To thaim he said; “Ansuer ye sall nocht craiff;
“Be wryt or word quhilk likis yow best till haiff?”
‘In wryt,’ thai said, ‘it war the liklyast.’
Than Wallace thus began to dyt in hast:380
“Thow reyffar king chargis me throw cass,
“That I suld cum, and put me in thi grace.
“Gyff I gaynstand, thow hechtis till hyng me:
“I wow to God, and euir I may tak the,
“Thow sall be hangyt, ane exempill to geiff385
“To kingis off reyff, als lang as I may leiff.