And to Dunbar wald cum with outyn baid.

Than Lawder said, “It war the best, think me,

“Faster to pass, in Dunbar or he be.”

Wallace ansuerd; ‘We may at laysar ryd;

‘With yon power he thinkis bargane to bid.80

‘And off a thing ye sall weill wndrestand,

‘A hardyar lord is nocht in to Scotland:

‘Mycht he be maid trew stedfast till a king,

‘Be wit and force he can do mekill thing:

‘Bot willfully he likis to tyne him sell.’85