He will nocht bow to na part off your kyn.
Sufferyt ye ar, I trow yhe may spek weill.—V. 884.
In Edit. 1594 and 1648;—to na prince of your kin.
Instead of Sufferyt, it is Assouerit, i.e. assured, having security, Edit. 1594 and 1620; and ridiculously, All ordered, Edit. 1648 and 1673. Soueryt is adopted, Edit. 1714. This term is more adapted to the sense than that of MS., as illustrated by the words that follow, expressive of Wallace’s strict adherence to any safe conduct given by him.
Wallace said; “Schyr, we jangill bot in wayne.”—V. 920.
In MS. it is “nocht in wayne;” which contradicts the obvious design of the language of Wallace. In Edit. 1594 and 1620;
—— we jangill all in vaine.
It seems most probable, that in the more ancient MS. whence Ramsay took his copy, bot had been written indistinctly, and read by Ramsay as not, the contraction for nocht.