In the thikkest woode thar maid thai felle defens,

Agayn thair fayis so full of wiolens:

Yit felle Sothron left the lyff to wed.

Till a new strenth Wallace and his men fled;

On aduersouris thai maid full gret debait,635

Bot help thaim self, no socour ellis thai wait.

The Sothron als war sundryt than in twyn;

Bot thai agayne to gidder sone can wyn:

Full sutellye thar ordinance thai maid,