Craufurd him said, he had bene turment sair

With Inglissmen, that had him in dispair;

‘Tharfor ryss wp, and for sum succour se,365

‘I dreid full sair, thai set wachis on me.’

The worthi Scottis thai graithit thaim in gud weid;

Thar wapynnys tuk, syn off that houss furth yeid.

Thus sodandly the fell Sotheroun thai saw;

To few thai war to bid agayn thaim aw,370

At keynly com with yong Butler the knycht.

Than Wallace said; “A playn feild is nocht rycht;