‘Quhat is hys oyss; and syn go luge the law.’
The schipman sayis; “Rycht weill ye may him ken,
“Throu graith takynnys, full clerly by his men.
“His cot armour is seyn in mony steid,105
“Ay battaill boun, and riwell ay off reid.
“This formest schip, that persewis yow so fast,
“Hym selff is in, he will nocht be agast.
“He wyll yow hayll, quhen that he cummys yow ner;
“With out tary than mon yhe stryk on ster.110
“Hym selff will entir fyrst full hardely.