And in Dunkell soiorn that wynter tyd.

Bot he said; “Nay, that hald I nocht the best,

“And Scotland thus; in pess we can nocht rest.”1230

The byschop said, ‘Playnly ye may nocht wend;

‘In to the north for men I rede yow send.’

“I grant,” quoth he, “and cheissit a messynger.”

The worthi Jop, was with the byschop ther;

And maister Blair to Wallace cam bot baid,1235

With that gud lord that nobill cher thaim maid.

Wallace send Blayr, in [to] his priestis weid,