The ane of thame was gentill James Watsoun,
And Jhone Barbour the uther campioun.
Unto the King thay wer familiaris,
And of his chalmer boith cubicularis.
James was ane man of greit intelligence,
Ane medicinar[282] ful of experience;
And Jhone Barbour, he was ane nobill leche[283],
Crukit carlinnis, he wald gar[284] thame get speche.
From tyme thay enterit war into the feild
Full womanlie thay weildit speir and scheild,