It is homage in all the copies, except that of Perth.
And Bruce, out of Scotland.—V. 134.
All the copies before that of 1714 connect this with v. 140;—
That office than he brukyt bot schort tyme.
The editor of the first edition I have seen might have overlooked the six intervening lines, by fixing his eye on the conclusion of v. 134, which closes with the same words as that of v. 140—of Scotland. But the sense requires these lines; as no office was given to Bruce, but merely his heritage.
Schir Ranald knew weill a mar quiet sted,
Quhar Wilyham mycht he bettir fra thair fede,
With his wncle Wallas of Ricardtoun,
Schir Richard hecht, that gud knycht off renoun.—V. 353.