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;