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,