As ever dyd heal or ran.
‘Holde’ the, Persé, sayd the Doglas,
And i feth I shall the brynge,
Wher thowe shalte have a yerls wagis
Of Jamy our ‘Scottish’ kynge.
Thoue shalte have thy ransom fre,
I hight the hear this thinge;
For the manfullyste man yet art thowe,
That ever I conqueryd in filde fightyng.
Nay, sayd the lorde Persé,