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SCHIR WILLIAM WALLACE.
3 our harroldys als to pass to him has leyff,
In all his ost thar sail no man thaim greiff.” 1490
Than thankit thai the queyn for hir trawaill;
The king, and lordis that was off his consaill.
Off hyr ansuer the king applessit was;
Than thre gret lordys thai ordand for to pass.
Thar consaill haill has fownd it was the best x495
Trewis to tak, or ellis thai get no rest.
A harrold went, in all the haist he may,
Till Tawbane waill, quhar at the Scottis lay,
Condeyt till haiff, quhill thai haiff said thar will.
The consaill sone [a] condeyt gaiff him till. 1500
Agayn he past with souerance till his king.
Than chesyt thai thre lordis for this thing.
The keyn Clyffurd, was than thar warden haill,
Bewmont, Wodstok, all men off mekill waill;
Quhat thir thre wrocht the layff suld stand thar till; 1505
The kingis seyll was gyffyn thaim at thair will.
Sone thai war brocht to spekyng to Wallace.
Wodstok him schawit mony suttell cace.
Wallace he herd the sophammis euiredeill;
“As Beit," he said, “me think ye meyn bot weill. 1510
In wrang ye hald, and dois ws gret owtrage,
Off houssis part that is our heretage.
Owt off this pees, in playn I male thaim knawin,
Fol. 73 b Thaim for to wyn, sen that thai ar our awin;
Roxburch, Berweik, at ouris lang tym has beyn 1515
In to the handis off you fals Sotherone keyn.
We ask her als, be wertu off this band,
Our ayris, our king, be wrang led off Scotland.
We sail thaim haiff, with outyn wordis mar.”
1498. To Auane vaill. So 1594; but cp. 1.
1170.
1499. Conduct to haue.
1500. A. reads an? conduct. So J., who was
apparently unaware of the fact that
aue in the MS. is only used before a
vowel. In A. ane is used indiffer¬
ently before vowels and consonants.
See Murray's ‘Dialects of Southern
Scotland.’
1509. thair sophysmis.
1510. we mene but weill.
1516. ^our fals king I wene.
1518. Our awin ^oung king.