“Nor no man ellis, quhill I se my rycht king.

“Gyff he will cum, and tak on him the croun,

“At his commaund I sall be reddy boun.

“Throw Goddis grace I reskewed Scotland twyss;125

“I war to mad to leyff [it] on sic wyss,

“To tyn for bost that I haiff gowernd lang.”

Thus halff in wraith frawart him can he gang.

Stewart tharwith all bolynt in to baill.

‘Wallace,’ he said, ‘be the I tell a taill.’130

“Say furth,” quoth he, “off the farrest ye can.”