‘For thai may nocht lang in this forest byd;
‘For fawt off fud, thai mon in the cuntré;
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‘Than war mar tym on thaim to mak mellé.
‘Or thai be won be fors, in to this stryff
‘Feyll at ye leid sall erar loss the lyff.’870
Than Sewart said; “This reid I will nocht tak:
“And Scottis be warnyt, reskew sone will they mak.
“Off this dispyt amendys I think to haiff,
“Or de thar for in nowmyr with the laiff.