Fra him he lap, and left him in that stede.110

Sum demys it to ill, and othyr sum to gud;

And I say her, into thir termyss rude,

Bettir it was he did, as thinkis me.

Fyrst, to the hunde it mycht gret stoppyn be.

Als Fawdoun was haldyn at [gret] suspicioun;115

For he was haldyn of brokill complexioun.

Rycht stark he was, and had bot litill gayne.

Thus Wallace wist: had he beyne left allayne,

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