‘And men be lost, we get neuir agayne.’

Wallace than said; “Als wisly God me sawe,

“Off this gret myss I sall amendis hawe;

“And nothir latt for pess na your plesance.65

“With witness her I gif vp my legiance:

“For cowardly ye lik to tyne your rycht;

“Your selff sone syne to dede thai think to dycht.”

In wraith thar with away fra him he went.

Schyr Ranald was wiss, and kest in his entent;70

And said I will byde at the Mernys all nycht: