Wnhappyly his taill thus he began.
‘Wallace,’ he said, ‘thow takis the mekill cur;
‘So feryt it, be wyrkyng off natur,
‘How a howlat complend off his fethrame,135
‘Quhill deym natur tuk off ilk byrd, but blame,
‘A fayr fethyr, and to the howlat gaiff;
‘Than he throuch pryd reboytyt all the laiff.
‘Quhar off suld thow thi senye schaw so he?
‘Thow thinkis nan her at suld thi falow be.140
‘This makis it, thow art cled with our men,