And ald preystis, that weill the cuntré kend.

Lat I the queyn to message redy dycht,

And spek furth mar off Wallace trawaill rycht.

The worthy Scottis amang thar enemyss raid;1155

Full gret destructioun amang the Sotheron thai maid;

Waistit about the land on athir sid:

Na wer men than durst in thar way abid.

Thai ransoun nane, bot to the dede thaim dycht;

In mony steid maid fyris braid and brycht.1160

The ost was blith, and in a gud estate,