In the holl but baid, he gert thaim go.
His fyfty men with outyn langar rest,
Wallace gart ray in to thar armour prest;
Fourty and aucht on luffburd laid thaim law.125
Wylyham Crawfurd than till him gert he caw,
And said; “Thow can sumpart off schipman fair;
“Thi oyss has beyn oft in the toun off Ayr.
“I pray the tak this doctryn [weill] off me;
“Luk at thow stand strekly be this tre,130
“Quhen I bid stryk, to seruice be thow bayne;