Rycht sar he langyt the toune of Ayr to se.

Schir Ranald past fra hame apon a day.

Fyfteyne he tuk, and to the toune went thai;

Couerit his face, that no man mycht him knaw:355

Nothing him roucht how few ennymyis him saw.

In souir weide disgysyt weill war thai.

Ane Inglissman, on the gait, saw he play

At the scrymmagis a bukler on his hand.

Wallace ner by in falouschipe couth stand.360

Lychtly he sperde; “Quhi, Scot, dar thow nocht preiff?”