“Bot he be cest he sall do gret merwaill.

“It was the best for king Eduuardis awaill,30

“Mycht he him get to be his steidfast man,

“For gold or land; his conquest mycht lest than.

“Me think beforce he may nocht gottyn be;

Fol. 10 a

“Wyssmen the suth be his eschaip may se.”

Thus deyme [thai] him in mony diuerss cass.35

We leiff thaim her, and spek furth of Wallass.

In Rycardtoun he wald no langer byde,