He thocht to wyn erar throw Goddis grace:
Bot neuyrtheless the king had maid him knycht,935
And gaiff him gold for to maynteme his mycht;
Syn gaiff playn charge till his wermen off France,
Thai suld be haill at Wallace ordinaunce;
And als off him he bad him armes tak.
Fol. 107 a
Wallace forsuk sic changyng for to mak:940
“Sen I began, I bar the reid lyoun;
“And thinkis to be ay trew man to that croun.