A ryoll king than ryngyt in to France, Gret worschip herd off Wallace gouernance, 1620 Off prowis, pryss, and off his worthi deid, And forthwart fair, commendede off manheid; Bathe humyll, leyll, and off his priwyt pryss, Off honour, trewth, and woid off cowatiss. The nobill king, ryngand in ryolté, 1625 Had gret delyte this Wallace for to se; And knew rycht weill schortly to wndyrstand The gret suppryss and ourset off Ingland. Als marueld he off Wallace small power, That but a king tuk sic a rewm to ster, 1630 Agayn Ingland, and gert thair malice cess, Quhill thai desyryt with gud will to mak pess. And rycht onon a herrold gert he call, In schort termys he has rehersit him all Off his entent completly till ane end; 1635 Syn in Scotland he bad him for to wend. And thus he wrait than in till gret honour, To Wilyham Wallace as a conquerour. “O lowit leid, with worschip wyss and wicht; “Thow werray help in haldyn off the rycht; 1640 “Thou rycht restorer off thi natyff land; “With Goddis grace agayn thi fais to stand “In thi defens, helpar of rychtwyss blud. “O worthi byrth, and blyssyt be thi fud! “As it is red in prophecy beforn, 1645 “In happy tym for Scotland thow was born. “I the besek, with all humylité, “My closs lettir thow wald consaiff and se, “As your brodyr, I crystyn king off France, “To the berer ye her and gyff credance.” 1650 The herrold bownd him, and to the schip is gone: In Scotland sone he cummyn is onon, Bot harrold lyk he sekis his presens. Fol. 75 a On land he went, and maid no residens In ony steid, quhar he presumyt thar. 1655 So on a day he fand him in to Ayr, In gud affer, and manlik cumpany. The harrold than, with honour reuerendly, Has salust him apon a gudly maner. And he agayn, with humyll hamly cher, 1660 Rasauit him in to rycht gudly wyss. The harrold than, with worschip to dewyss, Be tuk till him the kingis wryt off France. Wallace on kne, with lawly obeysance, Rycht reuerendly, for worschip off Scotland. 1665 Quhen he it red, and had it wndirstand, At this herrold he askyt his credence, With aspre spech, and manly contenence. And he him tald, as I haiff said befor, The kingis desyr; quhat nedis wordis mor? 1670 “The hye honour, and the gret nobilnes “Off your manheid, weill knawin in mony place, “Him likis als weill your worschip till awance, “As yhe war born a liege man off France. “Sen his regioun is flour off rewmys seyn; 1675 “Als the gret band off kindnes yow betweyn; “It war worschip his presens for to se, “Sen at this rewm standis in sic degre.” Wallace consawit, with outyn tarying, The gret desyr off this gud nobill king; 1680 Syn till him said; ‘As God off hewin me sawe, ‘Her eftir sone ye sall ane ansuer hawe ‘Off your desyr, that ye hawe schawit me till: ‘Welcum ye ar with a fre hartly will.’ The harrold baid, on to the twenty day, 1685 With Wallace still, in gud weillfayr and play; Contende the tyme with worschip and plesance; Be gud awyss maid his deliuerance. With his awn hand he wrait on to the king All his entent, as twyching to this thing. 1690 Rycht rych reward he gaiff the harrold tho, And him conwoyde, quhen he had leyff to go, Out off the toun with gudly cumpanye, His leyff he tuk, syn went on to the se. Gud Wallace than has maid his prouidance; 1695 His purpos was to se the king off France. Erest in weyr to Sanct Jhonstoun couth fair; A consaill than he had gert ordane thar. In till his sted he chesyt a gouernour To kep the land, a man off gret walour, 1700 Jamys gud lord, the stewart off Scotland, Quhilk fadyr was, as storys beris on hand, Fol. 75 b To gud Waltre that was off hye parage, [Marjory] the Bruce syne gat in mariage. Tharoff to spek as now I haiff no space; 1705 It is weill knawin, thankit be Goddis grace: And to the harrold, with outyn residens, How he approchyt to the kingis presens. Fra the Rochell the land sone has he tayn. Atour the landis he graithit him to gayn, 1710 Sekand the king, als gudly as he may. So to the court he passit on a day; To Paryss went, was peirles off renoun. The king that tym held palace in that toun. Quhen he hym saw, graithly has wndirstand, 1715 He speryt tithingis, and weyllfayr off Scotland. The herrold said, in to thir termys schort, That all was gud; he had the mar comfort. “Saw thow Wallace, the chyftayn off Scotland?” And he said; ‘Ya; that I dar tak on hand, 1720 ‘A worthyar this day lyffand is nayn, ‘In way off wer, als fer as I haiff gayn. ‘The hie worschip, and the gret nobilnes, ‘The gud weillfair, plesande and worthines, ‘The rych reward was mychty for to se, 1725 ‘That for your saik he kythyt apon me; ‘And his ansuer in wryt he has yow send.’ The king rasauit it with a lycht attend, This hie affect and dyt off his writyng.