To the next woode twa myil thai had to gang,100

Off vpwith erde; thai yeid with all thair mycht;

Gud hope thai had for it was ner the nycht.

Fawdoun tyryt, and said, he mycht nocht gang.

Wallace was wa to leyff him in that thrang.

He bade him ga, and said the strenth was ner;105

Bot he tharfor wald nocht fastir him ster.

Wallace in ire on the crag can him ta

With his gud suerd, and strak the hed him fra.

Dreidless to ground derfly he duschit dede.