“So as a lord rongyn furth all thi lyff.”
Than Wallace said; ‘Thou spekis off mychty thing.
‘Had I lestyt, and gottyn my rychtwyss king,
‘Fra worthi Bruce had rasauit his croun,1375
‘I thocht haiff maid Ingland at his bandoun.
‘So wttraly it suld beyn at his will,
‘Quhat plessyt him, to sauff thi king or spill.’
“Weill,” said this clerk, “than thow repentis nocht:
“Off wykkydness thow has a felloun thocht.1380
“Is nayn in warld at has sa mony slane;