Bot Ik haiff herd oftymys say,
That quha endland a watter ay
Wald waid a bowdraucht, he suld ger
Bathe the slouth hund, and his leder,
Tyne the sleuth men gert hym ta.
The Bruce, B. v. 317.
John Hardyng has given a curious account of the means used by Edward I. for taking Bruce, similar to that here said to have been employed against Wallace.
The king Edward with hornes and houndes him soght,
With menne on fote, through marris, mosse, and myre,
Through wodes also and mountens [wher they fought]