Source.—John Barbour, The Bruce, book i., ll. 179-224.
Quhen Schyr Edward, the mychty King,
Had on this wyss done his likyng
Off Jhone the Balleoll, that swa sone
Was all defawtyt and wndone,
To Scotland went he than in hy,[77]
And all the land gan occupy
Sa hale that bath castell and toune
War in-till his possessioune,