Quhen Wallace saw he chapyt was away,Vpon Annand agayn returnyt thaiTill Edynburch, with outyn tary mor;Put in Crawfurd that captane was befor;Off heretage he had in Mannuell land.745Wallace commaund, ilk man suld hald in handThair awin office, as thai befor had had.Thus in gud pece Scotland with rycht he stad.On the tent day to Sanct Jhonstoun he went,Semblyt lordis, syn schawyt thaim his entent.750Scrymgeour com, at than had woun Dundé;Wallace commaund that tym weill kepyt he.He sailyeid so, quhill strang hungyr thaim draiff;Sa feblyst war, the hous till him thai gaiff.The wageourss sone he put to confusioun;755Syn brocht Mortoun, to mak a conclusion,Befor Wallace; and son fra he him saw,He gert hyng hym, for all king Eduuardis aw.Masons, minouris, with Scrymgeour furth he send,Kest down Dundé, and tharoff maid ane end.760Wallace, sadly quhen thir dedis war don,The lordis he cald, and his will schawit thaim son.“Gud men,” he said, “I was your gouernour;“My mynd was set to do yow ay honour,“And for to bryng this realme to rychtwysnes;765“For it I passit in mony paynfull place.“To wyn our awin my selff I neuir spard,“At the Fawkyrk thai ordand me reward.“Off that reward ye her no mor throu me;Fol. 105 a“To sic gyftis God will full weill haiff E.770“Now ye ar fre, throu the Makar off mycht;“He grant yow grace weill to defend your rycht!“Als I preswme, gyff harm be ordand me,“Thai ar Scottis men at suld the wyrkaris be.“I haiff enewch off our ald enemys stryff;775“Me think our awin suld nocht inwy my lyff.“My office our her playnly I resing;“I think no mar to tak on me sic thing.“In France I will, to wyn my leffyng thar,“As now awysd, and her to cum no mar.”780Lordis gaynstud, bot all that helpyt nocht;For ony thar he did as him best thocht.Byschop Synclar was wesyd with seknasIn till Dunkell; and syn throu Goddis graceHe recoueryt, quhen Wallace past away;785Eftir the Bruce he lestyt mony day.Gud Wallace thus tuk leiff in Sanct Jhonstoun.Auchtene with him, till Dundé maid him boun.Longaweill past, that douchty was indeid,The barrounyss sone off Breichyn with him yeid.790Twa brethir als with thair wncle thaim dycht,Symon Wallace, and Richard that was wicht.Schir Thomas Gray, this preist can wyth thaim fair,Eduuard Litill, gud Jop, and maister Blayr.Amang merchandis gud Wallace tuk the se;795Pray we to God, that he thair ledar be!
Quhen Wallace saw he chapyt was away,Vpon Annand agayn returnyt thaiTill Edynburch, with outyn tary mor;Put in Crawfurd that captane was befor;Off heretage he had in Mannuell land.745Wallace commaund, ilk man suld hald in handThair awin office, as thai befor had had.Thus in gud pece Scotland with rycht he stad.On the tent day to Sanct Jhonstoun he went,Semblyt lordis, syn schawyt thaim his entent.750Scrymgeour com, at than had woun Dundé;Wallace commaund that tym weill kepyt he.He sailyeid so, quhill strang hungyr thaim draiff;Sa feblyst war, the hous till him thai gaiff.The wageourss sone he put to confusioun;755Syn brocht Mortoun, to mak a conclusion,Befor Wallace; and son fra he him saw,He gert hyng hym, for all king Eduuardis aw.Masons, minouris, with Scrymgeour furth he send,Kest down Dundé, and tharoff maid ane end.760Wallace, sadly quhen thir dedis war don,The lordis he cald, and his will schawit thaim son.“Gud men,” he said, “I was your gouernour;“My mynd was set to do yow ay honour,“And for to bryng this realme to rychtwysnes;765“For it I passit in mony paynfull place.“To wyn our awin my selff I neuir spard,“At the Fawkyrk thai ordand me reward.“Off that reward ye her no mor throu me;Fol. 105 a“To sic gyftis God will full weill haiff E.770“Now ye ar fre, throu the Makar off mycht;“He grant yow grace weill to defend your rycht!“Als I preswme, gyff harm be ordand me,“Thai ar Scottis men at suld the wyrkaris be.“I haiff enewch off our ald enemys stryff;775“Me think our awin suld nocht inwy my lyff.“My office our her playnly I resing;“I think no mar to tak on me sic thing.“In France I will, to wyn my leffyng thar,“As now awysd, and her to cum no mar.”780Lordis gaynstud, bot all that helpyt nocht;For ony thar he did as him best thocht.Byschop Synclar was wesyd with seknasIn till Dunkell; and syn throu Goddis graceHe recoueryt, quhen Wallace past away;785Eftir the Bruce he lestyt mony day.Gud Wallace thus tuk leiff in Sanct Jhonstoun.Auchtene with him, till Dundé maid him boun.Longaweill past, that douchty was indeid,The barrounyss sone off Breichyn with him yeid.790Twa brethir als with thair wncle thaim dycht,Symon Wallace, and Richard that was wicht.Schir Thomas Gray, this preist can wyth thaim fair,Eduuard Litill, gud Jop, and maister Blayr.Amang merchandis gud Wallace tuk the se;795Pray we to God, that he thair ledar be!
Quhen Wallace saw he chapyt was away,Vpon Annand agayn returnyt thaiTill Edynburch, with outyn tary mor;Put in Crawfurd that captane was befor;Off heretage he had in Mannuell land.745Wallace commaund, ilk man suld hald in handThair awin office, as thai befor had had.Thus in gud pece Scotland with rycht he stad.On the tent day to Sanct Jhonstoun he went,Semblyt lordis, syn schawyt thaim his entent.750Scrymgeour com, at than had woun Dundé;Wallace commaund that tym weill kepyt he.He sailyeid so, quhill strang hungyr thaim draiff;Sa feblyst war, the hous till him thai gaiff.The wageourss sone he put to confusioun;755Syn brocht Mortoun, to mak a conclusion,Befor Wallace; and son fra he him saw,He gert hyng hym, for all king Eduuardis aw.Masons, minouris, with Scrymgeour furth he send,Kest down Dundé, and tharoff maid ane end.760Wallace, sadly quhen thir dedis war don,The lordis he cald, and his will schawit thaim son.“Gud men,” he said, “I was your gouernour;“My mynd was set to do yow ay honour,“And for to bryng this realme to rychtwysnes;765“For it I passit in mony paynfull place.“To wyn our awin my selff I neuir spard,“At the Fawkyrk thai ordand me reward.“Off that reward ye her no mor throu me;Fol. 105 a“To sic gyftis God will full weill haiff E.770“Now ye ar fre, throu the Makar off mycht;“He grant yow grace weill to defend your rycht!“Als I preswme, gyff harm be ordand me,“Thai ar Scottis men at suld the wyrkaris be.“I haiff enewch off our ald enemys stryff;775“Me think our awin suld nocht inwy my lyff.“My office our her playnly I resing;“I think no mar to tak on me sic thing.“In France I will, to wyn my leffyng thar,“As now awysd, and her to cum no mar.”780Lordis gaynstud, bot all that helpyt nocht;For ony thar he did as him best thocht.Byschop Synclar was wesyd with seknasIn till Dunkell; and syn throu Goddis graceHe recoueryt, quhen Wallace past away;785Eftir the Bruce he lestyt mony day.Gud Wallace thus tuk leiff in Sanct Jhonstoun.Auchtene with him, till Dundé maid him boun.Longaweill past, that douchty was indeid,The barrounyss sone off Breichyn with him yeid.790Twa brethir als with thair wncle thaim dycht,Symon Wallace, and Richard that was wicht.Schir Thomas Gray, this preist can wyth thaim fair,Eduuard Litill, gud Jop, and maister Blayr.Amang merchandis gud Wallace tuk the se;795Pray we to God, that he thair ledar be!
Quhen Wallace saw he chapyt was away,
Vpon Annand agayn returnyt thai
Till Edynburch, with outyn tary mor;
Put in Crawfurd that captane was befor;
Off heretage he had in Mannuell land.745
Wallace commaund, ilk man suld hald in hand
Thair awin office, as thai befor had had.
Thus in gud pece Scotland with rycht he stad.
On the tent day to Sanct Jhonstoun he went,
Semblyt lordis, syn schawyt thaim his entent.750
Scrymgeour com, at than had woun Dundé;
Wallace commaund that tym weill kepyt he.
He sailyeid so, quhill strang hungyr thaim draiff;
Sa feblyst war, the hous till him thai gaiff.
The wageourss sone he put to confusioun;755
Syn brocht Mortoun, to mak a conclusion,
Befor Wallace; and son fra he him saw,
He gert hyng hym, for all king Eduuardis aw.
Masons, minouris, with Scrymgeour furth he send,
Kest down Dundé, and tharoff maid ane end.760
Wallace, sadly quhen thir dedis war don,
The lordis he cald, and his will schawit thaim son.
“Gud men,” he said, “I was your gouernour;
“My mynd was set to do yow ay honour,
“And for to bryng this realme to rychtwysnes;765
“For it I passit in mony paynfull place.
“To wyn our awin my selff I neuir spard,
“At the Fawkyrk thai ordand me reward.
“Off that reward ye her no mor throu me;Fol. 105 a
Fol. 105 a
“To sic gyftis God will full weill haiff E.770
“Now ye ar fre, throu the Makar off mycht;
“He grant yow grace weill to defend your rycht!
“Als I preswme, gyff harm be ordand me,
“Thai ar Scottis men at suld the wyrkaris be.
“I haiff enewch off our ald enemys stryff;775
“Me think our awin suld nocht inwy my lyff.
“My office our her playnly I resing;
“I think no mar to tak on me sic thing.
“In France I will, to wyn my leffyng thar,
“As now awysd, and her to cum no mar.”780
Lordis gaynstud, bot all that helpyt nocht;
For ony thar he did as him best thocht.
Byschop Synclar was wesyd with seknas
In till Dunkell; and syn throu Goddis grace
He recoueryt, quhen Wallace past away;785
Eftir the Bruce he lestyt mony day.
Gud Wallace thus tuk leiff in Sanct Jhonstoun.
Auchtene with him, till Dundé maid him boun.
Longaweill past, that douchty was indeid,
The barrounyss sone off Breichyn with him yeid.790
Twa brethir als with thair wncle thaim dycht,
Symon Wallace, and Richard that was wicht.
Schir Thomas Gray, this preist can wyth thaim fair,
Eduuard Litill, gud Jop, and maister Blayr.
Amang merchandis gud Wallace tuk the se;795
Pray we to God, that he thair ledar be!
Thai saylyt furth by part off Ingland schor.Till Hwmbyr mowth quhen at thai com befor,Out off the south a gret rede saile thai se,Into thar top the leopardis standand hye.800The merchandis than, that senye quhen thai sawCummand so neir, thai war discumfyt aw;For weill thai wyst, that it was Jhon off Lyn,Scottis to slay, he said, it was no syn.Thir frayit folk yeid son to confessioun.805Than Wallace said; “Off sic deuotioun“Yeit saw I neuir in no place quhar I past.“For this a schip me think yow all agast,“Yon wood cattis sall do ws litill der;“We saw thaim faill twyss in a grettar wer,810“On a fair feild; so sall thai on the se:“Dispyt it is to se thaim stand so hye.”Fol. 105 bThe ster man said; ‘Schyr, will ye wndirstand,‘He saiffis nane that is born off Scotland.‘We may nocht fle fra yon barge wait I weill,815‘Weyll stuff thai ar with gwn ganye off steill.‘Apon the se yon rewar lang has beyn;‘Till rychtwyss men he dois full mekill teyn.‘Mycht we be saiff, it forst nocht off our gud.‘This wyss he has, in schort, for to conclud;820‘A flud he beris apon his cot armour,‘Ay drownand folk, so payntyt in figour.‘Supposs we murn, ye suld haiff no merwaill.’Than Wallace said; “Her is men off mar waill“To saill thi schip; tharfor in holl thow ga,825“And thi feris. Na mar cummyr ws ma.”Wallace and his than sone till harnes yeid.Quhan thai war graithit in to thair worthi weid,Him selff and Blayr, and the knycht Longaweill,Thir thre has tane to kepe the myd schip weill.830Befor ws sewyn, and sex be eft ws kend;Syn twa he chesd the top for to defend;And Gray he maid thair sterman for to be.The merchandis than saw thaim sa manfulléTo fend thaim selff; be causs thai had no weid,835Out off the howll thai tuk skynnys gud speid,Ay betwix two stufft woll as thai mycht best,Agayn the straik at thai suld sum part lest.Than Wallace lewch, and commendyt thaim aw;Off sic harness befor he neuir saw.840Be than the barge com on thaim wondyr fast,Sewyn scor in hyr, that was no thing agast.Quhen Jhon off Lyn saw thaim in armour brycht,He lewch, and said thir haltyn words on hycht;‘Yon glakyt Scottis can ws nocht wndyrstand;845‘Fulys thai ar, is new cummyn off the land.’He cryit, ‘Stryk;’ bot no ansuer thai maid.Blayr with a bow schot fast with outyn baid;Or thai clyppyt, he schot bot arowis thre,And at ilk schot he gert a rewar de.850The brygandis than thai bykerit wondyr fast,Amang the Scottis with schot and gownnys cast;And thai agayn with speris hedyt weill,Feill woundis maid throuch plattis off fyne steill.Athir othir festynyt with clippys keyn;855A cruell cowntyr thar was on schipburd seyn.Fol. 106 aThe derff schot, draiff as thik as a haill schour,Contende tharwith the space ner off ane hour.Quhen schot was gayn, the Scottis gret confort had;At hand strakys thai war sekyr and sad.860The merchandis als, with sic thing as thai mycht,Prewyt full weill in defens off thair rycht.Wallace and his, at ner strakis quhen thai be,With scharp swerdys thai gert fell brygandis de;Thai in the top so worthi wrocht with hand,865In the south top thar mycht no rewar stand.All the mydschip off rewers was maid waist,That to geiff our thai war in poynt almaist.Than Jhon off Lyn was rycht gretly agast,He saw his folk failyie about him fast:870With egyr will he wald haiff beyn away,Bad wynd the saill in all the haist thai may;Bot fra the Scottis thai mycht nocht than off skeyThe clyp so sar on athir burd thai wey.Thai saw nothing that mycht be to thaim ess;875Crawfurd on loft thair saill brynt in a bless.Or Jhon off Lyn schup for to leyff that sted,Off his best men saxté was brocht to ded.Thar schip by owris a burd was mar off hycht.Wallace lap in amang thai rewaris wycht;880A man he straik our burd in to the se;On the our loft he slew son othir thre.Longaweill entryt, and als the maistir Blair;Thai gaiff no gyrth to frek at thai fand thar.Wallas him self with Jhon off Lyn was met;885At his coler a felloun straik he set;Bathe helm and hed fra the schuldris he draiff;Blayr our burd in the se kest the layffOff his body; and all the remaynandEntryt, and slew the brygandis at thai fand.890The schip thai tuk, gret gold and othir gerAt thai reiffaris had gaderyt lang in wer;Bot maister Blayr spak nothing off himsell,In deid off armes quhat awentur he fell.Schir Thomas Gray, was than preyst to Wallace,895Put in the buk how than hapnyt this caceAt Blayr was in, [and] mony worthi deid,Off quhilk him selff had no plesance to reid.Fol. 106 bWallace rewllyt the schip with his awin men;And saillyt furth the rycht courss for to ken.900In the Sloice hawyn quhill that thai entryt be,The merchandis weill he kepyt in sawfté;Off gold and ger he tuk part at thai fand,Gaiff thaim the schip, syn passyt to the land;Throuch Flandrys raid vpon a gudly wyss,905Entryt in France, and socht vp to Paryss.The glaid tithing at to the king was brochtOff Wallace com, it conford all thair thocht.Thai trowyt be him to get redress off wrangThe Sotheroun had in Gyane wrocht so lang.910The peryss off France was still at thair parlement;The king commaund with trew and haill entent,Thai suld forsé a lordschip to Wallace.The lordis all than demyt off this cace;For Gyane was all haill owt off thair hand,915Thai thocht it best for to geyff him that land.For weill thai trowyt he had so wrocht befor,He suld it wyn, or ellis de tharfor;Alsua off it thai mycht no profyt haiff.This was the causs to Wallace thai it gaiff.920This decret son thai schawit to the king:Displessyd he was thai maid him sic a thing.Off Gyane, thus, quhen Wallace hard a feill,“No land,” he said, “likit him halff so weill.“My chance is thus for to be ay in wer;925“And Inglissmen has done our realme most der.“It was weill knawin my defens rychtwyss thar;“Rycht haiff I her, my confort is the mar.“I thank your lordis, maid sic reward to me;“Thar purposs is I sall nocht ydill be.”930The king bad him be duk off Gyan land:To that commaund Wallace was gaynstandand,Becauss that land, was haly [to] conquace,He thocht to wyn erar throw Goddis grace:Bot neuyrtheless the king had maid him knycht,935And gaiff him gold for to maynteme his mycht;Syn gaiff playn charge till his wermen off France,Thai suld be haill at Wallace ordinaunce;And als off him he bad him armes tak.Fol. 107 aWallace forsuk sic changyng for to mak:940“Sen I began, I bar the reid lyoun;“And thinkis to be ay trew man to that croun.“I thank yow, schyr, off this mychty reward;“Your gyft herfor sall nocht rycht lang be spard.“I think to quyt sum part ye kith on me945“In your seruice, or ellis tharfor to de.”Gud Wallace thocht, his tym he wald nocht waist;On to the wer he graithit him in haist.All Scottismen, that was in to that land,Till him thai socht with thair fewté and band.950Langaweill als a gret power can rass;In Wallace help this gud knycht glaidly gais.Ten thowsand haill off nobill men thai war,The braid baner off Scotland displayed thar.Thir wermen sone apon Gyane thai fwr,955Brak byggyngs doun quhilk had bene stark and stur.Sotheroun thai slew, agayn thaim maid debait;Braithly on breid thai rasyt fyris hait.Schynnoun thai tuk, at Wallace fyrst had woun,And slew all men off Sotheroun was thar foun.960In to that toun Wallace his duellyng maid;All thar about he wan the contré braid.The worthy duk, off Orliance was lord,Semblyt his folk in till a gud accord.Twelf thousand than he had in armour brycht,965And thocht to help gud Wallace in his rycht.Leyff I thaim thus, the duk and Wallace baithe,And spek sum part how Scotland tuk gret scaithe.
Thai saylyt furth by part off Ingland schor.Till Hwmbyr mowth quhen at thai com befor,Out off the south a gret rede saile thai se,Into thar top the leopardis standand hye.800The merchandis than, that senye quhen thai sawCummand so neir, thai war discumfyt aw;For weill thai wyst, that it was Jhon off Lyn,Scottis to slay, he said, it was no syn.Thir frayit folk yeid son to confessioun.805Than Wallace said; “Off sic deuotioun“Yeit saw I neuir in no place quhar I past.“For this a schip me think yow all agast,“Yon wood cattis sall do ws litill der;“We saw thaim faill twyss in a grettar wer,810“On a fair feild; so sall thai on the se:“Dispyt it is to se thaim stand so hye.”Fol. 105 bThe ster man said; ‘Schyr, will ye wndirstand,‘He saiffis nane that is born off Scotland.‘We may nocht fle fra yon barge wait I weill,815‘Weyll stuff thai ar with gwn ganye off steill.‘Apon the se yon rewar lang has beyn;‘Till rychtwyss men he dois full mekill teyn.‘Mycht we be saiff, it forst nocht off our gud.‘This wyss he has, in schort, for to conclud;820‘A flud he beris apon his cot armour,‘Ay drownand folk, so payntyt in figour.‘Supposs we murn, ye suld haiff no merwaill.’Than Wallace said; “Her is men off mar waill“To saill thi schip; tharfor in holl thow ga,825“And thi feris. Na mar cummyr ws ma.”Wallace and his than sone till harnes yeid.Quhan thai war graithit in to thair worthi weid,Him selff and Blayr, and the knycht Longaweill,Thir thre has tane to kepe the myd schip weill.830Befor ws sewyn, and sex be eft ws kend;Syn twa he chesd the top for to defend;And Gray he maid thair sterman for to be.The merchandis than saw thaim sa manfulléTo fend thaim selff; be causs thai had no weid,835Out off the howll thai tuk skynnys gud speid,Ay betwix two stufft woll as thai mycht best,Agayn the straik at thai suld sum part lest.Than Wallace lewch, and commendyt thaim aw;Off sic harness befor he neuir saw.840Be than the barge com on thaim wondyr fast,Sewyn scor in hyr, that was no thing agast.Quhen Jhon off Lyn saw thaim in armour brycht,He lewch, and said thir haltyn words on hycht;‘Yon glakyt Scottis can ws nocht wndyrstand;845‘Fulys thai ar, is new cummyn off the land.’He cryit, ‘Stryk;’ bot no ansuer thai maid.Blayr with a bow schot fast with outyn baid;Or thai clyppyt, he schot bot arowis thre,And at ilk schot he gert a rewar de.850The brygandis than thai bykerit wondyr fast,Amang the Scottis with schot and gownnys cast;And thai agayn with speris hedyt weill,Feill woundis maid throuch plattis off fyne steill.Athir othir festynyt with clippys keyn;855A cruell cowntyr thar was on schipburd seyn.Fol. 106 aThe derff schot, draiff as thik as a haill schour,Contende tharwith the space ner off ane hour.Quhen schot was gayn, the Scottis gret confort had;At hand strakys thai war sekyr and sad.860The merchandis als, with sic thing as thai mycht,Prewyt full weill in defens off thair rycht.Wallace and his, at ner strakis quhen thai be,With scharp swerdys thai gert fell brygandis de;Thai in the top so worthi wrocht with hand,865In the south top thar mycht no rewar stand.All the mydschip off rewers was maid waist,That to geiff our thai war in poynt almaist.Than Jhon off Lyn was rycht gretly agast,He saw his folk failyie about him fast:870With egyr will he wald haiff beyn away,Bad wynd the saill in all the haist thai may;Bot fra the Scottis thai mycht nocht than off skeyThe clyp so sar on athir burd thai wey.Thai saw nothing that mycht be to thaim ess;875Crawfurd on loft thair saill brynt in a bless.Or Jhon off Lyn schup for to leyff that sted,Off his best men saxté was brocht to ded.Thar schip by owris a burd was mar off hycht.Wallace lap in amang thai rewaris wycht;880A man he straik our burd in to the se;On the our loft he slew son othir thre.Longaweill entryt, and als the maistir Blair;Thai gaiff no gyrth to frek at thai fand thar.Wallas him self with Jhon off Lyn was met;885At his coler a felloun straik he set;Bathe helm and hed fra the schuldris he draiff;Blayr our burd in the se kest the layffOff his body; and all the remaynandEntryt, and slew the brygandis at thai fand.890The schip thai tuk, gret gold and othir gerAt thai reiffaris had gaderyt lang in wer;Bot maister Blayr spak nothing off himsell,In deid off armes quhat awentur he fell.Schir Thomas Gray, was than preyst to Wallace,895Put in the buk how than hapnyt this caceAt Blayr was in, [and] mony worthi deid,Off quhilk him selff had no plesance to reid.Fol. 106 bWallace rewllyt the schip with his awin men;And saillyt furth the rycht courss for to ken.900In the Sloice hawyn quhill that thai entryt be,The merchandis weill he kepyt in sawfté;Off gold and ger he tuk part at thai fand,Gaiff thaim the schip, syn passyt to the land;Throuch Flandrys raid vpon a gudly wyss,905Entryt in France, and socht vp to Paryss.The glaid tithing at to the king was brochtOff Wallace com, it conford all thair thocht.Thai trowyt be him to get redress off wrangThe Sotheroun had in Gyane wrocht so lang.910The peryss off France was still at thair parlement;The king commaund with trew and haill entent,Thai suld forsé a lordschip to Wallace.The lordis all than demyt off this cace;For Gyane was all haill owt off thair hand,915Thai thocht it best for to geyff him that land.For weill thai trowyt he had so wrocht befor,He suld it wyn, or ellis de tharfor;Alsua off it thai mycht no profyt haiff.This was the causs to Wallace thai it gaiff.920This decret son thai schawit to the king:Displessyd he was thai maid him sic a thing.Off Gyane, thus, quhen Wallace hard a feill,“No land,” he said, “likit him halff so weill.“My chance is thus for to be ay in wer;925“And Inglissmen has done our realme most der.“It was weill knawin my defens rychtwyss thar;“Rycht haiff I her, my confort is the mar.“I thank your lordis, maid sic reward to me;“Thar purposs is I sall nocht ydill be.”930The king bad him be duk off Gyan land:To that commaund Wallace was gaynstandand,Becauss that land, was haly [to] conquace,He thocht to wyn erar throw Goddis grace:Bot neuyrtheless the king had maid him knycht,935And gaiff him gold for to maynteme his mycht;Syn gaiff playn charge till his wermen off France,Thai suld be haill at Wallace ordinaunce;And als off him he bad him armes tak.Fol. 107 aWallace forsuk sic changyng for to mak:940“Sen I began, I bar the reid lyoun;“And thinkis to be ay trew man to that croun.“I thank yow, schyr, off this mychty reward;“Your gyft herfor sall nocht rycht lang be spard.“I think to quyt sum part ye kith on me945“In your seruice, or ellis tharfor to de.”Gud Wallace thocht, his tym he wald nocht waist;On to the wer he graithit him in haist.All Scottismen, that was in to that land,Till him thai socht with thair fewté and band.950Langaweill als a gret power can rass;In Wallace help this gud knycht glaidly gais.Ten thowsand haill off nobill men thai war,The braid baner off Scotland displayed thar.Thir wermen sone apon Gyane thai fwr,955Brak byggyngs doun quhilk had bene stark and stur.Sotheroun thai slew, agayn thaim maid debait;Braithly on breid thai rasyt fyris hait.Schynnoun thai tuk, at Wallace fyrst had woun,And slew all men off Sotheroun was thar foun.960In to that toun Wallace his duellyng maid;All thar about he wan the contré braid.The worthy duk, off Orliance was lord,Semblyt his folk in till a gud accord.Twelf thousand than he had in armour brycht,965And thocht to help gud Wallace in his rycht.Leyff I thaim thus, the duk and Wallace baithe,And spek sum part how Scotland tuk gret scaithe.
Thai saylyt furth by part off Ingland schor.Till Hwmbyr mowth quhen at thai com befor,Out off the south a gret rede saile thai se,Into thar top the leopardis standand hye.800The merchandis than, that senye quhen thai sawCummand so neir, thai war discumfyt aw;For weill thai wyst, that it was Jhon off Lyn,Scottis to slay, he said, it was no syn.Thir frayit folk yeid son to confessioun.805Than Wallace said; “Off sic deuotioun“Yeit saw I neuir in no place quhar I past.“For this a schip me think yow all agast,“Yon wood cattis sall do ws litill der;“We saw thaim faill twyss in a grettar wer,810“On a fair feild; so sall thai on the se:“Dispyt it is to se thaim stand so hye.”Fol. 105 bThe ster man said; ‘Schyr, will ye wndirstand,‘He saiffis nane that is born off Scotland.‘We may nocht fle fra yon barge wait I weill,815‘Weyll stuff thai ar with gwn ganye off steill.‘Apon the se yon rewar lang has beyn;‘Till rychtwyss men he dois full mekill teyn.‘Mycht we be saiff, it forst nocht off our gud.‘This wyss he has, in schort, for to conclud;820‘A flud he beris apon his cot armour,‘Ay drownand folk, so payntyt in figour.‘Supposs we murn, ye suld haiff no merwaill.’Than Wallace said; “Her is men off mar waill“To saill thi schip; tharfor in holl thow ga,825“And thi feris. Na mar cummyr ws ma.”Wallace and his than sone till harnes yeid.Quhan thai war graithit in to thair worthi weid,Him selff and Blayr, and the knycht Longaweill,Thir thre has tane to kepe the myd schip weill.830Befor ws sewyn, and sex be eft ws kend;Syn twa he chesd the top for to defend;And Gray he maid thair sterman for to be.The merchandis than saw thaim sa manfulléTo fend thaim selff; be causs thai had no weid,835Out off the howll thai tuk skynnys gud speid,Ay betwix two stufft woll as thai mycht best,Agayn the straik at thai suld sum part lest.Than Wallace lewch, and commendyt thaim aw;Off sic harness befor he neuir saw.840Be than the barge com on thaim wondyr fast,Sewyn scor in hyr, that was no thing agast.Quhen Jhon off Lyn saw thaim in armour brycht,He lewch, and said thir haltyn words on hycht;‘Yon glakyt Scottis can ws nocht wndyrstand;845‘Fulys thai ar, is new cummyn off the land.’He cryit, ‘Stryk;’ bot no ansuer thai maid.Blayr with a bow schot fast with outyn baid;Or thai clyppyt, he schot bot arowis thre,And at ilk schot he gert a rewar de.850The brygandis than thai bykerit wondyr fast,Amang the Scottis with schot and gownnys cast;And thai agayn with speris hedyt weill,Feill woundis maid throuch plattis off fyne steill.Athir othir festynyt with clippys keyn;855A cruell cowntyr thar was on schipburd seyn.Fol. 106 aThe derff schot, draiff as thik as a haill schour,Contende tharwith the space ner off ane hour.Quhen schot was gayn, the Scottis gret confort had;At hand strakys thai war sekyr and sad.860The merchandis als, with sic thing as thai mycht,Prewyt full weill in defens off thair rycht.Wallace and his, at ner strakis quhen thai be,With scharp swerdys thai gert fell brygandis de;Thai in the top so worthi wrocht with hand,865In the south top thar mycht no rewar stand.All the mydschip off rewers was maid waist,That to geiff our thai war in poynt almaist.Than Jhon off Lyn was rycht gretly agast,He saw his folk failyie about him fast:870With egyr will he wald haiff beyn away,Bad wynd the saill in all the haist thai may;Bot fra the Scottis thai mycht nocht than off skeyThe clyp so sar on athir burd thai wey.Thai saw nothing that mycht be to thaim ess;875Crawfurd on loft thair saill brynt in a bless.Or Jhon off Lyn schup for to leyff that sted,Off his best men saxté was brocht to ded.Thar schip by owris a burd was mar off hycht.Wallace lap in amang thai rewaris wycht;880A man he straik our burd in to the se;On the our loft he slew son othir thre.Longaweill entryt, and als the maistir Blair;Thai gaiff no gyrth to frek at thai fand thar.Wallas him self with Jhon off Lyn was met;885At his coler a felloun straik he set;Bathe helm and hed fra the schuldris he draiff;Blayr our burd in the se kest the layffOff his body; and all the remaynandEntryt, and slew the brygandis at thai fand.890The schip thai tuk, gret gold and othir gerAt thai reiffaris had gaderyt lang in wer;Bot maister Blayr spak nothing off himsell,In deid off armes quhat awentur he fell.Schir Thomas Gray, was than preyst to Wallace,895Put in the buk how than hapnyt this caceAt Blayr was in, [and] mony worthi deid,Off quhilk him selff had no plesance to reid.Fol. 106 bWallace rewllyt the schip with his awin men;And saillyt furth the rycht courss for to ken.900In the Sloice hawyn quhill that thai entryt be,The merchandis weill he kepyt in sawfté;Off gold and ger he tuk part at thai fand,Gaiff thaim the schip, syn passyt to the land;Throuch Flandrys raid vpon a gudly wyss,905Entryt in France, and socht vp to Paryss.The glaid tithing at to the king was brochtOff Wallace com, it conford all thair thocht.Thai trowyt be him to get redress off wrangThe Sotheroun had in Gyane wrocht so lang.910The peryss off France was still at thair parlement;The king commaund with trew and haill entent,Thai suld forsé a lordschip to Wallace.The lordis all than demyt off this cace;For Gyane was all haill owt off thair hand,915Thai thocht it best for to geyff him that land.For weill thai trowyt he had so wrocht befor,He suld it wyn, or ellis de tharfor;Alsua off it thai mycht no profyt haiff.This was the causs to Wallace thai it gaiff.920This decret son thai schawit to the king:Displessyd he was thai maid him sic a thing.Off Gyane, thus, quhen Wallace hard a feill,“No land,” he said, “likit him halff so weill.“My chance is thus for to be ay in wer;925“And Inglissmen has done our realme most der.“It was weill knawin my defens rychtwyss thar;“Rycht haiff I her, my confort is the mar.“I thank your lordis, maid sic reward to me;“Thar purposs is I sall nocht ydill be.”930The king bad him be duk off Gyan land:To that commaund Wallace was gaynstandand,Becauss that land, was haly [to] conquace,He thocht to wyn erar throw Goddis grace:Bot neuyrtheless the king had maid him knycht,935And gaiff him gold for to maynteme his mycht;Syn gaiff playn charge till his wermen off France,Thai suld be haill at Wallace ordinaunce;And als off him he bad him armes tak.Fol. 107 aWallace forsuk sic changyng for to mak:940“Sen I began, I bar the reid lyoun;“And thinkis to be ay trew man to that croun.“I thank yow, schyr, off this mychty reward;“Your gyft herfor sall nocht rycht lang be spard.“I think to quyt sum part ye kith on me945“In your seruice, or ellis tharfor to de.”Gud Wallace thocht, his tym he wald nocht waist;On to the wer he graithit him in haist.All Scottismen, that was in to that land,Till him thai socht with thair fewté and band.950Langaweill als a gret power can rass;In Wallace help this gud knycht glaidly gais.Ten thowsand haill off nobill men thai war,The braid baner off Scotland displayed thar.Thir wermen sone apon Gyane thai fwr,955Brak byggyngs doun quhilk had bene stark and stur.Sotheroun thai slew, agayn thaim maid debait;Braithly on breid thai rasyt fyris hait.Schynnoun thai tuk, at Wallace fyrst had woun,And slew all men off Sotheroun was thar foun.960In to that toun Wallace his duellyng maid;All thar about he wan the contré braid.The worthy duk, off Orliance was lord,Semblyt his folk in till a gud accord.Twelf thousand than he had in armour brycht,965And thocht to help gud Wallace in his rycht.Leyff I thaim thus, the duk and Wallace baithe,And spek sum part how Scotland tuk gret scaithe.
Thai saylyt furth by part off Ingland schor.
Till Hwmbyr mowth quhen at thai com befor,
Out off the south a gret rede saile thai se,
Into thar top the leopardis standand hye.800
The merchandis than, that senye quhen thai saw
Cummand so neir, thai war discumfyt aw;
For weill thai wyst, that it was Jhon off Lyn,
Scottis to slay, he said, it was no syn.
Thir frayit folk yeid son to confessioun.805
Than Wallace said; “Off sic deuotioun
“Yeit saw I neuir in no place quhar I past.
“For this a schip me think yow all agast,
“Yon wood cattis sall do ws litill der;
“We saw thaim faill twyss in a grettar wer,810
“On a fair feild; so sall thai on the se:
“Dispyt it is to se thaim stand so hye.”Fol. 105 b
Fol. 105 b
The ster man said; ‘Schyr, will ye wndirstand,
‘He saiffis nane that is born off Scotland.
‘We may nocht fle fra yon barge wait I weill,815
‘Weyll stuff thai ar with gwn ganye off steill.
‘Apon the se yon rewar lang has beyn;
‘Till rychtwyss men he dois full mekill teyn.
‘Mycht we be saiff, it forst nocht off our gud.
‘This wyss he has, in schort, for to conclud;820
‘A flud he beris apon his cot armour,
‘Ay drownand folk, so payntyt in figour.
‘Supposs we murn, ye suld haiff no merwaill.’
Than Wallace said; “Her is men off mar waill
“To saill thi schip; tharfor in holl thow ga,825
“And thi feris. Na mar cummyr ws ma.”
Wallace and his than sone till harnes yeid.
Quhan thai war graithit in to thair worthi weid,
Him selff and Blayr, and the knycht Longaweill,
Thir thre has tane to kepe the myd schip weill.830
Befor ws sewyn, and sex be eft ws kend;
Syn twa he chesd the top for to defend;
And Gray he maid thair sterman for to be.
The merchandis than saw thaim sa manfullé
To fend thaim selff; be causs thai had no weid,835
Out off the howll thai tuk skynnys gud speid,
Ay betwix two stufft woll as thai mycht best,
Agayn the straik at thai suld sum part lest.
Than Wallace lewch, and commendyt thaim aw;
Off sic harness befor he neuir saw.840
Be than the barge com on thaim wondyr fast,
Sewyn scor in hyr, that was no thing agast.
Quhen Jhon off Lyn saw thaim in armour brycht,
He lewch, and said thir haltyn words on hycht;
‘Yon glakyt Scottis can ws nocht wndyrstand;845
‘Fulys thai ar, is new cummyn off the land.’
He cryit, ‘Stryk;’ bot no ansuer thai maid.
Blayr with a bow schot fast with outyn baid;
Or thai clyppyt, he schot bot arowis thre,
And at ilk schot he gert a rewar de.850
The brygandis than thai bykerit wondyr fast,
Amang the Scottis with schot and gownnys cast;
And thai agayn with speris hedyt weill,
Feill woundis maid throuch plattis off fyne steill.
Athir othir festynyt with clippys keyn;855
A cruell cowntyr thar was on schipburd seyn.Fol. 106 a
Fol. 106 a
The derff schot, draiff as thik as a haill schour,
Contende tharwith the space ner off ane hour.
Quhen schot was gayn, the Scottis gret confort had;
At hand strakys thai war sekyr and sad.860
The merchandis als, with sic thing as thai mycht,
Prewyt full weill in defens off thair rycht.
Wallace and his, at ner strakis quhen thai be,
With scharp swerdys thai gert fell brygandis de;
Thai in the top so worthi wrocht with hand,865
In the south top thar mycht no rewar stand.
All the mydschip off rewers was maid waist,
That to geiff our thai war in poynt almaist.
Than Jhon off Lyn was rycht gretly agast,
He saw his folk failyie about him fast:870
With egyr will he wald haiff beyn away,
Bad wynd the saill in all the haist thai may;
Bot fra the Scottis thai mycht nocht than off skey
The clyp so sar on athir burd thai wey.
Thai saw nothing that mycht be to thaim ess;875
Crawfurd on loft thair saill brynt in a bless.
Or Jhon off Lyn schup for to leyff that sted,
Off his best men saxté was brocht to ded.
Thar schip by owris a burd was mar off hycht.
Wallace lap in amang thai rewaris wycht;880
A man he straik our burd in to the se;
On the our loft he slew son othir thre.
Longaweill entryt, and als the maistir Blair;
Thai gaiff no gyrth to frek at thai fand thar.
Wallas him self with Jhon off Lyn was met;885
At his coler a felloun straik he set;
Bathe helm and hed fra the schuldris he draiff;
Blayr our burd in the se kest the layff
Off his body; and all the remaynand
Entryt, and slew the brygandis at thai fand.890
The schip thai tuk, gret gold and othir ger
At thai reiffaris had gaderyt lang in wer;
Bot maister Blayr spak nothing off himsell,
In deid off armes quhat awentur he fell.
Schir Thomas Gray, was than preyst to Wallace,895
Put in the buk how than hapnyt this cace
At Blayr was in, [and] mony worthi deid,
Off quhilk him selff had no plesance to reid.Fol. 106 b
Fol. 106 b
Wallace rewllyt the schip with his awin men;
And saillyt furth the rycht courss for to ken.900
In the Sloice hawyn quhill that thai entryt be,
The merchandis weill he kepyt in sawfté;
Off gold and ger he tuk part at thai fand,
Gaiff thaim the schip, syn passyt to the land;
Throuch Flandrys raid vpon a gudly wyss,905
Entryt in France, and socht vp to Paryss.
The glaid tithing at to the king was brocht
Off Wallace com, it conford all thair thocht.
Thai trowyt be him to get redress off wrang
The Sotheroun had in Gyane wrocht so lang.910
The peryss off France was still at thair parlement;
The king commaund with trew and haill entent,
Thai suld forsé a lordschip to Wallace.
The lordis all than demyt off this cace;
For Gyane was all haill owt off thair hand,915
Thai thocht it best for to geyff him that land.
For weill thai trowyt he had so wrocht befor,
He suld it wyn, or ellis de tharfor;
Alsua off it thai mycht no profyt haiff.
This was the causs to Wallace thai it gaiff.920
This decret son thai schawit to the king:
Displessyd he was thai maid him sic a thing.
Off Gyane, thus, quhen Wallace hard a feill,
“No land,” he said, “likit him halff so weill.
“My chance is thus for to be ay in wer;925
“And Inglissmen has done our realme most der.
“It was weill knawin my defens rychtwyss thar;
“Rycht haiff I her, my confort is the mar.
“I thank your lordis, maid sic reward to me;
“Thar purposs is I sall nocht ydill be.”930
The king bad him be duk off Gyan land:
To that commaund Wallace was gaynstandand,
Becauss that land, was haly [to] conquace,
He thocht to wyn erar throw Goddis grace:
Bot neuyrtheless the king had maid him knycht,935
And gaiff him gold for to maynteme his mycht;
Syn gaiff playn charge till his wermen off France,
Thai suld be haill at Wallace ordinaunce;
And als off him he bad him armes tak.Fol. 107 a
Fol. 107 a
Wallace forsuk sic changyng for to mak:940
“Sen I began, I bar the reid lyoun;
“And thinkis to be ay trew man to that croun.
“I thank yow, schyr, off this mychty reward;
“Your gyft herfor sall nocht rycht lang be spard.
“I think to quyt sum part ye kith on me945
“In your seruice, or ellis tharfor to de.”
Gud Wallace thocht, his tym he wald nocht waist;
On to the wer he graithit him in haist.
All Scottismen, that was in to that land,
Till him thai socht with thair fewté and band.950
Langaweill als a gret power can rass;
In Wallace help this gud knycht glaidly gais.
Ten thowsand haill off nobill men thai war,
The braid baner off Scotland displayed thar.
Thir wermen sone apon Gyane thai fwr,955
Brak byggyngs doun quhilk had bene stark and stur.
Sotheroun thai slew, agayn thaim maid debait;
Braithly on breid thai rasyt fyris hait.
Schynnoun thai tuk, at Wallace fyrst had woun,
And slew all men off Sotheroun was thar foun.960
In to that toun Wallace his duellyng maid;
All thar about he wan the contré braid.
The worthy duk, off Orliance was lord,
Semblyt his folk in till a gud accord.
Twelf thousand than he had in armour brycht,965
And thocht to help gud Wallace in his rycht.
Leyff I thaim thus, the duk and Wallace baithe,
And spek sum part how Scotland tuk gret scaithe.
The fals inwy, the wykkyt fell tresounAmang thaim selff brocht feill to confusioun.970The knycht Wallang in Scotland maid repair;The fals Menteth, Schir Jhon, with outyn mair,Betwix thaim twa was maid a prewa band;So on a day thai met in till Annand.Off the Leynhouss Schyr Jhon had gret desyr:975Schyr Amer hecht he suld it haiff in hyrTill hald in fe, and othir landis to,Off king Eduuard, so he wald pass him to.Thus cordyt thai, and syn to London went;Eduuard was glaid for to hald that payment.980Menteth was thar bound man to that fals king,Fol. 107 bTill forthir him till Scotland in all thing;Syn passyt haym, and Wallang with him fur,Quhill he was brocht agayn our Carleill mur.King Eduuard than in ire and fers owtrage,985Be thretty dayis raissit his barnage;In Scotland past, and thar na stoppyng fand,Na chyftane thar that durst agayn him stand.For Menteth tald, thai thocht to mak Bruce king;All trew Scottis wald be plessyd off that thing.990Yeit mony fled and durst nocht bid Eduuard,Sum in to Ross, and in the Ilis past part.The byschop Synclar agayn fled in to But;With that fals king he had no will to mut.Thus, wyth out straik, the castellis off Scotland995King Eduuard haill has tane in his awin hand;Deuidyt syn, to men that he wald lik,Strenthis and toun to Ross throuch this kynrik.Baith hycht and waill obeyed all till his will,As he commaund thai purpos to fullfill.1000The byschoprykis inclynyt till his croune,Bathe temperalité and all the religioune.The Roman [bukis] that than was in Scotland,He gart be brocht to scham, quhar thai thaim fand;And, but radem, thai brynt thaim thar ilkan;1005Salysbery oyss our clerkis than has tane.The lordis he tuk, that wald nocht off him hald,In Ingland send full nobill blud off ald.Schyr Wilyam lang Douglace to Londe he send,In strang presoun quhar throuch he maid his end.1010The erll Thomas, that lord was off Murray,And lord Frysaill fra him he send away;Als Hew the Hay, and othir ayris ma,He gert Wallang with thaim in Ingland ga.Na man was left all this mayn land within;1015Fra Eduuardis peess, was knawin off ony kyn.Cetoun, Lawder, duelt still in to the Bass,With thaim Lundy, and men that worthi was.The erll Malcom and Cambell past, but let,In But, succour with Synclar for to get.1020Schir Jhon Ramsay and Rowan than fled north,To thair cusyng that lord was off Fyllorth.Quhilk past with thaim throw Murray landis rycht;Sa fand thai thar a gentill worthi knychtFol. 108 aAt Climace hecht, full cruell ay had beyn,1025And fayndyt weill amang his enemys keyn.He thocht neuir at Eduuardis faith to be;In till his tym he gert feill Sotheroun de.He led thir lordis in Ross with outyn mar;At the Stokfurd a stark strenth byggit thar;1030Kepyt that land rycht worthely be wer:Till thair enemys thai did full mekill der.Adam Wallace, and Lyndsay off Craggé,Away thai fled be nycht apon the se;And Robert Boid, quhilk was baith wyss and wicht;1035Arane thai tuk to fend thaim at thair mycht.The Corspatrik in to Dunbar baid still;Fewté full sone he had maid Eduuard till.Abyrnethé, lord Soullis, and Cummyn als,And Jhon off Lorn that lang had beyn full fals,1040The lord Brechyn, and mony othir, baidAt Eduuardis faith, for gyftis he thaim maid.Justene off pees for twenty dayis set heOff Inglissmen in Lorn, at men mycht bePlayn to declayr; bot, for this causs, I wyss,1045That all Scotland be conquess than was his.The lordis than, and byschop gud Synclar.Sone out off But thai maid a ballingarTo gud Wallace; tald him thair turment haill;Than wrait thai thus to get bwte off thair baill.1050“Our help, our heill, our hop, our gouernour,“Our gudly gyd, our best chyftane in stour,“Our lord, our luff, our strenth, our rychtwysnas,“For Goddis saik radeym anys to grace,“And tak the croun; till ws it war kyndar,1055“To bruk for ay, or fals Eduuard it war.”The wryt he gat; bot yeit suffer he wald,For gret falsheid that part him did off ald.Mekill dolour it did him in his mynd,Off thair mysfayr; for trew he was and kynd.1060He thocht to tak amendis off that wrang:He ansuerd nocht, bot in his wer furth rang.Off king Eduuard yeit mar furth will I meill,In to quhat wyss that he couth Scotland deill.In Sanct Jhonstoun the erll off York he maid1065Capdane to be off all thai landis braid,Fol. 108 bFra Tay to Dee; and wndyr him Butlar.His grantschyr had at Kynclewin endit thar,His fadyr als; Wallace thaim bathe had slayn;Eduuard tharfor maid him a man off mayn.1070The lord Bewmound in to the north he send.Thai lordschippys all thai gaiff him in commend.To Sterlyn syn fra Sanct Jhonstoun he went,Thair for to fulfill the layff off his entent.The lord Clyffurd he gaiff than Douglace daill,1075Rewllar to be off the south marchis haill;All Galloway than he gaiff Cumyn in hand:Wyst nayn bot God how lang that stait suld stand.The gentill lord, gud byschop Lammyrtoun,Off Sanct Androwss, had Douglace off renoun.1080Befor that tyme Jamyss, wicht and wyss,Till him was cummyn fra scullis off Paryss.A prewa fauour the bischop till him bar;Bot Inglissmen was so gret maisteris thar,He durst nocht weill in playn schaw him kyndnes,1085Quhill on a day he tuk sum hardines.Douglace he cald, and couth to Sterlyng fayr,Quhar king Eduuard was deland landis thair.He proferd him in to the kingis seruiceTo bruk his awin; fra he wist, in this wyss,1090Douglace he was, than he forsuk planlé,Swor be Sanct George; “He brukis na landis off me.“His fadyr was in contrar off my crown;“Tharfor as now he bidis in our presoun.”To the byschop nane othir grant he maid;1095Bot as he plesd, delt furth thai landis braid.To the lord Soullis all haill the Merss gaiff he,And captane als off Berweik for to be.Olyfant than, that he in Sterlyng fand,Quhen he him had, he wald nocht kep his band,1100The quhilk he maid or he him Sterlyng gaiff.Desaitfully thus couth he him dissayff;In till Ingland send him till presoun strang:In gret distress he lewyt thar full lang.Quhen Eduuard king had delt all this regioun,1105His leyff he tuk, in Ingland maid him boun.Out off Sterlyng southward as thai couth ryd,Cumyn hapnyt ner hand the Bruce to bid.Thus said he; “Schyr, and yhe couth keip consaill,“I can schaw her quhilk may be your awaill.”1110The Bruce ansuerd; ‘Quhat euir yhe say to me,Fol. 109 a‘As for my part sall weill conseillyt be.’Lord Cumyn said; “Schyr, knaw ye nocht this thing,“That off this realm ye suld be rychtwyss king?”Than said the Bruce; ‘Supposs I rychtwyss be,1115‘I se no tym to tak sic thing on me.‘I am haldin in to my enemyss hand,‘Wndyr gret ayth, quhen I com in Scotland,‘Nocht [to] part fra him for profyt nor request,‘Na for na strenth, bot gyff ded me arest.1120‘He hecht agayn to gyff this land to me;‘Now fynd I weill it is bot sutleté:‘For thus thow seis he delys myn heretage,‘To Sotheroun part, and sum to traytouris wage.’Than Cumyn said; “Will ye her to accord?1125“Off my landys and ye lik to be lord,“Ye sall thaim hawe, for your rycht off the croun:“Or and ye lik, schyr, for my warisoun,“I sall yow help with power at my mycht.”The Bruce ansuerd; ‘I will nocht sell my rycht;1130‘Bot on this wyss, quhat lordschip thou will craiff‘For thy supplé, I hecht thou sall it haff.’“Cum fra yon king, schyr, with sum jeperté;“Now Eduuard has all Galloway geyffyn to me,“My newo Soullis, that kepis Berweik toun,1135“At your commaund his power sall be boun.“My newo als, a man off mekill mycht,“The lord off Lorn, has rowme in to the hycht.“My third newo, a lord off gret renoun,“Will ryss with ws, off Breichin the barroun.”1140Than said the Bruce: ‘Fayr thar sa far a chance,[‘That we mycht get agayn Wallace fra France,]‘Be witt and force he couth this kynryk wyn.‘Allace, we haiff our lang beyn haldin in twyn!’To that langage Cumyn maid na record;1145Off ald deidis in till his mynd remord.The Bruce and he completyt furth thar bandis;Syn that samyn nycht thai sellyt with thar handis.This ragment left the Bruce with Cumyn thar,With king Eduuard haym in Ingland can far:1150And thar remaynyt quhill this ragment war knawin,Thre yer and mar, or Bruce persewyt his awin.Sum men demys that Cwmyn that ragment send;Sum men tharfor agaynys makis defend.Nayn may say weill Cumyn was saklasing,1155Fol. 109 bBecauss his wiff was Eduuardis ner cusing.He serwyt dede be rycht law off his king,So raklelsy myskepyt sic a thing.Had Bruce past by but baid to Sanct Jhonstoun,Be haill assent he had resawyt the croune;1160On Cumyn syn he mycht haiff done the law.He couth nocht thoill, fra tym that he him saw;Thus Scotland left in hard perplexité.Off Wallace mar in sum part spek will we.
The fals inwy, the wykkyt fell tresounAmang thaim selff brocht feill to confusioun.970The knycht Wallang in Scotland maid repair;The fals Menteth, Schir Jhon, with outyn mair,Betwix thaim twa was maid a prewa band;So on a day thai met in till Annand.Off the Leynhouss Schyr Jhon had gret desyr:975Schyr Amer hecht he suld it haiff in hyrTill hald in fe, and othir landis to,Off king Eduuard, so he wald pass him to.Thus cordyt thai, and syn to London went;Eduuard was glaid for to hald that payment.980Menteth was thar bound man to that fals king,Fol. 107 bTill forthir him till Scotland in all thing;Syn passyt haym, and Wallang with him fur,Quhill he was brocht agayn our Carleill mur.King Eduuard than in ire and fers owtrage,985Be thretty dayis raissit his barnage;In Scotland past, and thar na stoppyng fand,Na chyftane thar that durst agayn him stand.For Menteth tald, thai thocht to mak Bruce king;All trew Scottis wald be plessyd off that thing.990Yeit mony fled and durst nocht bid Eduuard,Sum in to Ross, and in the Ilis past part.The byschop Synclar agayn fled in to But;With that fals king he had no will to mut.Thus, wyth out straik, the castellis off Scotland995King Eduuard haill has tane in his awin hand;Deuidyt syn, to men that he wald lik,Strenthis and toun to Ross throuch this kynrik.Baith hycht and waill obeyed all till his will,As he commaund thai purpos to fullfill.1000The byschoprykis inclynyt till his croune,Bathe temperalité and all the religioune.The Roman [bukis] that than was in Scotland,He gart be brocht to scham, quhar thai thaim fand;And, but radem, thai brynt thaim thar ilkan;1005Salysbery oyss our clerkis than has tane.The lordis he tuk, that wald nocht off him hald,In Ingland send full nobill blud off ald.Schyr Wilyam lang Douglace to Londe he send,In strang presoun quhar throuch he maid his end.1010The erll Thomas, that lord was off Murray,And lord Frysaill fra him he send away;Als Hew the Hay, and othir ayris ma,He gert Wallang with thaim in Ingland ga.Na man was left all this mayn land within;1015Fra Eduuardis peess, was knawin off ony kyn.Cetoun, Lawder, duelt still in to the Bass,With thaim Lundy, and men that worthi was.The erll Malcom and Cambell past, but let,In But, succour with Synclar for to get.1020Schir Jhon Ramsay and Rowan than fled north,To thair cusyng that lord was off Fyllorth.Quhilk past with thaim throw Murray landis rycht;Sa fand thai thar a gentill worthi knychtFol. 108 aAt Climace hecht, full cruell ay had beyn,1025And fayndyt weill amang his enemys keyn.He thocht neuir at Eduuardis faith to be;In till his tym he gert feill Sotheroun de.He led thir lordis in Ross with outyn mar;At the Stokfurd a stark strenth byggit thar;1030Kepyt that land rycht worthely be wer:Till thair enemys thai did full mekill der.Adam Wallace, and Lyndsay off Craggé,Away thai fled be nycht apon the se;And Robert Boid, quhilk was baith wyss and wicht;1035Arane thai tuk to fend thaim at thair mycht.The Corspatrik in to Dunbar baid still;Fewté full sone he had maid Eduuard till.Abyrnethé, lord Soullis, and Cummyn als,And Jhon off Lorn that lang had beyn full fals,1040The lord Brechyn, and mony othir, baidAt Eduuardis faith, for gyftis he thaim maid.Justene off pees for twenty dayis set heOff Inglissmen in Lorn, at men mycht bePlayn to declayr; bot, for this causs, I wyss,1045That all Scotland be conquess than was his.The lordis than, and byschop gud Synclar.Sone out off But thai maid a ballingarTo gud Wallace; tald him thair turment haill;Than wrait thai thus to get bwte off thair baill.1050“Our help, our heill, our hop, our gouernour,“Our gudly gyd, our best chyftane in stour,“Our lord, our luff, our strenth, our rychtwysnas,“For Goddis saik radeym anys to grace,“And tak the croun; till ws it war kyndar,1055“To bruk for ay, or fals Eduuard it war.”The wryt he gat; bot yeit suffer he wald,For gret falsheid that part him did off ald.Mekill dolour it did him in his mynd,Off thair mysfayr; for trew he was and kynd.1060He thocht to tak amendis off that wrang:He ansuerd nocht, bot in his wer furth rang.Off king Eduuard yeit mar furth will I meill,In to quhat wyss that he couth Scotland deill.In Sanct Jhonstoun the erll off York he maid1065Capdane to be off all thai landis braid,Fol. 108 bFra Tay to Dee; and wndyr him Butlar.His grantschyr had at Kynclewin endit thar,His fadyr als; Wallace thaim bathe had slayn;Eduuard tharfor maid him a man off mayn.1070The lord Bewmound in to the north he send.Thai lordschippys all thai gaiff him in commend.To Sterlyn syn fra Sanct Jhonstoun he went,Thair for to fulfill the layff off his entent.The lord Clyffurd he gaiff than Douglace daill,1075Rewllar to be off the south marchis haill;All Galloway than he gaiff Cumyn in hand:Wyst nayn bot God how lang that stait suld stand.The gentill lord, gud byschop Lammyrtoun,Off Sanct Androwss, had Douglace off renoun.1080Befor that tyme Jamyss, wicht and wyss,Till him was cummyn fra scullis off Paryss.A prewa fauour the bischop till him bar;Bot Inglissmen was so gret maisteris thar,He durst nocht weill in playn schaw him kyndnes,1085Quhill on a day he tuk sum hardines.Douglace he cald, and couth to Sterlyng fayr,Quhar king Eduuard was deland landis thair.He proferd him in to the kingis seruiceTo bruk his awin; fra he wist, in this wyss,1090Douglace he was, than he forsuk planlé,Swor be Sanct George; “He brukis na landis off me.“His fadyr was in contrar off my crown;“Tharfor as now he bidis in our presoun.”To the byschop nane othir grant he maid;1095Bot as he plesd, delt furth thai landis braid.To the lord Soullis all haill the Merss gaiff he,And captane als off Berweik for to be.Olyfant than, that he in Sterlyng fand,Quhen he him had, he wald nocht kep his band,1100The quhilk he maid or he him Sterlyng gaiff.Desaitfully thus couth he him dissayff;In till Ingland send him till presoun strang:In gret distress he lewyt thar full lang.Quhen Eduuard king had delt all this regioun,1105His leyff he tuk, in Ingland maid him boun.Out off Sterlyng southward as thai couth ryd,Cumyn hapnyt ner hand the Bruce to bid.Thus said he; “Schyr, and yhe couth keip consaill,“I can schaw her quhilk may be your awaill.”1110The Bruce ansuerd; ‘Quhat euir yhe say to me,Fol. 109 a‘As for my part sall weill conseillyt be.’Lord Cumyn said; “Schyr, knaw ye nocht this thing,“That off this realm ye suld be rychtwyss king?”Than said the Bruce; ‘Supposs I rychtwyss be,1115‘I se no tym to tak sic thing on me.‘I am haldin in to my enemyss hand,‘Wndyr gret ayth, quhen I com in Scotland,‘Nocht [to] part fra him for profyt nor request,‘Na for na strenth, bot gyff ded me arest.1120‘He hecht agayn to gyff this land to me;‘Now fynd I weill it is bot sutleté:‘For thus thow seis he delys myn heretage,‘To Sotheroun part, and sum to traytouris wage.’Than Cumyn said; “Will ye her to accord?1125“Off my landys and ye lik to be lord,“Ye sall thaim hawe, for your rycht off the croun:“Or and ye lik, schyr, for my warisoun,“I sall yow help with power at my mycht.”The Bruce ansuerd; ‘I will nocht sell my rycht;1130‘Bot on this wyss, quhat lordschip thou will craiff‘For thy supplé, I hecht thou sall it haff.’“Cum fra yon king, schyr, with sum jeperté;“Now Eduuard has all Galloway geyffyn to me,“My newo Soullis, that kepis Berweik toun,1135“At your commaund his power sall be boun.“My newo als, a man off mekill mycht,“The lord off Lorn, has rowme in to the hycht.“My third newo, a lord off gret renoun,“Will ryss with ws, off Breichin the barroun.”1140Than said the Bruce: ‘Fayr thar sa far a chance,[‘That we mycht get agayn Wallace fra France,]‘Be witt and force he couth this kynryk wyn.‘Allace, we haiff our lang beyn haldin in twyn!’To that langage Cumyn maid na record;1145Off ald deidis in till his mynd remord.The Bruce and he completyt furth thar bandis;Syn that samyn nycht thai sellyt with thar handis.This ragment left the Bruce with Cumyn thar,With king Eduuard haym in Ingland can far:1150And thar remaynyt quhill this ragment war knawin,Thre yer and mar, or Bruce persewyt his awin.Sum men demys that Cwmyn that ragment send;Sum men tharfor agaynys makis defend.Nayn may say weill Cumyn was saklasing,1155Fol. 109 bBecauss his wiff was Eduuardis ner cusing.He serwyt dede be rycht law off his king,So raklelsy myskepyt sic a thing.Had Bruce past by but baid to Sanct Jhonstoun,Be haill assent he had resawyt the croune;1160On Cumyn syn he mycht haiff done the law.He couth nocht thoill, fra tym that he him saw;Thus Scotland left in hard perplexité.Off Wallace mar in sum part spek will we.
The fals inwy, the wykkyt fell tresounAmang thaim selff brocht feill to confusioun.970The knycht Wallang in Scotland maid repair;The fals Menteth, Schir Jhon, with outyn mair,Betwix thaim twa was maid a prewa band;So on a day thai met in till Annand.Off the Leynhouss Schyr Jhon had gret desyr:975Schyr Amer hecht he suld it haiff in hyrTill hald in fe, and othir landis to,Off king Eduuard, so he wald pass him to.Thus cordyt thai, and syn to London went;Eduuard was glaid for to hald that payment.980Menteth was thar bound man to that fals king,Fol. 107 bTill forthir him till Scotland in all thing;Syn passyt haym, and Wallang with him fur,Quhill he was brocht agayn our Carleill mur.King Eduuard than in ire and fers owtrage,985Be thretty dayis raissit his barnage;In Scotland past, and thar na stoppyng fand,Na chyftane thar that durst agayn him stand.For Menteth tald, thai thocht to mak Bruce king;All trew Scottis wald be plessyd off that thing.990Yeit mony fled and durst nocht bid Eduuard,Sum in to Ross, and in the Ilis past part.The byschop Synclar agayn fled in to But;With that fals king he had no will to mut.Thus, wyth out straik, the castellis off Scotland995King Eduuard haill has tane in his awin hand;Deuidyt syn, to men that he wald lik,Strenthis and toun to Ross throuch this kynrik.Baith hycht and waill obeyed all till his will,As he commaund thai purpos to fullfill.1000The byschoprykis inclynyt till his croune,Bathe temperalité and all the religioune.The Roman [bukis] that than was in Scotland,He gart be brocht to scham, quhar thai thaim fand;And, but radem, thai brynt thaim thar ilkan;1005Salysbery oyss our clerkis than has tane.The lordis he tuk, that wald nocht off him hald,In Ingland send full nobill blud off ald.Schyr Wilyam lang Douglace to Londe he send,In strang presoun quhar throuch he maid his end.1010The erll Thomas, that lord was off Murray,And lord Frysaill fra him he send away;Als Hew the Hay, and othir ayris ma,He gert Wallang with thaim in Ingland ga.Na man was left all this mayn land within;1015Fra Eduuardis peess, was knawin off ony kyn.Cetoun, Lawder, duelt still in to the Bass,With thaim Lundy, and men that worthi was.The erll Malcom and Cambell past, but let,In But, succour with Synclar for to get.1020Schir Jhon Ramsay and Rowan than fled north,To thair cusyng that lord was off Fyllorth.Quhilk past with thaim throw Murray landis rycht;Sa fand thai thar a gentill worthi knychtFol. 108 aAt Climace hecht, full cruell ay had beyn,1025And fayndyt weill amang his enemys keyn.He thocht neuir at Eduuardis faith to be;In till his tym he gert feill Sotheroun de.He led thir lordis in Ross with outyn mar;At the Stokfurd a stark strenth byggit thar;1030Kepyt that land rycht worthely be wer:Till thair enemys thai did full mekill der.Adam Wallace, and Lyndsay off Craggé,Away thai fled be nycht apon the se;And Robert Boid, quhilk was baith wyss and wicht;1035Arane thai tuk to fend thaim at thair mycht.The Corspatrik in to Dunbar baid still;Fewté full sone he had maid Eduuard till.Abyrnethé, lord Soullis, and Cummyn als,And Jhon off Lorn that lang had beyn full fals,1040The lord Brechyn, and mony othir, baidAt Eduuardis faith, for gyftis he thaim maid.Justene off pees for twenty dayis set heOff Inglissmen in Lorn, at men mycht bePlayn to declayr; bot, for this causs, I wyss,1045That all Scotland be conquess than was his.The lordis than, and byschop gud Synclar.Sone out off But thai maid a ballingarTo gud Wallace; tald him thair turment haill;Than wrait thai thus to get bwte off thair baill.1050“Our help, our heill, our hop, our gouernour,“Our gudly gyd, our best chyftane in stour,“Our lord, our luff, our strenth, our rychtwysnas,“For Goddis saik radeym anys to grace,“And tak the croun; till ws it war kyndar,1055“To bruk for ay, or fals Eduuard it war.”The wryt he gat; bot yeit suffer he wald,For gret falsheid that part him did off ald.Mekill dolour it did him in his mynd,Off thair mysfayr; for trew he was and kynd.1060He thocht to tak amendis off that wrang:He ansuerd nocht, bot in his wer furth rang.Off king Eduuard yeit mar furth will I meill,In to quhat wyss that he couth Scotland deill.In Sanct Jhonstoun the erll off York he maid1065Capdane to be off all thai landis braid,Fol. 108 bFra Tay to Dee; and wndyr him Butlar.His grantschyr had at Kynclewin endit thar,His fadyr als; Wallace thaim bathe had slayn;Eduuard tharfor maid him a man off mayn.1070The lord Bewmound in to the north he send.Thai lordschippys all thai gaiff him in commend.To Sterlyn syn fra Sanct Jhonstoun he went,Thair for to fulfill the layff off his entent.The lord Clyffurd he gaiff than Douglace daill,1075Rewllar to be off the south marchis haill;All Galloway than he gaiff Cumyn in hand:Wyst nayn bot God how lang that stait suld stand.The gentill lord, gud byschop Lammyrtoun,Off Sanct Androwss, had Douglace off renoun.1080Befor that tyme Jamyss, wicht and wyss,Till him was cummyn fra scullis off Paryss.A prewa fauour the bischop till him bar;Bot Inglissmen was so gret maisteris thar,He durst nocht weill in playn schaw him kyndnes,1085Quhill on a day he tuk sum hardines.Douglace he cald, and couth to Sterlyng fayr,Quhar king Eduuard was deland landis thair.He proferd him in to the kingis seruiceTo bruk his awin; fra he wist, in this wyss,1090Douglace he was, than he forsuk planlé,Swor be Sanct George; “He brukis na landis off me.“His fadyr was in contrar off my crown;“Tharfor as now he bidis in our presoun.”To the byschop nane othir grant he maid;1095Bot as he plesd, delt furth thai landis braid.To the lord Soullis all haill the Merss gaiff he,And captane als off Berweik for to be.Olyfant than, that he in Sterlyng fand,Quhen he him had, he wald nocht kep his band,1100The quhilk he maid or he him Sterlyng gaiff.Desaitfully thus couth he him dissayff;In till Ingland send him till presoun strang:In gret distress he lewyt thar full lang.Quhen Eduuard king had delt all this regioun,1105His leyff he tuk, in Ingland maid him boun.Out off Sterlyng southward as thai couth ryd,Cumyn hapnyt ner hand the Bruce to bid.Thus said he; “Schyr, and yhe couth keip consaill,“I can schaw her quhilk may be your awaill.”1110The Bruce ansuerd; ‘Quhat euir yhe say to me,Fol. 109 a‘As for my part sall weill conseillyt be.’Lord Cumyn said; “Schyr, knaw ye nocht this thing,“That off this realm ye suld be rychtwyss king?”Than said the Bruce; ‘Supposs I rychtwyss be,1115‘I se no tym to tak sic thing on me.‘I am haldin in to my enemyss hand,‘Wndyr gret ayth, quhen I com in Scotland,‘Nocht [to] part fra him for profyt nor request,‘Na for na strenth, bot gyff ded me arest.1120‘He hecht agayn to gyff this land to me;‘Now fynd I weill it is bot sutleté:‘For thus thow seis he delys myn heretage,‘To Sotheroun part, and sum to traytouris wage.’Than Cumyn said; “Will ye her to accord?1125“Off my landys and ye lik to be lord,“Ye sall thaim hawe, for your rycht off the croun:“Or and ye lik, schyr, for my warisoun,“I sall yow help with power at my mycht.”The Bruce ansuerd; ‘I will nocht sell my rycht;1130‘Bot on this wyss, quhat lordschip thou will craiff‘For thy supplé, I hecht thou sall it haff.’“Cum fra yon king, schyr, with sum jeperté;“Now Eduuard has all Galloway geyffyn to me,“My newo Soullis, that kepis Berweik toun,1135“At your commaund his power sall be boun.“My newo als, a man off mekill mycht,“The lord off Lorn, has rowme in to the hycht.“My third newo, a lord off gret renoun,“Will ryss with ws, off Breichin the barroun.”1140Than said the Bruce: ‘Fayr thar sa far a chance,[‘That we mycht get agayn Wallace fra France,]‘Be witt and force he couth this kynryk wyn.‘Allace, we haiff our lang beyn haldin in twyn!’To that langage Cumyn maid na record;1145Off ald deidis in till his mynd remord.The Bruce and he completyt furth thar bandis;Syn that samyn nycht thai sellyt with thar handis.This ragment left the Bruce with Cumyn thar,With king Eduuard haym in Ingland can far:1150And thar remaynyt quhill this ragment war knawin,Thre yer and mar, or Bruce persewyt his awin.Sum men demys that Cwmyn that ragment send;Sum men tharfor agaynys makis defend.Nayn may say weill Cumyn was saklasing,1155Fol. 109 bBecauss his wiff was Eduuardis ner cusing.He serwyt dede be rycht law off his king,So raklelsy myskepyt sic a thing.Had Bruce past by but baid to Sanct Jhonstoun,Be haill assent he had resawyt the croune;1160On Cumyn syn he mycht haiff done the law.He couth nocht thoill, fra tym that he him saw;Thus Scotland left in hard perplexité.Off Wallace mar in sum part spek will we.
The fals inwy, the wykkyt fell tresoun
Amang thaim selff brocht feill to confusioun.970
The knycht Wallang in Scotland maid repair;
The fals Menteth, Schir Jhon, with outyn mair,
Betwix thaim twa was maid a prewa band;
So on a day thai met in till Annand.
Off the Leynhouss Schyr Jhon had gret desyr:975
Schyr Amer hecht he suld it haiff in hyr
Till hald in fe, and othir landis to,
Off king Eduuard, so he wald pass him to.
Thus cordyt thai, and syn to London went;
Eduuard was glaid for to hald that payment.980
Menteth was thar bound man to that fals king,Fol. 107 b
Fol. 107 b
Till forthir him till Scotland in all thing;
Syn passyt haym, and Wallang with him fur,
Quhill he was brocht agayn our Carleill mur.
King Eduuard than in ire and fers owtrage,985
Be thretty dayis raissit his barnage;
In Scotland past, and thar na stoppyng fand,
Na chyftane thar that durst agayn him stand.
For Menteth tald, thai thocht to mak Bruce king;
All trew Scottis wald be plessyd off that thing.990
Yeit mony fled and durst nocht bid Eduuard,
Sum in to Ross, and in the Ilis past part.
The byschop Synclar agayn fled in to But;
With that fals king he had no will to mut.
Thus, wyth out straik, the castellis off Scotland995
King Eduuard haill has tane in his awin hand;
Deuidyt syn, to men that he wald lik,
Strenthis and toun to Ross throuch this kynrik.
Baith hycht and waill obeyed all till his will,
As he commaund thai purpos to fullfill.1000
The byschoprykis inclynyt till his croune,
Bathe temperalité and all the religioune.
The Roman [bukis] that than was in Scotland,
He gart be brocht to scham, quhar thai thaim fand;
And, but radem, thai brynt thaim thar ilkan;1005
Salysbery oyss our clerkis than has tane.
The lordis he tuk, that wald nocht off him hald,
In Ingland send full nobill blud off ald.
Schyr Wilyam lang Douglace to Londe he send,
In strang presoun quhar throuch he maid his end.1010
The erll Thomas, that lord was off Murray,
And lord Frysaill fra him he send away;
Als Hew the Hay, and othir ayris ma,
He gert Wallang with thaim in Ingland ga.
Na man was left all this mayn land within;1015
Fra Eduuardis peess, was knawin off ony kyn.
Cetoun, Lawder, duelt still in to the Bass,
With thaim Lundy, and men that worthi was.
The erll Malcom and Cambell past, but let,
In But, succour with Synclar for to get.1020
Schir Jhon Ramsay and Rowan than fled north,
To thair cusyng that lord was off Fyllorth.
Quhilk past with thaim throw Murray landis rycht;
Sa fand thai thar a gentill worthi knychtFol. 108 a
Fol. 108 a
At Climace hecht, full cruell ay had beyn,1025
And fayndyt weill amang his enemys keyn.
He thocht neuir at Eduuardis faith to be;
In till his tym he gert feill Sotheroun de.
He led thir lordis in Ross with outyn mar;
At the Stokfurd a stark strenth byggit thar;1030
Kepyt that land rycht worthely be wer:
Till thair enemys thai did full mekill der.
Adam Wallace, and Lyndsay off Craggé,
Away thai fled be nycht apon the se;
And Robert Boid, quhilk was baith wyss and wicht;1035
Arane thai tuk to fend thaim at thair mycht.
The Corspatrik in to Dunbar baid still;
Fewté full sone he had maid Eduuard till.
Abyrnethé, lord Soullis, and Cummyn als,
And Jhon off Lorn that lang had beyn full fals,1040
The lord Brechyn, and mony othir, baid
At Eduuardis faith, for gyftis he thaim maid.
Justene off pees for twenty dayis set he
Off Inglissmen in Lorn, at men mycht be
Playn to declayr; bot, for this causs, I wyss,1045
That all Scotland be conquess than was his.
The lordis than, and byschop gud Synclar.
Sone out off But thai maid a ballingar
To gud Wallace; tald him thair turment haill;
Than wrait thai thus to get bwte off thair baill.1050
“Our help, our heill, our hop, our gouernour,
“Our gudly gyd, our best chyftane in stour,
“Our lord, our luff, our strenth, our rychtwysnas,
“For Goddis saik radeym anys to grace,
“And tak the croun; till ws it war kyndar,1055
“To bruk for ay, or fals Eduuard it war.”
The wryt he gat; bot yeit suffer he wald,
For gret falsheid that part him did off ald.
Mekill dolour it did him in his mynd,
Off thair mysfayr; for trew he was and kynd.1060
He thocht to tak amendis off that wrang:
He ansuerd nocht, bot in his wer furth rang.
Off king Eduuard yeit mar furth will I meill,
In to quhat wyss that he couth Scotland deill.
In Sanct Jhonstoun the erll off York he maid1065
Capdane to be off all thai landis braid,Fol. 108 b
Fol. 108 b
Fra Tay to Dee; and wndyr him Butlar.
His grantschyr had at Kynclewin endit thar,
His fadyr als; Wallace thaim bathe had slayn;
Eduuard tharfor maid him a man off mayn.1070
The lord Bewmound in to the north he send.
Thai lordschippys all thai gaiff him in commend.
To Sterlyn syn fra Sanct Jhonstoun he went,
Thair for to fulfill the layff off his entent.
The lord Clyffurd he gaiff than Douglace daill,1075
Rewllar to be off the south marchis haill;
All Galloway than he gaiff Cumyn in hand:
Wyst nayn bot God how lang that stait suld stand.
The gentill lord, gud byschop Lammyrtoun,
Off Sanct Androwss, had Douglace off renoun.1080
Befor that tyme Jamyss, wicht and wyss,
Till him was cummyn fra scullis off Paryss.
A prewa fauour the bischop till him bar;
Bot Inglissmen was so gret maisteris thar,
He durst nocht weill in playn schaw him kyndnes,1085
Quhill on a day he tuk sum hardines.
Douglace he cald, and couth to Sterlyng fayr,
Quhar king Eduuard was deland landis thair.
He proferd him in to the kingis seruice
To bruk his awin; fra he wist, in this wyss,1090
Douglace he was, than he forsuk planlé,
Swor be Sanct George; “He brukis na landis off me.
“His fadyr was in contrar off my crown;
“Tharfor as now he bidis in our presoun.”
To the byschop nane othir grant he maid;1095
Bot as he plesd, delt furth thai landis braid.
To the lord Soullis all haill the Merss gaiff he,
And captane als off Berweik for to be.
Olyfant than, that he in Sterlyng fand,
Quhen he him had, he wald nocht kep his band,1100
The quhilk he maid or he him Sterlyng gaiff.
Desaitfully thus couth he him dissayff;
In till Ingland send him till presoun strang:
In gret distress he lewyt thar full lang.
Quhen Eduuard king had delt all this regioun,1105
His leyff he tuk, in Ingland maid him boun.
Out off Sterlyng southward as thai couth ryd,
Cumyn hapnyt ner hand the Bruce to bid.
Thus said he; “Schyr, and yhe couth keip consaill,
“I can schaw her quhilk may be your awaill.”1110
The Bruce ansuerd; ‘Quhat euir yhe say to me,Fol. 109 a
Fol. 109 a
‘As for my part sall weill conseillyt be.’
Lord Cumyn said; “Schyr, knaw ye nocht this thing,
“That off this realm ye suld be rychtwyss king?”
Than said the Bruce; ‘Supposs I rychtwyss be,1115
‘I se no tym to tak sic thing on me.
‘I am haldin in to my enemyss hand,
‘Wndyr gret ayth, quhen I com in Scotland,
‘Nocht [to] part fra him for profyt nor request,
‘Na for na strenth, bot gyff ded me arest.1120
‘He hecht agayn to gyff this land to me;
‘Now fynd I weill it is bot sutleté:
‘For thus thow seis he delys myn heretage,
‘To Sotheroun part, and sum to traytouris wage.’
Than Cumyn said; “Will ye her to accord?1125
“Off my landys and ye lik to be lord,
“Ye sall thaim hawe, for your rycht off the croun:
“Or and ye lik, schyr, for my warisoun,
“I sall yow help with power at my mycht.”
The Bruce ansuerd; ‘I will nocht sell my rycht;1130
‘Bot on this wyss, quhat lordschip thou will craiff
‘For thy supplé, I hecht thou sall it haff.’
“Cum fra yon king, schyr, with sum jeperté;
“Now Eduuard has all Galloway geyffyn to me,
“My newo Soullis, that kepis Berweik toun,1135
“At your commaund his power sall be boun.
“My newo als, a man off mekill mycht,
“The lord off Lorn, has rowme in to the hycht.
“My third newo, a lord off gret renoun,
“Will ryss with ws, off Breichin the barroun.”1140
Than said the Bruce: ‘Fayr thar sa far a chance,
[‘That we mycht get agayn Wallace fra France,]
‘Be witt and force he couth this kynryk wyn.
‘Allace, we haiff our lang beyn haldin in twyn!’
To that langage Cumyn maid na record;1145
Off ald deidis in till his mynd remord.
The Bruce and he completyt furth thar bandis;
Syn that samyn nycht thai sellyt with thar handis.
This ragment left the Bruce with Cumyn thar,
With king Eduuard haym in Ingland can far:1150
And thar remaynyt quhill this ragment war knawin,
Thre yer and mar, or Bruce persewyt his awin.
Sum men demys that Cwmyn that ragment send;
Sum men tharfor agaynys makis defend.
Nayn may say weill Cumyn was saklasing,1155Fol. 109 b
Fol. 109 b
Becauss his wiff was Eduuardis ner cusing.
He serwyt dede be rycht law off his king,
So raklelsy myskepyt sic a thing.
Had Bruce past by but baid to Sanct Jhonstoun,
Be haill assent he had resawyt the croune;1160
On Cumyn syn he mycht haiff done the law.
He couth nocht thoill, fra tym that he him saw;
Thus Scotland left in hard perplexité.
Off Wallace mar in sum part spek will we.
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