Eft[78] from the galweis quick[79] thei let him doun,
And bouweld him all hote,[80] and brent them in the fire.
His hede than of smote, swilk[81] was William’s hire;
And for he had mayntend the werre at his myght,
On lordship lended thore[82] he had no right,
And stroied thore he knew, in fele stede sers.[83]
His body thei hewed on four quarters,
To hang in four tounes, to mene[84] of his maners,
In stede of Gonfaynounes[85] and of his baners.
At London is his heved, his quarters ere leved,[86] in Scotland spred,