Than mycht men with ser apparale

Se that gret host cum sturdely. 45

The toune enveremyt thai in hy,

And assalit with sa gud will,—

For all thair mycht thai set thartill,—

That thai thame pressit fast of the toune.

Bot thai that can thame abandoune 50

Till ded, or than till woundis sare,

So weill has thame defendit thare

That ledderis to the ground thai slang,