“It ma nocht scaith, supposs it do na waill.”

The lordis all off hir desir was fayn;

On to the king thai maid instans in playn,

That scho mycht pass. The king, with aukwart will,1135

Halff in to yr, has [giffyn] consent thar till.

Sum off thaim said, the queyn luffyt Wallace,

For the gret woice off his hie nobilnes.

A hardy man, that is lykly with all,

Gret fawour will off fortoun till him fall,1140

Anent wemen is seyne in mony place.