“Ane Ersche mantill it war thi kynd to wer;

“A Scottis thewtill wndyr thi belt to ber;

“Rouch rewlyngis apon thi harlot fete.

“Gyff me thi knyff; quhat dois thi ger so mete?”220

Till him he yeid, his knyff to tak him fra.

Fast by the collar Wallace couth him ta;

Wndyr his hand the knyff he bradit owt,

For all his men that semblyt him about:

Bot help him selff he wsyt of no remede;225

With out reskew he stekyt him to dede.