur raiſs, 
Ze wald be ferd, and yar come mony faiſs, 8 


And wait nocht zett in deid gyff it be he; 

And yocht it be, I count hym bot full lyeht, | 

Quha bids her ilk gentillman fall be knycht: 

I think to deill yair lands haill to morn 

To yow about, yat ar off Ingland born, 

Ye Sothroune drew to yair lugyng bot mar, 

Four thouſand haill yat nycht was intill Ayr. 

In gret bernyſs, biggyt without ye toune, 

Ye juftice lay, with mony bald baroune z- 

Van he gert ery about yai waynys wyde, | 

Na Scotts born amang yaim yar ſuld byde. 

Jo ye caſtell he wald nocht paſs for eyſs, 


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Great purweans be ſe to yaim was brocht, _ 
With Irland ayle ye mychteaſt couth be wrocht. 
Na wach was ſet, becauſs yai had na dout 
5 Off Scotts men yat leiffand was without; EIN 
Lawberand in mynd yai had beyn all yat day, 345 
Off ayle and wyne yneuch choſyne haiff yai : 
As beſtly folk tuk off yaimſelff no keip, %s 
In yair brawnys ſone flaid ye fleuthfull fleip, 
Throch full gluttre in ſwarff ſwappyt lik ſwyn, 
Yair Chyftane yan was gret Bachus off wyn. 350 
Vis wyſs woman beſy amang yaim was, | 
Feill men ſche warnd and gert to Laglane paſs, 
Hyrſelff formeſt, quhill yai with Wallace met, 
Sum comfort yan intill hys mynd was ſet ; 
ö Quhen he yaim ſaw he thankyt God off mycht, 355 
A Tithʒuds he aſt, ye woman tald hym rycht, 
4 Slepand as ſwyn ar all yon fals menzhe, _ 
Na Scotts man is in yat cumpane. 
| Yan Wallace ſaid giff yai all drokyn be, 2 
a I call it beſt with fyr for yaim to ſe. 360 
Off gud men yan thre hundreth till bym ſocht; 
Ye woman had tald thre trew burges at brocht, 
Out off ye toune, with nobill ayle, and breid, 
And oyir ſtuff, as mekill as yai mycht lei. 
5 Ye eit and drank ye Scotts men yat mocht. 363 
5 Ye nobils yan Jop has to Wallace bracht, D 
Sadly he ſaid, der freynds now ze ſe 
Our kyne is ſlayne, yaroff is gret pete, 
Throuch feill murthyr, ye gret diſpite is mor, 
Now ſum rameid I wald we ſet yarfor. 37 
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Suppoſs yat I was maid Wardane to be, 
Part ar away fic chargs put to me, 
And ze ar her cummyn off als gud blud, 
Als rychtwyſs born, be awentur and als as gud, 
Als forthwart, fair, and als likly off perſoun, 373 
As euir was I; yarfor till concluſioun, 
Latt us cheyſs fyfe off yis gud cumpane, 
Syne caflis caſt quha ſall our maiſter be. 
Wallace and Boyd, and Crawfurd off renoun, 
And Adam als yan Lord off Ricardtoune, 380 
Hys fadyr yan was weſyed with ſeknes, 
God had hym tayne intill his leſtand Grace; 
Ye fyft Awchinlek in wer a nobill man, 
Caflis to caſt about y ir fyffe began. 
It wald on hym, for ocht yai cuth dewyſs, 385 
Continualy, quhill yai had caſtyn thryſs. 
Yan Wallace raiſs, and out a ſuerd can draw, 
He ſaid, I wow to ye Makar off aw, 
And till Mary, hys modyr wyrgyne cler, 
My unclis dede now fall be ſauld full der, 390 
With mony man off our der worthi kyn, | 
Fyrſt, or I eit or drynk we ſall begyn, 
For ſleuth nor ſleip ſall nayn remayn in me, 

Off yis tempeſt till I awengeance ſe. | | 
Yan all inclynd rycht humyll off accord, 395 
And hym reſawit as Chyftane and yair Lord. 
Wallace a lord he may be clepyt weill, 
Locht ruryk folk yaroff haiff litill feill, 

Na deyme na lord, bot lands be yair part. 
Had he ye warld, and be wrachit off hart, 


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He is no lord as to ye worthines, | 
It can nocht be, but fredome lord lyknes.. 

At ye rodds yai mak full mony ane, 

Quhilk worthi ar, yocht lands haiff yai nane. 

Yis diſcuſſyng I leiff herrolds till end, 405 
On my mater now breiffly will I wend. 

Wallace cummand a burgeſs for to get, 

Fyne cawk eneuch, yat hys der nece mycht ſet 

On ilk zeit, quhar Sothroune war on raw. | 

Yan twenty men he gert faſt wetheis thraw, 410 
Ilk man a pair, and on yair arme yaim threw, 

Yan to ye toune full faſt yai couth perſew. 

Ye woman paſt befor yaim ſuttelly, 

Cawkit ilk zeit, yat yai neid nocht gang by. 


Yan feſtnyt yai with wetheis durs faſt, 418 


To ſtapill and heſp, with mony ſekyr caſt. 
Wallace gart Boyd ner hand ye caſtell ga, 

With fyfte men, a jeperte to ma. | 
Gyff ony iſchit ye fyr quhen yat yai ſaw, ** 


Faſt to zett he ordand yaim to draw. 420 


Ve laiff with hym about ye bernys zheid. 

Yis trew woman yaim ſeruit weill in deid, 
With lynt and fyr, yai haiſtely kendill wald, 
In euir ilk nuk yai feſtnyt bleſs bald. 


Wallace commaund till all hys men about, 425. 


Na Sothroune man at yai ſuld lat brek out, 

Quhat euir he be reſkewis off yat kyn, 

Fra ye rede fyr, hymſelff fall paſs yarin. 

Ye lemand low ſone lauſſyt apon hycht. | 

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Till our harts it ſuld be ſum radreſe, 

War yir away, yar power war ye leſs. 

On to ye juſtice hymfel fone loud can caw, 

Lat us ts borch our men fra zour fals law, | 

At leyffand ar, yat chapyt fra zour ayr, 435 

Deyll nocht yar land, ye unlaw is our ſayr, 

. | Yow had no rycht, yat ſall be on ze ſeyne. 
Rewmour raifs with cairfull cry and keyne. 

Ye bryme fyr brynt rycht braithly apon loft, 

Till ſlepand men yat walkand was nocht foft. 440 

Ye ſycht without was awfull for to fe : | 

In all ye warld na grettar payne 10 

Van yai within ſufferyt for to duell, 

Lat euir was wrocht, bot purgatory or hell. © 

* A payne off hell weill ner it mycht be cauld, 445 

Mad folk with fyr hampryt in mony hauld. - 

Feill byggyns bryant, yat worthi war and wycht, _ E 

Gat nane away, knaiff, captane, nor knycht. 

Quhen brands fell off rafftreis yaim amang, 

Sum rudly raiſs in byttir paynys and ſtrang, 450 

Sum nakyt brynt, but beltlefs all away, 

Sum neuir raiſs, bot ſmoryt quhar yai lay; 

Sum ruſchyt faſt till Ayr giff yai mycht wyn, 

Blyndyt in fyr, yair deidis war full off dyn. 

Ye reik mellyt with fylth off carioune, 453 

Amang ye fyr, rycht foull off offenfioune, a 

Ye pepill beryt lik wyld beſtis in yat tyde, 

Within ye wallis rampand on ayir ſyd, 

Rewmyd in reuth, with mony gryfly greyne, 

Sum grymly gret, quill pair ly dayis war gayne; 

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Sum durs ſocht ye entre for to get, | ONE 
Bot Scotts men ſo wyſly yaim beſet, | 
Gyff ony brak, be awentur, off yat ſtede, 

With ſuerds ſone bertnyt yai war to dede, | 

Or ellis agayn be forze drewyn in ye fyr; - 465 
Yar chapyt nayne bot brynt up bayne and lyr. 
Ye ſtynk ſcalyt off dede bodyis ſa wyde, 

Ye Scotts abhord ner hand for to byd, 

Zeid to ye wynd, and leit yaim ewyn allayne, 
Quhill ye rede fyr had yat fals blud ourgayne. 
A Frer, Drumlay,. was Priour yan off ayr, 
Sewyn ſcor with hym yat nycht tuk herbry yar, 
In his innys, for he mycht not yaim let, 

Till ner mydnycht a wach on yaim he ſet, 

Sum mendis he thocht to tak off yat ſuppryſs, 473. 
Hymfelff wouk weill quhill he ye fyr a ryſs. 

Hys broyrs ſewyn till harnes fone yai zeid,. 

Hymſelff Cheftayne ye remanand to leid. 

Ye beſt yai waill-off armour and gud ger, 5 

Syne wapynnys tak, rycht awfull in affer.. 480 

Vir aucht frers in four parts yai ga, A 

With ſuerds drawyn, till ilk houſs zeid twa. 

Sone entryt yai quhar Sothroune ſlepand war, 

Apon yaim ſett with ſtraikis ſad and far 

Feill frekis yar yai frers dang to dede, 485 

Sum nakit fled, and gat out off yat ſted, 1 

Ye wattir ſocht, abaiſſit out off ſlepe, 

In ye furd weill, yat was bath wan and depe, 

Feill off yaim fell, yat brak out off yat place, 

D to 3 and deit withoutyn grace. 490 \ 
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Mien callis it zeit, ye freris blyfſyng off Ayr. 


Few folk off waill was lewyt upon cace 

In ye CafteM; Lord Perſye fra yat place, 
Befor ye Ayr, fra ynee to Glaſkow drew, 

Off men and ſtuff it was to pura new 
Zeit yai within faw ye fyr byrnand ſtout, 
With ſchort awyfs Hchit, and had na doubt. 


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Ve buſehement yan, as weryouris wiſs and wycht, 


Leit yaim allayne, and to ye houſs paſt rycht ; 
Boid wan ye port, entryit and all hys men, 
Keparis in it was left bot nyne or ten; 

Te formaſt ſone hymſelff ſeſyt in hand, 


Maid guyt off hym, ſyne flew all yat yai fand. 


Off purweance in yat Caſtell was nayne, 
Schort tyme befor Perſye was fra it gayne. 
Ye Erle Arnulff had reſawit yat hauld, 
Quhilk in ye toun was brynt to powder cauld. 
Boyd gert ramayn off hys men twenty ſtill, 
Hymſelff paſt furth to witt off Wallace will, 
Kepand ye toun, quhill nocht was lewyt mar, 
Bot ye wode fyr, and beylds brynt full bar. 
Off lykly men, yat born was in Ingland, 


Be ſuerd and fyr yat nycht deit fyffe thouſand. 


- Quhen Wallace men was weill togyddir met, 
Gud freinds, he faid, ye knaw-yat yar was ſet 
Sic law as yis now into Glaſkow toune, 
Be Byſchope Beik, and Perſye off renoune, 

' Yarfor I will in haiſt-we yidder fair, 

Off our gud kyn part ar loſſyt yar. 


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He gert full ſone ye burges till hym call, 
And gaiff cummand in general to yaim all, 
In kepyng yai ſuld tak ye houſs off Ayr, 
And hald it haill quhill tyme yat weber mayr ; SF; 
To byd our king caſtellys I wald we had, 1 
Caſt we doune all, we mycht be demyt ourrad. 
Yai gart meit cum, for yai had faſtyt lang, ; 
Litill he tuk ſyne bownyt yaim to gang. GATH 
Horſs yai cheyſs, yat Sothroune had brocht var, | 
Anew at will, and off ye toune can fairz 330 
Thre hundreth haill was in hys cumpany, EY 
Rycht wondir faſt raid yis gud chewalry 
To Glaſkow bryg, yat byggyt was off tre, 
Weill paſſit owr or Sothroune couth yaim ſe. 
Lord Perſye wyſt, yat beſy was in wer, 3386 
Semblyt hys men fell awfull in effer ; 8 
Van demyt yai yat it was wycht Wallace, 
He had befor chapyt throw mony cace. A 
ve Byſchope Beik and Perſye yat was wycht, EF 
A thouſand led off men in armyſs brycht. 340 
Wallace ſaw weill quhat nowmyr ſemblyt yar, 5 
He maid hys men in twa parts to fair, 
Graithit yaim weill without ye tounys end. 
He callyt Awchinlek for he ye paſſage kend, | 
Uncle, he ſaid, be beſy into wer, 545 
Quiheyr will ze ye Byſchopis taill upber, 8 
Or paſs befor, and tak hys benyſone. 
He anſuerd hym, with ryeht ſchort prowifione, if 
VUnbyſchoppyt zeit, for ſuth I trow you be, - B 

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For ſekyrly ze ſeruit it beſt ye nycht ; ; 

| To ber hys. taill we fall in all our mycht. 

Wallace anſuerd ſen we mon ſyndry gang, 

Perell yar is and ze bid fra us lang, 

For zone ar men will nocht ſone be agaſt, 555 

Fra tyme we meit for God ſaik haiſt yow faſt, 

Our diſſcueryng I wald na Sothroune ſaw, ; 

Behynd yaim cum, and in the Northaſt raw, 

Gud men off wer ar all Northummyrland; 

Yai partand yus tuk oyir be ye hand. 560 

Awchinlek ſaid, we fall do at we may, 

We wald lik ill to Nan oucht lang away; 

A bouſtous ſtaill betwix us ſone mon be, 

Bot to ye rycht all mycht God haiff e. j- 

Adam Wallace and Awchinlek war boune, 565 

Sewyn ſcor with yaim on ye bak ſyd ye toune 3 

Rycht faſt yai zeid, quhill yai war out off ſycht. 

Ye toyir part arayit yaim full rycht, 

Wallace and Boyd ye playne ſtreit up can ga. 

Sothroune marweld becauſs yai ſaw na ma, 570 

Var ſenzhe eryit upon ye Perſyes ſyde, 

With Byſchope Beik yat bauldly durſt abyde. 

A ſayr ſembly was at yat metyng ſeyne, 

As fyr on flynt it feyrryt yaim betweyne.. | 

Ye hardy Scotts rycht awfully yaim abaid,, 575 

Brocht feill to ground throch weid yat weill was maid, 

Perſſyt platts with poynts ſtiff off ſteill, | | 

Befor off hand gert mony cruell kneill. 

Ye ſtrang ſtour raiſs, as reik, upon yaim faſt, | 

Or myſt, throch ſone, up to ye clouds paſt.. 5380 
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To help yaimſelff ilk ane had-mekill neid. 
Ye worthi Scots ſtud in felloune dreid, _ 
Zet furthwart ay yai preffyt for to be, 

And yai on yaim, gret wondyr was to ſe. . 
Ye Perſeis men in wer was oyflit weill, 585 
Rycht ferſly faucht and ſonzeit nocht a deill. 

Adam Wallace and Awchinlek com in, 

And partyt Sothroune rycht ſodeynly in twin, 
Raturnd to yaim as nobill men in wer, 

Ye Scotts gat rowme, and mony down ya ber; 590 
Ye new countir affailziet yaim fa faſt, 

Throch Ingliſmen maid floppys at ye laſt. 

Yan Wallace ſelff, into yat felloune thrang, 

With hys gud fuerd, yat hewy was and lang, 

At Perſyes face with a gud will he bar, 595 
Bathe bayne and brayne ye forgyt ſteill throch ſchar. 
Four hundreth men, quhen Lord Perſye was dede, 
Out off ye gait ye Byſchope Beik yai lede, 
For yan yaim thocht it was no tyme to byd, | 
By ye frers kirk, till a wode faſt beſyd. (600 
In yat foreſt forſuth yai taryt nocht, 
On freſche horſs to Bothwell ſone yai focht. l 
Wallace folowed with worthi men and wycht, 
Forfouchtyn yai war and trewald all ye nycht, 


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Ye Byſchope ſelff and gud men gat away; 
Amar Wallange reſkewit hym in yat place, 
Yat knycht full oft did gret harme to Wallace. - 
Wallace began off, nycht ten hours in Ayr, 
On day be nyne in Glaſkow ſemblyt yair, 6 


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Be ane our nowne at Bothwell zet he was, 

Repreiffit Wallang or he wald foryir paſs ; 

Syne turnd agayne, as weyll witnes ye buk 

Till Dnudaff raid, and yar reſtyng he tuk, g 
Tald gud Schyr Jhon off yair tythands in Ayr, 615 
Gret mayne he maid he was nocht with hym yar. 
Wallace ſoiornd in Dundaff at ys will, 

Fyffe dayis owt, quhill tithands come hym till, 

Out off ye hycht, quhar gud men was forlorn, 

For Bowchane raiſs, Adell, Menteth, and Leun, 620 
Apon Argyll a felloune wer yai mal, 

For Edwards ſaik yus can yai undi 

Ye Knycht Cambell in Argyll yan was tin, 

With hys gud men agayn King Edwards will, 

And kepyt fre Lowchow hys heretage, 626 
Bot Makfadzan yan did hym gret owtrage. | 
Vis Makfadzan till Ingliſmen was ſuorn, __ (7 
Edward gaiff hym bath Argyll and Lorn. 

Falſs Jhon off Lorn to yat gyft can concord, 

In Ingland yan he was new maid lord. 630 
Yus falsſly he gaiff owr hys heretage, 

And tuk at London off Edwarde grettar wage. 
Duncan off Lorn zeitt for ye lands ſtraiff, 

Quhill Makfadzan ourſett hym with ye laiff, 

Put hym off force to gud C ambell ye Knycht, 635 
Quhilk into wer was worthi, wyſs and wycht. 

Yus Makfadzan was entryt into Scotland, 

And marueluſly yat tyrand tuk on hand, 

With hys power, ye quilk I ſpake off ayr, 

Yai four enn. all ſemblyt till hym yar; 640 
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Fyfteyne thouſand off curſyt folk in deid, 

Off all gaddryn, in oft he had to leid ; 

And mony off yaim was out off Irland brocht, 
Barnys nor wyff yai pepill ſparyt nocht, 

Waiſtyt ye land als fer as yai mycht ga, 645 
Yai beſtly folk couth nocht bot byrn and fla. 
Into Lowchow he entryt ſodeynly, 

Ye Knycht Cambell maid gud defens for yi; 
Till Crage Vyum with thre hundir he zeid, 
Vat ſtrenth he held for all hys cruell deid, 650 
Syne brak ye bryg, quhar yai mycht not out paſs, 

Bot throuch a furd, quhar narow paſſage was 
Abandounly Cambell agayne yaim baid, 

Faſt apon Aviſs yat was bathe depe and braid. 
Makfadzan was apon ye toyir fyd, _ 655 
And yar on force behuffyt hym for to byd; 

For at ye,furde he durſt nocht entir out, 

For gud Cambell mycht ſet hym yan in dout. 
Makfadzane ſocht, and a ſmall paſſage fand, * 
Had he laſar, yai mycht paſs off yat land, Wo 660 | 
Betwix a roch and ye gret wattir ſyd, - TY 
Bot four in frount na ma mycht gang nor ryd. 

In till Lowchow was beſtis gret plente, _ 

A quhill he thocht yar with hys oft to be. 

And oyir ſtuff yat yai had with yaim brocht, 665 
Bot all hys crafft awailzeit hym rycht nocht. | 
Dunkan off Lorn has ſeyne ye ſodeyne cace, 

Fra gud Cambell he went to ſeik Wallace, 

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| Lerand at ſcule into yair tendyr age, 

He thockt to ſlaik Makfadzans curage. | 

 Gylmychell yan with Dunkan furth hym dycht, 

Agyd he was, and fute man wondyr wycht. 

Sone can yai witt quhar Wallace lugyt was, 675 

With yair cumplaynt to hys preſence yai paſs. | 

Erle Malcom als ye Lenox held at eſs, | 

With hys gud men to Wallace can he preſs. 

Till hym yar come gud Richard off Lundy. 

Intill Dundaff he wald na langar ly, 680 

Schyr Jhon ye Grayme als bownyt hym to ryde. 

Makfadzans wer ſa grewit yaim yt ode, 

At Wallace thocht hys gret power to ſe, - 

In quhat aray he rewllit yat contre. | | ( 

Ye Rukbe yan he kepyt with gret wrang, 685 

Stirling Caſtell yat ſtalwart was and ſtrang. 

Quhen Wallace come be ſowth it in a waill, 

Till Erle Malcom he faid he wald aſſaill. 

In diuerſs parts he gert ſeuer yar men, ä 

Off yair power yat Sothroune ſuld nocht ken. 690 

Erle Malcom baid in buſchement out off ſycht. 

Wallace with hym tuk gud Schyr Jhon ye Knycht, 

And a hundreth off wyſs wer men but doubt, 

Throuch Stirlyng raid gyff ony wald yſche out; 

Towart ye bryg ye gayneſt way yai paſs. 693 

Quhen Rukbs ſaw quhat at yair power was, 

He tuk ſewyn ſcor of gud archars was yar, 

Apon Wallace yai folowed wondyr far ; 

At fell bykkar yai did yaim mekill der. |" 

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Agayne raturnd and has ye formaſt ſlahn. 
Schyr Jhon ye Grayme, yat mekill was off mayne, (4 
Amang yaim raid with a gud ſper in hand, 


Fe fyrſt he flew yat he befor hym fand, 


Apon anoyir hys ſper in ſondyr zeid, 5; IS 
A ſuerd he drew quhilk helpyt hym in neid. 

Inglis archars apon yaim can ranew, | 

Yat hys gud horſs with arrowis ſone yai ſlew, 

On fute he was. Qnhen Wallace has it ſeyne, _ 
Heychtyt ſone, with men off armys keyne, 710 
Amang ye rout fechtand full wondyr faſt. 

Ye Ingliſmen raturnyt at ye laſt. | 


At ye Caſtell yai wald haiff beyne full faynez * 


Bot Erle Malcom, with men off mekill mayne, 
Betwix ye Sothroune and ye zeitts zeid, 715 
Mony yai flew yat douchty was in deid. 


In ye grgg preſs Wallace and Rukbe met, 


With hys gud ſuerd a ſtraik upon hym ſet, 

Derfly to dede ye ald Rukbe he draiff, | 

Hys twa ſonnys chapyt amang ye laiff; _ 720 
In ye Caſtell be awentur yai zeid, 5 | 
With twenty men, na ma chapyt yat dreid. 

Ye Lenox men, with yair gud Lord at was, 

Fra ye Caſtell yai ſaid yai wald nocht paſs, 

For weill yai wyſt it mycht nocht haldyn be. 523 
On na lang tyme for yi yas ordand he. 

Erle Malcom tuk ye houſs and kepyt yat tyd. 
Wallace wald nocht fra hys fyrſt purpoſs byd, 
Inſtance he maid to yis gud Lord and wyls, 
Fra ynce to pals he 18 in na kyn wyls, 730 


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Quhill he had tane Stirlyng.ye- Caſtell ſtrang, 

Trew men hym tald he mycht not hald it lang. 
Yan Wallace thocht was maiſt on Makfadzane, 

Off Scotts men he had ſlayne mony ane. | 
Wallace awowid, yat he ſuld wrokyn be, 935 
On yat rehald, or ellis yarfor to de. 2 855 

off tyrandry King Ed warde thocht hym gud, 
Law born he was, and off law ſimpill blud. 

Yus Wallace was far grewyt in hys entent, . 

To yis jornay rycht ernyſtfully be went. 140 
At Stirling Bryg aſſemblyt till hym rycht 
Twa thouſand men yat worthi war and wycht. 
Towart Argyll he bownyt hym to ryds 
Dunkan off Lorn was yair trew ſekyr gyd. 

Off ald Rukbe, ye quhilk we ſpak off ayr, 745 
Twa ſonnys in lyff in Stirling lewit yar; 

Quhen yai broyirs conſawit weill ye rycht, 

Vis houſs to hald yat yai na langar mycht, 

For Cauſs quhi, yai wantyt men and meit, 

With Erle Malcom yai keſt yaim for to treit, 950 . 
Grace off yair lyff, and yai yat with yaim was; | 
Gaiff our ye houſs, ſyne couth in Ingland paſs, 
On ye thrid day yat Wallace fra yaim raid. 
With King Edwarde full mony zer yai baid, 
In Brucs wer agayne come into Scotland, 753 
Sterlyng to kepe ye tane off yaim tuk on hand. 
Mentione off Bruce is oft in Wallace buk, _ 


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Quhar to ſuld 1 heroff tary ma, | : 
To Wallace furth new ſchortlye will I ga. 766 
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Dunkan off Lorne, Gylmychall fra yaim fend, © 

A ſpy to be, for he ye contre kend, 

Be our party was paſſit ſtraithfulang 

Ye ſmall fute folk began to irk ilk ane, 1 
And horſs, off fors, behuffyt for to failly 765 
Yan Wallace thoucht yat cumpany to waill, | 
Gud men, he ſaid, yat is nocht meit for us; 

In brokyn ray, and we cum on yaim yus, 

We may tak ſcaith, and harmye our fayis bot ſmall, 


To yaim in lik we may nocht ſemble all; "hw 


Tary we lang a playne feild yai will get, 
Apon yaim ſone ſa weill we may nocht ſet ;, 


Part we mon leiff as folowand for to be, + 
With me fall paſs our power'into thre. EAN 
A hundyr fyrſt till hymſelf he has tayne, 1s 


Off weſtland men, was worthi knawin ilk ane. 


To Schyr Jhon Grayme als mony ordand he, EY 


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And fyfe hundreth to Rychard off Lundy, 

In yat part was Wallace off Ricardtoune, © ö 
In all gud deid he was ay reddy boune. 780 
Fyfe hundreth left, yat mycht nocht with yaim ga, 
Suppoſs at yai to byd was wondyr wa. 

Yus Wallace.oft began to tak ye hycht, 

Our a montayne ſone paſſit off yar ſycht. 

In Glendowchar yair ſpy met yaim agayne, 785 
With Lord Cambell, yan was our folk rycht fayne 5. 
At yat metyng gret blythnes mycht be ſeyne, | 
Thre hundreth he led, yat cruell war and keyne. . 
He comford yaim, and bad yaim haiff na dreid, 


Zon beſtly folk wants wapynnys and weid,. 790 


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Sone yai will fle, ſcharply and we perſew. 

Be Louthdouchyr full ſodynlye yaim drew, 

Yan Wallace ſaid, a lyff all fall we ta, 

For her nane will fra hys falow ga. | 

Ye ſpy he ſend, ye entre for to ſe, 795 
Apon ye moſs a ſcurrour ſone fand he ; 

To ſcour ye land Makfadzane had hym ſend, ' 

Out off Cragmor yat day he thocht to wend. 
Gylmychall faſt apon hym folowit yar, 

With a gud ſuerd, yat weill and ſcharply ſchar, 800 
Maid quyt off hym, at tithands tald he nane, 

Ye outſpy yus was loft fra Makfadzane. 

Yan Wallace oft apon yair fute a rd . 

Yair horſs yai left yocht yai war neuir ſo wycht, 
For moſs and crag yai mycht na langar dre ; Bog 
Yan Wallace ſaid, quha gangs beſt let ſe. 
Throuch out ye moſs delyuerly yai zeid, i 
Syne tuk ye hald quharoff yai had maiſt dreid; 
Endlang ye ſchoir ay four in frownt yai paſt, 
Quhill yai within aſſemblyt at ye laſt. 810 
Lord Cambell ſaid, we haiff chewyſs yis hauld, 
I trow to God yair waukynyng fall be cauld ; 
Her is na gait to fle zone pepil can, 
Bot rockis heich, and wattir depe and wan. 
Auchteyne hundreth off douchty men in deid, 
On ye gret oft but mar proceſs yai zeid, 
Fechtand in frount, and mekill maiſtry maid, 
On ye frayit folk buſkyt withowtyn baid, 

Rudly to ray yai ruſchit yaim agayne, 

Gret part off yaim was men off mekill mayne. 


BOOK vun. LIFE OF WALLACE: _ 
Gud Wallace men ſa ſtoutly can yaim ſter, | 
Ve battaill on bak Fyfe akyr breid yai ber; 
Into ye ſtour feill tyrands gert vai kneill. 
Wallace in hand had a gud ſtaff off ſteill, 
Quhomeuir he hytt to ground brymly yaim bar, * 
Roind hym about a large rude and mar. 
Schyr Jhon ye Grayme in deid was rycht worthy, 
Gud Cambell als, and Rychard off Lundy, 5 
Adam Wallace, and Robert Boid in feir, 
Amang yair fayis, quhar deids was ſald full der. 150 5 
Ye felloune ſtour was awfull for to ſe; 
Makfadzan yan ſa gret debait maid he, 
With Vrage men hardy and curageous, 
Ye ſtalwart ſtryff rycht hard and paralous. 
Boundance off blud fra woundis wyd and wan, 3835 
Stekyt to deid on ground lay mony man. | 
Ye ferſaſt yar yneuch off fechtand fand,. 
Twa hours large into ye ſtour yai ſtand, . E OE 
At Jop hymſelff weill wyſt nocht quha ſuld wyn:: 
Bot Wallace men wald nocht in ſowndyr twyn, 5 
Till help yaimſelff yai war off hardy will., 
Off Vrage blud full hardely yai ſpill, vt Tas 5 
With feill fechtand maid ſloppys throuch ye thrang... 
On ye fals part our wycht wer men ſa dang, 
Vat yai to byd mycht haiff na langar mycht, 845 
Ye Irland folk yan maid yaim for ye flycht, oo 
On craggs clam and ſum in wattir flett, N. 
Twa thouſand yar drownyt withoutyn lett: 
Born Scottſmen baid ſtill into ye feild, 1. | 
Keſt wappynys fra yaim, ee e wakes! 270 

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With petouſs woice yai cryit apon Wallace, 

For Godds faik to tak yaim in hys Grace. 

Grewit he was, bot rewth off yaim he had, | 
Reſawyt yaim fayr with contenance full ſad, ' '" 
Off our awne blud we ſuld haiff gret pete, 85s 
Luk ze fla nane off Scotts will zoldyn be, 

Off outland men lat nane chaip with ye ly. ' 
Makfadzane fled, for all hys felloune firyff, 

On till a cave, within a clifft off ſtayne, | 
Undyr Cragmor, with fyfteyne is he gayne. 860 
Dunkan off Lorn hys lyf at Wallace aſt, 
On Makfadzane with worthy men he paſt, 

He grantyt hym to put yaim all to dede, 

Tai left nane quyk, ſyne brocht Wallace hys hed, 
Apon a ſper throuchout ye feild it bar. 865 
ve Lord Cambell yan hynt it by ye har, 

Heich in Cragmor he maid it for to ſtand, a ! © 
Steild on a ſtayne for honour off Irland. 

Ye bleffit men qat war off Scotland born, 
Fownde at hys faith Wallace gert yaim be ſuorn, 870 
Reſtoryt yaim to yair landis but leſs, 

He leit fla nayne yat wald cum till hys peſs. 

Eftir yis deid in Lorn ſyne couth he fayr, | 

Rewllyt ye land had beyne in mekill cayr. : 

In Archatan a cunſaill he gert cry, 555 20 AN 

Quhar mony man ſocht till hys ſenzory. "6-0 
All Lorn he gaiff to Dunkan yat was wycht, 

\ And bad hym hald Scotland with ye rycht, 

And yow fall weill bruk yis in heretage; ; 

| Yi brodyrs ſone at London has grettar wage, 880 


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Zeit will he cum, he ſall hys lands haiff, 

I wald tyne nayne yat rychtwyſnes mycht ſaiff. 

Mony trew Scott to Wallace couth perſew, 

At Archatan fra feill ſtrenthis yai drew. 

A gud knycht come, and with hym men ſexte, 885 

He had beyn oft in mony ſtrang jeperte 

With Ingliſmen and ſonzeid nocht a deill, 

Ay fra yair faith he fendyt hym full weill, 

Kepyt hym fre yocht King Edwarde had ſuorn, 

Schyr Jhon Ramſay, yat rychtwyſs ayr was borne 
Off Ouchtir-houſs, and oyir lands, was lord, 

And ſchirreff als, as my buk will record, 

Off nobill blud, and als haill anceftre, 

Contenyt weill with worthy chewalre; ; 
Intill Strathern yat lang tyme he had beyne, 895 
At gret debait agaynys hys enemyſs keyne, | 
Rycht wychtly wan hys lewing into wer; 

Till hym and hys Sothroune did mekill der; 
Weill eſchewit, and ſufferyt gret diſtreſs; 
Hys ſone was callyt ye flour off courtlyneſs, 900 
As witnes weill into yat ſchort trettyz; _ 
Eftir ye Bruce, quha reds in yat ſtory, | 
He rewllyt weill bath into wer and peſs, \ 
Alexander Ramſay to nayme he hecht but leſs; | 
's Quhen it was wer till armes he hym keſt, 905 
Undir ye croune he was ane off ye beſt; 
In tyme off peſs till courtlynes he zeid, 
Bot to gentrice he tuk no oyir heid. 
Quhat gentill man had nocht with Ramſay beyne; 
8 Off courtlynes yai count hym nocht a preyne; 910 


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Fredome and treuth he had as-men would aſs, 
- Sen he began na bettyr ſquier was; fe. 
Roxburch hauld he wan full manfully, | 
Syne held it lang quhill tratowris treſonably 
Caufit hys dede, I can nocht tell yow how, 915: 
Off fic things I will ga by as noc; 
I baiff had blayme to ſay ye ſuthfaſtnes, - 
Yarfor I will bot lychtly ryn yat cace 
Bot it be thing yat playnly ſlandrit is, 
For fic I trew yai ſuld deyme me na miſs. 920 
Off gud Alexandir as now I ſpek no mar, 4 
Hys fadyr come, as I tald off befor, 
Wallace off hym rycht full gud comfort hais, 
For weill he coud do gret harmyng till hys fais 4 
In wer he was rycht mekill for to pryfs, 925 
Beſy and trew, bath ſobyr, wycht and wyſs. | . 
A gud prelat als to Archatan focht, — ©- _ *'' 
Off hys lordſchip as yan he bruikyt nocht; 
Vis worthi clerk, cummyn off hys lynage, 
Off Synclar blud, nocht forty zer off age, 930 
Choſyne he was, be ye Papis conſent, 
Off Dunkell Lord, hym maid with gud entent. 
Bot Ingliſmen, yat Scotland gryppit all, 
Off benyfice yai leit hym bruk bot fmall. 
Quhen he ſaw weill yarfor he mycht not mute, 935 
To ſaiff hys lyff thre zers he duelt in But, | 
Leifyde as he mycht, and kepyt ay gud part, t 
Undir ſaifte of Jamys yan Lord Stewart, | 
Till gud Wallace, quilk Scotland wan with payne, 
Reſtord yis Lord till hys leffyng agayne ; 940 
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And mony ma, yat lang had beyne outthrawin, 

Wallace yaim put rycht wyſly to yair awne. 

Ye ſmall oft als, ye quhilk I ſpak off ayr, 

Into ye hycht yat Wallace lewyt yar, 

Come to ye feild quhar Makfadzane had beyne, 945 

Tuk at was left, bathe weid and wappynys ſcheyne, 

Throw Lorn ſyne paſt als gudly as yai can, 

Off yair nowmyr yai had nocht loſt a man; 

On ye fyft day yai wan till Archatan, 

Quhar Wallace baid with gud men mony ane. 9go 

He welcummyt yaim apon a gudly wyſs, 

And faid yai war rycht mekill for to pryſs, 

And trew Scotts he honourit into wer, 

Gaiff yat he wan hymſelff kepyt no ger. | 

Quhen Wallace wald na langar ſoiorn yar, 955 

Fra Archattan throw out ye land yai far, 

Towart Dunkell with gud men off renoun, 

Hys maiſt thocht yan was haill on Santt Jhoneſtoun. 

He callyt Ramſay, yat gud knycht off gret waill, 

Sadly awyſyt beſoucht hym off confaill ; 960 

Yar I haiff beyne, and loſt men apon chance, 

Bot ay for ane we gert ten off yaim de, 

And zeit me think yat is no mends to me, 

I wald aſſay, off yis land or we gang, | 

And lat yaim witt yai occupy her with wrang. 965 

Yan Ramſay ſaid, yat towne yai may nocht kepe, 

Ye wallis ar laych, ſuppoſs ye dyk be depe, 

Ze haiff enewch, yat fall yaim cummyr ſa, 

Fyll up ye dyk, yat we may playnly ga 

In haill battaill, a thowſand our at anys, 970 
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Fra yis power yai ſall nocht hald yon wanys. 

Wallace was glaid yat he fic comfort maid, 

Furth talkand yus on to Dunkell yai raid. 

Four dayis yar yai lugyt with pleſance, | 

Quhill tyme yai had forſeyne yair ordinance. 975 

Ramſay gert bygg ſtrang beſtialls off tre, 

Be gud wrychts ye beſt in yat cuntre ; SETS 

Quhan yai war wrocht, betaucht yaim men to leid 

Ve wattir doun, quhill yai come to yat ſteid. | 

Schyr Jhon Ramſay rycht gudly was yair gyd, 980 

Rewllyt yaim weill at hys will for to byd. 

Ye gret oft yan about ye willage paſt, 

With erd and ſtayne yai fillyt dyks faſt, 

Flaiks yai laid on temyr lang and wycht, | 

A rowme paſſage to ye wallis yaim _— | 985 
Feill beſtialls rycht ſtarkly up yai raiſs, £ 

Gud men off armys ſone till afſailze gais. vg 

Schyr Jhone ye Grayme, and Ramſay yat was wycht, 

Ye Turat Bryg ſegyt with all yair mycht; 

And Wallace ſelff at mydfid off ye tqune, 990 

With men off armys yai was to bargane bown. 

Ye Sothroune men maid gret defens yat tyd, 

With artailze; yat felloune was to byd, 

With awblaſters gaynze, and ſtanys faſt, 

And hand gunnys rycht brymly out yai caſt; 995 

Punzeid with ſpers men off armys ſcheyne. 

Ye worthi Scotts, yat cruell war and keyne, 

At hand ftraikis fra yai togydder met, | 

With Sothroune blud yair wappynys ſone yai wett: | 

Zett Ingliſmen, yat worthy war in wer, 1000 


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Into ye ſtour rycht bauldly can yaim ber, 
Bot all for nocht awailzeid yaim yat deid, 
Ye Scotts throw force apon yaim in yai zaid; 
A thouſand men our wallis zeid haſtely, Eh 
5 Into ye toune raiſs hidewyſs noyis and cry, 1056 
| Ramſay and Grayme ye turat zeitt has wown, EY 
And entrit in, quhar gret ſtryff has begowne. 
A trew ſquier, quhilk.Reven hecht be nayme, 
Come to ye ſalt with gud Schyr Jhon ye Grayme, 
0 Threty with hym off men yat prowit weill, 101“ 
\ Amang yair fayis with wappynys ſtiff off ſteill. - 
Quhen at ye Scotts ſemblyt on ayir ſyd, 
Na Sothroune was yat mycht yair dynt abyd. 
Twa thouſand ſone was fulzied undirfeit, 4 
85 Off Sothroune blud lay ſtekyt in ye ſtreit. 1015 
5 Schyr Jhon Sewart ſaw weill ye town was ſtynt, 
Tuk hym to flycht, and wald na langar ſtynt, 
In a lycht barge, and with hym men ſexte, 
Ye wattir doun, ſocht ſuccour at Dunde. - | 
Wallace baid ſtill quhill ye ferd day at morn, . 1020 
And left nayne yar yat war off Ingland born. 
Ryches yai gat off gold and oyir gud, _ 
Plenyſt ye towne agayne with Scotts blud z 
Ruwan he left yair Captayne for to be, | 
995 In heretage gaiff hym office to fee 105 
off all Strathern, and ſchirreff off ye toun, 
Syne in ye north gud Wallace maid hym boun. 
| In Abyrdeyn he gert a confaill cry, 
tt: WW Trew Scotts men ſuld ſemble baſtely. f 
1000 Till Cowper he raid to weſy yat Abbay, 1030 


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Ye Inglis Abbot fra ynce was fled away. 
Biſchop Synclar, without langar abaid, 
Met yaim at Glammyſs, ſyne furth with yaim he raid, 
Intill Breichyn yai lugyt all yat nycht, 
Syne on ye morn Wallace gert graith yaim rycht, 1035 
Diſplayed on breid ye Banir off Scotland, 
In gud aray, with nobill men at hand; 
Gert playnly cry yat ſawfte ſuld be nayne 
Off Sotheroune blud quhar yai mycht be ourtayn 
In playn battaill throchout ye Mernyſs Jai rid. 2040. 
Ye Inglifmen at durſt yaim nocht abid 
Befor ye oft full ferdly furth yai fle 
Till Dunottar a ſwak within ye ſe 
Na ferrar yai mycht wyn out off ye land 
Yai ſemblit yar quhill yai war four thouſand ron 
To ye kyrk rane, wend girth for till haiff tayne, 
Fe laiff ramaynd apon ye rock off ſtayne. e 
Fe Byſchop yan began tretty to ma, 

Yair lyffs to get out off ye land to ga. 
Bot yai war rad, and durſt nocht weylt affyz noe 
Wallace in fyr gert ſet all haiſtely, 
Brynt up ye kyrk, and all yat was yarin, 
Atour ye rock ye laiff ran with gret dyn; 
Sum hang on craggs rycht dulfully to de, | 
Sum lap, ſum fell, ſum flotyret in ye ſe, IO55 | 
Na Sothroune on lyff was lewyt in yat hauld, | | 
And yaim within yai brynt in powdir cauld. 
Quhen yis was doyn, feill fell on kneis doun, 
At ye Byſchop aſk yt abſolutioun. 
Yan Wallace lewch, ſaid, I forgiff yow all, 106 


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Ar ze wer men rapents for ſa ſmall? | 2 
Vai rewid nocht us in to ye toune off Ayr, 


Owr trew Barrowns quhen yat yai hangyt yar. 


Till Abyrdeyn yan haiſtely yai paſs, 1 
Quhar Ingliſmen beſyly flittand was. 1065 
Ane hundreth ſchippis, yat ruther bur and ayr, | 
To turſs yair gud, in hawyn was lyand yar: 
Bot Wallace oft come on yaim ſodeynlye, 

Yar chapyt nane off all yat gret menzhe ; 

Bot feill ſerwands in yaim lewyt nane, 


| 1070 
At ane eb ſe ye Scotts is on yaim gayne, 


Tuk out ye ger, ſyne ſet ye ſchippis in fyr, 


Ye men on land yai bertynyt bayne and lyr; 

Zeid nane away bot preiſts, wiffis. and barnys, 
Maid yai debait, yai chapyt nocht but harmys. 1073 
Into Bowchane Wallace maid hym to ryd, 

Quhar Lord Bewmound was ordand for to byd, 


Erle he was, maid off bot ſchort tyme befor, 


He brukit nocht for all hys buſtous ſchor. 

Quhen he wyſt weill yat Wallace cummand was, 1080 
He left ye-land, and couth to Slanys-paſs, 

And ſyne be ſchipin Ingland fled agayne. 

Wallace raid throw ye north land into playne. 

At Crummade feill Ingliſmen yai ſlew. 


Ye worthi Scotts till hym yus couth perſew. 1085 


Raturnd agayne, and come till Abyrdeyn, 


With hys blyth oft, apon ye Lammeſs ewyn, 
Stablyt ye land, as hym thocht beſt ſuld be, 
Syne with ane oft he paſſit to Dunde, 


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I leyff yaim yar, and foryir we will gang. 

Schyr Amar Wallang haiſtit hym full faſt, 

Intill Ingland, with hys haill housſhald paſt ; 
Bothwell he left, wag Murrayis heretage, 

And tuk hym yan bot to King Edwards wage. 1095 
Yus hys awne land forſuk for euirmar, 

Off Wallace deid gret tithands tald he yar. 

Als Ingliſmen fair murnyt in yair mude, 

Had loſſyt her bath lyff, landis and gud. 

Edward as yan couth nocht in Scotland fair, 1100 
Bot Kertymgame, yat was bys Treſorair, 

With hym a lord, yan Erle was off Waran, 

He chargyt yaim, with nowmris mony ane, - 

Rycht weill beſeyn, in Scotland for to ryd. | 
At Stirlyng ſtill he ordand yaim to byd, 1105 
Quhill he mycht cum with ordinance off Ingland, 
Scotland agayne he thocht to tak in hand. 

Lis oft paſt furth, and had bot litill dreid, 

Ye Erle Patrick reſawit yaim at Tweid, 

Malice he had at gud Wallace befor, 1110 
Lang tyme by paſt, and yan inereſſyt mor: 

Bot throch a caſs, yat hapnyt off hys wyff, 

Dunbar ſche held from hym into yair ſtryff, 
Throuch ye ſupple off Wallace into playne, 

Bot he be mayne gat hys caſtell agayne 11 15 
Lang tyme or yan, and zeit he couth nocht ceſs, 
Agayne Wallace he prowit in mony preſs, 

With Ingliſmen, ſuppleit at hys mycht, 

Contrar Scotland yai wrocht full gret unrycht. 

Yair muſtir yan was awful for to ſe, 1120 
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Off fechtand men thouſands yai war ſexte 

To Stirling paſt, or yai likit to byd, 

To Erle Malcom a ſege yai laid yat tyd, 

And thocht to kep ye cummaund off yair King; 

Bot gud Wallace wrocht for ane oyir thing. 1125 

Dunde he left, and maid a gud Chyftane, 

With twa thouſand, to kepe yat houſs off ſtayne, 

Off Angwyſs men, and duellars off Dunde; - 

Ye ſamyn nycht till Santt Jhonſtoun went he. 

Apon ye morn to Schirreff-mur he raid, 130 

And yar a quhill, in gud aray, yai baid. 

Schyr Jhon ye Grayme, and Ramſay yat was wycht, 

He ſaid to yaim, yis is my purpoſs rycht, 

Our mekill it is to proffer yaim battaill, 

Apon a playne feild, bot we haiff ſum awaill. 1135 

Schyr Jhon ye Grayme ſaid we haiff undirtane, 

With leſs power, fic thing yat weill is gayn. 

Yan Wallace ſaid, quhar fic thing cummys off neid, 

We ſuld thank God yat makis us for to ſpeid, 

Bot ner ye Bryg my purpoſs is to be, 1140 | | 

And wyrk for yaim ſum ſuttell jeperte. | |, 

Ramſay anſuerd, ye Bryg we may keip weill, 

Off way about Sothroune has litill feill. 

Wallace ſent Jop ye battaill for to ſet, | 

Ye Tweſday next to fecht withoutyn let. 1145 

On Sattirday on to ye Bryg yai raid, 

Off gud playne burd was weill and junctly maid ʒ 

Gert wachis wait, yat nane ſuld fra yaim paſs. 

A wricht he tuk, ye ſuttelaſt at yar was, 

And ordand hym to ſaw ye burd in twa, 1150 
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Be ye mid ſtreit, yat nane mycht our it ga; | 
On charnaill bands nald it full faſt and ſone, 

Syne fyld with clay as na thing had beyne done. 
Ye toyir end he ordand for to be, 


How it ſuld ſtand on thre rowars off tre, 11353 
Quhen ane war out, yat ye laiff doune ſuld fall ; 
Hymſelf undyr he ordand yar with all, 5 


Bownd on ye treſt in a credill to fit, 

To louſs ye pyne quhen Wallace leit hym witt 

Bot with a horn, quhen it was tyme to be; 1166 

In all ye oft ſuld na man blaw bot he. 

Ye day approchit off ye gret battaill 

Ye Ingliſmen for power wald nocht f ill, 

Ay ſex yai war agayne ane off Wallace, 

Fyfte thouſand maid yaim to battaill place; 1165 

Ye ramaynand baid at ye caſtell ſtill, 

Baith feild and houfs yai thocht to tak at will. 

Ye worthi Scotts, apon ye toyir ſyd, 

Ye playne feild tuk, on fute maid yaim to byd. 
Hew Kyrtyngayme ye wantgard leds he, 1176 

With twenty thouſand off likly men to fe. 

Threty thouſand the Erle off Waran had, 
| Bot he did yan as ye wyſſman hym bad ; 
All ye fyrſt oft befor hym our was ſend. 
Sum Scotts men, yat weill ye mattir kend, 1175 
Bade Wallace blaw, and ſaid, yai war enew. - 
Hie haiſtyt nocht, bot ſadly couth perſew, 
Qaubill Warans oft thik on ye Bryg he ſaw, 
Fra Jop ye Horn he hyntyt and couth blaw, \ 
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Ye rowar out he ſtraik with gret flycht ; 

Ye laiff zeid doun, quhen ye pynnys out gais. 

A hidwyſs cry amang ye pepill raiſs,/ 

Bath horſs and men into ye wattir fell. þ 

Ye hardy Scotts, yat wald na langar duell, 11835 

Set on ye laiff with ſtrakis fad and ſar, 7 

Off yaim yarour, as yan ſowerit yai war. 

At ye forbreſt yai prowit hardely, ; 

Wallace and Grayme, Boid, Ramſay, and Lundy, 

All in ye ſtour faſt fechtand face to face. 1190 

Ye Sothroune oft bak rerit off yat place 

At yai fyrſt tuk, fyffe akyr breid and mar. 

Wallace on fute a gret ſcharp ſper he bar, 

Amang ye thikeſt off ye preſs he gais, 

On Kertyngayme a ſtraik choſyn he hais 

In ye byrnes, yat polyſt was full brycht, 

Ye punzeand hed ye platts perſyt rycht,, 

Throch ye body ſtekit hym but reſkew, 

Derfly to dede yat Chyftane was adew ; 

Baith man and horſs at yat ſtraik he bar doun. 1200 

Ye Inglis oft, quhill war in battaill bown, | 

Comfort yai loſt quhen yair Chyftayne was llayne, 

And mony ane ta fle began in playne; 

Zeit worthi men baid ſtill into ye ſed, 

Quhill ten thouſand was broucht on to yair dede .x205 

Yan fled ye laiff, and mycht no langar byd, 

Succour yai ſocht on mony diuerſs ſyd, Th 

Sum eſt, ſum weſt, and ſum fled to ye north, 

Sewyn thouſand large at anys flottryt in Forts, 

Plungyt ye depe, and drownd withoutyn mercy, 1210 
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Nayne left on lyff off all yat feill-menzhe. . 
Off Wallace oſt na man was ſlayne off waill, 

Bot Andrew Murray into yat ſtrang battaill. 

Ye ſouth part ſaw at yar men was tynt, 

As ferſly fled as fyr dois off ye flynt. : 1215 
Ye place yai left, Caſtell, and Stirlyng toune, | 
Towart Dunbar in gret haiſt yai maid yaim boune. 
Quhen Wallace oft had won yat feild throuch mycht, 
Tuk up ye Bryg, and louſſit gud Jhon Wricht; 
On ye flears ſyne folowed wondyr faſt, 1220 
Erle Malcom als out off ye caſtell paſt, 

With Lenox men to ſtuff ye chace gud ſpeid, 

Ay be ye way yai gert feill Sothroune bleid ; 

In ye Torwode yai gert full mony de. 
Ye Erle off Waran, yat can full ferſly fle, 1225 
With Corſpatrik, yat graithly was hys gyd, 

On changit horſs throuchout ye land yai ryd, 
Strawcht to Dunbar, bot few with yaim yai led; 
Mony war ſlayne our ſleuthfully yat fled. | 

Ye Scotts horſs yat had rown wondyr lang, 1230 
Mony gaiff our, yat mycht na forthyr gang. 
Wallace and Grayme euir togyddyr baid, 

At Hathyngtoun full gret ſlauchtir yai maid 

Off Ingliſmen, quhen yair horſs tyrit had. 

Quhen Ramſay come gud Wallace was full glad, 1235 
With hym was Boid, and Richard off Lundy, 

'Thre thouſand haill was off gud chewalry, | 

And Adam als Wallace off Ricardtoun, 

With Erle Malcom, yai fand at Hathyngtoun. 

Ye Scotts men on ſlauchtyr toryt was, 1240 


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BOOK vii. J LIFE OF (WALLACE. | 43 
Quhill to Dunbar ye twa Chyftanes couth paſs, 

Full fitfully, for yair gret contrar caſs, | 
Wallace folowed till yai gat in yat place. 

Off yair beſt men, and Kertyngayme off renoun, 
Twenty thouſand was dede but redemptioun. 1 245 
Beſyd Beltoun Wallace raturnd agayn, | 
To folow mar as yan was bot in wayn. 

In Hathyngtoun lugyng yai maid yat nycht, 

Apon ye morn to Stirling paſſit rycht. | 
Aſſumptioune day off Marye fell yis caſs, 1250 
Ay lowit be our lady off hyr grace; 
Conuoyar oft ſche was off gud Wallace, 

And helpyt hym in mony ſyndry place. 

Wallace in haiſt, ſone eftir yis battaill, 

A gret aith tuk off all ye Barrons haill, 1255 
Vat with gud will wald cum till hys preſens; : 
He hecht yaim als to byd at yair defens. 

Schyr Jhon Menteth was yan off Aran Lord, 

Till Wallace come, and maid a playne record, 
With witnes yar be hys ayth he hym band, 1260 
Lawta to kepe to Wallace and Scotland. _ | 
Quha with fre will till rycht wald nocht apply, 
Wallace with force punyſt rygoruſly ; 

Part put to dede, part ſet in pryſone ſtrang, 

Gret word off hym throuch bath yir regiouns rang. 
Dunde yai gat ſone be a ſchort trete, 

Bot for yair lywes, and ſled away be ſe. 

Inglis captaynes, yat houſs had into hand, 

Left caſtells fre, and fled out off ye land. | + 
Within ten dayis eftir yis tym was gayne, 1270 


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Inglis captaynes in Scotland left was nayne, 

Except Berweik, and Roxburch Caſtell wycht, 

Zeit Wallace thocht to.bryng yaim to ye rycht. 

Yat tyme yar was a worthy Barroun, 

To nayme he hecht gud Criſtall off Cetoun, 1275 
In Jedwort wode for ſaiffgard he had beyne, 
Agayne Sothrouue full weill he couth opteyn; 
In owtlaw oyſs he lewit yar but let, 

Ed warde couth not fra Scotts faith hym get. 
Herbottell fled fra Jedwort Caſtell wycht 1280 
Towart Ingland, yar Cetoun met hym rycht; 5 
With fourty men Cryſtall in bargane baid, 

Agayne aucht ſcor, and mekill maiſtir maid, 

Slew yat Captayne, and mony cruell man; 
Full gret ryches in yat jornay he wan. 1285 
Housſhald and gold, as yai ſuld paſs away, 

Ye quhilk befor yai kepyt mony day. 

Jedwort yai tuk, ane Ruwan lewyt he 

At Wallace will Captane off it to be. 

Bauld Cetoun ſyne to Lothiane made repair, 1290 
In yis ſtorye ze man her off hym mair, 

And into Bruce quha likis for to rede, 

He was with hym in mony cruell deid. 

Gud Wallace yan full ſadly can dewyſs, 

To rewill ye land with worthi men and wyſs; 1295 
Captayns he maid, and Schirreffs yat was gud, 
Part off hys kyn, and off trew oyir blud. 

Hys der cuſyng in Edynburgh ordand he, 

Ye trew Crawfurd, yat ay was full worthe, 

Kepar off it, with nobill men at wage, 1300 


BOOK vn.] LIFE OF WALLACE. as 
In Mannuell yan he had gud heretage. 
Scotland was fre, yat lang in baill had beyn, 
Throw Wallace won fra our falſs enemys keyn. 
Gret Gouernour in Scotland he couth ryng, 
Wayttand a tyme to get hys rychtwyſs King. 130g 
Fra Inglis men, yat held hym in bandoun, 8 
Lang wrangwyſly fra hys awne rychtwyſs croun. 


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Wallace Drives the Earl of March out of Scotland—Defeats 
Corſpatrick and Bruce at Spots Mure—At Lammer- 
muire—Rewards his Followers—Ravages England—Be- 
ſieges *York—Takes Ramſwaith—Sends a Woman to 
King Edward—At St Albin's—The Queen of England 
comes to Sue for Peace—Wallace agrees Peace made 
Laſts Three Veats— Wallace goes to France. 


F * monethis yus Scotland ſtud in gud reſt, 
A conſaill cryit, yaim thocht it was ye beſt, 
In Sanct Jhonftoune yat it ſuld haldyn be, 
Aſſemblit yar Clerk, Barown, and Bowrugie, 
Bot Corſpatrik wald nocht cum at yair call, 5 
Baid in Dunbar, and maid ſcorn at yaim all. 
Yai ſpak off hym feill words in-yat parlyment. 
Yan Wallace ſaid, will ze herts conſent, 
Forgyff hym fre all things yat ar by paſt, 
Sa he will com and grant he has treſpaſt, 10 


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Fra yis tyme furth kepe Lawta till our croun. | 
Yai grant yarto, Clerk, Burgeſs, and Barroun, 

With haill conſent yair wrytyng till hym ſend, 
Rycht lawly yus to hym yai yaim commend, | | 
Beſoueht hym fayr, as a Peyr off ye land, 1 
To cum and tak ſum Gouernaill on hand. | 
Lychtly he lewch, in ſcorn as it had beyne, 

And ſaid he had fic meſſage ſeldyn ſeyne, 

vat Wallace now as Gouernour fall ryng, 

Her is gret faute off a gud prince or king; 20 
Yat King off Kyll I can nocht undirſtand, 

Off hym 1 held neuir a fur off land; 

vat Bachiller Trowis, for fortoun ſchawis hyr quhell, 
Yarwith to leſt, it fall nocht lang be weill: | 
Bot to yow lords, and ze will undirſtand, 25 
I mak yow wyſs, I aw to mak na band, 

Als fre 1 am in yis regioun'to ryng, þ 
Lord off myn awne, as euyr was prince or king; 

In Ingland als gret part off land I haiff, 


Mawrent yaroff yar will no man me craiff. 30 


Quhat will yow mar, I warn zow I am fre, 

For your ſomounds ze get na mair off me. 

Till Sanct Jhonſtoune yis wryt he ſend agayne, 

Befor ye lords was manifeſt and playne, 

Quhen Wallace herd ye Erle fic anſuer mais, 35 


A gret hate ire throw curage yan he tais; 
For weill he wyſt yar ſald be bot a king 
Off yis regioun, at anys for to ryng; 

A King off Kyll, for yat he callit Wallace. 
Lords, he ſaid, yis an uncouth cace, 


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Be he ſuffyryt, we haiff war yan it was; 
Yus raiſs he up, and maid hym for to paſs; 
God has us tholyt to do ſo for ye laiff, 
In lyff or dede in faith hym fall we haiff, 
Or ger hym grant quhom he holds for hys lord, 43 
Or ellis war ſchapyn in ſtory to racord ; 
I wow to God with eyſs he fall nocht be bs A 
Into yis realm, bot ane off us fall de, 
Leſs yan he cum, and knaw hys rychtwyſs king, 
In yis regioun weille bathe we fall nocht ryngz o 
. Hys lychtly ſcorn he fall rapent full ſor, 
Bot power faill, or I fall end ꝓarfer, 
Sen in yis erd is ordand me no reſt, ; 
Now God be juge ye rycht he kennys beſt. 1 
At yat cunſaill langar he taryt nocht, 4 55 
With twa hundreth fra Santt Ihohflonne he ſocht; 
To ye cunſaill maid inſtans or he zeid, 
Yai ſuld conteyn, and off hym haiff na dreid, 
J am bot ane, and for gud cauſs I ga. | 
Towart kyngorn ye gayneſt way yai ta; 25 60 
Apon ye morn atour Forth ſouth yai paſt, 
On yis wyage yai haiſtit wondyr faſt, 
Robert Laudir at Muſſilburgh met Wallace, 
Fra Ingliſmen he kepyt weill hys place, | 
South nane hym trete, knycht, ſquier nor lord, 65 
With King Edwarde to be at ane accord; 
On Erle Patrick to paſs he was full glaid, 
Sum ſaid befor ye baſs he wald haiff haid. 
Gud men als come with Cryſtall off Cetoune; 
Yan Wallace was four hundreth off renoune. 70 
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A ſqueir Lyll, yat weill yat cuntre knew, 
With twentye men to Wallace couth perſew, 
Beſyd Lintoun, and to yaim tald he yan, 

Ye Erle Patrik with mony likly man, 

At Coburns peth he had hys gaderyng maid, 
And to Dunbar wald cum withoutyn baid. 
Yan Lawder ſaid, it war ye beſt think me, 
Faſter to paſs, in Dunbar or he be. 

Wallace anſuerd, we may at layfar ryd, | 
With zone power he thinkis bargane to byd ; 
And off a thing ze fall weill undirſtand 
A hardyar lord is nocht into Scotland; 
Mycht he be maid tre w ſtedfaſt till a king, 
Be wit and force he can do mekill thing: 
Bot wilfully he likis to tyne hymſell. : 
Yus raid yai furth, and wald na langar duell, 
Be eſt Dunbar, quhar men hym tald on cace, 
Quhow Erle Patrik was warnyt off Wallace, 
Ner Ennerweik cheſfyt a feild at waill, 

With nyne hundreth off likly men to waill. 


Four hundreth was with Wallace in ye rycht, 


And ſone onon approchit to yair ſycht. 
Gret fawte yar was of gud trety betweyn, 
To mak concord, and yat full ſone was ſeyn. 


Without raherſs off actioun in yat tyd, {A 


On ayir pait togyddir faſt yai ryd. 

Ye ſtour was ſtrang, and wondyr peralous, 
Contenyt lang with deds chewalrous ; 
Mony yar deit of cruell Scotts blud: 

Off yis trety ye mater is nocht gud, 

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Varfor I ceſs to tell ye deſtructioune, . i 
Pete it was and all off a natioune. 
Bot Erle Patrik ye feild-left at ye laſt, bp 
' Rycht few with hym to Coburns peth yai paſt, - [ 
Agrewit ſar yat hys men yus war tynt. Iog 
Was raturnd, and wald na langar ſtynt, 2 
Towart Dunbar, quhar ſuth faſt men hym tald, 
Na purweance was left into yat hald, 
Nor men off fens, all had beyne with yair lord. 
Quhen Wallace hard ye ſekyr trew record, 110 
Dunbar he tuk all haill at hys bandoune, 
Gaiff it to kepe to Cryſtell off Cetoune, 
Quhilk ſtuffyt it weill with men and gud wictaill. 
Apon ye morn, Wallace yat wald nocht faill, | 
With thre hundreth, to Coburns peth he ſocht: 115 
Erle Patrik uſchyt, for byd hym wald he nocht. 
Sone to ye Park Wallace a range has ſet;  —< _ | 
Till Bonkill wode Corſpatrik fled but let, | 
And out off it till Noram paſſit he. 
Quhen Wallace ſaw it mycht na bettir be, 120 
Till Caudftreym went and lugyt hym on Tweid. 
Erle Patrik yan, in all haiſt can hym ſpeid, 
And paſſit by or Wallace power rails, 

Without reſtyng in Atryk forreſt gais. 
Wallace folowed, bot he wald nocht aſſaill, 125 
A range to mak as yan it mycht not waill; 

Our few he had, ye ſtrenth was thik and ſtrang, 
Sewyn myill on breid, and yarto twyſs fa lang. 

Intill Gorkhelm Erle Patrik leiffit at reſme. 
For mar power Wallace paſt in ye weſt, - <a 


BOOK vIII.I LIFE OF WALLACE. * 

Erle Patrik yan hym graithit haiſtelye, BY 

In Ingland paſt to get hym yar ſupplye; 

Out throuch ye land rycht erneſtfully couth paſs, 

Tald Anton Beik yat Wallace cuammand was. | 

Wallace hym put out off Glaſkow befor, 138 

And ſlew Perſye yair malice was ye mor. | 

Ye Byſchope Beik gert ſone power ryſs, 

Northummyrland upon ane awfull wyſs. 

Yan ordand Bruce in Scotland for to paſs, 

To wyn hys awne, bot ill deſawit he was; 14e 

Yai gart hym trew yat Wallace was rabell, 

And thoucht to tak ye kynryk to hym ſell. 

Full falſs yai war, and euir zeit has beyne, 

| Lawta and treuth was ay in Wallace ſeyne; 

To fend ye rycht all yat he tuk on hand, ws 

And thocht to bryng ye Bruce fre till hys land. 

Off yis mater as now I'tary nocht. FIG 

With ſtrang power Sothroune togydder focht ; ' | 

Fra Ouſs wattir aſſemblit haill to Tweid. 9 

Vair land oſt was threty thouſand in deid. 150 

Off Tynnys mouth ſend ſchippis be ye ſe, 2 

To kep Dunbar at nayne ſuld yaim ſupple. 

Erle Patrik with twenty thouſand but let, 

Befor Dunbar a ſtalwart ſege he ſet. 15 

ve Byſchope Beik and Robert Bruce baid ſtill, 155 

With ten thouſand, at Noram at yair will. 

Wallace be yis, yat faſt was laubourand, 

In Lothyane com with gud men fyfe thouſand, 

Rycht weill beſeyn, all into armyſs brycht, 

Thocht to reſkew ye Cetoun bauld and brycht. | 
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Undyr zheſtyr yat fyrſt nycht lugit he; 
Hay com till hym with a gud chewalre, 


Tn Duns foreſt all yat tyme he had beyne, 


Ye cummyng yar off Sothroune he had ſeyne; 
Fyftye he had off beſy men in wer, 

Yai tald Wallace off Patriks gret affer. 

Yai ſaid, forſuth, and ze mycht bym ourſet, 
Power agayne rycht ſone he mycht not get, 
My cunſaill is, yat we giff hym battaill. 

He thankyt hym off comfort and conſaill, 

And ſaid, freynd Hay, in yis cauſs yat I wend, 
Sa yat we wyn, I rek nocht for till end, : 
Rycht ſuth it is yat anys we mon de, 

Into ye rycht quha ſuld in terrour be. 

Erle Patrik yan a meſſynger gert paſs, 

Tald Anton Beik yat Wallace cummand was. 
Off yis tithings ye Byſchope was full glaid, 
Amends off hym full fayne he wald haiff haid. 
Bot mar prolong throuch Lammer-muir yai raid, 
Ner ye Spot-Mur in buſchement till he baid, 
As Erle Patrik ordand yaim for to be. 
Wallace off Beik unwarnyt yan was he; 
Zeit he befor was nocht haifty in deid, 

Bot yan he put bathe hym and hys in dreid. 
Apon ſwyft horſs ſcurrours paſt betweyn. 

Ye cummyng yan off Erle Patrik was ſeyn, 
Ye houſs he left, and to ye mur is gayne, 

A playne feild yar with hys oft he has tayn. 
Gud Cetoun ſyne uſchet with few menzhe, 
Part off hys men intill Dunbar left he, 


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To Wallace raid was en ye rychtwyſs ſyd ; 

In gud aray to ye Spot-Mur yai ryd. 

Sum Scotts. dred, ye Erle fa mony was, 

Twentye thouſand agayne ſa few, to paſs. We 

Quhen Jop perſauit, he bad Wallace ſuld byd. 195 

Tyne nocht yir men, but to ſum ftrenth ze ryd, | 

And I fall paſs to get yow power mar, 

Yir ar our gud yus lychtly for to war. 

Yan Wallace ſaid, in trewth I will nocht fle, 

For four off hys, ay ane quhill I may be; 8 200 

We ar our ner fic purpoſs for to tax, | 

A danger chace yai mycht apon us mak; 

Her is twenty, with yis power, to day, 

Wald hym aſſay, ſuppoſs I war away; ̃ 

Mony yai ar, for Godds luff be we ſtrang, FE 

Yon Sothroune folk in ſtour will nocht byd langs:” 

Ye brym battaill braithly on ayir ſyd. | 

Gret rerd yar raifs all ſammyn quhar yai ryd. 

Ye ſayr ſembly, quhen yaĩ togydder met, 

Feill ſtraks yar ſadly on ayir ſet, ane) 

Punzeand ſpers throuch platts perſit faſt ;- | 

Mony off horſs to ye ground doun yai caft,. 

Saidlys yai teym off horſs, bot maiſtirs, yar, 

Off ye ſouth ſyd fyffe thouſand doun yai bar. 

Gud Wallace oft ye formaſt cumbraid ſa, 215 

Quhill ye laiff was in will away to ga. 0 

Erle Patrik baid, ſa cruell off entent, 

At all hys oſt tuk off hym hardyment. 

Agayne Wallace in mony ſtour was he. 

Wallace knew weill, yat hys men wald nocht fle 220 
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For na power yat Iyffand was in lyff, N 

Quhill yai in heill mycht ay be ane for fyffe. 

In yat gret ſtryff mony was handlyt hait; 

Ye feill dynts, ye cruell hard debait, - 

Ye fers ſtykyng maid mony grewows wound, 225 

Upon ye erd ye blud did till abound. — 

All Wallace oſt intill a cumpaiſs baid, 

Quhar ſa yai turnd full gret ſlauchtyr yai maid. 

Wallace and Grayme, and Ramſay full worthy, 

| Ye Bauld Cetoun, and Richard off Lundy, 230 

Adam als Wallace off Ricardtoun, | 

Bathe Hay and Lyll, with gud men off renoun, 

Boyd, Bercla, Byrd, and Lawdar, yat was weeks 

Feill Ingliſmen derfly to ded yai dycht. * 

Bot Erle Patrik full ferſly faucht agayn, 235 

Throuch hys awne hand he put mony to payn. 

Our men on hym thrang forthwart into thra, 

Maid throuch hys oft feill ſloppis to and fra. 

Ye Ingliſmen began playnlye to fle; 

Yan Byſchope Beik full ſodeynly yai ſe, 240 

And Robert Bruce, contrar hys natiff men; 

Wallace was wa, fra tyme he couth hym ken. 

Off Bruces deid he NED far mar, 

Yan all ye laiff yat day at femblit yar. 

Ye gret buſchement at anys brak on breid, 245 

Ten thouſand haill yat douchty war in deid. 

Ye flears yan with Erle Patrik relefd, 

To fecht agayn, quhar mony war miſcheifd. 

Quhen Wallace knew ye buſchement brokyn was, 

Out off ye 2 * on horſs yai thocht to paſs: 250 
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Bot he ſaw weill hys oft ſownd in yair weid, 

He thoucht to fray ye formaſt as yai zeid. 

Ye new cummyn oft_befor yaim ſemblit yar, 

On ayir ſyde. With ftrakis fad and ſar, 

Ye worthy Scotts ſa ferſiy faucht agayne, 255 

Off Antonys men rycht mony haiff yai flayne : 

Bot yat terand ſo uſyt was in wer, 

On Wallace oft yai-did full mekill der. 

And ye bauld Bruce ſa cruelly wrocht he, 

Throuch ſtrenth off hand feill Scots he gert de. 260 

To reſiſt Bruce Wallace hym preſſit faſt, | 

Bot Ingliſmen fa thik betwixt yaim paſt ; 

And Erle Patrik, in all ye haiſt he moucht, 

Throuchout ye ſtour to Wallace ſone he ſocht ; 

On ye the peſs a felloune ſtrak hym gaiff, 265 

Herwit ye plait with hys ſcharp groundyn claiff, 

Throuch all ye ſtuff and woundyt hym fum deill : 

Bot Wallace thocht he ſuld be wengyt weill, l 

Folowed on hym and a ftraik etlyt faſt, 

Yan ane Mawthland rakleſs betwix yaim paſt; 270 

Apon ye hed gud Wallace has hym tane, | 

Throch hat and brawn in ſondyr byrft ye bane, 

Deid at yat ſtraik doun to ye ground hym drawe. 

Yus Wallace was diſſuiryt fra ye lawe 

Off hys gud men, amang yaim hym allane. 275 

About hym ſocht till enymyſs mony ane, 

Stekit hys horſs, to ground behufid hym lycht, 

To fend hymſelff, as wiſely as he mycht. 

Ye worthi Scotts, yat mycht na langar hyd, 

With fair harts out off ye feild yai ryd. 280 
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With yaim in feyr yai wend Wallace had beyne, | 

On fute he was amang hys enymyſs keyne ; 

Gud rowme he maid about hym into breid ; 

With hys gud ſuerd yat helpyt hym in neid. 

Was nane a ſtrang, yat gat off hym a ftrak, 287 

Eftir agayne maid neuir a Scott to waik.” * 

Erle Patrik yan, yat had gret craft in wer, 

With ſpers ordand gud Wallace doun to ber; 

Anew yai tuk was haill into ye feild, 

Till hym yai zeid, thocht he ſuld haiff no beild, 290 


On ayir ſyde faſt poyntand at hys ger; 


He hewid off hedys, and wyſly cod hym wer. 
Ye worthi Scotts off yis full litill wyſt; 
Socht to gud Grayme quhen vai yar chyftayne wyſt. 
Lauder, and Lyll, and Hay, yat was full wycht, 295 
And bauld Ramſay, quhilk was a worthi knycht, 

' Lundy, and Boid, and Cryſtell off Cetoun, © 
With fyffe hundreth, yat war in bargane boun, 
Hym to reſkew full rudly in yai raid, 
About Wallace a large rowme yai maid. 300 
Ye Byſchop Beik was braithly born till erd, 
At ye reſkew yar was a glamrous rerd ; 

Or he gat up feill Sothroune yai ſlew. 
Out off ye preſs Wallace yai couth reſkew, 
Sone horſſit hym apon a courſour wycht, 305 

Towart a ſtrenth rydis in all yair mycht, | 
Rycht wyſly fled, reſkewand mony ma. 
Ye Erle Patrik to ſtuff ye chace began ;. 
On ye flears litill harm yan he wrocht. 
Gud Wallace folk away togyddyr ſocht ; 


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Vir fyffe hundreth, ye quhilk I ſpak off ayr, 

Sa awfully abaundownd yaim fo ſar, ' 

Na folowar durft out fra hys falow ga, 

Ye gud flears fic raturnyng yai ma. £298 

Four thouſand haill had tane ye ſtrenth befor 313 

Off Wallace oft, hys cumfort was ye mor, 

Off Glaſhadane yat foreſt thoucht to hauld. 

Erle Patrik turnd, yocht he was neuer ſa bauld, 

Agayne to Beik, quhen chapyt was Wallace, 

Curffand fortoun off hys myſchanſyt cace. 320 

Ye feild he wan, and ſewyn thouſand yai loſt, _ 

Dede on yat day, for all ye Byſchoppis boſt. 

Off Wallace men fyffe hundreth war ſlayne I geſs, 

Bot na Chyftayne, hys murnyng was ye leſs. 

Ner ewyn it was, bot Beik wald nocht abyde, 3323 

In Lammarmur yai trawentyt yat tyde, 

Yair lugyng tuk quhar hym thocht maiſt awaill, 

For weill he trowit ye Scotts wald aſſaill. 

Apon ye feild, quhar yai gaiff battaill laſt, | 

Ye contre men to Wallace gadryt faſt. 330 

Off Edynburch, wycht Crawfurd yat was wycht, 

Thre hundreth come intill yar armour brycht. 

Till Wallace raid, be hys lugeyng was tayne. 

Fra Tawydaill come gud men mony ane, 

Out off Jedwart, with Ruwane, at yat tyd, 335. 

Togyddyr ſocht fra mony diuerſs ſyd. 

Schyr Wilzam Lang yat lord was off Douglace, 

With hym four ſcor yat nycht come to Wallace, 

Twenty hundreth off new men met yat nycht, 

Apon yair fais to weng yaim at yair mycht ; 340 
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At ye fyrſt feild yir gud men had not beyn. 
Wallace wachis yair aduerſouris had ſeyn, 7 
Into quhat wyſs yai had yair lugyng maid. 
Wallace bownyt eftir ſupper, but baid, 
In Lammarmur yai paſſit haĩſtely; SA 3345 
Sone till aray zeid yis gud chewalry. - 
Wallace yaim maid ik twa parts to be; 
Schyr Jhon ye Grayme and Cetoun ordand he, 
Lawdir and Hay, with thre thouſand to ryde ; 
Hymſelff ye laiff tuk wyſly for to gyde, 1 350 
With hym Lundy, bathe Ramſay and Douglace, 
Berkla and Boyd, and Adam gud Wallace. 
Be yis ye day approchit wondyr ner, A NS N 
And bricht Titan in preſens can apper. 5 
Ye Scotts oft ſone ſemblyt into ſycht 353 
Off yair enemyſs, yat war nocht redy dycht; * 
Out off aray feill off ye Sothroune was, © 175 
Rycht awfully Wallace can on yaim paſs. ] 
At yis entray ye Scotts ſo weill yaim bar, , 
Feill off yair fayis to dede was bertnyt yar. 360 ] 
Redleſs yai raiſs, and mony fled away, | 
Sum on ye ground war ſmoryt quhar yai lay, | 
Gret noyis and cry was raiſſit yaim amang. | \ 
Gud Grayme come in, yat ſtalwart was and ſtrang. L 
For Wallace men war weill togyddyr met, q 365 U 
On ye ſouth part ſa awfully yai ſe t.. F 
In contrar yaim ye frayit folk mycht not ſtand ; N 
At anys yar fled off Sothroune fyffe thouſand. ll 
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Jop ſaid hymſelff, yai war mekill to pryſs. 370 
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Zeit Byſchope Beik, yat felloune tyrand ſtrang. 

Baid in ye ſtour rycht awfully and lang. 

A Knycht Skelton, yat cruell was and keyn, 

Befor hym ſtud intill hys armour ſcheyn, | 
To fend hys lord full worthely he wrocht. 376 
Lundy hym ſaw, and ſadly on hym ſocht, 


With hys gud ſuerd an awkwart ſtraik hym gaiff, 


Throuch peſan ſtuff hys crag in ſondyr draiff; 
Quhar off ye laiff aſtoniſt in yat ſted, 
Ye bauld Skelton off Lundies hand is dede. 380 


Van fled yai all, and mycht na langar byd; 


Patrik and Beik away with Bruce yai ryd. 

Fyffe thouſand held on till a ſlop away 

Till Noram Houſe, in all ye haiſt yai may. 

Our men folowed, yat worthi war and wycht, 4385 

Mony flears derfly to dede yai dycht. E 

Ye thre lords on to ye Caſtell ſocht, 

Full feill yai left, yat was off Ingland brocht. 

At yis jornay twentye thouſand yai tynt, 

Drownyt and ſlayn be ſper and ſuerds dynt. 390 

Ye Scotts at Tweid haiſtit yaim a faſt, 11 5 

Feill Sothroune men into wrang furds paſt. 

Wallace raturnd in Noram quhen yai war; 

For worthi Bruce hys hart was wondyr far, 

He hu leuer haiff had hym at hys large, 395 

Fre till our croune, yan off fyne gold to carge, 

Mar yan in Troy was fund at Grekis wan. 

Wallace yan paſſit, with mony awfull man, 

On Patrikis land, and waiſtyt wondyr faſt, 

Tuk out guds, and placis doun yai caſt ; 400 
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Hys ſteds, ſewyn yat mete hamys was cauld,, 
Wallace gert brek yai burly byggings bauld, 


Bathe in ye Merſs, and als in Lothiane, 


Except Dunbar, ſtandand he lewyt nane. 
Till Edynburgh, apon ye auchtand day; 405 
Apon ye morn, Wallace without delay- | 

Till Pert he paſſit, quhar ye cunſaill was ſet, 

To ye barrowns he ſchawit withoutyn let, 5 

How hys gret wow rycht weill eſchewyt was; 

Till a maiſter he gert Erle Patrik paſs, | 410 
Becauſs he ſaid off Scotland he held nocht, 

Till King Edwarde, to get ſupple, he focht. 

Ye lords was blyth, and welcummyt weill Wallace, 
Thankand gret God off yis fayr happy chaſs. 
Wallace tuk ſtate to gowern all Scotland, 415 
Ye barnage haill maid hym ane oppyn band. 

Yan delt he land till gud men hym about, 

For Scotlands rycht had ſett yair lyff in dout. 
Stantoun he gaiff to Lawder in hys wage, 

Ye Knycht Wallang aucht it in heretage. 420 


Yan Brygeane Cruk he gaiff Lyll yat was wycht; 


Till Scrymgeour als full gud reward he dycht. 

Syne Wallace, toun, and oyir landis yartill, 

To worthi men he delt with nobill will. 

To hys awne kyn heretage nane gaiff he, f 425 
Bot office haill, at ilk man mycht ſe, 

For cowatice yar couth na wycht hym blayme 3 


He baid reward quhill ye King ſuld eum hayme; 
Off all he did, he thoucht to byd ye law 


Befor hys King, maiſter quhen he bym ſaw. 430 
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Scotland was blyth, in dolour had beyne lang, 

In ilka part to gud labour yai gang. 

Be yis ye tyme off October was paſt, 

Ner Nouembir approchyt wondyr faſt. 

Tithands yan come, King Edwarde grewit was, 435 
With hys power in Scotland thocht to paſs, 

For Erle Patrik had giffyn hym fic cunſaill. 

Wallace gat wytt, and ſemblyt power haill, 

Forty thouſand on Roſlyn mur yar met. 

Lords, he ſaid, yus is King Edwarde ſet, 440 


In contrar rycht to ſek us in our land, 


I hecht to God, and to yow, be my hand, 
I fall hym meit, for all hys gret barnage, 
Within Ingland, to fend our heretage 
Hys falſs deſyr ſall on hymſelff be ſeyn, 3 069 
He ſall us fynd in contrar off hys eyn; | 
Sen he with wrang has ryddyn yis regioun, 
We fall paſs now in contrar off hys croun. 
I will not bid gret lords with us fayr, 


For myne entent I will playnly declar, 450 


Our purpoſs is oyir to wyn or de, : 
Quha zeildis hym, fall neuir ranſowmd be. 
Ye barrons yan anſuerd hym worthely, 
And ſaid, yai wald paſs with yair chewalry. 
Hymſelf and Jop prowidyt yat menzhe, 455 
Twenty thouſand off waillit men tuk he; 
Harnes and horſs he gert amang yaim waill, 
Wappynnys anew, yat mycht yaim weill awaill; 
Grathyt yar men, yat cruell was and keyn, 
Bettir in wer in n coud nocht be ſeyn; 460 
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He baid ye laiff on laubour for to bide; 
In gud aray fra Roſlyn mur yai ryde. 
At yair muſter gud Wallace couth yaim aſs, | 
Quhat myſteryt ma in a power to paſs, 
All off a will, as I trow ſet ar we, 465 
In playne battaill can nocht weill ſcumfit be. 
Our rewme is pur, waiſtit be Sothroune blud, 
Go wyn on yaim treſour, and oyir gud. 
Ye oft inclynd all intill hummyll will, | 
And ſaid, yai ſuld hys cummaundment fullfill. 470 
Ye Erle Malcom with yir gud men is gayne, 
Bot nayme off Rewill on hym he wald tak nayne. 
Wallace hym knew a lord and full worthi, 
At hys cunſaill he wrought full ſtedfaſtly ; | 
Starkar he was, gyff yai ſuld battaill ſeyn, 473 
For he befor had in gud jornays beyn. Sh 
A man off ſtrenth, yat has gud witt with all, 
A haill regioune may conſort at hys call. 
As manly Ectour wrocht intill hys wer, | 
Agayne a hundreth cowntyt was hys ſper; 480 
Bot yat was nocht throuch hys ſtrenth euirly, 
Sic rewill he led off worthi chewalry. 
Vir enſampillis war nobill for to ken. 
Ectour J leiff, and ſpek furth off our men. 
Ye Knycht Cambell maid hym to yat wiage, 485 
Off Lochow chieff yan was hys heretage. 
Ye gud Ramſay furth to ye jornay went, 
Schyr Jhon ye Grayme forthwart in hys entent, 
Wallace cuſyng, Adam, full worthi was, 


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Baithe Awchinlek, and Richard off Lundy, 
Lawdir and Hay, and Cetoun full worthy. 
Yis ryoll oft, but reſtyng, furth yai rid, 

Till Browis feild, and yar a quhill yai bid. | 
Yan Wallace tuk with hym fyftye, but lefs, 495 
Till Roxburgh zett raid fone, or he wald ceſs. 
Sothroune marwelld giff it fuld be Wallace, 
Without Souerance come to perfew. yat place. 

Off Schyr Rauff Gray ſome preſence couth he aſs, 
And wrand hym yus, forthwart he wald paſs, 5co 
Our purpoſs is in Ingland for till ryde, 

No tyme we haiff off ſegyng now to byde, 

Tak tent and her off our cummyng agayne, 

Gyff our ye houſs ſend me ye keyis in playn; 

Yus I commaund befor yis witnes large, 508. 
Gyff zow will nocht, ramayne with all ye charge; 
Bot yis be done, throuch force and I tak ze, 

Out our ye wall yow fall be hyngyt hye. 

With yat he turnd, and till hys oft can wend. 

Vis ilk cummaund to Berweik ſone he ſend, 310 
With gud Ramſay, yat was a worthi knycht. 

Ye oſt but mar, full awfully he dycht, 

Began at Tweid, and ſpard nocht at yai fand, 

Bot brynt befor throuch all Northumyrland. 

All Duram toune yai brynt up in a gleid, 516 
Abbayis yai ſpard, and kyrkis quhar yai zeid. 

To Zork yai went, but baid, or yai wald blyn, 

To byrn and fla off yaim he had na ſyn. 

Na ſyn yai thocht ye ſamyn yai leitt us feill, 

Bot Wilzham Wallace quyt our quarell weill. 520 
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Fortrace yai wan, and ſmall caſtellis keſt doun, 
With aſpir wappynnys payit yair ranſoune, +- '” 
Off preſonaris yai likit nocht to kep, 
Quhom yai owrtuk, yai maid yair freynds to wepe, 
Yai ſawſt na Sothroune for yair gret riches, 525 
Off Sic koffre he cullit bot wrechitnes ; _ 
On to ye zetts and fabors off ye toune 
Braithly yai brynt, and brak yair byggyngs doune, 
At ye wallis aſſayed fyfeteyn dayis, : 

Till King Edwarde fend to yaim in yis wayis, 530 
| A knycht, a clerk, and a ſquier off peſs, 
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And als he ſperd, quhy Wallace tuk on hand 534 
Ye felloune ſtryff, in defens off Scotland, 
= And ſaid, he merwelld on hys wit for thy, 
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"4 Sen ze haiff maid mekill off Scotland fre. 
It war gret tyme for to lat malice be. 540 
Wallace has herd ye meſſage ſay yair will, 
With manly witt rycht yus he faid yaim till. 
Ze may kna weilt yat rycht yneuch we haiff, 
Off hys Souerance I kep nocht for to craiff; 
Becauſs I am a natyff Scotts man, $545 
It is my dett to do all yat I can 
To fend our kynryk out off dangyring. 
Till bys deſyr we will grant to ſum thing, 
Our oft ſall ceſs, for chans yat may betyd, 
Vir W dayis, bargane for till byd, 550 


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We fall do nocht, lefs yan it mowe in yow;- ͤ? 

In hys reſpyt myſelff couth neuir trew. | 

King Edwardis wrytt undir bys ſeill yai gaiff, 

Be fourty dayis yat yai ſuld battaill haiff. 75 
Wallace yaim gaiff hys credence off yis thing. 5355: 
Yair leyff yai tuk, ſyne paſſit to ye King, 

And tauld hym haill how Wallace leit yaim feill, 

Off your Souerance he rekis nocht a deill; 

Sic rewllyt men, ſa awfull off affer, | 

Ar not cryſtynyt, yan he ledis in wer. | 360 
Ye King anſuerd, and ſaid, it ſuld be kend, 

It cummys off witt enymyſs to commend; 

Yai ar to dreid rycht gretly in certane, 

Sadly yai think off armys yai haiff tane.. 

Leyff I yaim yus at cunſaill with ye King, 563: 
And off ye Scotts agayne to ſpek ſum thing. 

Wallace trauountyt on ye ſecund day, 

Fra Zork yai paſſit rycht in a gud aray; 
North-weſt yai paſt in battaill buſkyt boun, 

Yar Lugeyng tuk beſyd Northallyrtoun, 570 
And cryit hys peſs yair market for till ſtand; 

Vir fourtye dayis, for pepill off Ingland, 

Quha yat lykit ony wittaill till ſell, 

Off all yair fer was mekill for to tell. 

Schyr Rawif Rymut Captayne off Malcom was, 575- 
With gret power ordand be nycht to paſs. 

On Wallace oft, to mak ſum jeperte, 

Feyll Scotts men, yat duelt in. yat cuntre, 

Wyſt off yis thing, and gaderyt to Wallace; 

Yai maid hym wyſs off all yat ſuttell cace. 580 
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Gud Lundy yan till hym he callit yar, 


And Hew ye Hay off Louthowort was ayr, 


With thre thouſand yat worthely had wrocht, 
Syne priwale out fra ye oft he ſocht. 


Ye men he tuk, yat com tilt hym off new, 585 


Gydys to be, for yai ye contre knew. - 
Ye oft he maid in gud quyet to be, ; 
A ſpace fra yaim he buſchyt prewale. 
Schyr Rawff Rymut with ſewyn thouſand com in, 
On Wallace oft a jeperte to begyn. 390 
Ye buſchement brak, or yai ye oft come ner, 

On Southroune men ye worthi Scotts yai ſter. 

Thre thouſand haill was braithly brocht to ground, 
Jornay yai ſocht, and ſekyrly has found. {- 
Sehyr Rawff Rymut was ſtekyt on a fper, 595 
Thre thouſand ſlayne yat worthi war in wer. £ 
Ye Sothroune wyſt quhen yair Chyftane was dede, + '_ 
To Maltoun faſt yai fled, and left yat ſted. | 


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Wallace folowed with hys gud chewalry, 


Amang Sothroune yai entryt ſodeynly, ©» _ 600 


Inglis and Scotts into ye toune at anys. 


Sothroune men ſchot, and braithly keſt doun ſtanys, 
Off yair awne rycht feyll yar haiff yai ſlayn. 

Ye Scotts about, yat war off mekill mayn, | 

On grets ran, and ceſfyt all ye toune, 60g 
Derfly to dede ye Sothroune was dongyn doune. 
Gud Wallace yar has found full gud ryches, | 
Jowellis and gold, baith wappynnys and harnes, 
Spoulzeid ye toun off wyn, and off wittaill, 


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BOOK VIII.] LIFE OF; WALLACE. 67 
Thre dayis ſtill within ye toune yai baid, 

Syne brak doun werk yat worthely was maid. 

Wyffs and childir yai put out off ye toune, 

Na man he ſawft yat was off yat natioune. 

Quhen Scotts had tayne to turſs at yair deſyr, 615 

Wallis yai brak, ſyne ſet ye laiff in fyr. 12 75 
Ye temir werk yat brynt up all in playn, 

On ye ferd day till hys oft raid agayne, 

Gert caſt a dyk yat mycht ſum ſtrynthyng be, | 
To kepe ye oft fra ſodeyn jeperte. 620 
Yan Ingliſmen was rycht gretly agaſt, | | 
Fra north and fouth ontill yair King yai paſt, 
At Pomfray lay, and held a parlement. 

To gyff battaills ye lordis couth nocht conſent, | 
Leſs Wallace war off Scotland crownyt King; 625 
Yar conſaill fand it war a peralous thing 

For yocht yai wan, yai wan bot as yai war, 

And gyff yai tynt, yai loſſyt Ingland for euirmair, 

A payn war, put in to ye Scotts hand. 
And yis Decret yar witt amang yaim fand, 630 
Gyff Wallace wald apon hym tak ye croun, | 
To gyff battaill yai ſuld be redy boun. 

Ye ſamyn meſſage till hym yai ſend agayn, 

And yair entent yai tald hym into playn. | 
Wallace yaim chargyt hys preſens till abſent, 635 
Hys cunſaill callyt, and ſchawit yaim hys entent, 
He and hys men deſyryt battaill till haiff, 

Be ony wayis, off Ingland our ye laiff. 

He ſaid, fyrſt, it war a our hie thing, 

Agayne ye faith to reyff my rychtwis King, 640 
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1 am hys man, born natiff off Scotland, | 

To wer ye croun I will nocht tak on hand ; 

To fend ye rewm it is my dett be ſkill, 

Lat God abowe reward me as he will. 

Sum bad Wallace apon hym tak ye croun. 645 

Wyſs men faid, nay, it war bot deryſioun, _ 

To croun hym King bot woice off ye parlyment, 

For yai wyſt nocht gyff Scotland wald conſent. 

Oyir ſum faid, it was ye wrangwis place.. 

Yus demyt yai on mony diuerſs cace. 650 

Vis Knycht Cambell, off witt a worthi man, 

As I ſaid ayr, was preſent with yaim yan, 

Herd and anſuerd, quhen mony faid yair will, 

Yis war ye beſt, wald Wallace grant yartill,. Ws 

To croun hym King ſolemly for a day, | 655: 

To get ane end off all our lang delay. | 

Ve gud Erle Malcom ſaid yat Wallace mycht, 

As for a day, in fens off Scotlands rycht, 

Reſawe ye croun, as in a fer off wer, 

Ye pepill all till hym gaiff yair conſent ; + 660 

Malcom off auld was lord off ye parlyment. 

Zeit wallace tholyt, and leit yaim ſay yair will, 

Quhen yai had demyt be mony diuerſs ſKkill, 

In hys awn mynd he abhorryt with yis thing. 

Ye commouns cryit, mak Wallace crownyt King. 665: 

Yan ſmylyt he, and ſaid it ſuld nocht be, 

As termys ſchort, ze get na mar for me; 

Undyr colour we mon our anſuer mak, 

Bot fic a thing I will nocht on me tak; 

I ſuffer zow to ſay yat it is fa, 670 
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It war a ſcorn ye croun on me to ta. 

Yai wald nocht lat ye meſſage off Ingland | 

Cum yaim amang, or yai ſuld undirftand. 

Twa knychts paſſit to ye meſſage agayne, p 

Maid yaim to trow Wallace was crownyt in playne, 

Gart yaim traiſt weill yat yis was ſuth| faſt thing. 

Delyuyryt yus yai paſſit to yair King, 

To Pomfrait went, and tald yat yai had ſeyn 

Wallace crownyt, quharoff ye lordis was teyn, 

In Barrate wox, in parlyment quhar yai ſtud. 680 

Yan ſaid yai all, yir tithands ar nocht gud, 

He did ſa weyll into yair tymys befor, 

And now yair King, he will do mekill mor. 

A fortunyt man, nothing gois hym agayne, 

To gyff battaill we fall it rew a-payne. 685 

Ane oyir ſaid, and battaill will he haiff, 

Or ſtroy our land, na treſour may us ſaiff 

In hys conqueſt, ſen fyrſt he couth begyn, 

He ſellis nocht bot takis quhat he may wyn ; 

For Ingliſmen he ſetts no doym but ded, 690 

Pryce off pennyis may mak us na ramed. _ 

Ane Wodeſtok ſaid, ze werk nocht as ye wylſs, 

Gyff at ze tak ye awentur off ſupprice z | 

For thoch we wyn yat ar intill Ingland, 

Ye laiff ar ſtark agaynys us for to ſtand ; 695 

Be Wallace ſaiff, oyir yai count bot ſmall ; | 

For yat methink yis war ye beft off all, 

To kepe our ſtrenth of caſtell and off walltoun, 

Swa fall we fend ye fek off yis regioun; 2 

Thouch north be brynt, bettir off ſufferans be, 7200 
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Yan ſet all Ingland on a jeperte. - 

Yai grantyt all, as Wodſtok can yaim ſay, 
And yus yai put ye battaill on delay, 

And keft yaim haill for oyir gouernance, 
Agayn Wallace to wyrk ſum ordinance. 

Yus Wallace has in playn diſcumfit haill, 
Agayn King Edwarde all hys ftrang. battaill ; 
For throuch falſheid, and yar ſubtelite, 

Yai thocht he ſuld, for gret neceſſite, 

And faute off fude, to ſteyll out off ye land; 
And yis Decret yair witt amang yaim fand. 
Yai gert ye King cry all y air merket doun, 


Fra Trent to Tweid off thro fayr and fre toun, 
Vat in yai boundis na man fuld wittaill leid, 


Sic ſtuff, nor wyn, on na leſs payn bot deid; 
Vis ilk Decret yai gaiff in yair parlyment. 
Off Scotts forſuth to ſpek is myn entent. 


Wallace lay ſtill, quhill fourty dayis was gayn, 


And fyffe atour, bot perance faw he nayn 
Battaill till haiff, as yair promyſs was maid; 
He gert diſplay agayne hys Baner braid, 
Rapreiffyt Edwarde rycht gretlye off yis thing, 


Bawchyllyt hys ſeyll, blew out on yat fals King, 


As a tyrand turnd bak and tuk hys gait. 
Yan Wallace maid full mony byggyng hayt; 
Yai raſſyt fyr, brynt up Northallartoun, 


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Agayne throuch Z ork- ſchyre bauldly maid yaim boun, 


Dyſtroyed ye land, as fer as euir yai ryde, 
Sewyn myle about yai brynt on ayir ſyde; 
Palyce yai ſpylt, gret towris can cunfound, 


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Wrocht ye Sothroune mony werkand wound. 
Wedowis wepyt with ſorow in yair ſang, 
Madennys murnyt with gret wenyng amang. 
Yai ſparyt nocht bot wemen and ye kirk. | 
Vir worthi Scotts off laubour wald nocht yrk. 735 
Abbayis gaiff yaim rycht largly to yair fud, 
Till all kyrk man yai did nothing bot gud. 
Ye temperall land yai ſpoulzeit at yair will, 
Gud gardens gay, and Orcharts gret yai ſpill. 
Till Zork yai went yir wermen off renoune, 740 
A ſege yai ſet rycht ſadly to ye toune. 
For gret defens yai garneſt yaim within. 
A felloune ſalt without yai can begyn ; 
Gert woid ye oft in four parts about, | 
With wachys feyll, yat no man ſuld uſche out. 745 
Abowne ye toune, apon ye ſouth part ſid, 
Yar Wallace wald and gud Eundy abid. 
Erle Malcom ſyne at ye weſt zett abaid, 
With hym ye Boid yat gud jornays had maid. 
Ye Knycht Cambell, off Lochow was lord, 750 
At ye north zett, and Ramſay maid yaim ford. 
Schyr Jhon ye Grayme, yat worthi was in wer, 
Awchinlek, Crawfurd, with full manlik affer, 
At ye eft part bauldly yai boune to byd. 
A thouſand archars apon ye Scotts ſyd 755 
Diſſcuyryt yaim amang ye four party. 
Fyfe thouſand bowmen in ye tour for yi, 
Within ye wallis arayit yaim full rycht, 
Twelfe thouſand and ma yat ſembly was to ſycht. 
Yan ſaid Wallace, yar zond apon a playn, 760 
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In feild to fecht methink we ſuld bewayn. 

Yan failzeit yai rycht faſt on ilka ſyd. 

Ye worthi Scotts, yat bauldly durſt abyd, 

With ſper and ſcheild, for gounnys had yai nayne, 
Within ye dykys yai gert feill Sothroune srayn; 765 
Arowis yai ſchot als fers as ony fyr. 

Attour ye wall, yat flawmyt in gret ive 

Throuch byrneis brycht, with hedys fyn off ſteyll, 
Ye Sothroune blud yai leit na freindſchip feyll, 
Our ſchefferand harnes ſchot ye blud ſo ſcheyn. 770 
Ye Inglis men, yat cruell was and keyn, 

Kepyt yar toune, and fendyt yar full faſt, - 

Fagaldys off fyr amang ye oft yai caſt, 

Up pyk and ter on feyll ſowys yai lent, oy 
Mony war hurt or yai fra wallis went. 775 
Stanys and ſpryngaldis yai caſt out ſo faſt, | 

And gadys of irne, maid mony groym agaſt: 

Bot, neuiryeles, ye Scotts yat was without, 

Ye toune full oft yai ſet into gret dout, 

Yair bulwerk brynt rycht brymly off ye*toun, 780 
Yair barmkyn wan, and gret garrets keſt doun. 

Yus ſailzeit yai, on ilk ſyd, with gret mycht. 

Ye day was gayn, and cummyn was ye nycht. 

Ye wery oft yan drew yaim fra ye toun, | 

Set out wachis, for reſtyng maid yaim bounz #585 
Wyſche woundis with wyn off yaim yat was unſound, 
For nayn was dede in gret myrth ai abound. 

Feill men was hurt, but na murnyng yai maid, 
Confyrmyt ye ſege, and ſtedfaſtly abaid, 
Quhen yat ye ſon on morow raiſs up rycht, 790 
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Befor ye Chyftanys ſemblit yai full rycht, 


And mendis thoucht of ye toune yai ſuld tak, 


For all ye fens yat ye Sothroune mycht mak; ; 
Arayit agayne, as yai began befor, 

About ye toune yai ſailze wondyr ſor, 

With felloune ſchot atour ye wall ſojſcheyn, 
Feill Ingliſmen, yat cruell was and keyn, 


With ſchot was ſlayn, for all yair targs ſtrang, 


Byrſtyt helmys, mony to erd yai dang; 
Brycht byrnand fyr yai keſt till euir ilk zet, 
Ye entreſs yus in perall oft yai ſet. 
Ye Defendours was off ſo fell defens, 

Kepyt yair toune with ftrenth and excellens. 
And yus ye day yai dryff on, to ye nycht 
To palzounns bownyt mony wery wycht. 
All yrk off wer, ye toune was ſtrang to wyn, 


Off artailre, and nobill men with gyn. 8 
Quhen yat yai trowyt ye Scotts was all at reſt, 


For jeperte ye Ingliſmen yaim keſt. 


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Schyr Jhon Nourtoun was knawyn worthi and wycht, 


Schyr Wilzham off Leis, graithit yaim yat 5-54 


With fyffe thouſand weyll garnyſt and ſawage, 

Apon ye Scotts yai thocht to mak ſcrymmage, 

And at a zet uſchyt out haiſtely 

On Erle Malcom, and hys gud chewalry. 

To chak ye wache Wallace and ten had beyn, 

Rydand about, and has yair cummyng ſeyn. 

He gert ane blaw was in hys cumpany, 

Ye redy men arayit yaim haiſtely. 

Feill off ye Scotts ilk nycht in harnes baid, 
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Be ordinance, for yai fic rewill had maid ; 

With ſchort awyſs togyddyr ar yai went, 15 
Apon yair fais, quhar feill Sothroune was ſchent. 
Wallace knew weyll ye Erle to haifty was, 


For yi he ſped hym to ye preſs to paſs; 3825 
A ſuerd off wer intill hys hand he bar, 8 8 
Ye fyrſt he hyt ye crag in ſondyr ſcha ;; 


Ane oyir awkwart apon ye face tuk he, 

 Wyſar and frount bathe in ye feild gert fle. 

Ye hardy Erle befor hys men furth paſt, 830 
Into ye preſs, quhar feill war fechtand faſt ; 

A ſcherand ſuerd bar drawyn in hys hand, 

Ye fyrſt was fey yat he befor hym fand. 

Quhen Wallace and he war togyddir ſet 
Yar leſtyt nane agayn yaim yat yai met, $35 
Bot ayir dede, or ellis fled yaim fray. 

Be yis ye of all in gud aray 
With ye gret ſery aſſemblit yaim about; 

-Yan ſtud ye Sothroune in a felloune dout. 
Wallace knew weill ye Ingliſmen wald fle, 940 
For yi he preyſt in ye thikkeſt to be, 

Hewand full faſt on quhat ſege yat he ſocht, 
Agaynys hys dyny fyn ſteyll awailzeit nocht. 

Wallace off hand, ſen Arthour, had na mak, | | 
Quhom he hyt rycht was ay dede off a ſtrak, 845 
Vat was weill knawin in mony place, and yar 

Quhom Wallace hyt he deryt, ye Scotts no mar. 

Als all hys men did cruelly and weyll, 

At come to ſtrak, yat mycht ye Sothroune feyll. | 
Ye Inglis men fled, and left ye feild playnly. 850 


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Ye worthi Scotts wroucht a hardely, 
Schyr Jhon off Nourton in yat place was dede, 
And twelfe hundreth, withoutyn ony ramede. 
| Yar mony was left into ye feild and flayn, 

Ye laiff raturnyt into ye toune agayn, 


Amang yaim was full mony werkand wound. 
Ye oft agayne ilk ane to yair ward raid, 


Cummandyt wachis, and na mayr noyis maid, 


Bot reſtyt ſtill quhill yat ye brycht day dew. 
Agayne began ye toune to ſailze new. 

All yus yai wrocht with full gud worthines, 
Aſſailzeit ſar with wytt and hardynes. 
Ye oſts wittaill worth ſcant, and failzeit faſt, 
Yus lay yai yar, quhill diuerſs dayis war paſt, 
Ye land waiſtyt, and meit was fer ſar to wyn 
Bot yat wyſt nocht ye ſtuff yat was within, 
Yai dred full ſar for yair awn waryſoun. 

For Souerance prayit ye power off ye toune; 
To ſpek with Wallace yai deſyryt faſt, 

And he aperyt, and ſperyt quhat yai aft. 

Ye Mayr anſuerd, ſaid, we wald gyff ranſoun, 
To paſs zour way, and der no mayr ye toune; 
Gret ſchaym it war yat we ſuld zolden be, 
And townys haldyn off leſs power yan we; 

Ze may nocht-wyn us ſuthly yocht ze byde, 
We fall giff gold, and ze wald fra us tyde; 


We may gyff battaill, durſt we for our King, - 


Sen he has left it, war ane our hie thing 


Till us to de, without hys ordinance, 
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Yis toune off hym we hald in gouernance. 
Wallace anſuerd, off zour gold rek we nocht, 
It is for. battaill yat we hydder ſocht ; 
We had leiffer haiff battaill off Ingland, 
Lan all ye gold yat gud King Arthour fand 883 
On ye mont Mychell, quhar he ye gyantt flew ; 
Gold may be gayn, bot worſchip is ay new. 
Zour King promyſt yat we ſuld battaill haiff, 
Hys wrytt yarto undyr hys ſeyll he gaiff; - | 
Lettir nor band, ye ſe, may nocht awaill, - 890. 
Befor yis toun he hecht to gyff battaill; 7 
Me think we ſuld on hys men wengyt be, 
Apon our kyn mony gret wrang wrocht he, 
Hys dewyl lik deid he did into Scotland. 
Ye Mayr ſaid, ſchyr, rycht yus we undirftand, 89g 
We haiff na charge quhat our King gers us dd; 
Bot in yis kynd we fall be bundyn zow to, 
Sum part of gold to gyff you with gud will, 
And nocht efftyr to wait yow with na ill, | 
Be na kyn meyn, ye power off yis toun, 900 
Bot gyff our King mak hym to battaill boun. 
Into ye oſt was mony worthi man, 
With Wallace, ma yan I now rekyn can. 
Bettir it was, for at hys will yai wrocht, | 
Yocht he was beſt, no oyir lak we nocht, 905 
All ſeruit thank to Scotland euirmair, 
For manheid witt ye quhilk yai ſchawit yair. 
Ye haill cunſaill yus demyt yaim amang, 
Ye toune to ſege yaim thocht it was to lang, 
And nocht a payn to wyn it be no flycht. 910 


BOOK vIII.] LITE OF WALEACE. 

Ye cunſaill fand it was ye beſt yai mycht, 

Sum gold to tak, gyff yat yai get no mar, 

Syne furth yair way in yair wiage yai far. 

Yan Wallace ſaid, myſelf will nocht conſent, | 

Bot gyff yis toune mak us yus playne ants; yrs 

Tak our Baner, and fet it on ye wall, 

For yair power our rewme has ridyn all, 

Zoldyn to be, quhen we lik yaim to tak, 

Intill Ingland reſidens gyff we mak. 

Yis anſuer ſone yai fend into ye Mayr. 

Yan yai conſent, ye remayn yat was yar, 

Ye Baner tuk, and ſet it on ye toune, 

Till Scotland was hys honour and renoune. 

Vat Baner yar was fra aucht hours to none, 

Yair finance maid delyueryt gold full fone, 925 

Fyftye thouſand pund all gud gold off Ingland, 

Ye oft reſawyt, with wittaill haboundand ; 

Bathe breid and wyne rycht glaidly furth yat gaiff, 

And oyir ſtuff at yai likit to haiff. | 

Twentye dayis out ye oft ramaynit yar, 930. 

Bot want off wittaill gert yaim fra it far; 

Zeit ſtill off peſs ye oft lugyt all nycht, 

Quhill on ye morn ye ſone was ryſfyn on hycht, 

In Aprill amang ye ſchawis ſcheyn, - 

Quhen ye paithment was clad in tendyr greyn 935 

Pleſand war it till ony creatur, 

In luſty lyff yat tym for till endur. 

Vir gud wer men had fredome largly, 

Bot fude was ſeant, yai mycht get nayn to by. | 

Turſyt tents, and 1 in ye contre raid, 940 
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On Ingliſmen full gret herſchipe yai maid; 

Brynt and brak doun byggyns, ſparyt yai nocht, 
Rycht worthi wallis full law to ground yai brocht. 


All mydlen land yai brynt up in a fyr, 


Brak parkis doune deſtroyit all ye ſchyr ; 945 


Woyld der yai flew for oyir beſts was nayn, F 


Vir wermen tuk off venyſoune gud wayn. 
Towart ye ſouth yai turnyt at ye laſt, 
Maid byggyngs bar als fer as euir yai paſt. 


Ye commouns all to London ar yai went, 950 


Befor ye King, and tald hym yar entent, 

And ſaid, yai ſuld, but he gert Wallace ceſs, 
Forſaik yair faith, and tak yaim till hys peſs. 

Na herrald yar durſt yan to Wallace paſs, 

Quharoff ye king gretly agrewit was, , 955 
Yus Edwarde left his pepill into baill, x 
Contrar Wallace he wald nocht gyff battaill. 

Nor byd in feild for nocht yat yai couth ſay, 

Gaiff our ye cauſs, to London paſt hys way. 


At men off wit yis queſtioune her I aſs, 960 


Amang noblis gyff euyr ony yat was, 

Sa lang throw force in Ingland lay on caſs, 

Synce Brudus deit but battaill bot Wallace. 

Gret Julius ye empyr had in hand, ; 
'Twyſs off force he was put off Ingland. 965 
Wycht Arthour als off wer quhen yat he prewit, 
Twyſs yai faucht, fuppoſs yai war myſchewyt. 
Awfull Edwarde durſt nocht Wallace abid, 

In playn battaill for all Ingland ſo wid, 
In London he lay, and tuk hym to hys reſt, 970 
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And brak hys wow, quhilk hald yow for ye beſt; 
Rycht clayr it is to ranſek yis queſtioun, a 
Deyme as ze leſt, gud men off diſcretioun. 

To my ſentence breyffly will J paſs, 

Quhen Wallace yus throw Zork- ſchyre jowrnat was, 
Wittaill as yan was nayne left in ye land, 

Bot in houſſis quhar it mycht be warrand. 

Ye oft hereoff abaiſyt was to byd ; _ 

Fra fude ſcantyt na pleſance was yat tyd ; | 
Sum baid ryd hayme, ſum baid ryd forthirmar, 980 
Wallace callyt Jop, and ſaid to hym rycht yar, 

Yow knawis ye land, quhar maiſt abaundance is, 

Be yow our gyd, and yan we fall nocht myſs 
Wittaill to fynd, yat wait I wondir weyll, 

Yow has, I traiſt, off Ingland mekill feyll. 985 
Ye King and he to ſtark ſtrenthis ar gayn, 

Bot jeperte, now perill haiff we nayn. 

Yan Jop ſaid, be ze gydyt be me, 

Ye bowndandeſt part off Ingland ze fall ſez; 

Off wyn and quheyt yar is in Rychmount-ſchyr, 990 
And oyir ſtuff off fud yat ye deſyr, 

Quharoff I trow ze ſall be weyll content. 

Ye oft was glaid and yidderwart yai went. 

Mony trew Scotts war ſemblyt in yat land, | 
To Wallace come weyll ma yan nyne thouſand ; 99g. 
Off priſone part, ſum had in lawbour wrocht, 

Fra ayir parts full faſt till hym yai focht. 

Wallace was blyth off our awn natyff kyn 

Vat come till hym, off baill yat yai war in | 
And all ye oft off comfort was ye blythar, 2000 


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Fra yair awn folk was multipliand ye mar. 


In Richmunt- ſchyr yai fand a gret bundance, 

Breid, ayll and wyn, with oyir purueance 

Brak parkis doun, and ſlew beftis mony ane, 

Off wyld and tayme, forſuth yai ſparyt nane. Toog 


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Throuchout ye land yai paſt in gud aray; . 


A ſembly place fa fand yai in yar way, 


Quhilk Ramſwaith hecht, as Jop hymſelf yai tald ; 
Fehew was Lord and Captayne in yat hald. 

A hundreth men was ſemblyt in yat place; 1010 
To ſawe yaimſelf and yar gud fra Wallace; 

A ryoll ted, faſt by a foreſt ſyd, 

With turretts fayr, and garretts off gret * 
Beildyt about, rycht likly to be wycht, 


 Awfull it was till ony mannis ſycht; 105 


Feill men aboune on ye wallis buſkyt beyn, 
In gud armour, yat burnyſt was full ſcheyn. 


Le oſt paſt by, and bot weſyt yat place; 


Zen yai within on lowd defyt Wallace, 8 

And trumpatts blew with mony werlik ſoun. 1020 

Yan Wallace ſaid, had we zon gallands doun, 

On ye playn ground, yai wald mor ſobyr be. 

Yan Jop ſaid, ſchyr, yow gart hys brodyr de, 

In harrold weid, ye wait, on Tynto-hill. 3 

Wallace anſuerd, fo wald I with gud will, 1125 

Had I hymſelff, bot we may nocht yaim der, 

Gud men mon thoill off harlotts ſcorn in wer. 

Schyr Jhon ye Grayme wald at a bykkyr beyn : 

Bot Wallace fone yat gret perell has feyn, 

Commaundyt hym to lett hys feruice be, 1030 
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Me haiff na men to waiſt in fic degre; 


Wald ye yaim harm, I knaw ane oyir gait, 

Quhow we throuch fyr within fall mak yaim hait ; 
Fyr has beyn ay full felloune into wer, 

On fic a place it ma do mekill der; | 1133 
Yair auld bulwerk I ſe off wyddryt ayk, 
War it in fyr, yai mycht not byd a ſtraik, 
Houſlis and wode is her eneuch plente, 
Quha hewis beſt off yis forreſt lat ſe; 


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Pull houſſis doun, we ſall not want a deill, 1040 


Ye auld temyr will ger ye greyn byrn weill. 

At hys cummaund full beſyly yai wrocht, 

Gret wode in haift about ye houſs yai brocht. 

Ye bulwerk wan yair men off armys brycht, | 
To ye barmkyn laid temyr apon hycht. 1043 
Yan bowmen ſchot to kep yaim fra ye caſt; 

Ye wall about had feſtnyt fyris faſt. 

Women and barnys on Wallace faſt yai cry, 

On kneis yai fell, and aſkyt hym mercy. 

At a quartar, quhar fyr had nocht ourtayn, 1050 
Yai tuk yaim out fra caſtell off ſtayn, 

Syne let ye fyr with brundys brym and bauld, 

Ye rude low raiſs full heich aboune yat hauld. 
Barrellis off pyk for ye defens was hungyn yar, 

All ſtrak in fyr, ge myſcheiff was ye mar. 1055 

Quhen ye brym fyr attour ye place was paſt, 

Van yai within mycht noyir ſchut no caſt. 

Als beſtiall, as horſs and nowt, within, 

Amang ye fyr yai maid a hidwyſs din. ; 

Ye armyt men in harnes was ſo hait, - 106⁰ 
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Sum lap, ſum fell into ye felloune fyr, / 


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Ye fyr brak in at all opynnys about, To 
Nayn baid on loft, ſo felloune was ye dout. 10653 


Fehew hymſelff lap rudly fra ye hycht, 


Throuch all ye fyr can on ye barmkyn lyckt. 
With a gud ſuerd Wallace ſtrak off hys hed, 
Jop hynt it up, and turſt fra yat ſted. - | 
Fyffe hundreth men, yat war into yat place, .1070 
Gat nayne away, bot dede withoutyn grace. 


Wallace baid ftill with hys power yat nycht ; 


Apon ye morn ye fyr had failzeit mycht. 
Befor ye zett, quhar it was brynt on breid, 


A red yai maid, and to ye Caftell zeid, 1075 


Strak doun ye zett, and tuk yat yai mycht wyn, 
Jewllis and gold, gret riches was yarin ; 

Spulzeit ye place, and left nocht ellis yar, 

Bot beſtis, brynt bodyis, and wallis bar. 

Yan tuk yai hyr, yat wyff was to Fehew, 1080 
Gaiff yis cummand, as ſche was women trew, 

To turſs yat hed to London to King Edwarde. 
sche it reſawit with gret ſorow on hart. 

Wallace hymſelff yar chargis till hyr gaiff, 


Say to zour King, bot gyff I battaill haiff, 1085 


At London zetts we fall aſſalzie ſayr, 

In yis moneth we think for to be yar; 

Trafts in treuth, will God, we fall nocht faill, 

Bot I raſyſt throw charge off our cunſaill; 

Ye ſouthmaiſt part off Ingland we ſall ſe, 2090 
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Bot he ſck peſs, or ellis bargan with me; 

Apon a tyme he chargy me on yis wyſs, 

Rycht bouſtouſly to mak till hym ſeruice 

Sic ſall he haiff, as he us cauſs had maid. 

Yan mowit yai without langar abaid. 10935 
Delyueryt ſche was fra yis gud chewalry, 

Towart London ſche ſocht rycht ernyſtfully; 

On to ye tour, but mar proceſs ſche went, 

Quhar Edwarde lay ſayr murnyng in hys entent. 

Hys newois hede, quhen he ſaw it was brocht, 1100 
Sa gret ſorow ſadly apon hym ſocht, | 
With gret uneſs apon hys feit he ſtud, 

Wepand for wo for hys der tendyr blud. 

Ye cunſaill raiſs, and prayit hym for to ceſs, 

We loſs Ingland bot gyff ye purcheſs peſs. ros 
Yan Wodſtok ſaid, yis is my beſt cunſaill, 

Tak peſs a tyme as for our awn awaill, 

Or we tyne mar ſlaik. off our curage, 

Treſt ze may get help to your barnage. 

Ye King grantyt, and baid yaim meſſage ſend; 1110 
Na man was yar yat durſt to Wallace wend. | 
Ye Queyn apperyt, and ſaw yis gret diſtance, 

Weill born ſche was off ye rycht blud off France, 
Sche trowit weill yarfor to ſped ye mar, 

Hyrſelff purpoſt in yat meſſage to far. 11715 
Als ſche forthocht yat ye King tuk on hand, | 
Agayne ye rycht ſo oft to reyff Scotland. 

And feill ſaid, ye wengeance hapnyt yar, 

Off gret murthyr hys men maid intill Ayr. 

Yus demyt yai ye cunſaill yaim amang. I120 


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To yis effett ye Queyn bownyt to gang; 

Quhen ſche has ſeyn ilk man forſak yis thing, 

On kneis ſche fell, and aſkyt at ye King, 
Sowerane, ſche ſaid, gyff it zour willis be, 
At I deſyr yon Chuftane for to ſe, 1125 
For he is knawin baith hardy, wyſs, and trew, ö 
Perchance he will erar on wemen rew, 5 
Yan on zour men; zow haiff don hym fic der, 
Quhen he yaim ſeis, it mowis hym ay to wer. 
To help yis land I wald mak my trawaill, 1130 
It ma nocht ſcaith, ſuppoſs it do na waill. 

Ye Jordis all off hyr deſyr was fayn, 

On to ye King yai maid inſtans in playn, 

Lat ſche mycht paſs. Ye King, with awkwart will, 
Halff into ire, has conſent yartill. 7 1135 
Sum off yaim ſaid, ye Queyn luffyt Wallace, 

For ye gret woice off hys hie nobilnes. 

A hardy man, yat is likly with all, 


Gret fawour will off fortoun till hym fall, 


Anent wemen is ſeyne in mony place, 1140 
So hapnyt it in hys tyme with Wallace. 

In hys ryſſyng he was a luffar trew, 

And cheſyt ane, quhilk Ingliſmen hyr ſlew. 

Zeit I ſay nocht ye Queyn wald on hyr tak, 
All for hys luff, fic trawaill for to mak. 1145 
Sche graithit hyr apon a gudlye wiſs, 

With gold and ger and folk at hyr dewiſs; 

Ladyis with hyr, nane oyir wald yai ſend, 

And ald preyſts, yat weill ye cuntre kend. 


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Ye worthi Scotts amang yair enymyſs raid, n 
Full gret deſtructioune amang ye Sothroune yai maid, 
Waiſtit about ye land on ayir ſyd, 

Na wer men yan durſt in yair way abydz - 1255 
Yai ranſoun nane, bot to ye dede yai dycht, 

In mony ſteid maid fyrs braid and brycht. 

Ye oft was blyth, and in a gud eftate, 

Na power was at wald mak yaim debaite; 

Gret ryches wan off gold and gud yaim till, 1160 
Leyffyng enewch to tak at yair awn will. 

In awfull fer yai trawaill throuch ye land, 


Maid byggyngs bar yat yai befor yaim fand; 


Gret barmkynnys brak off ſteds ſtark and ſtrang; 

Yar wycht wer men off trawaill thocht nocht lang. 1x65 

South in ye land rycht erneſtfully yai focht, | 

To Santt Allbawnys bot, harm yar did yai nocht ; 

Ye power ſend yaim wyn and wenyſoun, 

Refreſchyt ye oft with gud in gret fuſioun. 

Ye nycht apperyt quhen yai war at ye place, 1170 

Yan herbreyt yaim fra ynce a litill ſpace, 

Cheſyt a ſted quhar yai ſuld byd all nycht, 

Tents on ground, and palzonis proudly pycht ; 

Into a waill, be a ſmall rywer fayr, 

On ayir fid yuhar wyld der maid repayr 1175 

Set wachis out, yat wyſly couth yaim kepe, 

To ſouppar went, and tymſly yai ſlepe; 

Off meit and fleip yai ceſs with ſuffifiance. 7 

Ye nycht was myrk, our drayff ye dyrkfull chance. 

Ye mery day ſprang fra ye oryent, - I180 
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With bemys brycht enlumynyt ye occident. 

After Titan, Phebus upryſyt fayr, 

Heich in ye ſper, ye ſignes maid declayr. 

Zephers began hys morow courſs, 

| Ye ſwete wapour yus fra ye ground reſourſs; 1185 
Ye humyll breyth doun fra ye Hewen awaill, | 

In every meide, bathe fyrth, forreſt and daill, 

Ye cler rede amang ye rochis rang, ' 

Throuch greyn branchis quhar byrds blythly ſang, 

With joyus wois in hewynly armony. 1190 

Yan Wallace thocht it was no tyme toly; 

He croyſſit hym, ſyne ſodeynle up raiſs, 

To tak ye ayr out off hys palzon gaes. 

Maiſter Jhon Blar was redy to raweſs, 8 

In gud entent ſyne bownyt to ye meſs. 1195 | 

Quhen it was don, Wallace can hym aray, 

In hys armour, quhilk gudly was and gay. 

Hys ſchenand ſchoys, yat burnyſt was full beyne, 

Hys leg harnes he clappyt on ſa clene, 

Pullane greis he braiſſit on full faſt, + | 2200 

A cloſs byrny, with mony ſekyr claſp, 

Breyſt plait, brazars, yat worthi was in wer; 

Befid hym furth Jop couth hys baſnet ber; 

Hys glytterand glowis grawin on ayir ſyd, 

He ſemyt weill in battaill till abyde ; 1205 

Hys gud gyrdill, and ſyne hys burly brand, 

A ſtaff off ſteyll he gryppyt in hys hand. 

Ve oſt hym blyſt, and prayit God, off hys Grace, 

Hym to conway fra all myſtymyt cace. 

Adam Wallace and Boid furth with hym zeid, 1210 

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Be a rywer throuchout a forryſt meid ; 

And as yai walk atour ye feylds ſa greyn, 

Out off ye ſouth yai ſaw quhar at ye Queyn, 

Towart ye oft come ridand ſobyrly, 2 

And fyfty ladyis was in hyr cumpany, _ 1215 

Waillyt off wyt, and demyt off renoun, | 

Sum wedowis war, and fum off religioun 

And ſewyn preyſts yat entrit war in age; 

Wallace to fic did neuir gret owtrage, ; | 

Bot gyff till hym yai maid a gret offens. 1220- 

| Yus prochyt yai on towart yair preſens.. 

At ye palzoun, quhar yai ye lyown ſaw, | 

To grounde yai lycht, and fyne on kneis can faw, 

Prayand for peſs, yai cry with petous cher. 

Erle Malcom ſaid, our Chyftane is not her; 1223 

He bad hyr ryſs, aud ſaid it was nocht rycht, 

A Queyn on kneis till ony lawar wycht.. 

Up by ye hand ye gud Erle has hyr tayn,. 

Atour ye bent to Wallace ar yai gan. 

Quhen ſche hym ſaw, ſche wald haiff knelyt doune; 

In armys ſone he caucht yis Queyn with croun, 

And kyſſyt hyr withoutyn wordis mor, 

Sa dyd he neuir to na Sothroune be for. 

Madeym, he ſaid, rycht welcum mot ze be, 

Quhow pleſſis zow our oſtyng for to ſe. 1235. 

Rycht weill, ſche ſaid, off freindſchipe haiff we neid, 

God grant ze wald off our neſs to ſpeid. 

Suffyr we mon, ſuppoſs it lik us ill, 

Bot traſts, weill it is contrar our will; 

Ze fall ramayn, with yis lord I mon gang, 3240 
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Fra 7our preſens we fall nocht tary lang. 

Ye Erle and he on to ye palzeon zeid, 

With gud awiſs to deym mar off yis deid. 

Till cunſaill ſone Wallace gert call yaim to, 

Lordis he ſaid, ze wait quhat is ado, 1245 
Off yair cummyng myſelff has na pleſance, - 
Herfor mon we wyrk with ordinance 
Wemen may be com tempnying into wer, 
Amang fullis yat can yaim nocht forber. 

I fay nocht yis be yir, nor zeit ze Queyn, 1250 
I trow it be bot gud yat ſche will _— 

Bot ſampyll tak off lang tyme paſt by; 

At Rownſywaill ye treſoun was playnly 

Be wemen maid, yat Ganzelon with hym brocht, 
And Turke wyn forber yaim couth yai nocht:, 1255 
Lang uſs in wer gert yaim deſyr yair will, 

Quhilk brocht Charlis to felloune loſs and ill; 

Ye flour off France, withoutyn redemptioun, 
Throuch yat foull dede, was brocht to confufioune. 
Commaund zour men yarfor in priway wyfs, 1260 
On payn off Iyff yai wyrk nocht on fic wyſs ; | 
Nane ſpek with yaim, bot wyſſmen off gret waill, 
At lords ar, and ſuorn to yis cunſaill. 

Lis charge yai did als wyſly as yai mycht, : 
Yis ordynance throw all ye oft was wrocht. 12653 
He and ye Erle bathe to ye Queyn yai went, 
Reſawyt hyr fayr, and brocht hyr till a tent, 

To dyner bownyt als gudly as yai can, 

And ſerwit was with mony likly man. : 
Sud purwiance ye 1 7 had with hyr wrocht, 1270 
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A ſey ſche tuk off all thing yat yai brocht. 125 

Wallace perſawyt, and ſaid, we haiff na dreid, 

I can nocht trow ladyis wald do fic deid, 

To poyſoun men, for all Ingland to wyn. 

Ye Queyrf anſuerd, gyff poyſoun be yarin, 1275 

Off ony thing quhilk is brocht her with me, 

Apon myſelff fyrſt ſorow ſall ze ſe. | 

Sone eftir meit a-Marchell gart abſent, - 

Bot lordis, and yai yat ſuld to cunſaill went. 5 

Ladyis apperyt in preſens with ye Queyn. 1286> 

Wallace aſkyt quhat hyr cummyng mycht-meyn. . 

For peſs, ſche ſaid, at we haiff to yow ſocht, 

Vis byrnand wer in baill has mony brocht, 

Ze grant us peſs, for hym yat deit on tre. - 

Wallace anſuerd, madeym yat may nocht be, 1285; 

Ingland has doyne ſa gret harmys till us, | 

We may nocht paſs, and lychtly leiffit yus. 

Zeiſs ſaid ye Queyne, for eryſtyn folk we ar, 

For Godds ſaik, ſen we deſyr na mar, | 

We awcht peſs. Madeym, yat I deny, 1290 

Ye perfyt cauſs I fall zone ſchaw for quhy; | 

Ze ſeke na peſs, bot for your awne awaill : . 

Quhen your fals King had Scotland gryppyt haill, 

For na kyn thing yat he befor hym fand, 

He wald nocht thoill ye rycht blud in our land, 1295 

Bot reft yar rent, ſyne put yaimſelff to ded, Li 

Ranſoun off gold mycht mak us na remed ; 

Hys fell fals wer fall on hymſelff be ſeyn. 

Yan ſobyrly till hym anſuerd ye Queyn, 

Off yir wrangs amends war moſt fair. zee 
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Madeym, he ſaid, off hym we ask na mar, 


Bot at he wald byd us into Battaill, ; 
And God be juge, he kennys ye mattir haill. 
Sic mendis, ſche ſaid, war not rycht gud think me; 


Peſs now war beſt, and it mycht purcheſt be: 21305 


Wald. ze grant peſs, and trwyſs with us tak, 
Throuch all Ingland we fuld gar prayers mak 
For yow, and yaim at in ye wer war loſt. 
Yan Wallace faid, quharfic thing cummys throuch bolt, 
Prayer off fors, quhar ſo at it be wrocht, 1310 
Till us helpis litill, or ellis nocht. 

Warly ſche faid, yus wyſſmen has ws kend, | 

Ay eftir wer peſs is ye finall end; | 

Quharfor ze ſuld off your gret antics ceſs, 

Ye end off wer is cherete and peſs. „ 132 
Peſs is in Hewyn, with blyſs and leſtandnas, | 
We ſall befeke ye Pepe, off hys hie grace, 

Till cummaund, peſs ſen we may do na mar. 


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Madeym, he ſaid, or your purcheſs cum yar, 
Mendys we think off Ingland for to haiff. 1320 


Quhat ſet yow yus, ſche ſaid, for God zow faiff, 

Fra violent wer at ye lik nocht to duell. 

Madeym, he ſaid, ye futh I fall yow tell. 

Eftir ye dayt off Alexandris ryng, ; Bo 

Our land ſtud thre zer defolate but King, 1325 

Kepyt full weyll at concord in gud ſtait; "=> 

Throuch twa clemyt, yar hapnyt gret debait, 

So ernyſtfully, accord yaim nocht yai can; 

Zour King yai aſt for to be yair ourman ; 

Slely he flaid throw ye ſtrenthis off Scotland, 1330 
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Ye kynryk fyne he tuk in bys awne hand; 
He maid a kyng agayne our rychtwyſs law, 
For he off hym fuld hald ye regioun aw: 
Contrar yis band was all ye haill barnage, 
For Scotland was zeit neuir into thrillage. 
Gret Julius, yat tribut gat off all, 

Hys wynnyng was in Scotland bot full ſmall. 
Yan your fals King, undyr colour but mar, 


Throuch band he maid till Bruce yat is our ayr, 


1333 


Throuch all Scotland with gret power yai raid, 1340 


Undyr yat King quhilk he befor had maid; 
To Bruce ſen ſyne he kepit na connand, 
He ſaid, he wald nocht go and conqueſs land 
Till oyir men; and yus ye caſs befell. 

Yan Scotland throuch he demayned hymſell; 
Slew our elderis, gret pete was to ſe, 

In pryſoune ſyne lang tyme yai pynyt me, 
Quhill I fra yaim was caſtyn out for ded; 
Thankyt be God he fend me ſum remed. 
Wengyt to be I prowyt all my mycht, 
Feill off yair kyn to dede ſyn I haiff dycht. 
Ye rage off youth gert me deſyr a wyff, 

Yat rewit I ſayr and will do all my lyf; 

A tratour knycht, but mercy gert hyr de, 
Ane Heſylryg bot for deſpyt off me. 

Yan rang I furth in cruell wer and payn, 
Quhill we redemyt part off our land agayn. 
Yan your curſt King defyryt off us a trew, 


Quhilk maid Scotland full rathly for to rew, 


Into yat peſs, yai ſett a ſuttell Ayr, 


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Yan auchtand ſcor to dede yai hangyt yar, ; 

At noblis war, and worthi off renoune, 

Off cot armys eldeft in yat regioune ; - 

Yair dede we think to wenge in all our mycht. 

Te woman als, yat dulfully was dycht, 1365 
Out off my mynd yat dede will neuir byd, 1 
Quhill God me tak fra yis fals warld fa wyd; 

Off Sothroune ſen I can no pete haiff, 

Zour men in wer I think neuir mar to ſaiff. 5 

Ve breicht ters, was gret payn to behald, 1370 
Bryſt fra hys eyn, be he hys taill had tald. 

Ye Queyn wepyt for pete off Wallace, 5 

Allace, ſche ſaid, wa worth ye curſſyt cace, 

In waryit tym yat Heſilryg was born, | 
Mony worthi throuch hys deid ar forlorn; 1375: 
He ſuld haiff payne, yat ſaikles fic ane ſleuch, | 
Ingland fen ſyne has bouch it-der-enewch, _ 
Thocht ſche had beyne a Queyn or a Prynſace. . 
Madeym, he ſaid, as God gyff me gud Grace, 


Intill hyr tyme ſche was als der to me, 1380 


Prynſace or Queyn, in quhat ſtait ſa yai be. 
Wallace, ſche ſaid, off yis talk we will ceſs, 
Ye mendis heroff is gud prayer and peſs.. 
I grant, he faid, off me as now na mayr, ; 
Vis is rycht nocht bot ekyng off our cayr. 1385 
Ye Queyn fand weyll langage no thing hyr bet, 
Sche trowit with gold yat he mycht be ourſet ; 
Thre thowfand pound off fyneſt gold ſo red, 
Sche gert be brocht to Wallace in yat ſted. 
Madeym, he faid, na fic tribut we craiff, . 1390 

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Anoyr mends we wald off Ingland haiff, | 

Or we raturn fra yis regioune agayn, 

Off zour fals blud yat has our elders flayn 18 

For all ye gold, and riches ze in ryng, h 

Ze get no peſs, but deſyr off your King. 1393 

Quhen ſche ſaw weill gold mycht hyr nocht releiff, 

Sum part in ſport ſche thoucht hym for to preiff, 

Wallace, ſche ſaid, ze war clepyt my luff, 

Mor baundounly I maid me for to pruff, 

| Traiſtand yarfor your rancour for to flak, 1400 
Me think ze fuld do ſumthing for my faik. e 

Rycht wyſly he maid anfuer to ye Queyn, - 

Madeym, he faid, and verite war ſeyn, 

Yat ze my luffyt, I awcht yow luff agayn, 

Vir wordis ar all na thing bot in wayn 1405 

Sic luff as yat is nathing till awance, 

To tak alak and ſyne get na plefance. 

In ſpech off luff ſuttell ye Sothroune ar, . 

Ze can us mok, ſuppoſs ye ſe na mar. Fe: 

In London, ſche faid, for zow I ſuffryt blaym ; 1416 

Our cunſaill als will lauch when we cum haym; 

So may yai ſay, wemen ar ferſs off thocht, 

To ſek freindſchipe, and ſyne can get rycht nocht. 

Madeym, he ſaid, we wait how yow ar fend, 

Ze trow we haiff bot litill for to ſpend. I415 

Fyrſt with your gold, for ze ar rych and wyts. 

Ze wald us blynd, ſen Scotts ar ſo nyſs; 

Syne pleſand wordis off yow and ladyis fayr, 

As quha ſuld dryff ye byrds till a ſnar 

| With ye fmall pype, for it moſt freſche will call; 1420 

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Madeym, as zeit ze ma nocht tempt us all; | 
Gret part off gud is left amang our kyn, 

In Ingland als we fynd enewch to wyn.. | 
Abayſſit ſche was to mak anſuer hym till. . 
Der ſchyr, ſche ſaid, ſen yis is at your will, _ 1425 
Wer or peſs, quhat ſo zow likis beſt, 
Lat your hie witt and gud cunſaill degeſt. 
Madeym, he ſaid, now fall ze undirſtand 
Ye reſoune quhy yat I will mak na band; | 
With zow, ladyis, I can na trewis bynd, 1340 
For your fals King hereftir fone wald fynd, _ 
Quhen he ſaw tym to brak it at hys will, 

And playnly ſay, he granty nocht yartill; 

Yan had we nayn bot ladyis to rapruff: N | 

Lat fall he nocht, be God yat is abuff, 1435: 
Apon wemen I will na wer begyn, | 


On zow in faith no worſchip is to wyn :: ; g 
All he haill peſs apon hymſelff he ſall tak, 1 
Off peſs or wer quhat hapnyt we to tak. Y 
Ye Queyn grantyt hys anſuer ſufficient, 144 g 
Sa dyd ye laiff in place yat war preſent; | 1 
Hys deliverance yai held off gret awaill, y 
And ftark enewch to ſchaw to yair cunſaill. c 
Wa was ye Queyn hyr trawaill helpyt nocht, 0 
Ye gold ſche tuk yat yai had with hyr brocht, 1445 8 
On to ye oft rycht frely ſche it gaiff, Fe \ 
Till euir ilk man yat lykit for till haiff: 8 
Yo menſtraillis, harrolds, ſche delt haboundandle, 1 
Beſekand yaim hyr freynd at yai wald be. 1 


Quhen Wallace ſaw ye fredom off ye Queyn, 1450 
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Sadly, he ſaid, ye ſuth weyll has beyn ſeyn, 

Wemen may tempt ye wyſeſt at is wrocht ; 

Zour gret gentrice it ſall neuir be for nocht, 

We aſſure our oſt ſall muff na thing, ä 

Quhill tym ze may ſend meſſage fra your King. 1455 

Gyff it be ſa, yat he accord and we, 

Yan for zour ſaik it ſall ye bettir be: 

Your harrolds als fall ſaifly cum and ga, 

For zour fredom we fall trowbill na ma. : 

Eche thankyt hym off hys grant mony ſyſs, 1460 

And all ye ladyis apon a gudly wyſs. . 

Glaidly yai drank, ye Queyn and gud Wallace, 

Yir ladyis als, and lordis in yat place 

Hyr leyff ſche tuk without langar abaid, 

Fyffe myile yat nycht ſouth till a nonry raid. 1463 

Apon ye morn till London paſſit yai, 

In Weſtminſter, quhar at ye cunſaill lay. 

Wallace anſuer ſche gart ſchaw te ye King, 

It neds nocht hyr raherſs mar off yis thing. 

Ye gret cummend yat ſche to Wallace gaiff, 1470 

Befor ye King, in preſens off ye laiff, 

Till trew Scotts it ſuld gretly appleſs, 

Yocht Ingliſmen yaroff had littill eſs; 

Off worſchipp, wyt, manheid, and gouernans, 

Off fredome, trewth, key off remembrans, 1473 

Sche callyt hym yar into yair hye preſens, 

Yocht contrar yaim he ſtud at hys defens: 

Sa Chyftaynelik, ſche ſaid, as he is ſeyn, 

Intill Ingland, I trow, has neuir beyn: 

Wald ze off gold giff hym yis rewmys rent, 1480 
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Fra honour he will nocht turn hys entent. | 

Sufteryt we ar, quhill e may meſſage mak 

Olf wyſs lordis ſum part I reid yow tak, 

To purcheſs peſs, withoutyn wordis mar, ON 

For all Ingland may rew hys raid full ſayr. 1485 

Zour haroldis als to paſs to hym has leyff, 

In all hys oft yar ſall na man yaim greyff. 

Yan thankyt yai ye Queyn for hyr trawaill, 

Ye King, and Lordis yat was off hys cunſaill. 

Oif hyr anſuer ye King appleſyt was; 1490 

Van thre gret Lords yai ordand for to paſs. 5 

Var cunſaill haill has found it was ye beſt, 

Trewis to tak, or ellis yai get na reſt. 

A harrold went, in all ye haiſt he may, a 

Till Tawbane waill, quhar at ye Scotts lay, 1495 

Condeyt to haiff, quhill yai haiff ſaid yar will. 

Ye cunſaill ſone condeyt gaiff hym till. 

Agayne he paſt with Souerance till hys King. 

Yan cheſyt yai thre Lords for yis thing. i 

Ye keyn Clyffurd, was yan yair Wardane haill, 1500 

Bewmont, Wodſtok, all men off mekill waill : 

Quhat yir thre wrocht ye laiff ſuld ſtand yar till, 

Ye Kyngis ſeyll was gyffyn yaim at yair will. 

Sone yai war brocht to ſpekyng to Wallace. 

Wodſtok bym ſchawit mony futtell cace. © Tz05 

Wallace he herd ye ſophammis evir ilk deill, 

As zeit, he ſaid, me think ye mein bot weill; 

In wrang ze hald, and dois us gret owtrage: 

Off houſſis part yat is our heretage, | 

Owt off yis peſs in playn I mak yaim knawin, 1510 
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Yaim for to wyn, ſen yat yai ar our awin; 
Roxburch, Berweik, at owrs lang tym haiff beyn 
Into ye handis off yon fals Southroune keyn, 

We aſk her als, be wertu off yis band, 

Our ayrs, our King, be wrang led off Scotland; 1515 
We ſall yaim haiff, withoutyn wordis mar. 

Till hys defyr ye Lordis grants yar ; 

For na kyn thing ye peſs yai wald nocht faill. 

Ye zong Randell, at yan in London was, 

Ye Lord off Lorn in yis band he can aſs 1520 
Erle off Bowchane, but yan in tendyr age, 

Eftir he grew a man off hycht, wyſs and large. 
Cummyn and Soullis he gert deliuer als, | 
Quhilk eftir was till King Robert full fals. 

Wallang fled our, and durft nocht byde yat mute, 

In Pykardte als till hym was na bute: 

Bot Wallace wald erar haff had ye fals knycht, | 
Yan ten thouſand off fyneſt gold ſo brycht. 

Ye Bruce he aſkyt, bot he was had away, 

Befor yat tym, to Calyſs, mony day; I530 

King Edwarde prowyt yat yai mycht nocht hym get, 
Off Gloſeſtir hys uncle had hym ſet, | 
At Calyſs yan had haly in kepyng. | 


Wallace yat tym gat nocht hys rychtwyſs 5 
Ye Erle Patrik fra London alſua ſend, 1539 


Wycht Wallace to mak, as weill befor was kend, 


Off hys mater a fynaill gouernance, 

Till King Edwarde gaiff up hys legeance, | | 

And tuk till hald off Scotland euirmar. | | 

With full glaid hart Wallace reſſawit hym yar; 154 1 
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Yai honouryt hym rycht reuerendly as Lord. WY 
Ye Scotts war all reioſyt off yat conford. * 4 
A hundreth horſs, with zong Lordis off renoune, 
Till Wallace com, fred owt off yat preſoune. | 
Undyr hys ſeill King Edwarde yaim gert ſend, 1545 
For till gyff our, and mak a finaill end, by 
Roxburch, Berweik, quhilk is off mekill waill, 
To Scottſmen, and all ye boundis hail. 
To fyffe zer trews yai promyſt be yair band. 
Yan Wallace ſaid, we will paſs ner Scotland, 1550. 
Or ocht be ſeld; and yarfor mak us bown 
Agayne we will beſyd Northallyrtoun, 4 

Quhar King Edwarde fyrſt battaill hecht to me, 
As it began, yar fall it endyt be. | 
Gret weyll zour Queyn, he chargyt ye her- 1555 
It is for hyr yat we leyff our wiage. | | 
A day he ſet, quhen he fuld meit hym yar, 

And ſeill yis peſs, withoutyn wordis mar. 

Apon ye morn ye oft, but mar awyſs, . 
Trauountyt north apon a gudlye wyſs, 13560 
To ye ſet tryſt yat Wallace had yaim maid. | 
Ye Inglis meſſage come but mar abaid ; 

Vai ſeyllyt ye peſs withoutyn langar delay. 

Ye meſſage yan apon ye ſecund day, . 
Till London went in all ye haiſt yai can. 15 65 
Ye worthi Scotts, with mony gudly man, | 
Till Bamburch com with all ye power haill, 

Sexte thouſand, all Scotts off gret waill, 

Ten dayis befor all Halow-ewyn yai fur; 

On Lammeſs day yai lycht on Caram mur, 1570 


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Yar lugyt yai with pleſance as yai mocht, 

Quhill on'ye morn yat preiſts to yaim ſocht,, 

In Caram kyrk, and ſeſſyt in hys hand 

Roxburch keyis, as yai had maid cummaund, 

And Berweik als, quhilk Sothroune had ſa lang; 1575 

Yai frede ye folk in Ingland for to gang. 

Fra yair lyffs uſchyt off ayir place, 

Yai durſt nocht weill byd rekynnyng off Wallace. 

Captayne he maid, in Berweik off renoun, 

Vat worthi was, gud Cryſtell off Cetoun. 1580 

Kepar he left till Roxburch Caſtell wycht, 

Schyr Jhon Ramſay, a wyſs and worthi knycht ; 

Syne Wallace ſelff, with Erle Patrik in playn, 

To Dunbar raid, and reſtoryt hym agayne, 

In bys Caſtell, and all yat heretage, 1535 

With ye conſent off all yat haill barnage. 

Quhen Wallace was agreit and yis Lord, 

To rewll ye rewm he maid hym gudly ford. 

Scotland atour, fra Roſs to Solway ſand, | 

He raid it thryſs, and ſtatut all ye land. 15990 

In ye Leyn-houſs a quhill he maid repayr, 

Schyr Jhon Menteth yat tyme was Captayne yar, 

Twyſs befor he had hys goſſep beyn, 12 

Bot na freindſchipe betwix yaim ſyn was ſeyn. 

Twa monethis ſtill he duelt in Dimbertane; 1595 

A houſs he foundyt apon ye rock off ſtayne; 

Men left he yar till byggyt to ye hycht, 

Syn to ye march agayn he rydis rycht. 

Into Roxburch yai cheſyt hym a place, 

A gud tour yar he gert byg in ſchort ſpace. - 160 
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Ye kynrik ſtud in gud worſchip and eſs, 
Was nayn ſa gret durſt hys nychtbour diſpleſs, 
Ye abill ground gert lawbour thryftely, 
Wittaill and froyte yar grew aboundanly. 
Was neuir befor, ſen yis was callyt Scotland, 160g 
Sic welth and peſs at anys in ye land. = 
He ſent Jop twyſs to Bruce in Huntyngtoune, 
| Beſekand hym to cum and tak hys croun. 
4 Counſaill he tuk at fals Saxonis, allace ! 
| | He had neuir hap in lyff to get Wallace. 1610 
j i Thre zer as yus ye rewm ſtud in gud peſs, 
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4 And furthyr furth off Wallace I will tell, 
| Intill hys lyff quhat awentur zeit fell. 1 
| A Ryoll King yan ryngyt into France, 1615 
| Gret worſchip herd off Wallace gouernance, | 
= | Off prowis, pryſs, and off hys worthy deid, 
1 And forthwart, fayr, commendede off manheid, 
' Bathe humyll, leyll, and off hys priwyt pryſs, 
N Off honour, trewth, and woid off cowatyſs. 1620 
Te nobill King, ryngand in ryolte, 
| Had gret delyte yis Wallace for to ſe, 
b And knew rycht weyll ſchortly to undirſtand 
Ye gret ſuppryſs and ourſet off Ingland; | 


f [ Als marweld he off Wallace ſmall power, 1625 
Vat bot a King tuk fic a rewme to ſter, | 
| | | Agayn Ingland and gert yair malice ceſs, 
1 Quhill yai deſyryt, with gud will to mak pes. 
| | And rycht onon a harrold gert he call, 23 
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Off hys entent completely till ane end, 
Syne in Scotland he had hym for to wend ; 
And yus he-wrait intill gret honour, 
To Wilzham Wallace as a.conquerour. f 
O Lowit Leid with worſchipe wyſs and wycht, 1635: 
% Yow werray help in haldyn off ye rycht, 
« Yow rycht reſtorer off yi natyff land, 
& With Godds Grace agayne yi fayis to ſtand 
4e In yi defens, helpar off rychtwyſs blud, 
4 O worthi berth, and blyſſyt be yi fud; 1640 
« As it is red in prophecy beforn, | 
« In happy tym fer Scotland yow was born ;. 
« I ye beſek, with all humylite, . 
« My cloſs lettir yow wald conſaiff and ſe, 
«. As your brodyr, I cryſtyn King off France, 1645: 
« To ye berer ye her and gyff credance.” _ | 
Ye herrold bownd, hym and to ye ſchip is gon 
In Scotland ſone he cummyn is onon; 
„Bot herrold lyk he ſekys hys preſens. 
On land he went, and maid no reſidens 1650 
In ony ſted, quhar he preſumyt yar, x 
So on a day he fand hym into Ayr, 
In gud affer, and manlik cumpany. 
Ve harrold yan, with honour reuerendly, 
Has ſaluſt hym apon a gudly maner. 1653 
And he agayn, with humyl hamly cher, | 
Reſawit hym into rycht gudly wyſs. 
Ye harrold yan, with worſchip to deuiſs, 
Betuk till hym ye Kings wrytt off France. | 
Wallace on kne, with lawly obeyſance, 1660 
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Rycht reuerendly, for worſchip off Scotland, 
Quhen he it red, and had it undirſtand, 


At yis herrold he aſkyt hys credence, | | 

With aſpre ſpech, and manly contenence. - 

1 And he hym tald, as I haiff ſaid befor, 1665 .f 
; Fe Kyngis defyr, quhat nedis wordis mor. 5 a 
| Ye hye honour, and ye gret nobilnes 
Off your manheid, weyll knawyn in mony place, | 

Hym likis als weill your worſchipe till awance, 

As ze war born a liege man off France; 1676 


Sen hys regioun is flour off rewmys ſeyn, 
Als ye gret bond off kindnes yow betweyn, 
It war worſchip hys preſens for to ſe, 
Sen at yis rewme ftandis in fic degre. 1 4 
Wallace conſawyit, withoutyn tarying, 1975 
Ye gret defyr off hys gud nobill King TR 
Syn till hym faid, as God off Hewyn me ſaiff, 
Hereftir ſone ze fall ane anfuer haiff 

Off your deſyr, yat ze haiff ſchawit me till, 

Welcum ze ar with a fre hartly will. " 1680 
Ye harrold baid, on to ye twentyeth day, ? 4 
With Wallace till, in gud weillfayr and play, 
Confumd ye tyme with worſchip and pleſance, 

Be gud awyſs maid hys deliverance; | 

With hys awne hand he wrait on to ye King 1685 
All bys entent, as twyching to yis thing. 5 
Rycht rych reward he gaiff ye herrotd to, 

And hym conweyde quhen he had leiff to go, 

Out off ye town with gudly cumpany; 

Hys leyff he tuk, ſyne went on to ye ſe. 1690 


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Gud Wallace yan has maid hys'prouidance, 
Hys purpoſs was to ſe ye King off France, 
Treſt in wer to Santt Jhonſtoune couth fayr, 
A cunſaill yan he had gart ordand yar. 

Intill hys ſted he cheſſyt a Gouernour 

To kep ye land, a man off gret walour, 
Jamys gud Lord ye Stewart off Scotland, 
Quhilk fadyr was as ftorys ber on hand, 

To gud Waltir yat was off hye perage, 

Ye Bruce ſyne gat in mariage. | 
Varoff to ſpek as now I haiff no ſpace, 

It is weyll knawin, thankyt be Godds grace. 
And to ye harrold, withoutyn refidens. 

1 Quho he approchyt to ye Kingis preſens. ; 
Fra ye Rochell ye land ſone has he tayn, 
Atour ye lands he graithit hym to gayn, 
Sekand ye King, als gudly as he may; 

So to ye court he paſſyt on a day, 

To Paryſs went, was peirles off renoun, 

Ye King yat tyme held palace in yat toun. 


Quhen he hym ſaw, graithly has undirſtand, | 
He ſperyt tithings, and weyllfayr off Scotland. 


Ye harrold ſaid, into yir termys ſchort, 
Lat all was gud ; he had ye mar comfort. 


Saw yow Wallace, yat Chyftayne off yat land? 1925 - 


And he ſaid, za, yat I dar tak on hand, 

A worthyar yis day lyffand is nayn, 

In way off wer, als fer as I haiff gayn. 

Ye hie worſchip, and ye gret nobilnes, 
Ye gud weyllfayr, pleſande and worthines, 


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Ye rych reward was mychty for to ſe, 


Vat for your ſaik be kythyt apon me; 


And hys anſuer in wrytt he has zow ſend. 
Ye King reſawit it with a lycht attend, 
Vis hie affect and dyt off hys wrytyng. 


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% Yow knaw yis weill, be oyir ma yan me, 


& Quhow yat our rewlm ftandis in perplexite. 


« Ye fals natioun, yat we ar nychtbours to, 
“ Quhen pleſſis yaim, yai mak us ay ado; 
& Yar may na band be maid ſufficians, 


Bot ay in it yai fynd a warians. 


« To wait a tyme, quhill God yat it may be, 
«. Within a zer I ſall your preſens ſe.” | 
Off yis anſuer weill pleſyt was ye King. 
Leyff I hym yus in ryolte to ryng, | 
And glaid comfort rycht as I haiff zow tald, 
Off Wallace forth I will my proceſs hald. 


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Wallace Fights the Red Reaver—Gets his Pardon from the 
French King—Paſſes to Guenne to Fight the Engliſn 
King Edward invades Scotland Wallace Returns. 


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| bo Aprill ye ane and twenty day, 

Ye hie calend, yus cancer, as we ſay, 
Ye luſty tym off Mayus freſche cummyng, ' 
Celeſtiall gret blythnes in to bryng; | 
Pryncypaill moneth forſuth it may be ſeyn, 3 
Ye Hewynly hewis apon ye tendyr greyne. 
Quhen ald faturn hys cloudy courſs had gon, 
Ye quhilk had beyn baith beſt and burdis bon. 


Zepherus ek, with hys ſwete vapour 

He confort has be wyrkyng off natour, 5 5 6 © 

All fruttuouſs thing intill ye erd adoun, E 
Att rewllyt is undyr he yie regioun. 1-752 2 


Sobyr Luna, in flowyng off ye ſe, 
Quhen brycht Phebs is in hys chemage. 1. Fil 
Ye bulys courſs ſo takin had hys place, Is 


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And Jupiter was in ye crawis face. 

Quhen aryes, yat hot ſyng coloryk, 

Into ye ram quhilk had hys rowmys ryk, | 
He choſyn had hys place and hys manſioun, 20 
In Capricorn, ye ſyng off ye Lyoun. 
Gentill Jupiter, with hys myld ordinance, 
Bathe erb and tre reuerts in pleſance 
And freſche Flora hyr flowry mantill ſpreid, 
In euery waill, bathe hop, hycht, and meide. 25 
Vis ſamyn tyme, for yus myne auctor ſayis, ; 
Wallace to paſs off Scotland tuk hys wayis ; 

Be ſchort awiſs he ſchup. hym to Ye ſe, 

And fyfte men tuk in hys cumpane. | 

He leit no word yan walk off hys paſſage, | 

Or Ingliſmen had ſtoppyt hym hys wiage : 30 
Nor tuk na leiff at ye lordis off ye parlyment, 

He wyſt full weyll yai wald nocht all conſent, - 

To ſuffyr hym out off ye land to go 

For yi onon, withoutyn wordis mo, 

He gart forſe, and ordand weill hys ſchip, 
And yir war part paſt in hys falowſchip; 
Twa Wallace was hys kynnys men full ner, 
Craufurd, Kneland was haldyn till hym der. 
Off Kyrkcubre he purpoſt hys paſſage, | 
Semen he feyt and gaiff yaim gudlye wage 
Yai wantyt nocht off wyn, wittaill nor ger, 
A fayr new barge rycht worthi wrocht for wer; 
With yat yai war a gudlye cumpany, 
Off waillit men had wrocht full hardely. 
Bonalais drank rycht glaidly in a morow, 


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Syn leiff yai tuk, and with Santt Jhon to borow. / 
Botts was ſchot, and fra ye rock yaim ſent, - 
With glaid harts, at anys in yai went ; 
Apon ye ſchip yai rowit haſtely. 
Ye ſeymen yan walkand full beſyly, - 
Ankyrs wand in wylly on ayir ſyd, 
Yair lynys keſt and waytyt weill ye tyd; 
Leit ſalys fall, and has yair courſs ynom, 
A gud gay wynd out off ye rycht art com. 
Freiks in forſtarne rewlit weill-yair ger, 
Ledys on luff burd, with a lord lik fer. 
Lanſys laid out, to yar paſſage ſound. | 
With full ſayll yus fra Scotland furth yai found, 
Salyt our ye day and als ye nycht, 
Apon ye morn, quhen ye fon raiſs brycht, 
Ye ſhipmaſter on to ye top he went, 
South-eſt he ſaw, yat trublyt hys entent, 
dexteyn ſalis arayit all on raw, 
In colour reid, and towart hym couth draw. 
Ye glyttyrand ſone apon yaim ſchawit brycht, 
Ye ſe about enlumynyt with ye lycht. 
Vis mannys ſpreit was in ane extaſy, 
Doun went he ſone, and ſaid full ſorowfully, 
Allace, quoth he, ye day yat I was born, 
Without rameid our lywys ar forlorn, 
In curſyt tym I tuk yis cur on hand; 
Ye beſt Chyftayne, and reſkew off Scotland, 
Our rakleſly I haiff tayn apon me, 
With waik power to bryng hym throw ye ſe ; 
IA forſyt nocht, wald God I war torment, 


108 LIFE OF WALLACE. _ [moor in. 
Sa Wallace mycht with worſchip chaip unſehent. 
Quhen Wallace ſaw, and hard yis mannys mon, 
To confort hym in gud will is he gon. | 
Maiſter, he ſaid, quhat has amowit ze? | 
Nat for myſelff, yis man ſaid petuiſle, 8 
Bot off a thing I dar weill undirtane, © i 
Yocht all war her ye ſchippis of braid Bertane, 

Part ſuld we loſs, ſet fortoun had it ſuorn, 

Ye beſt wer man in ſe is us beforn, 1 
Leffand yis day, and king is off ye ſe. 85 
Wallace ſone ſperd, wait you quhat he may be? 

Ye Rede Reffayr, yai call hym in his ſtill, 

Vat I hym ſaw euyr, waryt worth yat quhill ; 

For myn aw lyff I wald na murnyng ma, 

Is na man born yat zon tyran will tax. 90 
He ſavis nayn, for gold, nor oyir gud, | 
Bot ſlayis and drownis all derfly in ye flud, 

He gets na grace, thocht he war kyng or knycht, 
Yir ſexteyn zer he has doyn gret unrycht. 

Ye power is ſa ſtrang he has to ſter, : '95 
May nayn eſchaip yat cummys in hys danger. 

Wald we hym burd, na but is to begyn, 

Ye lakeſt ſchip yat is hys flote within 

May ſayll us doun on to a dulfull ded. 

Yan Wallace ſaid, ſen zou can na ramed, 100 
Tell me hys feyr, and how I fall hym knaw, 

Quhat is hys oyſs, and ſyne go luge ze law. 

Ye ſchipman ſayis, rycht weill I may hym ken, 
Throuch graith takynnys, full clerly he hys men, 
Hys cot armour is ſeyn in mony ſteid, Ws 


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Ay battaill boun, and rewell ay off reid; 

Vis formaiſt ſchip, yat perſewis zow a faft, 
Hymſelf is in, he will nocht be agaſt; 

He will zow hayll quhen yat he cummys zow ner, 
Without tary yan mon ze ſtryk on ſter; 140 
Hymſelf will entir fyrft full hardely, : 

Vir ar ye ſyngnys yat ye ſall knaw hym by; 

A bar off blew intill hys ſchenand ſcheild, 

A bend off greyn deſyren ay ye feild; 


Ye rede betakannys blud and hardyment, ITS 


Ye greyn, curage, enereſſand hys entent; 
Ye blew he bers, becauſs he is a Cryſtyn man, 


Sadly-agayn Wallace: anfuerd yan, 


Thocht he be-cryſtynyt, yis'war na Godlyk deid, 
Go. undyr loft, Santt Androw.mot-us ſpeid. 120 
Bathe ſchipmaſtir, and ye ſterman alſo, 


In ye holl, but baid, he gert yaim go. 


Hys fyftye men withoutyn langar reſt, 
Wallace gart ray into yair armour preſt, 


Fourty and aucht on luff burd laid yaim law; 126 


Wilzham Crawfurd yan till hym gert he caw, 


And ſaid, yow can ſum part off ſchipman fair, 


Yi oyſs has beyn oft in ye toune off Ayr, 
pray yow tak yis doctryn off me, 


Luk yat yow ſtand ſtrekly be yis tre, | "ud 


Quhen I byd ſtryk, to ſcheruice be yow bane, 
Quhen I ze warn latt draw ye ſaill agane. 
Kneland, cuſyng, cum tak ze ſter on hand, 
Her on ye waill ner by ye I fall ſtand, 


God gyd our ſchip, as now I ſay-na-mar. 135 


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Ye barge, be yat, with a full warlik far, 
Hymſelff on loft with a drawyn ſuerd, 

And bad hys ſterman lay yaim langs ye bourd; 


On loude he cryit, ſtryk, doggs fe fall de. „ 
Crawfurd leit draw ye fayll a litill ce. 140 
Ye Captayne ſone lap in and wald nocht ſtynt. 


Wallace on haift be ye gorgyt hym hynt, 1 
On ye our loft keſt hym quhar he ſtud, 

Quhill neyſs and mouth all ruſchyt out aff blud 3 

A forgyt knyff, but baid, he brads out. + Sa 
Ye wer ſchippis was lappyt yaim about. as 
Ye mekill barge had nocht yaim clypyyt faſt, 
Crawfurd drew ſaill, ſkewyt by, and off yaim paſt. 
Ye Reiffar cryt, with petous woice and cler, va 
Grace off hys lyff, for hym yat boucht yow der; 15 
Mercy, he ſaid, for hym yat dyit on rud, - 

Layſer to mend, I haiff ſpilt mekill blud, * 
For my treſpas I wald mak ſum ramed. 

Wallace wyſt weill, yocht he war brocht to ded; 
And off hys lyff ſum reſkew mycht he mak, 155 


A bettir purpoſs ſone he can to tak; 


And als he rewyt hym, for hys lyff was ill, 


In Latyn tong rycht yus he ſaid hym till, 


I tuk neuir man, yat enemy was to me, 


For Godds faik yi lyff I grant to ye. 160 


Bathe knyff and ſuerd he tuk fra hym onon, 
Up be ye hand and as priſouner has hym ton, 
And on hys ſuerd ſcharplye he gert hym ſuer, 
Fra yat day furth he ſuld hym neuyr der. | 
Commaund yi men, quoth Wallace, till our peſi, 165 
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Vat ſchot off gown, yat was nocht eith to ceſs z 
Ye caſt it was rycht awfull on ayir ſyd. 

Ye Rede Reiffar commaundyt yaim to byd, 

Held out a gluff, in takyn off ye trew. _ 
Hys men beheld, and ſone yat ſenze knew, 250 
Left off yair ſchott, yat ſygn quhen yat yai ſaw, + 
Hys grettaſt barge towart hym he couth draw 

Lat be zour wer, yir ar our freyndis at ane, 

I traiſt to God our werſt dayis ar gane. 

He aft Wallace to do quhat was hys will. 175 
With ſchort awifs rycht yus he ſaid hym till, 

For Ingliſmen I wait nocht quhat may aill, 

For yar, God will, is our purpoſs to be, 

Skour weyll about for fcoukars in ye ſe. 

Hys cummaund yai did in all ye haift yai can. 180 
Wallace deſyryt to tak mor with yis man, 

Sadly he ſperd, off quhat land was zow born? 

Off France, quoth he, and my elders beforn, 

And yar we had ſum part off heretage, 
Zet fers fortoun yus brocht me in a rage. 185 
Wallace ſperd, how com you into yis lyff? 

Forſuth, he ſaid, bot throuch a ſudan ſtryff, 

So hapnyt me into ye kings preſens, 

Our rakleſly to do our gret offens; 


A nobill man, off gud fame and renoune, 190 
Yat throw my deid was put to confuſioune, 
Dede off a ſtraik, quhat nedis wordis mor; 
All helpyt nocht, yocht I repentyt full for. 
Throw freyndis off ye court I chapyt off yat place, 
And neuir ſen ſyne couth get ye kings grace: 
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For my ſaik mony off my kyn gert-yai de. | 

And quhen I faw it mycht no bettir be, 

Bot leiff ye land yat me behuffyt o neid, 

Apon a day to Burdeous I zeid; 
Ane Inglis ſchip ſa gat 1 on a nycht, 200 
For ſey lawbour yat ernyſtfully was dycht ; - 
To me yar ſemblyt miſdears and weill mo, 
And in ſchort tym we multyplyt ſo, 

Vat yar war few our power mycht withſtand. . 
In tyrranny yus haiff we rongyn lang. 205 
Vis ſexteyn zer I haiff beyn on ye fe, 

And doyn gret harm yarfor full wais me. 

I ſawit nayn, for gold nor gret ranſoun, 

Bot flew and drownyt into ye ſe adoun. EE 
Fawour I did to folk off ſynday land, 210 
Bot Franchmen na freyndſchip with me fand, | 

Yai gat na grace als for as I mycht ryng ; 

Als on ye ſe I clypyt was a king. 

Now fee I weyll yat my fortoun is went, 

Wincuſt with ane yat gars me fair rapent. 215 
Quha wald haiff ſaid, yis ſamyn day at morn, 

I ſuld with ane yus lychtly doun be born, 

In gret hething my men it wald haiff tane ; 

Myſelff trowit till machit mony ane : : 
Bot I haiff found ye werray playn contrar, 220 
Her I gyff our roubry for euirmar; 

In fic myſrewll I ſall neuir armes ber, 

Bot gyff it be in honeſt oyſs to wer. 

Nov haiff I tald yow part off my blyſs and payn, 

} | For Godds ſaik ſum kyndnes kyth agayn, 225 
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My hart will brek bot I wait quhat yow be, 

Yus outrageouſly yat has rabutyt me; . 

For weill I wend yat leffand had beyn nane, 

Be forſs off ſtrenth mycht me as priſonour tane, 
Except Wallace, yat has rademyt Scotland, 230 
Ye beſt is callyt yis day beltyt with brand; 

Intill hys wer war worſchip for to wak, 

As now in warld I trew he has no mak. | 

Yarat he ſmylyt,. and ſaid, freind, weill, may be 
Scotland had myſt off mony fic as he.. " 235: 
Quhat is yi nayme, tell me, ſa haiff yow ſeill. 
Forſuth, he ſald, Thomas off Longoweill. 

Weyll bruk zow it, all yus ſtynts our ſtryff, 
Schaip to pleyſs God in mendyny off yi lyff; 

Vi faithfull freind myſelff thinkis to be, 240 
And als my nayme I fall ſone tell to ze; * 
For chans off wer you ſuld na murnyng mak, 

As werd will wyrk, yi fortoun mon zow tak; 

I am yat man yat you awanſs {a hie, 

And bot ſchort tyme ſen I come to ye ſe; 245: 
Off Scotland born, my rycht nayme-is Wallace. 

On kneis he fell, and thankyt God off Grace; 

I dar awow, yat zoldyn is my hand, 

To ye beſt man yat belts hym with brand.. £4 
Forſuth, he faid, yis blythis me mekill mor, 250 
Yan off Floryng ve gaiff me ſexty ſcor. 

Wallace anſuerd, ſen yow ar her throw en 

My purpoſs is be yis wiage in France; 

And to ye king, ſen I am boun to paſs, | 

To my reward yi peſs I think to aſs. Ws - 
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Peſs I wald haiff off my rychtwyſs king,. | 

And na langar into yat realm to ryng, 

Yar to tak lyff, and cum off it agayn, 

In yi ſeruice I think for to remayn. 

Seruice, he ſaid, Thomas yat may nocht be, 260 

Bot gud freyndſchip, as I deſyr off ye. 

Gert draw ye wyn, and ilk man mery maid, 

Be yis ye ſchippis was in ye Rochell raid. 

Ye rede blaſonys yai had born into wer, 

Le foune was ſone intill a ſudane fer. abs 

Ye Rede Reiffar yai ſaw was at yair hand, 

Ye quhilk throw ſtrenth mycht nane agyn hym ftand.. 

Sum ſchippis fled, and fum ye land has tayn, 

Clariowpys'blew, and trumpatts mony ane. | 

Quhen Wallace ſaw ye pepill was on ſter, 270 

He gaiff commaund na ſchip fuld ner apper, 5 

Bot hys awin barge into ye hawyn gart draw. 

Ye folk was fayn quhen yai yat ſenze ſaw; 

Rycht weill yai knew in gold ye red lyoun, 

Leit up ye port, reſawit hym in ye toun, 275: 

And ſufferyt yaim, for all yat he had brocht.. 

Ye rede nawyn into yai hawyn yai ſocht, 

On land yai went, quhar yai lykyt to paſs.. | 

Rycht few yar wyſt quhat Scottſman Wallace was; 

Bat weyll-yai thocht he was a gudly man, 280 

And honoryt hym in all ye craft yai can. 

Bot four dayis ſtill Wallace ramaynyt yar, 

Vir men he callyt, quhen he was boun to fair, 

He yaim cummandyt apon yat coſt to byd,. 

Quhill he yaim fred for chans at mycht betyd; 285 
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Ber yow ewyn, quhat gud yat euir ye ſpend, 
Leiff on your awne, quhill tithands I you ſend; 
Gar ſell zour ſchippis, and mak yow men off peſs, . 
It war gud tym off wykkitneſs to ceſs ;- | 
Your Captane fall paſs to ye King with me, 290 
Throw help-of God I fall hys warrand be. 
He gart graith hym in- ſoit with hys awin men, 
Was no man yar yat mycht weyll Thomas ken; 
Lykly he was, manlik off contenance, . | 
Lik to ye Scotts, be mekill gowernance, 295 
Saiff off hys tong, for Inglis had he nane, 
In Latyn weill he mycht ſuffice for ane. 
Yus paſt hys court in all ye haiſt yai may. 
To Parys toun yai went apon a day. 
Tythings was brocht off Wallace to ye king, $306 
So gret deſyr he had off na-kyn thing, | 
As in yat tym, quhill he had ſeyn Wallace, 
To meyt hymſelff he waytyt apon cace, 
In a gardyng, quhar he gart yaim be brocht. 
Till hys.preſens with manly feyr yai ſocht, 305 
Twa and fyfte at anys kneland doun, 
And ſaluſt hym as ryoll off maiſt renoun, 
With rewllyt ſpech in fa gudly awyſs, 
All Franſe couth nocht nuortour yan dewyſs. 
Ye Queyn had leiff, and com into hyr effer, 310 
For mekill ſche herd off Wallace deid in wer. 
Quhat nedis mor off curtaſſy to tell, 
Yai kepyt weyll yat to ye Scotts befell. 
Off Kings fer I dar mak no rahers, 
My febill mynd, my trublyt ſpreit rewers; 315 


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Off rych ſeruiee, quhat nedis wordis mar, 
Mycht non be found bot it was preſent yar. 2, 
Sone eftir meit ye king to parlour went, 
With gudly lords, yar Wallace was preſent. 
Lan commound yai off mony ſundry thing; 320 
| To ſpek with hym gret deſyr had ye king. 1 
At hym he ſperyt off wer ye gowernance. 
He anſuerd hym, with manly contenance, 
Till euery poynt, als fer as he had feill, 
In Latyn tong rycht naturally and weill. 325 
Ye king conſawit, ſone throw hys hie knawlage, 
Quhat wermen oyſſyt be reyff in yar paſſage, 
Intill hys mynd ye Rede Reiſfar yan was, 
Merwell he had quhow he leit Wallace paſs. 
Till hym he ſaid, it war ſumthing to blaym, 330 
Ze mycht haiff ſend, be our herrold fra haym, _ 
Eftir power, to bryng yow throw ye ſe. 
God thank yow, ſchyr, enewch yaroff had we, 
Feill men may paſs, quhar yai fynd na perill, 
Rycht few may kep, quhar nayn is to aſſaill. 335 
Wallace, he ſaid, yaroff merwell haiff I, 
A tyrand ryngs, in ire full cruelly, 
Apon ye ſe yat gret ſorow has wrocht, 
Mycht we hym get it ſuld not be for nocht; 
Born off yis land, a natyff man to me, 340 
Yarfor on us ye grettar harme dois he. | 
Yan Thomas quok, and changyt contenans,. 
He hard ye king hys ewyll deds ewans. 
Wallace beheld, and fenzeit in a part, 
Forſuth, he ſaid, we fand nane in yat art, 345 


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vat profyrryt us fic unkindlynes ; 

Bot with zour leiff I ſpek in haymlynes, 

Trow ze be ſycht ye couth yat ſquier knaw ? 

Till lang it war ſen tym yat I hym ſaw; 

Bot yir words off hym ar bot in wayn, 350 

Or he com her rycht gud men will be ſlayn. 

Yan Wallace ſaid, her I haiff broucht with me, 

Off likly men yat was in our countre, 

Quhilk off all yir wald ze call hym moſt lyk. 

Amang yaim blent yat ryoll Roy moſt ryk, 35:5 

Weſyt yaim weill, baith ſtatur and curage, | 

Maner, makdome, yair faſſoun and yair weſage 

Sag. he ſaid, awyſit ſobyrly, | 

Vat largeſt man, quhilk ſtandis next yow by, 

Wald I call hym, be makdome to dewice, 360 

Yir ar nothing bot wordis off office. 

Befor ye king on kneis fell gud Wallace. 

0 Royll Roy, off hie honour and grace, 

With waift wordis I will nocht you trawaill, . 

Now I will ſpek ſumthing for myne awaill. 365 

Our barnat land has beyn ourſet with wer, 

With Saxonis blud yat dois us mekill der, 

dayn our eldris, deſtroyit our rychtwyſs blud, 

Waiſtit our realm off gold and oyir gud; 

nd ze ar her, in mycht and ryolte, 370 

row ſuld haiff ey till our aduerſite, 

and us ſupport, throw kyndnes off ye band, 

Quhilk is conſchyrwyt betwix yow and Scotland; 

is I am her, at your charge, for pleſance, 5 
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Flour off realmys forſuth is yis regioun, 

To my reward I wald haiff gret gardoun. 
Wallace, he ſaid, now aſk quhat ze wald haiff. 
Gud gold or land ſall nocht be lang to craiff. 
Wallace anſuerd, ſo ze it grant to me — 
Quhat I wald haiff, it ſall ſone choſyn be. 
Quhateuir ze aſk, yat is in yis regioun, 


e fall it haiff, except my wyff and ye croun. 


He thankyt hym off hys gret kyndlynes. 
My reward all fall be aſkyng off grace, 


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Peſs to yis man I broucht with me throw chance, 


Her I quyt cleyn all oyir gyfftis in France; 
Yis ſamyn is he, gyff ze knaw hym weill, 
Vat we off ſpak, Thomas off Longaweill; 0 
Be rygour ze deſyryt he ſuld be flayn, : 
I hym reſtor into your grace agayn, 
Reſaiff hym fayr, as leige man off your land. 
Ye king marweld, and couth in ſtudy ſtand, - 
Perfytly knew yat it was Longaweill,- 
He hym forgaiff hys treſpas euir ilk deill, 
Bot for hys faik yat hyddyr brocht ; 
For gold or land, ellis he gat it nocht. 
Wallace he ſaid, I had leuir off gud land, 
Thre hundreth pund haiff ſeſyt in yi hand, 
Vat I baiff ſaid ſall be grantyt in plain, 
Her I reſtor Thomas to peſs agayn, 
Derer to me yan euyr he was befor, 
All for zour ſaik, yocht it war mekill mor: 
Bot I wald wytt quhow yat merwell befell. 
Wallace anſuerd, ye trewth I ſall yow tell. 


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Yan he raherſyt quhat hapnyt on yat day, 
As ze befor in my autor hard ſay. 
Quhen ye gud king had herd yis ſudan cafs, 
Apon ye ſe ye forſycht off Wallace, | . 
Ye king hym held rycht worthi till awans, 410 
He ſaw in hym manheid and gouernans; 

80 did ye Queyn, and all yir oyir Lordis, 

Ik wycht off hym gret honour yan recordis. 

He purcheſt peſs, for all ye power haill, 
Fyfteyn hundreth was left in ye Rochaill ; 475 
Gert cry yaim fre, trew ſchyrwandis to ye king, 

And neuir agayn fantyt in fic thing. | 

Quhen Thomas was reſtoryt to hys rycht, 

Off hys awin hand ye king has maid hym . 
Eftir he gaiff ſtayt to hys nereſt ayr, 

And maid hymſelff with Wallace for to fayr. 
Yus he was brocht fra naym off Reyff, throw cace, 
Be ſudand chans off hym and wycht Wallace. 

Yus leyff I yaim in worſchipe and pleſance, 

At liking with ye gud king off France. 425 
Yar threty dayis he lugyt into reſt, 

da to ramayn he thocht it nocht ye beſt ; 

Still into peſs he couth nocht lang endur, 

Uncorduall it was till hys-natur. 
Rycht weill he wyſt Ingliſmen occupyit 430 
Guane yat tym, yarfor he has aſpyit 

Sum jeperte apon yaim for to mak. 

A gudly leyff he at ye king couth tak. 

Off Franchmen he wald nayne with hym call, 

At ye fyrſt tym for awentur mycht fall 438 


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120 LIFE OF WALLACE,/ - [BODK 1x. 

Bot Schyr Thomas yat ſeruice couth perſew, | 

He wyſt nocht weill gyff all ye laiff was trew. 

Off Scotts men yai ſemblyt haiſtyely - 

Nyne hundreth ſone off worthi chewalry. 

In Gyan land full haiſtely couth ryd, 446 

Raiſſyt feill fyr, and waiſtyt wonnyngs wyd ; 

Fortraſs yai brak, and ſtalwart byggyngs wan, 

Derfly to dede brocht mony Sothroune man. 

A werlik toune ſa fand yai in yat land, 

Quhilk Schenoun hecht, yat Ingliſmen had in hand. 

Towart yat ſteid full ſadly Wallace wrocht, 

Be ony wyſs aſſailze gyff he mocht⸗ 

Bargane till haiff gyff he mycht get yaim out. 

Get ſtrenth off wode yat tyme was yar about; 

Ye toun als ſtud apon a wattir ſyd. G 450 

Intill a park, yat was bath lang and wyd, | 

Yai buſchyt yaim, quhill paſt was ye nycht. 

| Quhen ye ſone raiſs, four hundreth men he dycht; 

Ye laiff he gert Crawford in buſchment tak, 

Gyff yai myſterd, a reſkew for to mak. 455 

Van Longaweill, yat ay was full ſawage, | 
With Wallace paſt, as ane to yat ſcrymage. 

Tir four hundreth rycht wondyr weill arayit, 

Befor ye toune ye playn Baner difplayit. 

Vis was not to yaim weyll knawyn in yat contre, 460 

Ye lyoun in gold rycht awfull for to ſe. | 

A forray keſt, and ſeſyt mekill gud. 

Wermen within, yat playnly undirſtud, 

Son uſhyt forth ye pray for to reſkew. 

Ye.worthi Scotts feill Ingliſmen yai flew ; 465 

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BOOK ix. ] LIFE OP WALLACE, J 

Ye laiff for dreid fled to ye toune agayn. 

Ye forray tuk ye pray, and paſt ye playn, 
Towart ye park bot power off ye toun, 
Uſchyt agayn in awfull battaill boun, 

A thouſand haill with men off armys ftrang, 
Few baid yarin yat mycht to Bargane gan g. 
Yan Wallace gert ye ferreours leyff ye pray, 
Aſſemblyt ſone intill a gud aray. | 

A cruell counter at yat metyng was ſeyn, 
Off wycht wer men into yair armour cleyn. 
Feill loſſyt yair lyff apon ye Sothrounę ſyd, 
Bot nocht for yi rycht bauldly yai abyd. 
Off ye Scotts part worthi men yai flew. 
Wilzham Crawfurd, yat weyll ye perill knew, 
Out off ye park he gert ye buſchement paſs, 
Into ye feild quhar feyll men fechtand was, 
At yair entre yal gart full mony de. 

Ye Ingliſmen was wondyr laith to fle; 

Full worthely yai wrocht into yat place, 
Baid neuir ſa few ſo lang agayne Wallace, 
With fic power as he yat day was yar. 

On ayir ſyd aſſailzeit ferly ſayr. 

In to ye ſtour ſo fellounly yai wrocht, 

Rycht worthi men derfly to dede yai brocht; 


With poynts perſyt-throch plats burnyſt brycht., 490 


Wallace hymſelff, and gud Thomas knycht, 

Quhom yat yai hyt maid neuir mar debait. 

Ye Sothroune part was handlyt yar full hayt. 

Into yat place yai mycht na langar byd, 

Out off ye feild with far harts yai ryd.; 
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On to ye toune yai fled full haiftely. 

Wallace folowit, and hys gud chewalry, 
Fechtand ſo faſt into yat thykkeſt thrang, 
Quhill in ye toun he entryt yaim amang; 


With hym Crawfurd, and Longaweill off mycht, 
And Rychard als, Wallace hys cuſyng wychtz 500 


Fyfteyn yai war off Scotts cumpany, 

Yus hapnyt yai amang ye gret party. 

A cruell portar gat apon ye wall, 

Povit out a pyn, ye portculys leit fall. 
Ingliſmen ſaw yat entryt was na ma, 
Apon ye Scotts full hardely yai ga: 

Bot till a wall yai haiff yair bakks ſet, 

Sad ſtrakys and ſayr bauldly about yaim ſet. 


Rychard Wallace ye turngreis weill has ſeyn, 


He folowit faſt apon ye portar keyn, 

Atour ye wall deid in ye dyk hym draiff, 
'Tuk up ye port, and leit in all ye laiff. 
Quhen Wallace men had yus ye entre won,. 
Full gret ſlawchtyr agayn yai haiff begon; 
Yai ſavit nayne apon ye Sothroune ſyd, 

Vat wappynys bar, or harnes in yat tyd 
Wemen and barnys ye gud yai tuk yaim fra, 
Syne gaiff yaim leyff into realm to ga; 

And preyſts, als yat war nocht in ye feild : 


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Off agyt men, quhilk mycht na wappynys weild 


Yai flew nayn fic, ſo Wallace charge was, 
Bot maid yaim fre, at yair large to paſs. 
Ryches off gold yai gat in gret plente, 


Harnes and horfs, yat mycht yaim weill ſupple. 


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soOK 1x. ] kx OF WALLACE. 

With Franch folk plenyſt ye toune agayn, 
On ye tenth day ye feild yai tuk in playn; 
Ye riwer doun into ye land yai ſocht, 
On Sothroune men full mekill maiſter yai wrocht. 


Quhen to ye king trew men had tald vis tail, 330 


Off Franchmen yai ſemblyt a battaill ; 
Twentye thouſand, lele leg's off France, 
Hys broyir yaim led was Duk off Orleance; 
Throw Gyan land in rayid battaill yai raid, 


To folow- Wallace, and maid bot litill bad 535 


For Franch ſupple, to help yaim in yair rycht, 

Ner Burdeous, or yai ourtuk hym mycht, 

Gud Wallace was, and Thomas had in playn; 

For ſum men tald, yat Burdeous with gret mayn, 


Within ſchort tym thoucht battaill for to gyff: 346 


Bot fra yai wyſt yat Franch folk couth raleiff, 

With gret power with helpyng off Wallace, 

Uthyr purpoſs yai tuk into ſchort ſpace. 

In Pykarte ſone meſſage yai couth ſend, 

Off Wallace com yai tauld it till ane end. $45 
Of Gloſyſtir, Captayne off Calyſs was, 

Ve hardy Erle, and maid hym for to paſs 

In Ingland ſone, and ſyne to London went, 

Off Wallace deid he tald in ye parlyment.. 

Sum playnly, yat Wallace brak ye peſs. 330 
Wyſs men faid, nay, and prayit yaim for to ceſs. 
Lord Bowmont ſaid he tuk bot for Scotland  *. 
And nocht for France, yat fall ze undyrſtand, 

Gyff our indentour ſpekis for ony mair, 


He has doyn wrang, ye ſuth ye may declair. 5 
N = 3 a Wodiſtok. 


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124 ITE OF WALLACE, | [BOOK IX. 
Wodſtok anſuerd, ſchyr, ze haiff ſpokyn weill, 
Bot contrar reſoune yat taill is euir ilk deill: 

Gyff zow be he yat band for hym and hys, 

May na man ſay bot he has wrocht amyſs, 

For pryncipaty he band with us ye trew, 5660 
And now agayne begynnys a malice new. 1 
Schyr, king, he ſaid, gyff ze think euir to mak 

On Scotland wer, on hand now zow ſall tak, 

Quhill he is out, or ellis it helpis nocht. 

As Wodſtok faid, ye haill conſaill has wrocht; 565 
Power yai rayſſit on Scotland for to ry d, 

Be land and ſe yai wald na langar byd. 

Vair land oſt yai rayit weill in deid; 

Yair wantgard tuk ye hardy Erle to leid 

Off Gloſyſtir, yat off wer had gret feill 3 , 570 
Off Longcaſtell ye Duk demanyt weill 

Te mydillward; on to ye ſe yai ſend 

Sehyr Jhone Sewart, yat weill ye north land kend. 
Ye Knycht Wallang befor ye oft in raid, | 

In fic a way with ewyll Scotts men he maid, $575 
Mony caſtells he gert ſone zoldin be 

Till Ingliſmen, withoutyn mar melle. 

Or ye beſt wyſt, yat it was wer in playn, 

Schyr Jhon Sewart, yat com in be ye ſe, 

Santt Jhonſtoune ſone gat be a jeperte. 589. 
Punde yai tuk, and put Scottſmen to dede z | 
In Fyff fra yaim was nocht kepyt a ſted ; 

And all ye ſouth, fra Cheuyot to ye ſe; 

Into ye weſt yar mycht na ſuccour be; 


Ye worthi Lord, yat ſuld baiff gouernyt yis, 


Hook ix. J LIE or WALLACE. | 123 
God had hym tayn, we trow in leftand blifs ; 
Hys ſon Waltir, yat bot a child yan was, 

Trew men hym tvk, and couth in Arrane paſs. 

Adam Wallace yan wyſt off no ſupple, 

Til Rawchle went, and Lindſay off Cragge; 3596 

Gud Robert Boid maid no reſidens; 

For haiſty deſait, yat tuk yaĩm to defens. . 

Schyr Jhon ye Grayme in Dundaff mycht not byd,. 

Succour he ſocht into ye foreſt off Cid. {Fs 2a 

Ye Knycht Sewart, a ſchirreff maid in Fyff | 59g 

Schyr Amer Brim, and gaiff for term off lyff, 

Ye lands haill yat Wallang aucht betor. 

Richard Lundy had gret dreid off yair ſchoyr; 

He likyt nocht for to cum to yair peſs, 

For yis in Fyff yai wald nocht lat hym ceſs; 600 

To paſs our Tay as yan it mycht nocht be, | 

For Ingliſmen fo rewllyt yat cuntre. . 

Out off ye land he ſtaw away be nycht;. 

Auchtand with hym yat worthi war and wycht;- 

And als hys ſone, yat was off tendyr eild, - 605- 

Bot eftir ſone he couth weill wapynnys weild. 

At Stirlyng Bryg, quharat ye wach was ſet, 

Yar paſſyt he away withoutyn let. 

In Dundaff mur Schyr hon ye Grayme he focht; 

A woman tald as yan befor has wrocht ; 610 
| And till a ſtrenth he drew hym on ye morn. : 
Laynrik was tayn with zong Thomas off Thorn, 

Sa Lundy yar mycht mak na langar ramayn, - 

Be ſouth Tynto lugis yai maid in playn. 

uy _ ye Grayme gat wyt-yat he was yar, 615 
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126 LIFE OF WALLACE,  FROOK IM. 
Till hym he paſt withoutyn wordis mar. 

Wallang gart bryng fra Carlele cariage, 
To ſtuff Bothwell with wyn and gud warnage.. 
Lundy and Grayme gat wytt off yat awaill, 

-  Rycht ſudanly yai maid yaim till afſaill;' _ 620 

PFyftye yai war off nobill chewalry, 5 
Agayn four ſcor off Inglis cumpany. 

Ane Skelton yan kepyt ye cariage, 
A brankſtewat yat was hys heretage. 
Lundy and Grayme met with ye ſquier wycht, 625. 

Feill Ingliſmen to dede derfly yai dycht. 

Sexte was ſlayn apon ye toyir fid, 
And fyffe off Scotts, ſo bauldly yai abid: 

Gret gud yai wan, bathe gold and oyir ger, 
Wittayll and horſs yat hapnyt in yat wer. 630 
Sen yai haiff ſeyn weill lang yai mycht not left. 
On to yat land, yarfor yai thocht it beſt, 
To ſeik ſum place, in ſtrenth yat yai mycht bid,. 
For Sothroune men had plenyſt on ilk ſid. 
Lundies luge yai left apon a nycht, 635 
In ye Lennox ye way yai paſſyt rycht 
Till Erle Malcom, yat kepyt yat contre 
Fra Ingliſmen, with help off yair ſupple 
Cetoun and Lyll into ye baſs yai baid; 

For Sothroune folk ſo gret maſtryſs had maid, 640 
Yat all ye ſouth was tayn into yar hand. | 
And Hew ye Hay was fend into Ingland, i 

And oyir ayrs to preſoune at yair will. 
To northland lordis ſaw no help cum yaim till, 
A ſquier Guthre amang yaim ordand yai, 645 
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To warn Wallace in all ye haiſt he may. 

Out off Arbroth he paſſyt to ye ſe. 

And at ye ſlus ſone takyn land had he; 

In Flandrys land no reſidens he maid, os BUR 

In France he paſt, bot Wallace weyll abaid 65 

On hys purpoſs in Gyan at ye wer, | 

On Sothroune men he had doyn mekill der. | 

Quhill gud Guthre had gottyn hys preſens, 

He haiſtyt hym, ſone and maid no refidens 

He has hym tald, with Scotland how it ſtud. 6585 

Yan Wallace ſaid, yi tithyngs ar nocht gud, . 

I had exampill off tym yat is by worn, 

Trewys not to bynd with yaim yat was maynſuorn : 

Bot I as yan couth nocht think on fic thing, 

Becauſs yat we tuk. yis peſs with yair King. 660 

Be yair Chanſlar ye toyir peſs was bun, 

And yat full fair our forfadris has fun; 

Undyr yat trew auctand ſcor yai gert de, 

At noblis war, ye beſt in our cuntre. 

To ye gret God my wow now her I mak, 665 

Peſs with ye King I thing neuir for to tak, 

He fall repent, yat yai yis wer began. 

Yus mowit he, with mony ryoll man, 

On to ye King, and tald hym hys entent. 

Till lat hym paſs ye King wald nocht conſent, 670 

Quhill yar maid promyſs be hys hand, | 

Gyff euir agayn he thocht to leyff Scotland, 

To cum till hym ; hys gret ſeyll he hym gaiff 

Off quhat Lordſchip yat he likyt to haiff. 

Yus at ye King haiſty leyff tuk he. 675 
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Na ma with hym he brocht off yat cuntre, 

Bot hys awin men, and Schyr Thomas ye Knycht. 
In Flawndrys land yai paſt with all yair mycht. 
Guthreis barge was at ye ſtus left ſtyll, 
To ſe yai went with a full egyr wyll. 68 
Bath Forth and Tay yai left and paſſit by BE 
On ye north coſt, Guthre was yair gy. 
In Munroſs hawyn yai brocht hym to ye land, 
Till trew Scotts it was a blyth tithand. 

Schyr Jhon Ramſay, yat worthi was and wycht, 685- 
Fra Ochtyrhouſs ye way he cheſyt rytht, 

To meite Wallace with men off armes ſtrang; 

Off hys duellyng yat had thocht wondyr lang. 
Ye trew Ruwan come als withoutyn baid, _ 
In Barnan wode he had hys lugyng maid. 690 
Barkla be yat to Wallace ſemblyt faſt, 5 
With thre hundreth to Ochtyr-honfs he paſt. 

Le letrir day off Auguſt felt yis cace, 

For ye reſkew, yus ordanyt wycht Wallace, 

Off Santt Jhonſtoune yat Sothroune occupyit; 695 
Faſt towart Tay yai paſſit and aſpyit, : 
Out off ye toun, as Scottfmen till hym faid, 

Or it was day undyr Kinnowl] yaim laid, 
Lat ſerwandys oyfyt with carts hay to leid, 
So was it ſuth, and hapnyt into deiddʒj 700 
Sax ſum yar com, and brocht bot carts thre. 

Quhen yai off hay was ladand moſt byſſe, 
Guthre with ten in handys has yaim tayn, 
Put yaim to dede, off yaim he fawyt nayn. 
Wallace gart tak in haiſt yar himeſt weid, - 70 F 


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And fic lik men yai waillyt with gud ſpeid; 
Four war rycht rud, Wallace hymſelff tuk ane, 

A ruſſyt clok, and with hym gud Ruwane, 
Guthrie, with yat and als gud zemen twa, 
In yat ilk ſoit yai graithit yaim to ga. 710 
Full ſutelly yai coueryt yaim.with hay, 
Syne to ye toun yai went ye gayneſt way. 
Fyfteyn yai tuk off men in armes wycht, 
In ilk cart fyffe yai ordanyt out off ſycht ; 
Vir cartars had ſchort ſuerds, off gud ſteill, 713 
Undyr yair weids, callyt furth ye carts weill. 
Schyr Jhon Ramſay baid with a buſchement ſtill 
Quhen myſtir war to help yaim with gud will. 
Yir trew cartars paſt withoutyn lett, 
Atour ye bryg, and entryt throw ye zet; 720 
Quhen yai war in, yair clokis keſt yaim fra, 
Gud Wallace yan ye mayſtir portar can ta. 
Apon he hed, quhill ded he has hym left, 
Syne oyir twa ye lyff fra yaim has reft. 
Guthrie, be yat, did rycht weill in ye toun, 723 
And Ruwan als dang off yai famen doun. 
Ye armyt men, was in. ye carts brocht, 
Raiſs up and weill yair dewory has wrocht ;. 
Apon. ye gait yai gert feill Sothroune de. 
Ye Ramſais ſpy has ſeyn get entre. 730 
Ye buſchement brak, bath bryg and port has won, 
Into ye toun gret ſtryff yar was begon. 
Yai twentye men, or Ramſay come in playn, 
Within ye toun had ſexty Sothroune ſlayn. 
Ye Ingliſmen on, till aray was gayn, 7886 


13⁰ xxx OF WALLACE. * [800K IX, 
Ye Scotts as yan layſer lett yaim get nayn; 

Fra gud Ramſay with hys men entryt in, 

| Yai ſawit nayn was born off Inglis kyn. 

Als Longaweill, ye wycht Knycht Schyr Thomas, 
Prowyt weill yan and in, mony oyir place; 740 
Agayn hys dynt few Ingliſmen mycht ſtand, 
Wallace with hym gret faith and kyndnes fand. 

Ye Sothroune part ſaw weill ye toun was tynt, 
Freſchly yai ferd, as fyr dois out off flynt. 

- Sum fled, ſum fell into draw/dykis deip, 145 
Sum to ye kyrk, yair lyffs giff yai mycht keip ; 

Sum fled to Tay, and in ſmall weſchell zeid, 

Sum derfly deit and drownyt in yat fteid. 

Schyr Jhon Sewart at ye weft port outpaſt, 

Till Meffen wod he ſped hym wondyr faſt. - 750 
A hundreth men ye kyrk tuk for ſuccour, — 
Bot Wallace wald no Grace grant in ꝓat hour. 

He ſlay bad all off cruell Sothroune keyn; 

And ſaid yai had to Santt Ihonſtoune enymyſs beyn. 
Four hundreth men into ye toun war dede, 755 
Sewyn ſcor with lyff chapyt out off yat ſted. 

Wyffs and barnys yai maid yaim fre to ga, 

With Wallace wyll he wall ſla nayn off ya. 

Ryches yai fand, yat Ingliſmen had brocht new, 

Syne plenyſt ye toun with worthi Scotts trew. 760 
Schyr Jhon Sewart left Meffen foreſt ſtrang, | 
Went to ye Gafk with feyll Sothroune amang; 

And ſyne in Fyf, qubar Wallang ſcherriff was, 

Send carrours fone out throuch ye land to paſs, - 
6d gadryt men a. ſtalwart cumpany 7656 


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Till Ardargan he drew yaim priwaly, 
Ordand yaim in bargan reddy boun ; 

Agayn he thocht to ſailze Santt Jhonſtoun, 
Quhar Wallace lay, and wald na langar reſt, 
Rewllyt ye toun as yat hym lykit beſt, 770 
Schyr Jhon Ramſay gret Captane ordand he, 
Ruwan ſchirreff, at ane accord for to be. 

Yis charge he gaiff, gyff men yaim warnyng maid. 
To cum till hym withoutyn mor abaid ; 5 
And ſo yai did, quhen tithings was yaim brocht. 775 
With a hundreth Wallace furth fra yaim ſocht. 
To Fyff he paſt, to weſy yat cuntre, 

Bot wrang warnyt off Ingliſman was he. 

Schyr Jhon Sewart, quhen yai war paſſyt by, 
Fra he Ochell he ſped hym haiſtely; . 780 | 
Upon Wallace folowit in all hys mycht, 

In Abyrnethy tuk lugyng yat fyrſt nycht. 

Apon ye morn, with fyfeteyn hundreth men, 

Till Blak Irnſyde hys gydys couth yaim ken; 

Yar Wallace was, and mycht na meſſage ſend- . 98x 
Till Santt Jhoneſtoune, till mak yis jornay kend 3 
For Ingliſmen, yat full ſuttell has beyn, | 
Gart wachis walk, yat nayn mycht paſs betweyn. 
Yan Wallace faid, yis mater payis nocht me. 

He cald till hym ye ſquier gud Guthre, 790 
And beſet als, yat knew full weill ye land. 

And aft at yaim quhat deid was beſt on hand, . 
Meſſage to mak, our power for to get, 183 
With Sothroune ſone we fall be undirſet z _ | 
And wykkyt Scotts, yat knawis yis forreſt beſt, - 797 


132 | LIFE OE WALLACE, [BOOK ix. 
Yai ar ye cauſs yat we may haiff no reſt; | 
I dred fer mar Wallang, yat is yair gyd, 


Yan all ye laiff yat cummys on yat ſyd. 


Yan Guthre ſaid, mycht we get ane or tway, 

To Santt Jhonſtoune it war ye gayneſt way, 800 
And warn Ramſay, we wald get ſuccour ſone: 
Ourſuth it is, it cannot now be don: 

Rycht weyll 1 wait weſchell is lewyt nayn, 

Fra ye Wode hawyn, to ye ferry cald Aran. 

Yan Wallace ſaid, ye wattir cald it is, Bog 
Myſelff can ſwym, I trow, and ſall na myſs; 

Bot currourſs oyſs yat gaynys nocht for me, 

And I leyff zow her, zet had J leuir de: 

Throw Godds Grace we fall bettir eſchew, 

Ye ſtrenth is ſtark, als we haiff men enew; | 810 
In Elchoch park, bot fourty yar war we, 1 
For ſewyn hundreth, and gert feill Sothroune de; 
And chapyt weill in mony unlikly place, 75 


So ſall we her throw help off Goddis Grace: 


Quhill men may faſt, yir wodds we may hald till; 
For yi, ilk man be off trew hardy will, | 

And at we do ſo nobill into deid, 

Off us be found no lak eftir to reid: 

Ye rycht is ours, we ſuld mor ardent be, 

I-think to freith yis land, or ellis de. 820 
Hys waillyt ſpech, with witt and hardyment, 

Maid all ye layff ſo cruell of entent, 


-Sum baid tak feild, and gyff battaill in playn. 


Wallace ſaid, nay, yi wordis ar in wayn, 
We will nocht leyff yat may be our wantage, 825 


BOOK ix. ] LIFE: OF WALLACE. 133 
Ve wode till us is worth a zers wage. 

Off hewyn temyr in haiſt he gert yaim tak, 

Syllys off ayk, and a ſtark barres mak, 

At a foyr frount, faſt-in ye foreſt ſyd, 

A full gret ſtrenth, quhar yai purpoſt to byd, 3830 
Stellyt yaim faſt till treis yat growand was, 

Vat yai mycht weyll in fra ye barres paſs, 

And ſo weill graithit, on ayir ſyd about, 

Syn com agayn, quhen yai ſaw yaim in dout. 

Be yat ye ſtrenth arayit was at rycht, "+ The 
Ye Inglis oft approchit to yair ſycht. 

Yan Sewart com, yat way for till haiff wend, 

As yai war wount, ſa hys gydis yai kend. 

At yat entre yai thocht to haiff paſſage, - 

Bot ſone yai fand yat maid yaim gret ſtoppage. $40 
A thouſand he led off men in armes ſtrang, 

With fyffe hundreth he gert Jhon Wallang gang 
Without ye wode, yat nane ſuld paſs yaim fra. 
Wallace with hym had fourty archars thra, 
Ye ayf was ſpers, full nobill in a neid, 845 
On yair enymyſs yai bykkyr with gud ſpeid. 

A cruell cuntyr was at ye barres ſeyn. 

Ye Scotts Defens ſo ſekyr was and keyn, 

Sothroune ſtud aw to enter yaim amang; 

Feill to ye ground yai ourthrew in yat thrang. $59 
A rowm was left, quhar part in frount mycht fayr, 
Quha entryt in, agayn zeid neuir mayr. 

Fourty yai ſlew, yat formaſt wald haiff paſt. 

All difarayit ye oft was, and agaſt z 

And part off horſs throw ſchot to dede was brocht, 
Vol. II. M Brak 


134 ' LIFE OF WALLACE, | [BOOK IX. 
Brak to a playn, ye Sothroune fra yaim ſocht. 

Ye Sewart ſaid, allace, how yis be, 

And do no harm, our gret rabut haiff we; 

He tald Wallang, and aſkyt hys cunſaill, 

Schyrreff yow art, quhat may be our awaill? 860 
Bot few yai ar yat makis yis gret debait. 

Jhon Wallang ſaid, yis is ye beſt I wait, 

To ceſs hereoff, and remayn her beſyd, 

For yai may nocht lang in yis foreſt byd 

For fawt off fud, yai mon in ye contre $65 
Yan war mar tyme on yaim to mak _ : 

Or yai be won be fors, into yis ſtryff 

Feill at ze leid fall erar loſs ye lyff. 

Yan Sewart ſaid, yis reid I will nocht tak, 

And Scotts be warnyt, reſkew ſone will yai mak; 870 
Off yis diſpyt amendys I think to haiff, 

Or de yarfor in nowmyr with ye laiff; 

In till a rang myſelff on fut will fayr. 

Aucht hundreth he tuk off liklyaſt yat was var; 

Syne bad ye layff bid at ye barres till + > * B42 
With Jhon Wallang, to rewll yaim at hys will. 
Wallang, he ſaid, be forthwart in yis cace, 

In fic a ſwar we couth nocht get Wallace, 

Tak hym or fla; I promeſs ze be my lyff, 2 
Vat King Edwarde ſall mak yow Erle öff Fyff; 880 
At 2zon eſt part we think to enter in, 

I bid no mar, mycht ze yis barreſs wyn * 

Fra yai be cloſyt graithly amang us fa, - 

Bot merwill be yai fall na ferrar ga; 

Aſſailze ſayr, quhen ze witt we cum ner, 885 


300K IX. Tir OF Wwe. 135 
On ayir ſyd we ſall hald yaim on ſter. | 
Yus ſemblyt yai apon ane awfull wyſs. 
Wallace has ſeyn quhat was yair haill dewyſs. 
Gud men, he ſaid, undirſtud ze yis deid, | 
Forſuth yai ar rycht mekill for to dreid; 890 
Zon Sewart is a nobill worthi Knycht, 5 
Forthwart in wer, rycht worthi, wyſs and wycht ; 
Hys aſſailze he ordannys wondyr ſayr "7 
Us for to harm, no mannys wit can do mar; .. - 
Pleſand it is to ſe a Chyftayne ga 895 
So Chyftanlik, it ſuld recomfort ma 
Till hys awn men, and yai off worſchip be, 
Yan for to ſe ten thouſand cowarts fle : 
Sen we ar ſtad with enymyſs on ilk fyd, 
And her on fors mon in yis foreſt byd, goo 
Yan fray ye fyrſt, for Godds ſaik, cruellye. | 
Crawfurd he left, and Longaweill ye Knycht, 
Fourty with yaim, to kepe ye barres wycht ; 
With hym ſexte off worthi men in weid, | 
To meit Sewart with hardy will yai zeid. gog 
A maner dyk into yat wode was maid, | 
Off Thuortour ryſs, quhar bauldly yai abaid ; 
A downwart ye Sothroune to yaim had. 
Sone ſemblyt yai with ſtrakis ſar and ſad : | 
Scharp ſperys faft duſchand on ayir ſyd, 910 
Throw byrnys brycht maid woundys deip and wid. 
Vis wantage was, ye Scotts yaim dantyt ſwa, 
Nayn Ingliſmen durſt fra hys feris ga, 
To brek aray, or formaſt entyr in. | 
Off Cryſtin blud to ſe it was gret fin, : 915 
. . For 


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136 LIFE or WALLACE. / Tmnoor 1x. 
For wrangwyſs cauſs, and has beyn mony day. 
Feyll Ingliſmen in ye dyk deid yai lay. 
Speris full ſone all into ſplyndrys ſprang, 
With ſcharp ſuerdys yai hew in yat thrang ; 
Blud byrſtyt out throw fyn harnes off maill. 920 
Jhon Wallang als full ſcharply can Aſſail! 
Apon Crawfurd, and ye Knycht Longaweill, 
At yar power kepyt ye barres weill, | 
Maid gud defens, be wyt, manheid and mycht, 
At ye entre feill men to.dede yai dycht. 925 
Vus all at anys aſſailzeit in yat place, 
Nayn yat was yar durſt turn fra ye barrace 
To help Wallace, nor nayn off hys durſt paſs 
To reſkew yaim ſo feyll ye fechtyng was; 
At ayir ward handelyt yaim full hat, 4 930 
Bot do or de na ſuccour ellis yai wayt. 
Wallace was ſtad into yat ſtalwart ſtour, 
Guthre, beſat, with men off gret walour, 
Rychard Wallace, yat worthi was off hand. 
Sewart merwellyt, yat contrar yaim wrecks ſtand, 935 
Yat euyr ſa few mycht byd in battaill place, 
Agaynys yaim, metyng face for face ; 
He thocht hymſelff to end yat mater weill, 
Faſt preſſyt in with a gud ſuerd off ſteill, 
Into ye dyk a Scottiman gert he de. 940 
Wallace yaroff in hart had gret pyte ; | 3 5 
Amendis till haiff he folowyt on hym faſt, 
But Ingliſmen ſa thik betwex yaim paſt, 
Vat apon hym a ſtrak get mycht he nocht, 
Oyir worthys derfly to dede he brocht. 9243 
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BOOK ix. ] LIFE OF 'WALLACE. 137 

Sloppys yai maid throw all ye chewalry, | g 
Ye worthi Scotts yai wrocht ſa worthely. 

Fan Sothroune ſa off yair gud men ſad reſt, 

Langar to byd yai thocht it nocht ye beſt. 8 
Four ſcor was ſlayn, or yai wald leiff yat ſteid, 95e 
And fyftye als was at ye barrace deid.  - 

A trumpet blew, and fra ye wode yai draw; 

Wallang left off, yat fycht fra yat he ſaw. 

To ſailze mar yaim thocht it was na ſpeid, 

Without ye wode to cunſaill ſone yai zeid. 955 

Ye worthi Scotts till reſt yaim was full fayn, - 

Feill hurts had, bot few off yaim was ſlayn. 

Wallace yaim bad off all gud comfort be, 

Thankyt be God, ye fayrer part haiff we 

Zon Knycht Sewart has at gret jornay beyn, 966 

Sa ſair aſſay I haiff bot ſeildyn ſeyn, Wy. 

I had leuir off Wallang wrokyn be, 

Yan ony man yat is off zon menzhe. 

Ye Scotts all on to ye barreſs zeid, SI 

Stanchit wounds, yat couth full braithly bleid. 964 

Part Scotts men had bled full mekill blud, | 

For fawt off drynk, and-als wantyng off fud, 

Sum feblyt faſt yat had feill hurts yar. 

Wallace yarfor fichit with hart full far. 

A hat he hynt, to get wattir is gayn, 970 

Oyir refut as yan he wyſt off nayn; 

A litill ſtrand he fand, yat ryn hym by, 

Off cler wattir, he brocht haboundandly, 

And drank hymſelff, ſyn ſaid, with ſobyr mud, 
Ye wyn off France me thocht not half ſo gud. 97g 
N - Mz Yan. 


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138 LIFE OF WALLACE: [BOOK ix. : 
Yan off ye Cay thre quartars was went. 5 
Schyr Jhon Sewart has caſtyn in hys entent, 

To ſailze mar as yan he couth nocht preiff, 

Quhill on ye morn yat mar men couth raleiff, 

And kep yaim in, quhill yai, for hungyr fors 980 
Cum in hys will, or ellis de yarfor. H 
Wallang, he ſaid, I charge you for to byd, 

And kep yaim in, I will to Coupar ryd; 

You fall remayn, with fyffe hundreth at yi will, 

And I ye morn fall com with power ye till. 985 
Jhon Wallang faid, yis charge I forſaik, 
Eftir yis day all nycht I may nocht waik ; 

For, traſts weyll, yai will iſche to ye playn, 

Vocht ze byd, or ellis de in ye payn. 

Sewart bad bym byd, undyr ye blaym, 990 
I ye cummaund on gud King Edwards naym. 

Or yar to God a wow I mak beforn, 

And yai brek out, to hyng yow heych to morn. 
Off yat cummaund Jhon Wallang had gret dreid ; 
Sewart went fra yaim with nyne ſcor into deid 995 
Next hand ye wode, and hys gud men off Fyff, 

Yat with hym baid in all term off yair lyff. 

Wallace drew ner, hys tyme quhen yat he ſaw, 

To ye wode ſyd, and couth on Wallang caw, 

Zon Knycht to morn, has hecht to hyng ye 1 1000 
Cum in till us, I fall yi warrand be, 

In contrar hym, and all King Edwards mycht, 

Tak we hym quyk, I fall hym hyng on hycht; 

And gud Lordſchip I fall gyff yow hereft 

In yis ilk land, yat yi brodyr has left. 1005 
20 Ee Wallang 


BOOK ix. LIFE or WALLACE. 139 

Wallang was wyſs, full ſone can underſtand, 

Be lyklynes Wallace ſuld wyn ye land, 

And bettir hym war into ye rycht to byd, 

Yan be in wer apon ye Sothroune ſyd. 

With ſchort wyſment to Wallace in yai focht. 1010 

Yan Sewart cryt, and ſaid, yat beis for nocht, 

And fals off kynd yow art in heretage, 

Edwarde on ye has waryt ewill gret wage 

Her I fall byd, my purpofs to fulfill, 

Oyir to de, or haiff ye at my will. 1015 

For all hys ſpech to paſs he wald nocht ſpar; 

With full glaid hart Wallace reſawit yaim yar. 

Be yat, Ruwan and Ramſay off renoun, 

Be a trew Scott, yat paſt to Santt Jhonſtoun, 

Yaim warnyng maid, yat Sewart folowit faſt 1026 

Apon Wallace yan war yai far agaſt; 

Out off ye toun yai uſchyt with all yair mycht, 

With thre hundreth, yat worthi war and wycht ; 

To Blak Irnſide aſſemblyt in yat place, 

As Wallang was gane into gud. Wallace. 102 

Ye Knycht Sewart has weill yair cummyng ſeyn, 

A fayr playn feild he cheſyt yaim betweyn. 

Elewyn hundreth and four ſcor yan had he; 

Ye Scottſmen war ſex hundreth and ſexte. 

Yai war bot few, a playn feild for to tak. 12030 

Out off ye wode gud Wallace can yaim mak ; 

He wyſt nathing off yaim yat cummyng was, 

Mar hardyment was fra ye ſtrenth to paſs: 

Bot quhan yai hard Ruwan and Ramſay cry, 

Of Ochtyrhouſs blyth was yat chewalry 10395 
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140 LIFE OF WALLACE. [00x 12. 
Mycht yai off gold-haiff brocht a kings rent, | 
To gud Wallace mycht nocht ſo weill content. 
Yan till aray yai zeid on ayir ſyd, | | 
In cruel! ire, in battaill bown to byd. bY 
Worthear men yan Sewart ſemblyt yar, oo 
In all hys tym, Edwarde had neuir mar. | 

Bot Sewart ſaw hys nowmyr was fer ma, 

Hys power ſone he gert dewyd in twa - 

To fecht at anys, 'rycht Knycht lik he yaim kend, 

In yat jornay oyir to wyn or end. 67 ro 
Ye worthi Scotts ruſchyt on yaim in gret ire, 
With cruell ſtrakis, yat flamyt fers as fyr. - 

Wallace and hys, als Sothroune yat was yar, 

Fell ſpers had, for feyll fechtand and ſar | 
Into ye wode at ſailze all ye day: - 2060 
Bot new cummyn men weill waillit ſpers had ya; 
Into ye ſtour yai gert feill Sothroune de, 2 
Yair cruell deid gret marwell was to ſe. 

Yai worthi Scotts, yat fyrſt amang yaim baid, | 
Full gret ſlauchtir on Ingliſmen yai maid ; tos 
Into ye wode befor had prowit weyll, | 
Yan on ye playn yai fenzeit nocht adeill 

In curage grew, as yai war new begon, 

Schort reſt yai had fra ryſſyng off ye ſon. 

Be yat gud Ramſay, and with hym gud Ruwan, 1060 
Throuchout ye thikkeſt off ye preſs is gan; 

Sloppis yai maid throw out ye Ingliſmen, 
Diſſeuyryt yaim be twenty and by ten. 3 
| Quhen ſpers war gayn, with ſuerdis off metall cler, 
Till Ingliſmen yar cummyng was ſauld full der. 1065 
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BOOK 11.1 LIFE OF WALLACE. 
Wallace and hys, be worthines off hand, 
Feyll Sothroune blud gart lye apon ye land. 


Ye twa feildys togyddyr relyt yan 
Schyr Jhon Sewart, with mony nobill man. 


141 


To help yair lord, with thre hundreth in place 1070 


About hym ftud, and did yair befines, 
Defendand hym, with mony awfull dynt, 
Quhill all ye owtwart off ye feild was tynt. 
Off comowns part into ye foreſt fled 
Succour to ſek, yair men had yaim fa led. 
Ye Scotts has ſeyn ſo mony in a rout 102 
With Sewart ſtand, na warrand yaim about, 
Apon all ſyd aſſailziet wondyr ſayr ; 
Throw polyt platts with poynts perſyt yair. 
Ye Sothroune made defens full cruelly, - 


All occupyit was yis gud chewalry. 


1075 


1080 


Schyr Jhon Ramſay wald yai had zoldyn beyn. 


Wallace ſaid, nay, it is all wrang ye meyn, 
Ranſoun to mak we can nocht now begyn, 
On fic awyſs yis land we may not wyn | 
Zon knycht off lang our ald enemy has beyn, 
Sa fell till us off yaim J haiff nocht ſeyn: 
Now he fall de, with help off Goddis Grace, 
He com to pay hys ranſoun in yis place. 

Ye Sothroune wyſt all playnly for to de, 
Reſkew was'nayn, ſuppos at yai wald file, 
Freſchlye yai faucht as yai entryt new, 

Apon our ſyd part worthi men yai flew. 


.. 


Yan Sewart ſaid, allace, throw wrangwis thing 1095 


Our lywys we loſs, throw deſyr off our King. 


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142 ILIE OF WALLACE. - [BOOK . 
Le felloune Knycht dowted hys dede rycht nocht, 
Amang ye Scotts full manfully he wrocht, 

Beſat he ftraik to dede withoutyn mar. | 
Wallace preft in, with hys ſuerd burnyſt bar, 

At Sewart als he etlyt in gret ire, - _ 1100 
Throw peſſanis ſtuff in ſondyr ſtrak ye ſwyr; 
Dede to ye ground he duſchyt for all hys mycht, 
Off Wallace hand yus endyt yus gud Knycht. 

Ye ramaynand without mercy yai fla, 


For gud beſat ye Scotts war wondyr wa. 1105 


In handis ſum yai ſtraik without remeid, 

Na Sothroune paſt with lyff out off yat ſted. 
Yan to ye wode, for yaim yat left ye feild, 
A rang ſet, yus yai may get na beild. 


Zeid nayn away was contrar our punzoun. 1110 


Gud Ruwan paſt agayn to Santt Jhonſtoun. 

Schyr Jhone Ramſay to Cowper Caſtill raid, 

Vat houſs he tuk, for defens nane was maid. 
Wallace Crawfurd, and with yaim gud Guthrie, 


Rychard Wallace had lang beyn in melle, Th 


And Longaweill into Lundors baid ſtill, 

Faſtyt yai had to lang agayn yair will. 

Wallang yai maid yair ſtwart for to be, 

Off meit and drink yai fand aboundanle. | 
Ye priour fled, and durſt na reknyng byd, 1120 
He was befor apon ye toyir ſyd. ZE 
Apon ye morn to Santt Androwis yai paſt, 

Out off ye toun yat byſchop turnyt faſt. 

Ye King off Ingland had hym yiddyr fad, 4. 
Ye rent at will he gaiff hym in commend, 1125 


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BOOK ix. J LIFE OF WALLACE | 143 
Hys Kings charge as yan he durſt nocht hald, | 
A wrangwys Pape yat tyrand mycht be cald z 

Few fled with hym, and gat away be ſe, 

For all Scotland he wald nocht Wallace ſe. 

As yan off hym he maid bot lycht record, 1130 
Gert reſtor hym yat yar was rychtwyls lord. 
Ye worthi Knycht, yat into Coupar lay, 

Gart ſpulze it apon ye ſecund day; 

Syne ordand men, at ye cummaund off Wallace, 

Bot mar proceſs, for to caſt doun yat place. 1135 
Mynours ſone yai gert preſs throw ye wall, 

Syne pounceounis fyryt, and to ye ground keft all. 
Schyr Jhon Ramſay ſyne to ye kyrk can fayr, 
Sothroune was fled, and left but wallis bayr; 

Eftir Sewart yai durſt nocht tary lang. 1140 
Ye Scotts at large throw all Fyff yai rang. \ 
Off Ingliſmen nayn left in yat cuntre, 

Bot in Lochlewyn yar lay a cumpane, 
Apon yat Inch, in a ſmall houſs yai dycht, 
Caſtell was nayn, bot wallyt with wattir wycht. 1145 jd 
Beſyd carraill yai Temblyt Wallace beforn, | 
Hys purpoſs was for till aſſay Kyngorn. 

A Knycht hecht Gray yan Captane in it was, 
Be ſchort awyſs purpos he tuk to pas, | Wat 
Erar he wald byd chalans off hys King, 11560 
Yan with Wallace to rakyn for fic a thing. | 
Yat houſs yai tuk, and littill tary maid. 
Apon ye morn, withoutyn mair abaid, 
Atour ye mur, quhar yai a tryſt had ſet, 7 4 
Ner Scotlands well yair lugyng tuk bot . e 5 gs. 


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144 LIFE OF WALLACE, [BOOK ix. 

Eftir ſoupar Wallace baid yaim ga reſt, | 

Myſelff will walk, me think it may be beft. 

As he cummandyt, but grathing yai haiff don. 

Into yair flep Wallace hym graithit ſon, 

Paſt to Lochlewyn as it was ner mydnycht, 1160 

Auchtand with hym, yat he had warnyt rycht; 

Vir men wend weill he com to weſy it. 

Falows, he ſaid, I do yow weill to wyt, 

Conſidyr weill yis place, and undirſtand, 

Lat it may do full gret ſcaith to Scotland, 1163 

Out off ye ſouth and power com yaim till, 

Yai may tak in, and kepe it at yair awne will; 

Apon zon Inch rycht mony mar may be, _ 

And ſyne uſche out, yair tym quhen at yai ſe. 

To byd lang her we may nocht apon chanss 1170 

Zon folk has fud, traiſt weyll, at ſufficians ; | 

Wattir fra yaim forſuth can nocht be ſet, 

Sum oyir wyill us worthis for to get; 

The fall remayn her at yis port all ſtill, a 

And I myſelff ye boit fall bryng yow till. 1175 

Yarwith in haiſt hys weid off caſts he, 

Apon zon ſyd na wachman can I ſe, | 

Held on bys fark, and tuk hys ſuerd ſo gud - 

Band on hys nek, and ſyne lap in ye flud, 

And our he ſwam, for lattyng fand he nocht. 1180 

Ve boit he tuk, and till hys men it brocht z 

Arayit hym weill, and wald na langar byd, 

Bot paſſit in, rowit to ye toyir ſyd. 

Ve Inch yai tuk with ſuerds drawyn in hand, 

And ſparyt nayn yat yai befor yaim fand, 1185 
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BOOK ix. ] LIFE of WALLACE. 145 

Strak durs up, ſtekyt quhar yai lay, : 

Apon ye Sothroune yus ſadly ſemblyt yai. 

Threty yai flew, yat was in yat ſamyn place, | 

To mak defens ye Ingliſmen had no ſpace. 

Yair wemen fyffe Wallace ſend off yat ſtede, ' 1190 

Woman nor barn he gert neuir put to dede. = 

Ye gud yai tuk, as it had beyn yair awyn, 

Yan Wallace ſaid, fallowis, I mak zow knawyn, 

Ve purwyance, yat is within yis wanys, 

We will nocht tyne, gert ſembyll all at anys, 1195 

Gar warn Ramſay, and our gud men ilk an, 

I will remayn quhill yis warn ftor began; 

Send furth a man yair horſs for to keip, 

Drew up ye boit, ſyne beddys tuk to ſleip. | 

Wallace power, quhilk Scotland well ner lay, 1200 

Befor ye ſon yai myſſyt hym away. | 

Sum menyng maid, and merwellyt off yat cace. 

Ramſay bad ceſs, and murn nocht for WO 

It is for gud yat he is fra us went, | 

It fall ze ſe, traiſt weill, in werrament; 1205 

My hed to wed Lochlewyn he paſt to ſe, 

Bot yat is yar no Ingliſmen knaw we, 

In all yis land, betwix yir wattris left, 

Tithands off hym ze fall ſe ſon hereft. | 

As yai about was talkand on yis wyſs, 1210 

A meſſage com, and chargyt yaim to ryſs. 1 

My Lord, he ſaid, to dyner has zow cald 

Into Lochlewyn, quhilk is a ryoll hald, 

Ze ſall fayr weyll, yarfor put off all ſorow. 

Lai graithit vaim rycht ayrly on ye RO I215 
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And yidder paſt, off Wallace will to wytt; 
Yus ſemblyt yai in a full blyth falowſchip. 
Yai lugyt yar till aucht dayis was at end, 
Off meit and drynk yai had inewch to ſpend; 
Turſſyt furth ger, yat Sothroune had brocht yar 1220 
Gert byrn ye boit, till Santt Jhonſtoune yai fair. 
Byſchope Synclar, yat worthi was and wyſs, 
Till Wallace com, and tauld hym hys awyſs; 
Yus he defyryt Wallace ſuld with hym ryd, 
And in Dunkell ſojourn yat wyntyr tyd. 1225 
Bot he ſaid, nay, yat hald I nocht ye beſt, 
And Scotland yus, in peſs we can nocht reſt. : 
Ye Byſchop ſaid, playnly ze may nocht wend, 
Into ye north for men I red zow ſend. 
I grant, quoth he, and cheiffit a meſſynger. 1230 
Ye worthi Jop was with ye Byſchop yar, 
And mayſtir Blair Wallace com bot baid, 
With yat gud Lord yat nobill cher yaim maid. 
Wallace ſend Blair, in hys preiſts weid, 
To warn ye weſt, quhar freyndys had gret dreid 1235 
How yai ſuld paſs, or to gud Wallace wyn, 
For Ingliſmen, yai held yaim lang in twyn. 

Adam Wallace, and Lindſay yat was wycht, 
| Rawchle yai left, and left away be nycht, 
Throw out ye land to ye Lennox yai cayr, 1240 
Till Erle Malcom, yat welcumyt yaim full fayr. 
Maiſter Jhon Blair was blyth off yat ſemble, 
Gud Grayme was yar, and Richard off Lunde, 
Als Robert Boid, yat out off But yaim ſocht ; 
Had yai Wallace off no thing ellis yai rocht; 1243 


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Bot Ingliſmen betwix yaim was ſa ſtrang, 8 

Vat yai in playn mycht not weill to hym gang. ©] 

Jop paſt north, for leiching wald nocht let, ' 

Gret power yar as yan le couth nocht get; = 

Ye Lord Cumyng, yat Erle off Bouchane was,. 1250 

For auld Inwy he wald na man paſs 

Vat he mycht let, in gud Wallace ſupple, 

For Erle Patrik a playn feild kepyt.he. 

Zet pur men com, and prowyt all yair mycht 

To help Wallace, in fens off Scotlands rycht. 1255: 

Ye gud Randell in tendyr age was kend, 

Part off men out off Murray he did fend: 

Jop paſt agayn, and com in preſens ſone 

Befor Wallace, and tald quhow he had don; 

Bot Mayſtyr Blair ſa gud tithyngs hym brocht, 1260 

Lat off Cumyng Wallace full litill roucht 

Als Ingliſmen had yan full littill dreid, 

Fra Fyff was tynt ye war yai trowit to ſped. 

Ye Duk and Erle, yat in Scotland yaim led, | 

Captanys yai maid, in Ingland ſyn yaim ſped. 12653 

Wallace hym bownyt, quhen he thocht tym ſuld be, 

Off Santt Jhonſtoune, and with hym tuk fyfte. 

Stewyn off Irland, and Kerle yat was wycht, 

For Ingliſmen yai had haldyn ye hycht 

In wachman lyff, and fendyt yaim rycht weyll, 1270 

Till gud Wallace yai war as trew as ſteyll, 

To folow hym ye twa thocht neuyr lang. 

Throw out ye Ochell yai maid yaim for to gang, 

Off mar power he taryt nocht yat tyd, 

To keip ye land he gert ye layff abydz. 1275 
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To Styrlyng Bryg as yan he wald not paſs, 
For ſtrang power off Ingliſmen yar was. 
Till Erth ferry yai paſſit prewaly, 
And buſchit yaim in a dern ſted yarby. ; 
A eruell Captayne in Erth duelt yar, 1280 
In Ingland born, and hecht Thomylyn off Wayr. 
A hundreth men was at hys ledyng ſtill, 

To bruk yat land yai did power and will. 
A Scotts fyſchar, quhilk yai had tayn beforn, 
Contrar hys will gert hym be to yaim ſuorn, 13285 
In ye ſeruice yai held hym day and nycht. 
Befor ye ſon Wallace gert Jop hym dycht, 
And ſend hym forth ye paſſage for to ſpy; 

On yat fyſchar he hapnyt ſodandly, 
All hym allayn, bot a boy yat was yar; 9725 1290 
Jop hynt hym ſone, and for na dreid wald ſpar, 

Be ye collar, and out a knyff hynt he. 

For Godds ſaik yis man aſkyt merce. 

Jop ſperyt ſone, off quhat natioun art yow? 
A Scott, he ſaid, bot Sothroune gart me bow 1293 
In yair ſeruice, agayn my will full ſayr, 
Bot for my lyff yat 1 ramaynyt yair; 

To ſek fyſche I com on yis north ſyd, 
Be ze a Scott, I wald fayn with yow byd. a 
Van he hym brocht in preſens to Wallace. 1300 
Ye Scotts was blyth quhen yai haiff ſeyn yis cace, 
For with hys bait yai mycht weill paſſage haive ; 
For fery craft na fraucht he thocht to craive. 
Apon yat ſyd langar yai taryed nocht, 
Till ye ſouth land with glaid harts yai ſocht; 130g 
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Syne brak ye bait, quhen yai war landyt yair, 
Seruice off it Sothroune mycht haiff na mayr. 
Yan throuch ye moſs yai paſſit full gud ſpeid 
Till ye Torwode, yis man with yaim yai leid. 


Ye wedow yar brocht tithands to Wallace, 1310.; 


Off hys trew Eyme yat duelt at Dunypace, . 

Thomlyn off Wayr in preſoun had hym ſet, . 

For mar treſour na he befor mycht get. 

Wallace ſaid, deym, he fall weill lowſyt be, 

Be none to morn, or ma yarfor fall de. 1315 

Sche gat yaim meit, and in quiet yai baid 

Quhill yai was rycht, ſyne redy ſone yaim maid, 
Towart Arthall rycht ſodeynly yaim drew. 

A frrenth yar was, yat weyll ye fyſchar knew, 

Off draw dykis, and full off wattir wan, 1320 

Wyſly yaroff has warnyt yaim yis man. 

On ye bak ſyd he led yaim prewale, 

Fra ye wattir as wont to cum was he, 

Our a ſmall bryg. Gud Wallace entryt in 

Into ye hall, hymſelff thocht to begyn; 1323 

Fra ye ſowper as yai war bown to ryſs, 

He ſaluſt yaim apon ane awfull wyts ; - 

Hys men hym folowit ſodanly at anys, 

Haiſty ſorow was raſſyt in yai wanys ; - 


With ſcherand ſuerds ſcharply about yaim dang, 1330 


Feill on ye flur was fellyt yaim amang. 

With Thomlyn Wayr Wallace hymſelff has met, . 

A felloune ſtraik ſadly apon hym ſet, 

Throch hede and ſwyr all throuch ye coſt hym claiff; ; 
Ye worthy. Scotts faſt ſtekyt off ye laiff, I335: 


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To chaip away ye Sothroune had no mycht. 
Sum wyndowys ſocht for till haiff brokyn out, 

Bot all for nocht, full fey was maid yat rout. 


About ye fyr bruſchyt ye blud ſo red, 4 1340 


A hundreth men was ſlayn into yat ſted. 

Yan Wallace ſocht quhar hys uncle ſuld be; 

In a dyrk cawe he was ſet dulfulle, 

Quhar wattir ſtud, and he in yrnyſs ſtrang. 

Wallace full ſone ye braſſis up he dang; 1345 
Off yat myrk holl brocht hym with ſtrenth and lyſt, 
Bot noyis he hard, off no thing ellis he wyſt; 

So blyth befor in warld he had nocht beyn, 

As yar, with ſycht quhen he had Wallace ſeyn. 


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In dykys owt ye dede bodyis yai keſt, 1350 


Graithyt ye place as at yaim lykyt beſt, - 
Maid ſtill gud cher, and wyſs wachis gert ſet, . 
Quhill ner ye day yai ſlepe withoutyn let; 
Quhen yai had lycht ſpulziet ye place in hy, 


Fand gayn and ger, bathe gold and jowelry; 1355 


Our all yat day in quiet held yai ſtill; 
Quhat Sothroune come, yai reſawit with gud will, 
In yat laubour ye Scotts was full vayn, | 
Ingliſmen com, bot nayn zetd owt agayn. | 
Women and barnys put in priſouns caive, 1360 
So yai mycht mak no warnyng to ye laive; 
Stewyn off Irland, and Kerle, yat war hycht, 
Kepyt ye port apon ye ſecund nycht. 
Befor ye day ye worthi Scotts rayſs, e 
Turſſit gud ger, and to ye Torwod gayſs, _ 1365 
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Remaynyt yar quhill nycht was cummyn on hand, 
Syne bownyt yaim in quiet throuch ye land. 

Ye wedowis ſone, fra vai had paſſit dout, 

A ſerwand ſend, and leit ye wemen out, {PIE 
To paſs fra Arth, quhar at yaim lykyt beſt.. 1370 
Now ſpek off yaim yat went into ye weſt. 

Wallace hymfelff was ſekyr gyd yat nycht, 

Till Dunbertane ye way he cheſyt rycht, 

Or it was day, for yan ye nycht was lang, : 
On to ye toun full priwaly yai gang; 1375 
Mekill off it Ingliſmen occapyit. | | 
Gud Wallace ſone throw a dyrk gyrth hym hyit, 
And till a houſs, quhar he was wont to ken, 

A wedow duelt was frendfull till our men; 

Abowne hyr bed, on ye bakſyd, was maid 1380 
A dern wyndow, was ngyir lang nor braid, 

Yar Wallace cauld, and ſone fra ſche hym knew, 

In haiſt ſche raiſs, and prewaly yaim in drew 

Till a cloſs bern, quhar yai mycht kepyt be; : 
Baith meit and drynk ſche brocht in gret plente. 1385 
A gudly gyft to Wallace als ſche gaiff, 

A hundreth pound, and mar, atour ye laiff. 

Nyne ſonnys ſche had was lykly men and wycht, 
Ane ayth till hym ſche gart yaim ſuer full rycht; 

In peſs yai duelt, in trubyll yat had beyn, 1390 
And trewbuit payit till Inglis Captaynes keyn. 

Schir Jhon Menteth ye caftell had in hand, 

Bot ſum men ſaid, yat was a priwat band 

To Sothroune maid, be menys off yat Knycht, 

In yar ſupple to be in all hys mycht; 1395 
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Yaroff as now I will na proceſs mak. 

Wallace yat day a ſchort purpoſs can tak 

Quhen it was nycht he bad ye wedow paſs, 

Merk all ye durs quhar Sothroune duelland was; 

Syne eftir yis he and hys chewalry 1400 

Graithit yaim weill, and wappynys tuk on hy, 

Went on ye gayt, quhen Sotheroune was on ſlep. 

A gret oyſtre our Scotts tuk to kep. 

Ane Inglis Captane was fittand up ſo lait, 

Quhill he and hys with drynk was maid full mait. 1406 

Nyne men was yar, now ſet in hie curage, 

Sum wald haiff had gud Wallace in vat rage, 

Sum wald haiff bound Schyr Jhone ye Grame throuch 
ſtrenth, | 

Sum wald haiff had Boid at ye ſuerds lenth, 

Sum wyſt Lundy, yat chapyt was Fyff, „ eee 

Sum wychter was na Cetoun into ſtryff, | 

Quhen Wallace hard ye Sothroune mak fic dyn, 

He gart all byd, and hym allayn went in; ' 

Ye layff remaynyt to her off yir tithans. | 

He ſaluſt yaim with ſturdy contenans. 1415 

Falowis, he ſaid, ſen I com laſt fra haym, 

In trawaill I was our land and uncouth fame, 

Fra ſouth Ireland I com in yis cuntre, | 

Ye conqueſt off Scotland for to ſe ; | 

Part off your drynk, or ſum gud I wald haiff. 1420 

Ye Captayne a ſchrewd anſuer hym gaiff, 

Yow ſemys a Scott, unlikly us to ſpy, #® 

Yow may be ane off Wallace cumpany ; 

Contrar our King he is ryſſyn agane, 


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Ve land off Fyff he has rademyt in plane; 1425 
Zow ſall her byd quhill we wyt quhow it be, 

Be yow off hys, zow fall be hyngyt hye. 

Wallace yan thocht it was na tyme to ſtand, 

Hys nobill ſuerd he gryppyt ſone in hand, 
Awkwart ye face drew yat Captane in teyn, 1430 
Straik all away yat ſtud abowne hys/eyn ; 3 
Ane oyir braithly in ye breyſt he bar, 

Baith brawn and bayn ye burly blaid throch ſchar. 
Ye layff ruſchyt up to Wallace in gret ire, 

Ye thryd he feld full ferſly in ye fyr. 1435 
Stewyn off Irland, and Kerle, in yat thrang, 

Kepyt na charge, bot entryt yaim amang, 

And oyir ma yat to ye dur can preſs, 

Quhill yai hym ſaw yar coud na thing yaim cefs. 

Ye Sothroune men full fone was brocht to ded. 1440 
Ye blyth Hoſtelar bad yaim gud ayle and breid. 
Wallace ſaid, nay, till we baiff layſar mar, 

To be our gyd yow fall befor us fayr, 

And begyn fyr quhar at ye Sothroune lyis. 

Ye Hoſtelar ſone, apon a haſty wyſs, | 1445 
Hynt fyr in hand, and till a gret houſs zeid, 

Quhar Ingliſmen war in full mekill dreid ; 

For yai wyſt nocht quhill yat ye rud low raiſs, 

As wood beſts amang ye fyr yaim gaes, | 
With panyis fell ruſchyt full ſorowfully. I450 
Ye layff without off our gud chewalry, 

At ilka houſs, quhar ye Hoſtillar began, 

Kepyt ye durs, fra yaim chapyt na man, 

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Gate nayn away yat was off Ingland born, 1455 
Bot oyir brynt, or but reſkew was ſlayn, 
And ſum throuch fors drywyn in ye fyr agayn. 
Part Scotts folk in ſeruice yaim-amang, 
Fra ony payn frely yai leit yaim gang. 
Thre hundreth men was to Dimbertan ſend, 1460 N 
| To kep ye land, as yair lords yaim kend, 4 : 
Skaithleſs off yaim for ay was yis regioun. | 
Wallace or day maid hym out off ye toun, 
On to ye Coyff off Dimbartane yai zeid, 
And all yat day ſoiornyt out off dreid, 1465 
Bathe meit and drynk ye Hoſtillar gert be brocht. 
Quhen nycht was cummyn, in all ye haiſt yai mocht, 
Towart Roſſneth full erneſtfully yai gang, 
For Ingliſmen was in yat caſtell ſtrang. 
On ye Garlouth yai purpoſt yaim to bid, 1470 
Betwix ye kyrk, yat ner was yar beſyd, | 
And to ye caſtell full priwaly yai draw, 
Undyr a bray yai buſchyt yaim rycht law, 
Lang ye wattir, quhar comoun oyſs had yai, 
Ye caſtellis ſtuff on to ye kyrk ilk day. y 1475 
A mariage als yat day was to begyn, 
All uſchyt owt, and left nayn within. 
At fens mycht mak, bot ſcherwandis in yat place 
Yus to yat tryſt yai paſſit upon cace. 3 302 
Wallace and hys drew yaim full priwaly 1480 
Ner hand ye place; quhen yai war paſſit by, 
Within ye hauld, and thocht to kep yat ſteid 
Fra Sothroune men, or ellis yarfor be deid. 
Compleit was maid ye mariage into playn, 


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On to Roſſneth yai raturnyt agayn 3 1485 
Four ſcor and ma was in yat cumpany, | 
Bot nocht arayit as was our chewalry 

To ye caſtell yai weynd to paſs, hut let. 

Ye worthy Scotts ſa hardly on yaim ſet, | 
Fourtye at anys derfly to ground yai bar; 1490 
Ye ramaynand affrayit was ſa ſar, 

Langar in feild yai had no mycht to byd, 

Bot ferſly fled fra yaim on ayir ſyd. 

Ye Scotts yar has weill ye entre woun,. 

And flew ye laiff yat in yat houſs was ſoun; 1493 
Syne on ye flears folowed wondyr faſt, 

Na Ingliſman yar fra yaim with lyff at paſt. 

Ye wemen ſone yai ſeſyt into hand, 

Kepyt yaim cloſs, for warnyng off ye land. | 
Ye dede bodyis all out off ſycht yai keſt, 1500 
Yan at gud eſs yai maid yaim for to reſt; 

Off purweance ſewyn dayis yai lugit yar 

At rud coſts, to ſpend yai wald nocht ſpar 

Quhat Sothroune com, yai tuk all glaidly in, 

Bot owt agayn yai leit nane off yat kynz 130; 
Quha tithands ſend to ye Captayne off yat ſteid, 

Yair ſcherwitours ye Scotts put to ded, 

Spulziet ye place, and left na gud yar, 

Brak wallis doun, and maid yat byggyng bar. 

Quhen yai had ſpilt off ſtayne werk at yai mocht, 
Syne kendyllit fyr, and fra Roſneth yai ſocht. 

Quhen yai had brynt all trework in yat place, 
Wallace gert freith ye wemen, off hys grace, 

To do yaim harm neuir hys purpoſs was. 


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Van to Faſlan ye worthi Scotts can paſs, 1313 
Quhar Erle Malcom was bydand at defence, 
Rycht glaid he was off Wallace gud preſence z 


Yan he fand yar a nobill cumpany, 


Schyr Jhon ye Grame, and Richard off Lundy, 
Adam Wallace, yat worthi was and wyſs, 2520 
erkla and Boid, with men mekill to pryſs. 
t Criſtenmeſs yar Wallace ſotornyt ſtill ; 
Off hys modyr tithands war brocht hym til, ; 
Lat tym befor ſche had left Elriſle, . 
For Ingliſmen in it ſche durſt nocht be; 1525 
Fra ynce dyſgyſyt ſche paſt in pilgrame weid, 
Sum gyrth to ſek to Dunfermlyn ſche zeid; 


Seknes hyr had ſo ſocht into yat ſted, 


Deceſt ſche was, God tuk hyr ſpreit to leid. 
Quhen Wallace hard at yat tithands war trew, 15 30 


Low ſadneſs ſo in ilka ſid can perſew; 


In thank he tuk, becauſs it was naturaill, 


He lowyt God with ſekyr hart and haill; 


Bettyr hym thocht, yat it was hapnyt ſa, 

Na Sothroune ſuld hyr put till oyir wa. 1535 
He ordand Jop, and als ye mayſtir Blayr, | 
Yiddyr to paſs, and for no coſts ſpayr, 

Bot honour do ye corp till ſepulcur. 

At hys commaund yai ſcheruit ilka hour, 


Doand yarto as dede aſkis till haive, 1540 


With worſchip wax ye corp graithit in graive. 
Agayn yai turnyt, and ſchawit hym off hyr end. 
He thankyt God quhat Grace yat euir he ſend ; 
He ſeis ye warld ſa full off fantaſie, | 

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Confort he tak, and leit all murnyng bez 1545 
Hys maiſt deſyr was for to freith Scotland, 
Now will I tell quhat new caſs com on hand. _ 
Schyr Wilzham lang off Douglacedaill was Lord ; 
Off hys fyrſt wyff, as rycht was to record. | 
Deceſt or yan, out off yis warldly cayr, 1550 
Twa ſonnys he had with hyr, yat leyffat yar, 
Quhilk likly war, and abill in curage, 
To ſculle was ſend into yair tendre age; 
Jamys and Hew, ſo bycht yir brethyr twa, 1 
And eftir ſone yair uncle couth y aim ta, 1353 
Gud Robert Keth had yaim fra Glaſkow toun, _ 
Atour ye ſe in France he maid yaim boun ; 
At ſtudy ſyne he left yaun into Parys, 
With a maiſtyr yat worthi was and wyſs. 
Ye King Edwarde tuk yair fadyr ye Knycht, 25 60 
And held hym yar, yocht he was neuir ſo wycht, 
Till hym he had afſentyt till hys will; 
A mariage als yai'gert ordand yaim till, 
Ye Lady ferſs, off power and hie blud, | 
Bot yaroff com till hys lyff litill gud. 1᷑835 63 
Twa ſonnys he gat on yis Lady but mar. 
With Edwardes will he tuk hys leyff to far. 
In Scotland com, and broucht hys wyff on peſa, 
In Dowglas duelt, forſuth yis is no leſs. | 
King Edwarde trowit yat he had ſtedfaſt beyn, 1576 
Faſt to yair faith z bot ye contrar was ſeyn, 
Ay Scotts blud remaynyt into Douglace, 
Agayn Ingland he prowyt in mony place. 
Ye Sawchar was a Caſtell fayr and ſtrang, 
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Ane Inglis Captayne, yat dyd feyll Scotts wrang, 
Intill it duelt, and Bewffurd he was cauld, 

Vat held all wayſt fra ynce to Douglace hald, 

Rycht ner off kyn was Douglace wyff and he, 

Yarfor he trowit in peſs off hym to be. 
Schyr Wilzam ſaw at Wallace raiſs agayn, 1580 
And rycht likly to freith Scotland off payn;̃ 
Till help hym part intill hys mind he keſt, 

For in yat lyff rycht lang he coud nocht leſt; 

He thocht na charge to brek upon Ingland, 

It was throuch force yat euir he maid yaim band. 

A zong man yan, yat hardy was and bauld, | 

Born to hymſelff, and Thom Dycſon was cauld, 

Der freynd, he ſaid, I wald preiff at my mycht, 

And mak a fray to fals Bewfurd ye Knycht, 

In Sawchar duellys, and dois full gret outrage. 1590 
Yan Dycſon ſaid, myſelff in yat wiage 

Sall with yow paſs, with Anderſon to ſpek, 

Cuſyng to me, freyndſchip he will nocht brek ; 

For yat ilk man yair wode ledys yaim till, 

Throch help off hym purpoſs ze may fulfill. 1595 
Schyr Wilzham yan, in all ye haiſt he mycht, 2 
Threty trew men in yis wiage he dycht ; 

And tauld hys wyff till Dumfreſs he wald fayr, 

A tryſt, he ſaid, off Ingland he had yair. 

| Yus paſſyt he quhar yat na Sothroune wyſt, 1600 
With yir threty throw waiſt land at hys lyſt; 
Quhill nycht was cummyn he buſchit yaim full law 
In a clewch ner till ye wattyr off Craw. 
Te ye Sawchar Dycſon allayn he ſend, 


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BOOK Ix. _ LIFE OF WALLACE: 159 
And he ſone maid with Anderſon yis end, 1603 
Dicſon ſuld tak bathe hys horſs and hys weid, 
Be it was day, a drawcht off wode to leid. 
Agayn he paſt, and tauld ye gud Douglace, 
Quhilk drew hym ſone intill a priway place. | 
Anderſon tauld quhat ſtuff yat was yarin 1616 
Till Jhon Dyeſon, yat was ner off hys kyn, 

Fourty yai ar off men off mekill waill, 

Be yai on fute yai will zow far aſſaill; 

Gyff yow hapnys ye entre for to get, 

On yi rycht hand a ſtalwart ax is ſet, 1615 
Yarwith zow may defend ze in a thrang, 
Be Douglace wyſs he byds nocht fra yow lang. 
Anderſon zeid to ye buſchement in hy, 

Ner ye caſtell he drew yaim priwaly 

Intill a ſchaw, (Sothroune myſtrayſtit nocht) 1620 
To ye next wode, with Dyeſon, ſyn he ſocht, 
Graithit hym a draucht, on a breid ſlip and law, 
Changyt a horſs, and to ye houſs can caw; 

Arayit he was in Anderſonnis weid, 

And bad hym haiff in. Ye portar com gud ſpeid, 
Yis hour, he ſaid, yow mycht haive been away, 
Untymys you art, for it is ſcantly day. 

Ye zet zeid up, Dicſon gat in but mar, 

A thourtour baude, yat all ye drawcht up bar, 

He cuttyt it, to ground ye ſlyp can ga, 1630 
Cumryt ze zet, ſtekyng yai mycht not ma; 

Ye portar ſone he hynt into yat ſtryff, 

Twyſs throuch ye hede he ſtekyt hym with a knyff. 
Ye ax he gat, yat Anderſom off ſpak, 

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A bekyn maid, yarwith ye buſchment brak. 1633 
Douglace hymſelff was formaſt in yat preſs, 2 
In our ye wode entryt, or yai wald ceſs. 

Thre wachmen fa, off wallis was cummyn new, 
Within ye cloſs ye Scotts ſone yaim flew. | | 
Or ony ſery was raiſſit in yat ſtour, 2646 
Douglace had tane ze zet off ye gret tour, LE 
Rane up a grete, quhar at ye Captayne lay. 

On fut he gat, and wald haiff beyn away 

Our lait it was; Douglace ſtrak up ye dur, | 
Bewfurd he fand into ye chawmyr flur, I645 
With a ſtyff ſuerd to dede he has hym dycht ; 

Hys men folowit, yat worthy was and wycht. 

Ye men yai flew, yat was into yair wanys, 

Syne in ye cloſs yai ſemblyt all at anys. 

Ye houſs yai tuk, and Sothroune put to ded, 1650 
Gat nane, bot ane, with lyff out off yat ſted, * 
For yat ze zett ſa lang unſtekyt was. 

Vis ſpy he fled, till Durſder can paſs, 

Tald yat Captayne, yat yai had hapnyt fa; 
Another he gert into ye Enoch ga, 1656 
In Tybris mur was warnyt off yis cafs, 

And Lowchmaban all ſemblyt to yat place; 

Ye cuntre raiſs, quhen yai herd off fic thing, 

To ſege Douglace, and hecht yai ſuld hym hyng. 
Quhen Douglace wyſt na wayis fra yaim to chaip, 
To failze hym he trowit yai wald yaim ſchaip, 
Dycſon he ſend apon a curſour wycht 

To warn Wallace, in all ye haiſt he mycht. 
Off Lewyn-houſs Wallace had tayn in playn, 


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With thre hundreth gud men off mekill mayn; 2665 
Kynſyth a Caſtell, he thocht to weſy it, ; 
Ane Rawynſvaill held, bot trew men leit hym wytt, 
Vat he was owt yat tym off Cummyrnauld, 

Lord Cumyn duelt on tribut in yat hauld. 

Quhen Wallace wyſt, he gert Erle Malcom ly 1676 
With twa hundreth in a buſchment ner by, | 
To kepe ye houſs, yat nayn to it ſuld fayr ;: 

He tuk ye laiff, and in ye wode ner yar 

A ſcurrour he ſet, to warn quhen he ſaw . 

Sone Rawynſdaill com, off yaim he had na thocht. 
Quhen he was cumyn ye twa buſchments betweyn. 
Ye ſcurrour warnd ye cruell men and keyn; | 
Yan Wallace brak, and folowit on yaim faſt. 

Ye Sothroune fled, for yai war far agaſt. 

Rawynſdaill had yan bot fyfſte men, 168 
Amang ye Scotts yair deids was litill to ken. 
Quhen Erle Malcom had bard yaim fra ye place, 

Na Sothroune zeid with lyff yat yai did grace. 

Part Lennox men yai left ye horſs to ta, 

On ſpulzeyng yan yai wald na tary ma. 1685; 
To ſege ye houſs yan Wallace couth not byd, 
Throuchout ye land in awfull feyr yai ryd. 

Yan Lithquow toun yai brynt into yair gayt, 

Quhar Sothroune duelt, yai maid yair byggyngs hayt 
Ye peyll yai tuk, and ſlew yat was yarin, 1690 
Off Sothroune blud, ye Scotts thocht na ſyn. 
Syne on ye morn brynt Dawketh in a gleid, 
Van till a ſtrenth in Newbottyll wode yai zeid. 
Be yat Lawdir, and Cryſtall off Cetoun, 

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| Com fra ye baſs, and brynt Northallertoun 695 
For Ingliſmen ſuld yar na ſuccour get; 3 
Quha yai ourtuk, yai flew withoutyn lett. 
To meit Wallace yai paſt with all yair mycht, 
A hundreth with yaim off men in armes brycht. 
A blyth metyng yat tym was yaim betweyn, ros 
Quhen Erle Malcom and Wallace has yaim ſeyn. 
Thom Dyeſon yan was met with gud Wallace, 
Quhilk grantyt fone to reſkew Douglace. 
Dycſon, he ſaid, wait yow yair multiple ? 
Thre thouſand men yair power mycht not be. 170 
Erle Malcom faid, though yai war thpulande fytte, 
Tor yis actioun methink yat we ſuld ftryff. 
Yan Hew ye Hay, yat duellyt undyr trewage 
Off Ingliſmen, ſone he gaiff our ye wage, 
| Mar for to pay as yan he likyt nocht, 1710 
With fyftye men with Wallace forth he ſocht z ' 
To Peblis paſt, bot na Sothroune yar baid, 
Yan at ye Croice a playn fcry yai maid ; 
Wallace commaund, quha wald cum to hys peſa, Hy 
And byd yarat, reward ſuld haiff but leſs. 1715 
Gud Ryuirfurd, yat euir trew has beyn, 
In Atryk wode, agayne ye Sothroune keyn, 
Bydyn he had, and don yaim mekill der, 
Saxte he led off nobill men in wer. 5 
Wallace welcummyt quha com in hys ſupple 1720 
With Lordly feyr, and Chyftan-lik was he. | 
Yaim till aray yai zeid without ye toun, 
Yair nowmyr was ſex hundreth off renoun, - 7 
In byrneis brycht, all men off mekill waill, TY 
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With glaid harts yai paſt in Clyddyſdaill;- 172g 
Ye ſege be yan was to ye Sawchar ſet, 
Sic tithands com, quhilk maid yarin a let. 

Quhen Sothroune hard yat Wallace was ſa ner, 
Throw haiſty fray ye oft was all on ſter; SE 
Na man was yar wald for ane oyir byd, © 1730 
Purpos yai tuk in Ingland for to ryd. £75 
Ye chyftane ſaid, ſen yair King had befor, 

Fra Wallace fled, ye cauſs was ye mor. 

Faſt ſouth yai went, to byd it was gret -waith. 
Douglace as yan was quyt off yair ſcaith. 1735 
In Crawfurd mur be yan was gud Wallace, | 
Quhen men hym tauld, yat Sothroune apon cace. 
Was fled away, and durft nocht hym abyd. 2 * 
Thre hundreth yan he cheſſyt with hym to ryd, 

In lycht harnes, and horſs at yai wald waill. 1740 
Ye Erle Malcom he bad byd with ye ſtaill, g 
To folow yaim, a bakgard for to be; 

To ſtuff a chace in all haiſt bownyt he, 

Throw Durſder he tuk ye gayneſt gayt, | 
Rycht fayn he wald off Sothroune mak debait. 2743 
Ye playneſt way abowne Mortoun yai hald, 

Kepand ye hycht, gyff yat ye Sothroune wald 

Houſs to perfew, or cum to Lochmaban, | 
Bot tent yarto ye Ingliſmen tuk nan; ey | 
Done neth yai held, graith gydys can yaim leyr, 1750 ö 
Abowne Cloſbarn Wallace approchyt ner. ; 
In ire he grew, quhen yai war in hys ſycht, = 
To yaim he ſped with wyll and all yair mycht. | 
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Sewyn ſcor at erd yai had ſone at a ſyd. 1755 
Ye Sothroune ſaw yat it was hapnyt ſa, 4 
Turnyt in agayn reſkew for to ma; 
Quhen yai trowit beſt agayn Scotland to ſtand, 
Erle Malcom com rycht ner at yair hand. 
Ye haill power tuk playn purpoſs to fle. 1760 
Quha was at erd Wallace gert lat yaim be, 8 
Apon ye formeſt folowit in all hys mycht. 
Ye Erle and hys apon ye laiff can lycht, 
Dyd all to dede unhorſyt was yat tyd; | 
Feill men was ſlayn apon ye Sothroune ſyd. 1765 
Fyffe hundreth large or yai paſt Dawſwintoun, 
On Sothroune ſyd to ded was brocht adoun. 
Ye Scotts horſs mony began to tyr, 
Suppos yaimſelff was cruell fers as fyr. | 
Ye flears left bathe wode and wattris haill, 1170: 
To tak ye playn yai thocht it maiſt awaill. | 
In gret battaill away full faſt yai raid, | 
Into ſtrenthis yai thocht to mak no baid. 
Ner Louchmaban and Lothyrmoſs yai went, 
Beſyd Throuchmaid, quhar feill Sothroune was ſchent:. 
Rycht mony horſs, yat rounyng had ſalary, | 
And trawaillit ſayr, yai mycht no furyir gang. 
Schyr Jhon ye Grayme upon hys fut was ſet, 
Yan Wallace als lychtyt withoutyn let. 
Yir twa on fute amang ye enemyſs zeid,. 1780: 
Was nayn, but horſs, mycht fra yaim throw ſpeid. 
On Ingliſmen ſo cruelly yai ſocht, 
Quhom yai ourtuk agayn harmyt us nocht. 
To Wallace com a part off power new, 

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BOOK ik. LIFE OF WALLACE, 165 . 

On reſtyt horſs, yat pertly'couth'perſewz 1783 

Adam Corrie, with gud men off gret wall, 

And Jhonſtone als, yat duelt in Hauffdaill ; 

And Kyrkpatrik was in yat cumpany, | 

And Halyday, quhilk ſemblyt fturdely : 

Quhar yai entryt, ye ſailzie was fo fayr, 1790 

Dede to ye ground feill frekis fone yai ber. 

Sewyn ſcor was haill off new cummyn men in deid, 

Ye ſouth party off yaim had mekill dreid. 

Wallace was horſſyt apon a curſour wycht, 

At gud Corre had broucht into yair ſycht, 1795 

To ſtuff ye chas with hys new chewalr y;; 

He commaundyt Grayme, and all hys men for Ys 

Togyddyr byd, and folow as yai mycht. 

Thre Captaynis yar full fone to dede he dycht. 

Lat reſtyt horſs ſa wondyr weill hym bar, 1800 

Quhom he ouirtuk agayne raiſs neuir mar; 

Raithly he raid, and maid full mony wound, 

Vir thre Captaynis he ſtikyt in yat ſtound, 

Off Durſdeyr, Eneth, and Tybyr-mur. : 

Lord Clyffurds Eyme away to Clyffurd fur, 1805 

Ye quhilk befor yat kepyt Lowchmaban z 

Na landyt man chaipyt with hym bot ane; 

For Maxwell als out off Carlauerok com, 

Ont o ye Sothroune ye gayneſt way is gon 3 3 

In to ye chaſs ſo wyſly yai rid, 1810 

Few gat away yat come apon yat fide. 

Beſyd Cokpull full feill fechtand yai fand, 

Sum drownyt was, ſum flayn apon ye ſand; 

Quha chapyt was in Ingland fled away. e 
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Wallace raturnd, na priſoner tuk yaiz 1815 
| In Carlauerok reſtyng yat nycht yai maid, ; 
Apon ye morn till Drumfres blythly raid ; 
Yar Wallace cryed, quha wald com till hys peſs, 
Agayne Sothroune, yar malice for to ceſs, 2 
Till trew Scotts he ordand waryſoun, 1820 

Quhar fawtyt had he granted remiſſioun. 
In Drumfres yan he wald na langar byd. 
Ye Sothroune fled off Scotland on ilk ſyd, 
Be ſey and land, without langar abaid, 
Off caſtellys, tounys, yan Wallace Chyftanys maid, 
Rewlyt ye land, and put it into reſt, 
With trew keparys, ye quhilk he traiſtyt beſt, 
Ye trew Douglace, yat I zow tald off ayr, 
Kepar was maid fra Drumlanryk till Ayr: 
Becauſs he had on Sothroune fic thing wrocht, 1830 
Hyſs wyff was wraith, bot it ſche ſchawit nocht, 
Undyr cowart hyr malice hyd perfyt, 
As a ſcherpent wats hyr tym to byt ; 
Till Douglace oft ſche wrocht full mekill cayr, | 
Off yat as now I leyff quhill foryirmar. 1835 
Bot Sothroune men durſt her no caſtell hald, 
Bot left Scotland, befor as I yo tald, 
Saiff ane Morton, a Captane fers and fell, 
Vat held Dunde. Yan Wallace wald not duell, 
Yiddyr he paſt, and lappyt it about. 1840 
Quhen Morton ſaw, yat he was in fic dout, 
He aſkyt leyff with yair lywys to ga. 
Wallace denyit, and ſaid, it beis nocht fa, 
Ye laft Captay ne off Ingland yat her was, 


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I gaiff hym leyff with hys men for to paſs; a 1845 
Yow fall forthink fic maiſtry for to mak, 
All Ingland fall off ye exemple tak ; 

Sic men fra hym now to haiff worn, | 

Yow fall be hangyt, ſuppoſs yi King had ſuorn. 

He gert cummaund na Scotts ſuld to yaim ſpek, 1850 
Conferme ye ſege, and ſo we fall us wrek 

On Ingliſmen, has fic will off Dunde 

Scrymeour he maid yar conſtable for to be. 

A Ballingar off Ingland, yat was yar, Y 
Pait out off Tay, and com to Whitbe far, 1855 
To London ſend, and tald off all yis cace, 

Till hyng Morton wow yt had Wallace. 

Befor yis tym Edwarde with power zeid 

To wer in France, for yan he had no dreid c 
Befor he trowyt Scotland ſuld be hys awn. 1860 
Quhen yai hym warnyt, quhowhys men wasourthrawn, 
Agayn he turnyt till Ingland haiftely, ER 
And left hys deid all fekyt into fy. 

Gaſcone he clemyt as into heretage, 

He left it yus, for all hys gret barnage 1865 
And Flanders als he thocht to tak on hand, 
And yir he left, and come to reyff Scotland. 

Quhen yat yis King in Ingland was cummyn hame, 
Sowmounds yai waid, and chargyt Bruce be nayme, 
And all oyir, yat leyffyt undir hys croun, 1870 
Byſchop, Barroun, to cum at yair ſummoun. 
Quhen Wallace twyſs, throw Grace, had fred Scotland, 
Vis tyran King tuk playnly apon hand, | 
For ſic deſyr, yat he mycht haiff no reſt, 


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In cowetyſs he had rongyng ſo lang, Ys 
Chyftanes he maid; yat yai ſuld nocht paſs wrang, 
Gyds yai cheſſyt, fra ſtrenthis yaim to ghy, 

Yai thocht no mor to byd at jeperty; . 

In playn battaill, and yai mycht Wallace wyn, 1880 
He trowyt off wer yai wald na mox begynz 
Lat I yis King makand hys ordinans, 

My purpols is to ſpek ſumthing off Frans. 
Ye Ingliſmen, yat Gyan held at wer, 8 
Till Franch folk yai did full mekill der. 1885 
Kyng and conſaill ſone in yair witts keſt, 

To get Wallace yai thocht it was ye beſt; 

For Gyan land ye Ingliſmen had yai; 

Yai ſchup yaim yus in all ye haiſt yai may: 
For yai traiſtyt, and Scotland war weill ſtad, 1890 
Wallace wald cum, as he yaim promyſt had. 

Te ſamyn herrald, befor in Scotland was, 

Yai hym cummaundyt, and ordand he ſuld paſs 
Into Scotland, without langar delay, | | 
Out off ye Slus, as gudly as he may. 1895 
Redy he was, in ſchip he went on cace, | 
In Tayis mowth ye hawyn but baid he has ; 

Quhar Wallace was yan at ye ſailzie ſtill, 

And he reſawyt ye harrold with gud will; 2 

Yar wryt he raid, and ſaid hym on yis wyſs, 1908 
Ane anſuer ſone he couth yaim nocht dewyſs. 
Till honeſt inn ye harrolds yan he ſend, 

On Wallace coft rycht boundandly to ſpend, 
Quhill tym he ſaw how oyir mattris zeid, 


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An anſuer he ſuld haive withoutyn dreid. 1905 
Ye wytt off France thocht Wallace to commend, 
Into Scotland, with yis harrold, yai ſend, 

Part off hys deid, and als ye diſcriptioune 

Off hym tane yar, be men off diſcretioune, 

Clerks, Knychts, and Harrolds, yat hym ſaw 3 1910 
Bot I hereoff can nocht reherſs yaim aw. 

Wallace ſtatur, off gretnes, and off hycht, 

Was jugyt yus, be diſcretioun off ſycht, 

Yat ſaw hym, bath diſſembill and in weid ; ; 
Nyne quarters large he was in lenth indeid ; 915 
Thryd part lenth in ſchuldrys braid was he, 

Rycht ſembly, ſtrang, and luſty for to ſe. 

Hys lymmys gret, with ſtalwart paiſs and ſound, 
Hys browis hard, hys armes gret and round 

Hys hand maid rycht lik till a pawmer, 1920 
Off manlik, with naleſs gret and cler; 

Proportionyt long and fayr was hys weſage, 

Rycht fad off ſpech, and abill in currage ; 

Braid breyſt and heych, with ſturdy crag and gret, 
Hys lyppys round, hys noyſs was ſquar and tret; 
Bowand brow haryt, on brows and breis . 

Cler off eyn, lik dyamonds brycht; 

Undyr ye chyn, on ye left ſyd, was ſeyn, 

Be hurt, a wain; hys colour was ſangweyn; 
Wounds he had in mony diuerſs place, 1930 
Bot fayr and weill kepyt was hys face. 

Off ryches he kepyt no propyr thing, 

Gaiff as he wan lyk Alexander ye King. 

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Quhar wer approchyt ye rycht Ector was he. 1935 

To Scottſmen a gret credence he gaiff, : 

Bot knawin enemyſs yai couth hym nocht . 

Vir properteys war knawin into Frans, 

Off hym to be off gud remembrans. 

Mayſtir Jhon Blair yat patron couth reſaiff; 10940 

In Wallace buk brewyt it with ye layff; 

Bot he heroff as yan tuk litill heid, 

Hys lauborous mynd was all on oyir deid. 

At Dunde ſege yus ernyſtfully yai lay; 

Fithands to hym Jop brocht on a day, 

Quhow Edwarde, King with likly men to waill, 

A hundyr thouſand, com for to aſſaill, 

Yan Scotland ground yai had apon cace. 

Into ſum part it grewyt gud Wallace. #| 

He maid Scrymiour till at ye houſs to ly, 1950 

With twa thouſand, and chargit hym for yi, 

Vat nayn ſuld chaip with lyff out off yat ſted, 

At Sothroune war bot do yaim all to ded. 

Scrymeour grantit rycht faithfully to byd 3- 

With awcht thouſand Wallace couth fra hym ryd 

To Santt Jhonſtoune, four dayis he graithyt hym yar, 
With ſad awyſs towart ye ſouth can fayr. | 

For King Edwarde yat tym ordand had t 

Ten thouſand haill to paſs, yat was full glad, 

With zong Wodſtok, a man off mekill mycht; 1690 

At Stirlyng Bryg he ordand. yaim full rycht, | 

And yar to byd, ye entre for to wer, | 

Off Wallace yan he trowit to haiff no der. 

Yair leyff yai laucht, and paſt, but delay, 


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Rycht far alyand, in a gud aray oo 
To Stirlyng com, and wald nocht lang abyd, 

To ſe ye north furth yan can he ryd, 

Sic new curage fo fell in hys entent, 2 

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ſuch as, 

at, for hat, yhn, for thine. O, for Qye: 
ye, for the, thee. C, is frequently uſed for 8; D, for 
th ; ff, for v; o, for Oo, u; n, w, for wv; 2, for y, &. 


»* £ % 
- 
% 
Sd 0 
ö 0 
, 
* — 
* 
o : 
* * 
— nai EIT OLA — 
— — wy 


JO IS Aw, owed, belongs to . 
A all, ah! Ayk, oak _ 

I Abowyn, above Ayle, Faile, the vulgar 
Adill, Atholl. B. 3. v. 620 name of a religious 8 


Agyt, aged | in 2. 

Allayne, alone | n 

Als, alſo, as B 

Amange, among Bai, „ abode, pv B. 

Alay, ally 9. v. 546; « Yar and 

Ane our nowne, one after- I baid;” viz. three 2 
noon 1 Aayed | 


Angell hede, angle head Bald, bold 
Annadyrdaill, Annandale Ballingar, a kind of hf, 
Aſpre, a/þer, ſharp, "Ive Balzoune, Baliol 


At, that Bandoune, bond, obligati= 
At he aw, that evhich be on 
owed | "x Bar, 3 naked 


Vor II. 7% P Barnage, 


GLOSSARY. 


Barnage, Barons, baronage 

Bargane, fight, contention 

Barrownys, Barons 

Barrat, hoſtile company 

Barrace, hounds 

Baſnet, helmet, head-piece 

Baſnat, helmet 

Bayne, bane, ready 

Bawk, baulk, roof 

Bayle, baleful 

Bears, anceftors 

Be, by 

Bellamy, ewvarlike man 

Beggar, Biggar 

Bertane, Britain 

Beſt, beaſt 

Bery-abbey, Bury-abbey 

Beſtials, engines for a fiege 

Bikker, haſty battle 

Biryneſs, burzal 

Bet, ſupplied 

Birneys, barns 

Blaw, a blow 

Blent, blinked, looked 

Bleſs, bleezes, b/aze, fame 

Boune, ready prepared 
Bowis, boughs 
Bowand, bowing 
Borche, to pledge, to? 
Bodword, meſſage 


Bouſtous, great, formidable 
Bownit, bownyt, avent, 
tended, made ready 
Boyd, B. 7. v. 250, read 
Byrd © | 


Bon, bane, hurt, death 


Brukyt, enjoyed 


Bradit, forced 


Braithlye, noiſy, bravely, 
valiantly 

Brokill, frail, doubtful 

Brachell, ,bratchell | 

Bertymit, periſbed 

Bot, but, avithout 

Bryg, bridge 

Bryme, brim, fierce 

Brygeane Cruk, Bridges 
end-Crook 

Bran, brain 

Botts, boats a 

Browis, brows 

Brewyt, brieved 

Brim, brother. B. . v. 596 

Brazars, bracelets, armour 
for the arms 

Buſkit, prepared 

Bute, advantage 

$yrd, board, table, plank 


e . B. 3. v. 3 


2 buſk, fruit Bub 
Burdeous, 


Burdeous, Bourdeaus , 
Burly, large, rough, full , 
But, Je of But 
Byrny, cor/let, hemlet 
Byrne, burn 
Byrnand, hot, burning 
Byrdyngs, burdens 
Byrneis, cor/elets 
C 

AIFF, Cave 

Cheſs, cheſe 
Child, boy, page 
Churl, frong man 
Chewyt, chevit, atchieved 
Ceſs, to ceaſe 
Cetown, Seaton 
Chapyt, eſcaped 
Caflies, cavillies, /ofs , 
Cornialis, chronicles 
Condet, conduct 
Corre, currie 


Conſchyrwyt, conſerved 


Couth, could 
Cowart, covert 
Conandly, cunningly 
Courche, tkerchief, linen 
dreſs for the head 
Conqueſs, conquęſt 
Cordyt, concorded 
Contre, country 


GLOSSARY. 


Cummerit, encumbered 


Down, Down Caſtle 


22 


Cornykle, chronicle 

Crummade, Cromarty 
Cragevyum, Cragunyn. B. 

7. V. 649 

Cuk, cok, centinel 
Crawis, crabs | 
Cunnel-bane, collar- bons 
Cur, cure 
Cultir-hoppis, Cultir-hope 


gh 
AIT, 
e „ dam, 3 
idle 
Dede, death - +l 
Der, injury 
Dewory, dewoir, duty = 
Dipplyne, Duplin near 
Perth i 
Dern, dark, 3 
Deſs, deſt, ſeat, table 
Deit, died 
Derfly, fronely. 
Douir, Dover 


Drychyn,dreiching, draw- 

ing, tarrying | 
Dreich, fowly, at a diſs 
tance 


Durplin, Duplin near Perth 
Dykis, 


4 1 
1 
— i 
1 
3 
1 
ww | 
3 


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Ye * 4 = 48 * is ED ates, 
SAI N * I 'Y WW ö , 1 ( e 
2 * e * Av 1 - . "_ 
or s * * 
F 2 » © 4 N ” % * * 
* * * 
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GLOSSARY. 


Dykis, #renches 
Dyrk, dark 
| E 
FFER, appearance 
Ellys, el/e 
Erewyn, Irvine 
Erſche, Iri/h 
Etlyt, aimed 
Eyme, wncle 
3 
3 fathers 


Fais, foes 
Familiar, of the ſame nati- 


on or kindred 
Fand, found © 
Far, fair 
Faſteing, a ſting or pole 
faſtened | 
Faſſoun, fafhion 
Fayis, foes 


Faw, fall 


Faggaldys, faggots 

Ferſe, B. 9. v. 1564, ſur- 
name of Lady Douglas 

4 Feill at ze leid ſall erar 

* loſs ye lyff.”” B. 7. v. 
868, viz. Many tbat you 

Lead, Gall earlier loſe 
the life 


Ferd, fourth | 


n / p 
N 
PICs? 9 
- 
* * 
J 
p 


Ferdely, freardly 

F EY» fe atal, unfortunate, un- 
happy | 

Fewtir, in ranks 

Feid, feud, hatred, quarrel 

Feill ſyſs, many times - 

Fewtir, elt, became 

Feryt, became ; 

Feld, field 

Feill, many 

Fevirzer, February 

Fellaſt, ferceſt 

Fellis, fails 

Flytting, removing 

Floryng, florins 

Flothis, Hos 

Forrown, forerun 

Foryours, forragers 

Forfychan, Torphichen , 

Forrag, forage, reconnoitre 

Forn, food *_ 

Foreſt Kirk, Selkirk 


Foſtyr, fofter, nouriſh 


Forſye, for force 
Fra, from- 

Truſtir us, fruſtrate 
Frekis, ſports, whims | 
Frekis, light folloavs 
Frawart, from, froward; 


fromavard 80 — 
Fr yſaill, 


_— 


F 


Fryſaill, Frazer, a ſurname 
Freich, to free 
Fygourt, figured 

Fyfe, foe | 

Fur, fare, make uſe . 


G 
* go 


Gadalos, Gadalis 
6 Gaddrys off ye gawdy 
fer,“ B. Ic. v. 342, in a 
former printed edition, 
Gadders of Gaudiſer 
Ganze, javelin, arrow” 
Gargownno, Gargunnock” 
Garraid, Gerard 
Garth, yard, incloſure 
Carmand, ganand, fit, pro- 
per % 
Gardoune, juriſdiction 
Gart, cauſed 
Ger, accoutrements 
Gert on, cauſed one 
Geyeler, Jaylor 
Gowlis, gules, red 
Glowis, gloves 
Glamrous, clamorous 
Greis, grey colour 
Grete, grate. B. 7. v. 67 
Gre, degree 
Grathis, clothes 


. Guana, Gyan, Guienne. 


 Haldyn, Holden, efteemed; 


P; 


GL OSSARY. 


Gyrth, ge rth, refuge 
Gyliand, Guilderland 


H 

| = hou OUNDANLE, a 

bundantly 
Haddyr, heat) 
Haile, auh, 
Haboundyt, abounded 
Halſe, throat, neck. 
Harn-pan, full. 
Hard, heard 
Harns, brains: 
Hathy ngtownz Haddington : 


Hals, throat, neck.  * 
He, high | 3 
Heith, 'bigh+ N J 
Heaſt, higheſt | | 
Her, heir. B. 7. v. 41 
Herbyage, — —. 
treat 
Her, Here 
Hewynnis, heavens 
Hecht, denominated- 
Hangyt, hanged. - 
Hint, t09k 
Ho, fop 


Howlat, owt ; 
Hoo, interruption 


Hyrg: 


« . 
—— et — . —— . 
— + * 


Hyr, heir 


- Hydwyſs, hideous, terrible 


Hynt, pulled, lifted. 
e 


| T* uſed for and, B. i. 


V. 112 


Imbaſſet, ambaſſador 


Inwey, enuy 
Innys, inn 


Inꝭlumyt, illuminate 


Joppis-bog,. B. 6. v. 705. 
Roppis-bog 


Jowell, jewel. 


a K 
* AMYSKYNETT, 
abbey of Cambus Ken- 
nei h 
Kerwyt, carved 
Keſt, caſt 


Kingace, Kincace 


. Kneland, ſurname of Cle- 


land 
Kyll, Kyle 
Kynrick, kingdom 
Kyth, Kythe, ſhewed, ap- 
peared, 
L 
1 „let, ſtop, hinder 
Lattyn, hindrance 


Lawit, low. B. 5. v. 156 


GLOSSAR V. 


Law, lo 2 

Lawte, humbleneſs * 

Ledys, Leeds 

Lemand, leme, gleam, 
ame N | 


Lekle, Leckie near Gar- 


gunnock, Stirling: birs 
Ledaill, Liddiſlal- 8 
Leryt, learned 
Leit, let 
Lewyng, living, /i lenance 
Levir, levar, rather 
Lewyſs, leaves of trees 


Leythand, fig hing 


Lewit, levit, allowed, grun- 
ted ; 


Lewyn-houſe, Lennox. Be 


. v. 823. 

Lieffe, live, leave 

Licaym, limbs, 

Longcaſtle, Lancaſter . 

Locklute, locked 1 

Longcaſchyr, Lancaſpbire 

Lorn, loft | 

Lund, London — 

Lugit, lodged 

Lundors, Lundores-abbey 

Luff-burd, loof- board 

Lyflat, the very /ame 

Lynt, lint, fax. 3 
MA, 


GLOSSARY. 


ET M 
A, more 

Macht, matcht 
Mar, mayor 

Maſt, moſt 

Mayne, moan 

May, more 

Matelent, rage, great defire 
Mayre, Mary | 
Mayre ſcheyne. B. 2. v. 


336, for the ſake of the 


glorious, or virgin Ma- 
ry. | 
Maters, materis, mat rons, 
mothers 
Meffan wode, 
avood 
Mernys, Merns near Gui 
goa | 
Melle, conteft, battle 
Menys, moans, complains 
Metg, meet 
Mekill, much 
Modyr, mother 
Mony, many 
Miſdears, mi/-doers, evil- 
doers 
Mur, demure 
Myſtred, needed 


Met hen 


Oyſs, uſe, — 


28. 9 
NES March. B. ro: 
tor, Counteſs of 
March. 
Neuo, nepheau 
Nounys, nuns 
Noune, noon 


| Noyir, neither. 


O 

O Oye, grandchild. 
I Ochtell, * 

Ogart, terror 
Or, before, ere 
Oft- ſyiſs, of- times 
Oſt, hot 
Our-lord, over-lord' 
Outrage, outrageous 
Our-heyde, overtook 
Our, over 
Oyir, other. 
Oychall, Oebill-hills 


Pau.zeon, tent 
Pape, Pope' 
Par, impair | 2 

Peſs, peace 
Peill, fort, caftle 
Pepe, Pope nu 


Win 7 2 r Ba) % 
* N 4 nr 
= 
Jv 


| N 


Purway, purvey 

Piſſand, puiſſunt, frength 

out- ſtaff, frong ta 

Poille, Pole 

Propheſye out, B. 2. v. 
169 in the printed edi- 


tions. A per /e of 
Powed, pulled 
Prynſnall, principal 
Pute, pity | 
Pur no rik, poor nor rich 
* No Engliſhman would 
deem them acting amiſs, 
poor nor rich. B. 5. v. 
378 
Pyt, to pity. 
R 
A, Rae, a ſurname 
B. 10. v. 454 
Racunnyſs, recognize 
Rang, range, rank, order 
Rabutyt, rebutit, repul/ed 
Rapys, ropes 
Ragment, diſcourſe, collec- 
tion, treaty 
Ray, /ong of triumph, ar- 
ray 
Raw, row, rank 
Rawllit, ruled 
Ramuff, remove 


* 


GLOSSARY. 


Rede, reid, counſel, read 
Reik, ſmoke 


- Reury, reevery, robbery- 


Rerd, clamour, noiſe 

Rad, afraid 

Rew, repent, regret 

Roman, Roman uſe. B. 1o. 
v. 1003, Roman W 
Service 

Rodds, Rhodes Hand 

Royd, void. B. . v. 77 

Rouſchede, ruſhed. 

Rovught, attained 

Rok, diflaffo 

Roy, king 

Rouch-rowlyngs, rulzis 
ons, brogues, or, open. 
ſhoes untanned 

Rik, rich 

Repende, rampart 

Ruthly, /orely 

Ruff, roof 


At Ruff, under roof” 


Ruwan, Rut ben | 

Rudyrfurd, Rutherfurd * 

Ryk, kingly, kingdom 

Ryvirfurd, Rutherford. 
S. 


855 
Saffir 7 ſapphire 
Salz 


GLOSSARY: 


Salk, /ake 

Salt, a fault . 

Sawely, alone, folely 

Said, to trouble, to matte ſore 

Sawit, ſaved 

Saw, a ſaying, to declare; 
B. 2. v. 304, © for a- 

wenture might ſaw,” 

as adventure might /hew 

Salt, aſſault 

Sanct Johnſtoune, Perth 

Sanyt, healed, ſaved 

Sanct Beis Hede, St Bay's 
Head | 

Sawcher, Sangubar 

Sey, trial, proof, taſting 

Seſſoun, ſeaſon 

Senzeit, feigned. B. 3. v. 
926 

Semle, aſſembly 

Sey, /ea 

Swyr, ſware, the neck 

Sekar, cut 

Seir, ſere, /ore Soak 


many 

Se, ſee 

Serd, ſerved 

Sily, Ally 

Sent, end 

Sentryſs, gentrice, genti- 


c 


_ bityy gener gli 


Sellis, cells 


Scroggy, thorny, buſhy 

Schyff, ſchryve, confeſs 

Senzie, Signior, n. 
B. 10. v. 139 5 

Schot, put forth, — 

Schoys, oer L 

Schaw, a ſurname, B. 6. 

V. 70 

Schent, /ent, at . 

Scry ſone raiſs, “be cry 
ſoon raiſe,” B. 4. v. 671 

Sembled, aſſembled 

Scor, tabenty 

Scule, School 

Scaithis, hurts, injuries 

Sedane, ſudden 

Serwis, deſer ves | 

Sekar, cut £ 

Schonkit, haked 

Scanſyt, ſcanned 

Scrymmags, ſorymage, 
flirmiſh in ſport 

Scheyne, ſchene, clean, 
ſhining, beautiful 

Seildyn, /eldom 

Semly, handſome. 

Shaw, a <vood or grove 

Sitful, /orrowfut 


Sckarg 


N 


GLOSSARY. 
Staill, ſtale, /eparate party 


Sekar, ſure, certain 
Siyſs, e 


Sophammis, /ophi/ms 
Syng, Van 
Sone, ſoon 

Soudly, ſuddled 


Sperd, aſted, enquired 

Souzhe, or ſouch, noice 

Slonk, Slough, ditch, mar- 

n ground 

Sleid, ſtaid, den, valley 

Segs, ſeges, men 

Sper, Hear 

Snell, arp, keen 

Spayn, Hoon 

South-gait, South-Hreei 

Slewit, //ipped, B. 7. v. 207 

Slew fyre, ruck fire 

Sowmir, ſump ter horſe 

Souerty, ſurety 

Stark, ſterk, frong 

Stragyll, fraggle 

Se, o 

Stynt, ſtint, op, delay 

Strowbill, trouble, troubles 
ſome 

Stewyn, ſteven, mouth, 
voice, found 

Stewyn, Steven 

Stall, ole 


E. "s o * 
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f 


ambuſh, ſecret place 
Stapill, fable, ſure 
Stark, /out 
Stikyt, ticked, ſtabbed 
Sle, /ly 
Streſtly,. fully - 85 
Stark, ſtur, tout and brave 
Steide, ſtede, place, condi- 
tion N 
Stuart, ecard 
Stelled, ſtolled, foaved: 
Swyth, fwift 


Suerd, /ſavord 


Swa, /o 
Suete, /eveat _ 
Swappyt, ſnapped, drew 
Swak, fwake, a throws 
ſhock 
Sw yth, guckly. 
Syſe, ſeis, pofſefhon 
Swaket, caft 
Syn, after 
Syn, there, vext_ 
« Tos 
A, take 
- Tawkand, falling 
Tirandry, tyranny 
Teyn, /orrow, hurt, anger 
Terand, tyrant 


Thryllage, 


GLOSSARY. 27; 
' Unruboytyt, unrebytyt, 


Thre, three 

Thryllage, vaſſalage 

Thewittil, whittle, Jhort 
#nmfe ; 

The, thigh 

Thruſande, burni/hed 

Tholyt, ſuffered, endured 

Thigged, begged 

Till, to, unto 

To, too | 

Toisfrequently uſed for in, 
as, Left ye lyff to wed, 
left their life in ved. 
B. 4. v. 633. 

Tournberry, Turnbury 

Topaſtone, Topaz one 

Towboth, Priſon : 

Traſtyt, truſted ; 

Trewis it words tak, B. 3. 
v. 271. It behoves us to 
take truce 

Tranontit, traventit, 
marched ſuddenly 

Tre, tree, timber 

Tythings, tidings 

Turſs, be carried haſtily 

Tynt, 4% 

V 
1 MQUHILL, ere 
wwhile, formerly 


unrepulſed 
Unſowerable, inſu ufferable 
Uſs, % 
Utaſs, octaves. B. 6. v. 1 
Vikyt, irked, feared. 
W 
A, forrow, ſorry 
Waith, waif, goods 
Found or unowned 
Wala, walley 
Waite, vote 
Waille, vale 
Wailland, choofng 
Waillis, Wales 
War, aware 
Warlage, deed of valour 
Waill, value | | 
Wappynys, weapons 
Wauntyt, ami Ng 
Waynys, veins 
Wayne, home, Jed 
Warnage or vernage, do- 
meſtic food 
Waryit, accurſed 
War, avere | 
Wanyſs, wanes, places of 
abode 
Wawerand wynd, wavere 
ing wind 


Wageourlſs, 


5 # 7 — * 4 a N 
7 ” = ne * * * 
* WV » Y * 4 n 3 9 7 i, NE 8 * * A. 
* 2 . >" 0 Fx 7 n 
\ » "7 * 5 4 Fa * OS * IV 9 * * * 
* N ; 4 $20 * 
bd : 
” 
= 


by 


=” 


; = oh | 
GLOSSARY. 


| Wageour { $, Mercenaries | 
Wer, war, warlike expe- 
-. dition, ear 5 
Werray, very 
Weſtermar, farther cue 
Wend, 0 go 1 
Weild, guide or manage 
Wenys, thinkeff 
Wedeis, ⁊æuitbes, twigs 
Wed, pledge 
Weryte, verity 132 
Wend, weened, imagined 
Weildand weylle, avell as 
beo could wiſh 
Wer, ver, ring 


Weyne, ween, but weyne, 


evithout doubt 
Weſche, waſh 
Wicht, valiant, ſtrong 
Wicke, avrack, revenge 
Wittaill, vitual 
Wincuſt, .vangui/hed 
& William Lang Doug- 
lace,” William Doug- 
tes Lang, Oc. B. 10. v. 
cc 
Wok, walked 
Wower, wower, woer 


Woo, Woz for F ow 


. 4 


2 5 1 * 9 7 
1 N 1 
: | Dr 
* * 


Wowyn, evoven - 7 
Wownnand, winning, 
davelling 3 
Worthit to weide, became. 
frantic | 


Worthis, care, 
| Worth, greaw, became 


Worthit, avaxed _ 
Wrokyn,<vreaked, avenged 


Wrandly, /ike to ſwarm or 


mo 
: "4; 
8 * 


ock 

Wycht, Fwith, Prong | 7 

Wyrking, working. f 
. 

AN, then, than, 

mage, hdmage 

Yne adion. B. 3. v. 36 

in former editions** thine. 
nation. ä . 


—4 f 
bu 


. Yocht, thought 


Vrage, Iri/h 
Yrk, irk, /ear, avearineſts 
2 
A, yea, yes 5 
Zeid, went = 
Lett, yet, gate, door 
Zhetts, yets, gates 


