“We can nocht now chewyss hyr lyff agayne.”210
Wness a word he mycht bryng out for teyne;
The bailfull teris bryst braithly fra his eyne.
Sichand he said; “Sall neuir man me se
“Rest in till eyss, quhill this deid wrokyn be,
“The saklace slauchter off hir, blith and brycht.215
“That I awow to the Makar off mycht,
“That off that nacioune I sall neuir forber,
“Yhong nor ald, that abill is to wer;
“Preystis no wemen I think [nocht] for to sla,