‘Thocht I mycht reiff, sen God has lent me mycht,
‘Fra the thi crowne off this regioun to wer;485
‘Bot I will nocht sic a charge on me ber.
‘Gret God wait best, quhat wer I tak on hand
‘For till kep fre that thow art gaynstandand,
‘It mycht beyn said, off lang gone her off forn,
‘In cursyt tym thow was for Scotland born.490
‘Schamys thow nocht, that thow neuir yeit did gud,
‘Thou renygat deuorar off thi blud?
‘I wow to God, ma I thi maistyr be