In Richmwnt schyr thai fand a gret boundans, Breid, ayll and wyn, with othir purweans; Brak parkis doun, slew bestis mony ane, 1005 Off wild and tayme, forsuth thai sparyt nane. Throuch owt the land thai past in gud aray; A sembly place so fand thai in thar way, Quhilk Ramswaith hecht, as Jop him selff thaim tald; Fehew was lord and captayne in that hald. 1010 A hundreth men was semblit in that place, To sawe thaim selff and thar gud fra Wallace; A ryoll sted, fast by a forest sid, With turrettis fayr, and garrettis off gret prid, Beildyt about, rycht lykly to be wicht, 1015 Awfull it was till ony mannis sicht; Feill men abown on the wallis buskyt beyn, In gud armour, that burnyst was full scheyn. The ost past by, and bot wesyt that place; Yeit thai within on lowd defyit Wallace, 1020 And trumpattis blew with mony werlik soun. Than Wallace said; “Had we yon gallandis doun, “On the playn ground, thai wald mor sobyr be.” Than Jop said; ‘Schyr, ye gart his brodyr de, ‘In harrold weid, ye wait, on Tynto hill.’ 1025 Wallace ansuerd; “So wald I with gud will, “Had I him selff; bot we may nocht thaim der; “Gud men mon thoill off harlottis scorn in wer.” Schir Jhon the Graym wald at a bykkyr beyn: Bot Wallace sone, that gret perell has seyn, 1030 Commaundit him to lat his seruice be. “We haiff no men to waist in sic degré. “Wald ye thaim harm, I knaw ane othir gait, “How we throuch fyr within sall mak thaim hait. “Fyr has beyn ay full felloun in to wer, 1035 “On sic a place it ma do mekill der. Fol. 68 b “Thar awld bulwerk I se off wydderyt ayk; “War it in fyr, thai mycht nocht stand a straik. “Houssis and wod is her enewch plenté; “Quha hewis best off this forest lat se. 1040 “Pow houssis doun, we sall nocht want adeill; “The auld temyr will ger the greyn byrn weill.” At his commaund full besyly thai wrocht, Gret wod in haist about the houss thai brocht. The bulwerk wan thir men off armys brycht, 1045 To the barmkyn had temyr apon hycht. Than bowmen schot to kep thaim fra the cast; The wall about had festnyt firis fast. Women and barnys on Wallace fast thai cry; On kneis thai fell, and askit him mercy. 1050 At a quartar, quhar fyr had nocht ourtayn, Thai tuk thaim out fra that castell off stayn; Syn bet the fyr with brwndys brym and bauld; The rude low raiss full heych abown that hauld. Barrellis off pyk for the defens was hungyn thar; 1055 All strak in fyr, the myscheiff was the mar. Quhen the brym fayr atour the place was past, Than thai with in mycht nothir schwt no cast. Als bestiall, as horss and nowt, within, Amang the fyr thai maid a hidwyss dyn. 1060 The armyt men in harnes was so hait, Sum doun to ground duschit but mar debait; Sum lap, sum fell in to the felloun fyr, Smoryt to dede, and brynt bathe bayn and lyr. The fyr brak in at all opynnys about; 1065 Nayn baid on loft, so felloun was the dout. Fehew him self lap rudly fra the hycht; Throuch all the fyr can on the barmkyn lycht. With a gud suerd Wallace strak off his hed, Jop hynt it wp, and turst [it] fra that sted. 1070 Fyve hundreth men, that war in to that place, Gat nayne away, bot dede with outyn grace. Wallace baid still with his power that nycht; Apon the morn the fyr had failyeit mycht. Beffor the yett, quhar it was brynt on breid, 1075 A red thai maid, and to the castell yeid, Strak doun the yett, and tuk that thai mycht wyn, Jowellys and gold, gret riches was tharin; Spulyeit the place, and left nocht ellis thar, Bot bestis, brynt bodyis, and wallis bar. 1080 Than tuk thai hyr, that wyff was to Fehew; Gaiff this commaund, as scho was women trew, To turss that hed to London to king Eduuard. Scho it rasawyt with gret sorow on hart. Fol. 69 a Wallace him selff thir chargis till hyr gaiff; 1085 “Say to your king, bot gyff I battaill haiff, “At London yettis we sall assailyie sayr; “In this moneth we think for to be thair. “Trastis, in treuth, will God, we sall nocht faill; “Bot I rasyst throw chargis off our consaill. 1090 “The southmaist part off Ingland we sall se; “Bot he sek pess, or ellis bargan with me. “Apon a tym he chargyt me on this wyss, “Rycht boustously to mak till him seruice: “Sic sall he haiff, as he ws causs has maid.” 1095 Than mowit thai with out langer abaid. Deliuerit scho was fra this gud chewalry, Towart London scho socht rycht ernystfully; On to the tour, but mar process, scho went, Quhar Eduuard lay sayr murnand in his entent. 1100 His newois hede, quhen he saw it was brocht, Sa gret sorow sadly apon him socht, With gret wness apon his feit he stud, Wepand for wo for his der tendyr blud.