‘Schir, I am seik, for Goddis luff latt me ga!’

Langcastell said; “Forsuth it beis nocht sa.395

“A felloune freik thow semys in thi fair;

“Quhill men the knaw, thow sall with me till Ayr.”

Hynt out his suerd, that was of nobill hew,

Wallace with that, at hys lychtyn, him drew;

Apon the crag with his suerd has him tayne;400

Throw brayne and seyne in sondyr straik the bayne.

Be he was fallyn, the twa than lichtyt doun;

To wenge his dede to Wallace maid thaim boun.