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To gyff battaill the lordis couth nocht consent,

Less Wallace war off Scotland crownyt king.625

Thar consaill fand it war a peralous thing:

For thocht thai wan, thai wan bot as thai war;

And gyff thai tynt, thai lossyt Ingland for euirmar,

A payn war put in to the Scottis hand.

And this decret thar wit amang thaim fand;630

Gyff Wallace wald apon him tak the croun,

To gyff battaill thai suld be redy boun.