Book XI

Summary

THIS Wodstok raid in-to the north gud speid.

Off Scottis as than he had bot litill dreid,

For weyll he trowyt for to reskew Dunde.

Thar schippys com to Tay In be the se.

His gydys said thai suld him gyd in by

Saynct Ihonstoun, quhar passage was playnly.

The hycht thai tuk and lukit thaim about;

So war thai war off Wallace and his rout.

In sum-part than he remordyt his thocht,

The kingis commaund becaus he kepyt nocht,

Bot quhen he saw thai war fewar than he

He wald thaim byd and othir do or de.

Schyr Ihon Ramsay formest his power saw.

He said, “ 3on is, that 3he se hydder draw,

Othir Sotheroun that curamys sa cruellye

Or ellis Erll Malcom to sek 30W for supple.“

Than Wallace smyld and said, “ Inglis thai ar,

3e may thaim ken rycht weyll quhar euir thai far.“

On Schyrreff mur Wallace the feild has tane

With viii thousand that worthy was in wane.

The Sotheroun was rycht douchty in thar deid,

To-gyddtfr straik, weyll stuffyt in steyll weid.

Than speris sone all in-to splendrys sprent.

The hardy Scottis throw-out the Sotheroun went.

In reddy battaill vii thowsand doun thai bar,

Dede on the bent, that recoueryt neuir mar.

Wyth fell fechtyng off wapywnys groundyn keyn

Blud fra byrneis was bruschyt on the greyn.

The felloun stour, that awfull was and strang !

The worthy Scottis so derfly on thaim dang

At all was dede within a litill stound.

Nane off that place had power for to found.

3ong Wodstok has bathe land and lyff forlorn.

The Scottis spul3eit off gud ger thaim beforn.

Quhat thaim thocht best off fyn harnes thai waill,

Bath gold and gud and hors that mycht thaim waill.

To Styrlyng bryg with-out restyng thai raid.

Or ma suld com Wallace this ordinans maid.

Past our the bryg Wallace gert wrychtis call,

Hewyt trastis, wndyd the passage all.

Sa tha sam folk he send to the Drip furd,

Gert set the ground with scharp spykis off burd ;

Bot ix or x he kest a gait befor,

Langis the schauld, maid it bath dep and schor.