Allace, Scotland, to quhom sall thow compleyn! Allace, fra payn quha sall the now restreyn! 1110 Allace, thi help is fasslie brocht to ground, Thi [best] chyftane in braith bandis is bound! Fol. 121 b Allace, thow has now lost thi gyd off lycht! Allace, quha sall defend the in thi rycht? Allace, thi payn approchis wondyr ner, 1115 With sorow sone thow mon bene set in feyr! Thi graciouss gyd, thi grettast gouernour, Allace, our neir is cumyn his fatell hour! Allace, quha sall the beit now off thi baill? Allace, quhen sall off harmys thow be haill? 1120 Quha sall the defend? quha sall the now mak fre? Allace, in wer quha sall thi helpar be? Quha sall the help? quha sall the now radem? Allace, quha sall the Saxons fra the flem? I can no mar, bot besek God off grace 1125 The to restor in haist to rychtwysnace; Sen gud Wallace may succour the no mar. The loss off him encressit mekill cair. Now off his men in Glaskow still at lay, Quhat sorow raiss, quhen thai him myst away? 1130 The cruell payn, the wofull complenyng, Tharoff to tell it war our hewy thing, I will lat be, and spek off it no mar; Litill riherss is our mekill off cair: And principaly quhar redempcioun is nayn, 1135 It helpys nocht to tell thar petous mayn; The deid tharoff is yeit in remembrance, I will lat slaik off sorow the ballance. Bot Longawell to Louchmabane couth pass, And thar he hecht, quhar gud prince Eduuard was, 1140 Out off Scotland he suld pas neuirmor; Loss off Wallace socht till his hart so sor. The rewlm off France he wowit he suld neuir se, Bot weng Wallace, or ellis tharfor to de. Thar he remaynd, quhill cummyn off the king; 1145 With Bruce in wer this gud knycht furth can ryng. Remembrance syn was in the Brucys buk; Secound he was quhen thai Saynct Jhonstoun tuk; Folowed the king at wynnyng off the toun; The Bruce tharfor gaiff him full gret gardoun. 1150 All Charterys land the gud king till him gaiff; Charterys sen syn off his kyn is the laiff. Quhar to suld I [fer] in that story wend? Bot off my buk to mak a fynaill end: Robert the Bruce com hame on the ferd day 1155 In Scotland, eft Wallace was had away, Till Louchmabane, quhar that he fand Eduuart, Quharoff he was gretlie reiossyt in hart: Bot fra he wyst Wallace away was led, So mekill baill with in his breyst thar bred, 1160 Fol. 122 a Ner out off wytt he worthit for to weyd. Eduuard full sone than till hys brothir yeid. A sodane chance this was in wo fra weill. Gud Eduuard said; “This helpys nocht adell: “Lat murnyng be, it may mak na remeid; 1165 “Ye haiff him tynt, ye suld rawenge his deid. “Bot for your causs he tuk the wer on hand, “In your defens; and thryss has fred Scotland, “The quhilk was tynt fra ws and all our kyn: “War nocht Wallace, we had neuir entryt in. 1170 “Merour he was off lauta and manheid: “In wer the best that euir sall power leid. “Had he likyt for till haiff tane your croun, “Wald nane him let that was in this regioun. “Had nocht beyne he, ye suld had na entress 1175 “In to this rewlm, for tresoun and falsnes. “That sall ye se; the traytour that him sauld, “Fra yow he thinkys Dunbertane for till hauld; “Sum confort tak, and lat slaik off this sorou.” The king chargyt Eduuard, apon the morou, 1180 Radress to tak off wrang that wrocht him was. Till Dallswyntoun he ordand him to pas, And men off armys; gyff thai fand Cumyn thar, Put him to ded; for na deid thai suld spar. Thai fand him nocht. The king him selff him slew 1185 In till Drumfress, quhar witnes was inew. That hapnys wrang our gret haist in a king, Till wyrk by law it may scaith mekill thing. Me nedis heroff na forthyr for till schaw; How that was done it was knawin to yow aw. 1190 Bot yong Douglace fyrst to the king can pas, In all hys wer bath wicht and worthi was. Nor how the king has tane on him the croun; Off all that her I mak bot schort mencioun: Nor how lord Soullis gaiff Berweik toun away; 1195 How eftyr syn sone tynt was Galloway; How Jhon off Lorn agayn his rycht king raiss; On athir sid how Bruce had mony fais; How bauld Breichin contrar his king coud ryd, Rycht few was than in wer with him to byd: 1200 Nor how the north was gyffyn fra the gud king, Quhilk maid him lang in paynfull wer to ryng. Ay trew till him was Jamys the gud Douglace, For Brucis rycht baid weill in mony place; Wndyr the king he was the best chyftayn. 1205 Bot Wallace raiss as chyftane him allayn; Tharfor till him is no comparisoun, As off a man, sauff reuerence off the croun. Bot sa mony as off Douglace has beyn Gud off a kyn, was neuir in Scotland seyn: 1210 Fol. 122 b Comparisounys that can I nocht weill declar. Off Brucis buk as now I spek no mar. Master Barbour, quhilk was a worthi clerk, He said the Bruce amang his othir werk.