“For on no wayis we can nocht stop thair fud.40
“The hawin thai haiff and schippis at thair will;
“Off Ingland cummys enewch off wittaill thaim till.
“This land is purd off fud that suld ws beild;
“And ye se weill als thai forsaik the feild.
“Thai will nocht fecht, thocht we all yher suld bid;45
“Ye may off pess plenyss thir landis wid.
“My consaill is in playn, anent this thing,
“At ye wald pass with worschip to the king.
“Be his assent, ye may at lasar waill