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[The worthie] Scottis quhilk cruell war and kene
[Amang Sutheroun] fic dyntis gaif yat tide
[Quhill blude on bre]id briffit fra woundis wide
[Wallace in ftour] wes cruelly fechtand
[Of ane Sutheroun he f]mait of ye richt hand
[And quhen that Carl]l of fechting mycht na mare
[With the left hand] in ire held ane buklare
[Than fra the ftu]mp ye blude out fpringit fast
[In Wallace face aboundantly can it caft]
[Into greit part it] merrit of his ficht
[Schir lohne ye Gra]hame ane ftraik hes tane him richt
[With his gude fw]erd vpon ye futhroun fire
[Derfly to deith dra]if him in to yat ire
[The perrell was ri]cht awfull herd and ftrang
[The ftour indur]it mervalufly and lang.
[The Inglifhmen ^i]t gaderit woundir faft
[The worthie Sco]ttis ye gait jit left at ye laft
[Quhen thay had fla]ne and woundit mony ane
[To Wallace Inn]ys ye ganeft way yai gane
[Thay pafMt fone,] defendit yame richt weill.
[He and Schir Iohn]e with fwerdis ftif of fteill
[Behind thair men,] quhil yai ye jet had tane
[This woman tha]n quhilk wes full will of wane,
[The perrell faw] with felloun noyis & dyn.
[Set vp the jet, and] leit yame enter in
[Throuch to ane] ftreuth yai paftit of yat ftede
[Fyftie Sutheroun vp]on ye gait lay dede
[This fair wom]an with befynes and micht
[The Inglifmen] to tary with ane flicht
[Quhill that Wallace into the wod wes paft
[Than Cartlan]e cragis yai perfewit full faft
[Quhe Sutherou]n faw yat chapit wes Wallace
[Agane thay turn]it ye woman tuke on cace
[Put hir to deith,] I can nocht tell jow how
[Of sic mater I] may nocht tary now
[Quhair greit d]ule is but redemyng agane
[Renewing of i]t is bot eking of pane
[Ane trew worn] an had feruit hir full lang
[Out of the toun]e ye ganeft way can gang
[To Wallace ta]uld how all yis deid wes done
[The panefull] wo focht to his hart full fone
[War nocht for fch]ame he had fchot to the grand
[For bitter baill] yat in his breift wes bund
Schir lohne ye grahame baith wife gentill and fre
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[Pa] rs
[The worthie] Scottis quhilk cruell war and kene
[Amang Sutheroun] fic dyntis gaif yat tide
[Quhill blude on bre]id briffit fra woundis wide
[Wallace in ftour] wes cruelly fechtand
[Of ane Sutheroun he f]mait of ye richt hand
[And quhen that Carl]l of fechting mycht na mare
[With the left hand] in ire held ane buklare
[Than fra the ftu]mp ye blude out fpringit fast
[In Wallace face aboundantly can it caft]
[Into greit part it] merrit of his ficht
[Schir lohne ye Gra]hame ane ftraik hes tane him richt
[With his gude fw]erd vpon ye futhroun fire
[Derfly to deith dra]if him in to yat ire
[The perrell was ri]cht awfull herd and ftrang
[The ftour indur]it mervalufly and lang.
[The Inglifhmen ^i]t gaderit woundir faft
[The worthie Sco]ttis ye gait jit left at ye laft
[Quhen thay had fla]ne and woundit mony ane
[To Wallace Inn]ys ye ganeft way yai gane
[Thay pafMt fone,] defendit yame richt weill.
[He and Schir Iohn]e with fwerdis ftif of fteill
[Behind thair men,] quhil yai ye jet had tane
[This woman tha]n quhilk wes full will of wane,
[The perrell faw] with felloun noyis & dyn.
[Set vp the jet, and] leit yame enter in
[Throuch to ane] ftreuth yai paftit of yat ftede
[Fyftie Sutheroun vp]on ye gait lay dede
[This fair wom]an with befynes and micht
[The Inglifmen] to tary with ane flicht
[Quhill that Wallace into the wod wes paft
[Than Cartlan]e cragis yai perfewit full faft
[Quhe Sutherou]n faw yat chapit wes Wallace
[Agane thay turn]it ye woman tuke on cace
[Put hir to deith,] I can nocht tell jow how
[Of sic mater I] may nocht tary now
[Quhair greit d]ule is but redemyng agane
[Renewing of i]t is bot eking of pane
[Ane trew worn] an had feruit hir full lang
[Out of the toun]e ye ganeft way can gang
[To Wallace ta]uld how all yis deid wes done
[The panefull] wo focht to his hart full fone
[War nocht for fch]ame he had fchot to the grand
[For bitter baill] yat in his breift wes bund
Schir lohne ye grahame baith wife gentill and fre
[160]
No.
sig.
Bk. vi.
fot. 54
2. r.
f ilj
160-203
r-54 v.
[170]
[54 v]
[180]
[190]
[200]
f hi
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| Description | With introduction by Sir William A. Craigie. New York : Facsimile reproduction printed by arrangement with Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints, 1940. |
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