Ay fra thar faith he fendyt him full weill;

Kepyt him fre, thocht king Eduuard had suorne;

Schir Jhon Ramsay, that rychtwyss ayr was borne 890

Fol. 53 a

Off Ouchterhous, and othir landis was lord,

And schirreff als, as my buk will record;

[Off nobill blud, and alss haill ancestré;]

Contenyt weill with worthi chewalré.

In till Straithern that lang tyme he had beyne,895

At gret debait agaynys his enemyss keyne;