That Wallace suld on to the lyoun pas.
The king thaim chargyt to bryng him gud harnas:
And he said; “Nay, God scheild me fra sic cass.
“I wald tak weid, suld I fecht with a man;
“Bot [for] a dog, that nocht off armes can,240
“I will haiff nayn, bot synglar as I ga.”
A gret manteill about his hand can ta,
And his gud suerd; with him he tuk na mar;
Abandounly in barrace entryt thar.
Gret chenys was wrocht in the yet with a gyn,245