“Reward agayne, me think, I suld pay the;

“Sen I off laitt now come owt off the west

“In this cuntré, a barbour off the best

“To cutt and schaiff, and that a wondyr gude;

“Now thow sall feyll how I oyss to lat blude.”765

With his gud suerd the captayn has he tayn,

Quhill horss agayne he marscheld neuir nayn.

A nothir sone apon the hed strak he,

Quhill chaftis and cheyff vpon the gait can fle.

Be that his men the tothir twa had slayne;770