To York thai went, thir wermen off renoun; A sege thai set rycht sadly to the toun. For gret defens thai garnest thaim within: A felloun salt with out thai can begyn; Gert woid the ost in four partis about, 745 With wachys feyll, that no man suld wsche out. Abowne the toune, apon the southpart sid, Thar Wallace wald, and gud Lundy, abid. Erll Malcom syne at the west yett abaid; With him the Boid, that gud jornays had maid. 750 The knycht Cambell, off Louchow [that] was lord, At the north yett, and Ramsay, maid thaim ford. Schyr Jhon the Graym, that worthy was in wer, Awchinlek, Crawfurd, with full manlik affer, At the est part bauldly thai bowne to bid. 755 A thousand archaris apon the Scottis sid Disseueryt thaim amang the four party. Fyve thousand bowemen in the toun forthi, With in the wallis, arayit thaim full rycht, Twelf thousand and ma that sembly was to sycht. 760 Than said Wallace; “Thar yond apon a playn, “In feild to fecht me think we suld be bayn.” Than sailyeit thai rycht fast on ilka sid. The worthy Scottis that bauldly durst abid, Fol. 65 b With sper and scheild, for gownnys had thai nayn, 765 Within the dykys thai gert feill Sotheroun grayn. Arowys thai schot, als fers as ony fyr, Atour the wall, that flawmyt in gret ire, Throuch byrneis brycht, with hedys fyn off steyll. The Sotheroun blud thai leyt no frendschip feyll; 770 Our schefferand harnes schot the blud so scheyn. The Inglissmen, that cruell was and keyn, Kepyt thar toun, and fendyt thar full fast. Fagaldys off fyr amang the ost thai cast; Wp pyk and ter on feyll sowys thai lent; 775 Mony was hurt or thai fra wallys went. Stanys and spryngaldis thai cast out so fast, And gaddys off irne, maid mony goym agast: Bot neuirtheles, the Scottis that was with out, The toun full oft thai set in to gret dout; 780 Thar bulwerk brynt rycht brymly off the toun; Thar barmkyn wan, and gret gerrettis kest doun. Thus sailyeit thai, on ilk sid, with gret mycht. The day was gayn, and cummyn was the nycht. The wery ost than drew thaim fra the toun, 785 Set owt wachis, for restyng maid thaim boun; Wysche woundis with wyn, off thaim that was wnsound; For nayn wes dede; in gret myrth thai abound. Feyll men was hurt, bot na murnyng thai maid; Confermyt the sege, and stedfastly abaid. 790 Quhen that the son on morow raiss wp rycht, Befor the chyftanys semblyt thai full rycht; And mendis thocht off the toun thai suld tak, For all the fens that the Sotheroun mycht mak. Arayit agayn, as thai began afor, 795 About the toun thai sailye wondyr sor, With felloun schot atour the wall so scheyn. Feill Inglissmen, that cruell was and keyn, With schot was slayn, for all thar targis strang; Byrstyt helmys, mony to erd thai dang. 800 Brycht byrnand fyr thai kest till euirilk yet; The entress thus in perall oft thai set. The defendouris was off so fell defens, Kepyt thar toun with strenth and excellens. And thus the day thai dryff on to the nycht; 805 To palyounnys bownyt mony wery wycht. All yrk off wer; the toun was strang to wyn, Off artailye, and nobill men with gyn. Fol. 66 a Quhen that thai trowyt the Scottis was all at rest, For jeperté the Inglissmen thaim kest. 810 Schyr Jhon Nortoun was knawyn worthy and wycht, Schyr Wilyham off Leis, graithit thaim that nycht, With fyve thowsand welle garnest and sawage; Apon the Scottis thai thocht to mak scrymmage; And at [the] yet wschyt owt haistely 815 On erll Malcom, and his gud chewalry. To chak the wache Wallace and ten had beyn Rydand about, and has thair cummyng seyn. He gert ane blaw, was in his cumpany; The redy men arayit thaim hastely. 820 Feill off the Scottis ilk nycht in harnes baid, Be ordinance, for thai sic rewll had maid. With schort awyss to gyddyr ar thai went, Apon thair fais, quhar feill Sotheroun was schent. Wallace knew weill the erll to haisty was; 825 For thi he sped him to the press to pass. A suerd off wer in till his hand he bar; The fyrst he hyt, the crag in sondyr schar. Ane othir awkwart apon the face tuk he; Wysar and frount bathe in the feild gert fle. 830 The hardy erll befor his men furth past, In to the press, quhar feill war fechtand fast; A scherand suerd bar drawyn in his hand; The fyrst was fey that he befor him fand. Quhen Wallace and he was to gidder set, 835 Thayr lestyt nayn agayn thaim that thai met, Bot othir dede, or ellis fled thaim fray. Be this the ost, all in [a] gud aray, With the gret scry assemblit thaim about; Than stud the Sotheroun in a felloun dout. 840 Wallace knew weill the Inglissmen wald fle; For thi he preyst in the thikkest to be, Hewand full fast on quhat sege that he socht; Agaynys hys dynt fyn steyll awailyeit nocht. Wallace off hand, sen Arthour, had na mak; 845 Quhom he hyt rycht was ay dede off a strak.