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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.