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[Diren3]e battale fa cruell for to fe
[And ch]argis 30W to fecht with yis lyonne
[Wallace] ansuerit in haifty conclusionne
[And I fal]l do quhat be the kingis will
[At my p]ower richt glaidly to fulfill
[Than] paffit he on to ye king but mare.
[Ane Lo]rd of court quhen he approchit yare
[Un]wifly fperit withoutin prouifionne
[Wallace dar 3c ga fecht on our lyonne
[And he] faid fa the king fuffer me
[Or with 3]our felf gif 3e ocht better be
[Quhat] will 3e mare yis thing admittit was
[That w]allace fuld in to ye lyonne pas
[The Ki]ng chargit to bring him gude harnes
And he [fa]id na god fcheld me fra fic cais
I wald with it fuld I fecht with ane man
[Bot for ane Dog, that nocht of armis can.
I will haue nane, bot finglil as I ga,
Ane greit mantill about his hand can ta.]
And ane gude fwerd with him he tuke na mare
Abandounly in barrens enterit yare
Grete chen3eis was wrocht in ye 3et with ane gyn,
And pullit to quhen Wallace was yairin
The wod lyonne on Wallace quhare he ftude
Rampand he brayit for he defirit blude
With his round pollis in ye mantill rocht fa
Awkwart ye bak Wallace can him ta.
With his gude fwerd yat was of burnift fteill
His body in twa it cuttit euer ilk deill
Syne to ye king he raikit in grete ire
And faid on lowd was yis al 3our desire
To wair ane fcot yus lichtly in to vane,
Is yair ma doggis yat 3c 3it wald haue flane
Ga bring yame furth fen I mon doggis quell
To do bidding quhill yat I with 30W duell
It ganys full weill to graith me in fcotland
For gretar deid yare men has tane on hand
Than with ane dog in battell to encheif
At 30W and france for euer I tak my leif
The king perfauit Wallace grevit was
Sa erniftfully afkit leif to pas
Rewit in his mynd yat it was hapnit fa
Sa lewit ane deid to lat him vndirta
Knawand ye wourfchip and ye grete nobilnes
c
No. 14. r.
sig. r ij
Bk. xi. 224-267
fol. 165 r-165 v.
[230]
[240]
[250]
[165 V]
[260]
r ii
[And ch]argis 30W to fecht with yis lyonne
[Wallace] ansuerit in haifty conclusionne
[And I fal]l do quhat be the kingis will
[At my p]ower richt glaidly to fulfill
[Than] paffit he on to ye king but mare.
[Ane Lo]rd of court quhen he approchit yare
[Un]wifly fperit withoutin prouifionne
[Wallace dar 3c ga fecht on our lyonne
[And he] faid fa the king fuffer me
[Or with 3]our felf gif 3e ocht better be
[Quhat] will 3e mare yis thing admittit was
[That w]allace fuld in to ye lyonne pas
[The Ki]ng chargit to bring him gude harnes
And he [fa]id na god fcheld me fra fic cais
I wald with it fuld I fecht with ane man
[Bot for ane Dog, that nocht of armis can.
I will haue nane, bot finglil as I ga,
Ane greit mantill about his hand can ta.]
And ane gude fwerd with him he tuke na mare
Abandounly in barrens enterit yare
Grete chen3eis was wrocht in ye 3et with ane gyn,
And pullit to quhen Wallace was yairin
The wod lyonne on Wallace quhare he ftude
Rampand he brayit for he defirit blude
With his round pollis in ye mantill rocht fa
Awkwart ye bak Wallace can him ta.
With his gude fwerd yat was of burnift fteill
His body in twa it cuttit euer ilk deill
Syne to ye king he raikit in grete ire
And faid on lowd was yis al 3our desire
To wair ane fcot yus lichtly in to vane,
Is yair ma doggis yat 3c 3it wald haue flane
Ga bring yame furth fen I mon doggis quell
To do bidding quhill yat I with 30W duell
It ganys full weill to graith me in fcotland
For gretar deid yare men has tane on hand
Than with ane dog in battell to encheif
At 30W and france for euer I tak my leif
The king perfauit Wallace grevit was
Sa erniftfully afkit leif to pas
Rewit in his mynd yat it was hapnit fa
Sa lewit ane deid to lat him vndirta
Knawand ye wourfchip and ye grete nobilnes
c
No. 14. r.
sig. r ij
Bk. xi. 224-267
fol. 165 r-165 v.
[230]
[240]
[250]
[165 V]
[260]
r ii
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