“Weyll bruk thow it! all thus stentis our stryff:

“Schaip to pleyss God in mendyng off thi lyff.240

“Thi faithfull freynd my selff thinkis to be;

“And als my nayme I sall sone tell to the.

“For chans off wer thou suld no murnyng mak;

“As werd will wyrk, thi fortoun mon thou tak.

“I am that man that you awanss so hie;245

“And bot schort tym sen I come to the se:

“Off Scotland born, my rycht name is Wallace.”

On kneis he fell, and thankit God of grace;