Selbye he hecht, dispitfull and owtrage.

A sone he had ner twenty yer of age:

Into the toun he wsyt euerlik day;

Thre men or four thar went with him to play;210

A hely schrew, wanton in his entent.

Wallace he saw, and towart him he went;

Liklé he was, richt byge and weyle beseyne,

In till a gyde of gudly ganand greyne.

He callyt on hym, and said; “Thou Scot, abyde;215

“Quha dewill the grathis in so gay a gyde?