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