Howbeit he might not ficht sae fast:
Benjeadert, Hundlie and Hunthill,
Three, on they laid well at the last
Except the horsemen of the gaird:
If I could put men to avail,
Nane stoutlier stude out for their laird,
Nor did the lads of Liddisdale.
But little harness had we thair,
But auld Badrule had on a jack,
And did richt weil, I zou declair,