“Ber yow ewyn; quhat gud that euir yhe spend,

“Leiff on your awin; quhill tithandis I yow send.

“Ger sell thir schippis, and mak yow men off pes;

“It war gud tym off wykkitness to cess.290

“Your captane sall pass to the king with me,

“Throu help off God I sall his warrand be.”

He gert graith him in soit with his awin men;

Was no man thar that mycht weill Thomas ken.

Lykly he was, manlik off contenance,295

Lik to the Scottis be mekill gouernance,