For weyll he wyst thar suld be bot a king

Off this regioun, at anys for to ryng;

“A king off Kyll!” for that he callyt Wallace.

“Lordis,” he said, “this is ane wncouth cace.40

“Be he sufferyt, we haiff war than it was.”

Thus raiss he wp, and maid him for to pass.

“God has ws tholyt to do so for the laiff:

[“In lyff or dede, in faith, him sall we haiff,]

Fol. 58 a

“Or ger him grant quhom he haldis for his lord;45