“Bot thou do so, forsuth thou dois gret syne,

“For thai ar set till wndo all thi kyn.”

Than Wallace said till gud men him about;325

‘I will no pess for all this felloune dout,

‘Bot gif it pless bettir to yow than me.’

The squier Boide him ansuerd sobyrlé;

“I gif conseill, or this gud knycht be slayne,

“Tak pess a quhill, supposs it do ws payne.”330

So said Adam the ayr of Rycardtoune;

And Kneland als grantyt to thair opynyoun.