Off sic koffre he callit bot wretchitnes.

On to the yettis and faboris off the toun

Fol. 63 a

Braithly thai brynt, and brak thair byggyngis doun;

At the wallys assayed fyfetene dayis;

Till king Eduuard send to thaim, in this wayis,530

A knycht, a clerk, and a squier of pes;

And prayit him fayr off byrnyng [for] to cess;

And hecht battaill, or fourty dayis war past,

Souerance so lang, gyff him likit, till ass.