Quhen Wallace wald no langar soiorn thar, 955 Fra Archattan throu out the land thai far Towart Dunkell, with gud men off renoun; His maist thocht than was haill on Sanct Jhonstoune. He calld Ramsai, that gud knycht off gret waill; Sadly awysyt, besocht him off consaill: 960 “Off Saynct Jhonstoun now haiff I in remembrance; “Thar I haiff beyne, and lost men apon chance: “Bot ay for ane we gert ten off thaim de. “And yeit me think that is no mendis to me; “I wald assay, off this land or we gang, 965 “And lat thaim witt thai occupy her with wrang.” Than Ramsay said; ‘That toune thai may nocht kep; ‘The wallis ar laych, supposs the dyk be depe. ‘Ye haiff enewch, that sall thaim cummyr sa; ‘Fyll wp the dyk, that we may playnly ga 970 ‘In haill battaill, a thowsand our at anys: ‘Fra this power thai sall nocht hald yon wanys.’ Wallace was glaid that he sic comfort maid; Furth talkand thus on to Dunkell thai raid. Four dayis thar thai lugyt with plesance, 975 Quhill tyme thai had forseyne thair ordinance. Ramsay gert byg strang bestials off tre, Be gud wrychtis the best in that cuntré: Quhan thai war wrocht, betaucht thaim men to leid The wattir doun, quhill thai come to that steid. 980 Schir Jhon Ramsay rycht gudly was thair gid, Rewillyt thaim weill at his will for to bid. Fol. 54 a The gret ost than about the willage past; With erd and stayne thai fillit dykis fast. Flaikis thai laid on temyr lang and wicht; 985 A rowme passage to the wallis thaim dycht. Feill bestials rycht starkly wp thai raiss; Gud men of armys sone till assailye gais. Schir Jhon the Grayme, and Ramsay that was wicht. The turat bryg segyt with all thair mycht; 990 And Wallace selff, at mydsid off the toune, With men of armys thai was to bargane bown. The Sotheron men maid gret defens that tid, With artailye, that felloune was to bid. With awblaster, gaynye, and stanys fast, 995 And hand gunnys rycht brymly out thai cast; Pwnyeid with speris men off armys scheyn. The worthi Scotts, that cruell war and keyne, At hand strakis fra thai to gidder met, With Sotheroun blud thair wapynnys sone thai wet. 1000 Yeit Inglissmen, that worthi war in wer, In to the stour rycht bauldly can thaim ber. Bot all for nocht awailyeid thaim thar deid; The Scottis throw force apon thaim in thai yeid. A thousand men our wallis yeid hastely; 1005 In to the toun raiss hidwiss noyis and cry. Ramsay and Graym the turat yet has wown, And entrit in, quhar gret striff has begown. A trew squier, quhilk Rwan hecht be nayme, Come to the salt, with gud Schyr Jhon the Grayme; 1010 Thretty with him off men that prewit weill, Amang thair fais with wapynnys stiff off steill. Quhen at the Scottis semblyit on athir sid, Na Sotheroun was that mycht thair dynt abid. Twa thousand sone, was fulyied vnder feit, 1015 Off Sotheroun blud, lay stekit in the streit. Schir Jhon Sewart saw weill the toune was tynt; Tuk him to flycht, and wald no langar stynt; In a lycht barge, and with him men sexté, The water doun, socht succour at Dundé. 1020 Wallace baid still, quhill the ferd day at morn; And left nane thar that war off Ingland born. Riches thai gat off gold and othir gud; Plenyst the toun agayne with Scottis blud. Rwan he left thair capteyn for to be; 1025 Fol. 54 b In heretage gaiff him office to fee Off all Straithern, and schirreiff off the toun; Syne in the north gud Wallace maid him boune. In Abyrdeyn he gert a consaill cry, Trew Scottis men suld semble hastely. 1030 Till Cowper he raid to wesy that abbay; The Ingliss abbot fra thine was fled away. Bischop Synclar, with out langar abaid, Met thaim at Glammyss, syne furth with thaim he raid. In till Breichyn thai lugyt all that nycht; 1035 Syne on the morn Wallace gert graith thaim rycht, Displayed on breid the baner off Scotland In gud aray, with noble men at hand; Gert playnly cry, that sawfté suld be nayne Off Sotheroun blud, quhar thai mycht be ourtayn. 1040 In playne battaill throuch out the Mernyss thai rid. The Inglissmen, at durst thaim nocht abid, Befor the ost full ferdly furth thai fle Till Dwnottar, a snuk within the se. Na ferrar thai mycht wyn out off the land. 1045 Thai semblit thar quhill thai war four thousand; To the kyrk rane, wend gyrth for till haiff tayne, The laiff ramaynd apon the roch off stayne. The byschope than began tretty to ma Thair lyffis to get, out off the land to ga. 1050 Bot thai war rad, and durst nocht weill affy; Wallace in fyr gert set all haistely, Brynt wp the kyrk, and all that was tharin, Atour the roch the laiff ran with gret dyn. Sum hang on craggis rycht dulfully to de, 1055 Sum lap, sum fell, sum floteryt in the se. Na Sotheroun on lyff was lewyt in that hauld, And thaim with in thai brynt in powdir cauld. Quhen this was done, feill fell on kneis doun, At the byschop askit absolutioun.