Kepyt his men be wit and hardement;
With out the toun thar durst nane fra him went.
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The landis with out wer ner waistyt away,
Wermen so lang in to the contré lay.
In Wallace ost so scantyt the wictaill,35
Thai mycht nocht bid [na] langar till assaill.
Than this wiss lord, the duk off Orlyance,
To Wallace said; “Schyr, ye suld knaw this chance.
“It standis our weill with this fals Sotheroun blud;