Off mar power he taryt nocht that tyd;
To keip the land he gert the laiff abid.
To Styrlyng bryg as than he wald nocht pass,
For strang power of Inglissmen thar was.1280
Till Erth ferry thai passit prewaly;
And buschit thaim in a dern sted tharby.
[A cruell captane intill Erth duelt thar,]
In Ingland born, and hecht Thomlyn off Wayr.
A hundreth men was at his ledyng still;1285