Gud men he had in cumpany fyfteyne,

And Wallace nyne; thai war na feris ma.

Wpon the morn wnto the mess thai ga,

Thai and thar men graithit in gudly greyn;125

For the sesson sic oyss full lang has beyne.

Quhen sadly thai had said thar deuotioune,

Ane argwnde thaim, as thai [went] throuch the toun,

The starkast man that Hesylryg than knew,

And als he had off lychly wordis ynew.130

[He salust thaim, as it war bot in scorn;]