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The rent at will he gaiff hym in commend.
His kingis charge as than he durst nocht hald :
A wrangwys pape that tyrand mycht be cald. 1130
Few fled with him, and gat away be see;
For all Scotland he wald nocht Wallace se.
As than off him he maid bot lycht record.
Gert restor him that thar was rychtwys lord.
The worthy knycht, that in to Coupar lay, 1135
Gart spufje it apon the secund day,
Syn ordand men, at the commaund off Wallace,
But mar process, for to cast doun that place.
Mynouris sone thai gert perss throw the wall,
Syn pounciouns fyryt, and to the ground kest all. 1140
Schyr Jhon Ramsay syne to the kyrk can fayr;
Sotheroun was fled, and left bot wallis bayr:
Eftir Sewart thai durst nocht tary lang.
The Scottis at large [out] throu all Fyff thai rang.
Fol.88a Off Inglismen nayn left in that cuntre. 1145
Bot in Lochlewyn thair lay a cumpane,
Apon that inch, in a small hous thai dycht;
Castell was nayn, bot wallyt with water wicht.
Besyd Carraill thai semblyt Wallace befom ;
His purpos was for till assay Kyngorn. 1150
A knycht, hecht Gray, than captane in it was;
Be schort awys purpos he tuk to pas.
Erar he wald bid chalans off his king,
Than with Wallace to rakyn for sic a thing.
That hous thai tuk, and litill tary maid. 1155
Vpon the morn, with outyn mar abaid,
Atour the mur, quhar thai a tryst had set,
Ner Scotlandis Well thair lugyng tuk but let.
Eftir souper Wallace bad thaim ga rest:
1139. Myndouris . . . peirs.
1141. to Carrell.
1144. out \s from A.
1146. thair baid.
1147. housis thay licht—probably an error.
1149. P. hascarrail instead of Carraill. In
MS., as a rule, capital letters are not
given to proper names. _
1151. kmcht Musgraif capitane in.
1154. to Wallace to reckin.
1158. Neir Scotland well.