Menteth bad cess, and thus spak to Wallace;
Syn schawyt him furth a rycht sutell fals cace.1030
“Yhe haiff so lang her oysyt yow allane,
“Quhill witt tharoff is in till Ingland gane.
“Tharfor her me, and sobyr your curage.
“The Inglissmen, with a full gret barnage,
“Are semblyt her, and set this hous about,1035
“That ye, be force, on na wayis may wyn out.
“Supposs ye had the strenth off gud Ectour,
“Amang this ost ye may nocht lang endour.