Betere him were in Scotlond
With is ax in ys hond
to pleyen o the grene.
Ant the body hongeth at the galewes faste,
With yrnene claspes longe to laste;
For te wyte wel the body, ant Scottyshe to garste,
Foure ant twenti ther beoth to sothe ate laste
by nyhte.
Ȝef eny were so hardi
The body to remuy