Book X

Summary

THE later day off August fell this cace.

For the reskew thus ordanyt wicht Wallace

Off Sanct Ihonstoun that Sothroun occupyit.

Fast towart Tay thai passyt and aspyit,

Or it was day wndyr Kynnowll thaim laid.

Out off the toun as Scottis men till hym said,

That smvandys oysyt with cartis hay to leid,

So was it suth and hapnyt in-to deid.

Saxsum thar com and brocht bot cartis thre.

Quhen thai off hay was ladand most bysse,

Guthre with ten in handys has thaim tayn,

Put thaim to dede, off thaim he sawyt nayn.

Wallace gert tak in haist thar humest weid

And sic-lik men thai waillyt weill gud speid.

Four was rycht rud. Wallace hym selff tuk ane,

A rwsset clok ; and with him gud Ruwane,

Guthre, Besat, and als gud gemen twa,

In that ilk soit thai graithit thaim to ga.

Xv thai tuk off men in armes wicht;

In ilk cart v thai ordanyt owt off sycht.

Full sutelly thai coueryt thaim with hay,

Syne to the toun thai went the gaynest way.

Thir cartaris, had schort suerdis off gud steill

Wndyr thar weidis, callyt furth the cartis weill.

Schyr Ihon Ramsay baid with a buschement still,

Quhen myster war to help thaim with gud will.

Thir trew cartaris past on with-outyn let

A-tour the bryg and entryt throu the 3et;

Quhen thai war in thar clokis kest thaim fra.

Gud Wallace than the mayster portar can ta

Wpon the ned, quhill dede he has him left,

Syn othir twa the lyff fra thaim has reft.

Guthre, Besat, did rycht weyll in the toun

And Ruwan als dang off thar famen doun.

The armyt men, was in the cartis brocht,

Rais wp and weill thar dawern has wrocht.

Apon the gait thai gert feill Sothroun de.

The Ramsais spy has seyn thaim get entre ;

The buschement brak, bathe bryg and port has won.

Into the toun gret stryff thar was begon.

Twentie and ane, or Ramsay come in playn,

Within the toun had saxte Sotheroun slayn.

The Inglismen on till aray was gayn.

The Scottis as than layser leit thaim get nayn.