“Twelf hundyre nynty yhere and sewyn
Frá Cryst wes borne the Kyng of Hewyn,”
B. viii. c. xiii.
Henry thus enters upon the same subject—
“Tuelff hundreth yer, tharto nynté and sewyn,
Fra Cryst wes born the rychtwiss king off hewyn.”
“Buke Sext,” 107, 108.
Wyntown gives the following dialogue, as having taken place between Wallace and an athletic wag belonging to the English garrison of Lanark, who, when surrounded by his companions, made “a Tyt at hys sword:”
W. “Hald stylle thi hand, and spek thi worde.”
I. “Wyth thi Swerd thow máis gret bost.”
W. “Tharefor thi Dame made lytil cost.”
I. “Quhat caus has thow to were the Grene?”