“Our help, our heill, our hop, our gouernour,
“Our gudly gyd, our best chyftane in stour,
“Our lord, our luff, our strenth, our rychtwysnas,
“For Goddis saik radeym anys to grace,
“And tak the croun; till ws it war kyndar,1055
“To bruk for ay, or fals Eduuard it war.”
The wryt he gat; bot yeit suffer he wald,
For gret falsheid that part him did off ald.
Mekill dolour it did him in his mynd,
Off thair mysfayr; for trew he was and kynd.1060