Now I have you already tauld,305
Huntly and Errol's men
Could scarce be thirteen hundred called,
The truth if [ye] would ken.
And yet Argyle [his] thousands ten
Were they that took the race,310
And tho that they were nine to ane,
They caused [them] take the chace.
[308]. he.
[309]. has.
Sae Argyle's boast it was in vain,
(He thought sure not to tyne)
That if he durst cum to the plain,315
He would gar every nine
Of his lay hold upon ilk man
Huntly and Errol had:
But yet for all his odds he [ran]
To tell how ill he sped.320
[319]. fled.
[324]. should be eve, or vigil.