On Wednysday the fals Sotheroun furth brocht, 1305 Till martyr him as thai befor had wrocht. Rycht suth it is, a martyr was Wallace, Fol. 123 b Als Osauold, Edmunt, Eduuard, and Thomas. Off men in armes led him a full gret rout. With a bauld spreit gud Wallace blent about: 1310 A preyst he askyt, for God at deit on tre. King Eduuard than cummandyt his clergé, And said; “I charge, apayn off loss off lywe, “Nane be sa bauld yon tyrand for to schrywe. “He has rong lang in contrar my hienace.” 1315 A blyst byschop sone, present in that place, Off Canterbery he than was rychtwyss lord, Agayn the king he maid this rycht record; And [said]; ‘My selff sall her his confessioun, ‘Gyff I haiff mycht, in contrar off thi croun. 1320 ‘And thou throu force will stop me off this thing, ‘I wow to God, quhilk is my rychtwyss king, ‘That all Ingland I sall her enterdyt, ‘And mak it knawin thou art ane herretyk. ‘The sacrement off kyrk I sall him geiff; 1325 ‘Syn tak thi chos, to sterwe or lat him leiff. ‘It war mar waill, in worschip off thi croun, ‘To kepe sic ane in lyff in thi bandoun, ‘Than all the land and gud at thow has refyd. ‘Bot cowatice the ay fra honour drefyd. 1330 ‘Thow has [thi] lyff rongyn in wrangwis deid; ‘That sall be seyn on the, or on thi seid.’ The king gert charge thai suld the byschop ta; Bot sad lordys consellyt to lat him ga. All Inglissmen said, at his desyr was rycht; 1335 To Wallace than he rakyt in thar sicht. And sadly hard his confessioun till ane end. Hvmbly to God his spreyt he thar comend; Lawly him serwyt with hartlye deuocioun Apon his kneis, and said ane orysoun. 1340 His leyff he tuk, and to West monastyr raid. The lokmen than thai bur Wallace but baid On till a place, his martyrdom to tak; For till his ded he wald na forthyr mak. Fra the fyrst nycht he was tane in Scotland, 1345 Thai kepyt him in to that sammyn band. Na thing he had at suld haiff doyn him gud; Bot Inglissmen him seruit off carnaill fud. Hys warldly lyff desyrd the sustenance, Thocht he it gat in contrar off plesance. 1350 Thai thretty dayis his band thai durst nocht slaik, Quhill he was bundyn on a skamyll off ayk, With irn chenyeis that was bath stark and keyn. A clerk thai set to her quhat he wald meyn. “Thow Scot,” he said, “that gret wrangis has don, 1355 “Thi fatell hour, thow seis, approchis son. “Thow suld in mynd remembyr thi mysdeid, “At clerkis may, quhen thai thair psalmis reid “For Crystyn saullis, that makis thaim to pray, “In thair nowmyr thow may be ane off thai; 1360 “For now thow seis on fors thou mon decess.” Fol. 124 a Than Wallace said; ‘For all thi roid rahress, ‘Thow has na charge, supposs at I did myss; ‘Yon blyst byschop has hecht I sall haiff blis; ‘And trew [I] weill, that God sall it admyt: 1365 ‘Thi febyll wordis sall nocht my conscience smyt. ‘Conford I haiff off way that I suld gang, ‘Maist payn I feill at I bid her our lang.’ Than said this clerk; “Our king oft send the till; “Thow mycht haiff had all Scotland at thi will, 1370 “To hald off him, and cessyt off thi stryff; “So as a lord rongyn furth all thi lyff.” Than Wallace said; ‘Thou spekis off mychty thing. ‘Had I lestyt, and gottyn my rychtwyss king, ‘Fra worthi Bruce had rasauit his croun, 1375 ‘I thocht haiff maid Ingland at his bandoun. ‘So wttraly it suld beyn at his will, ‘Quhat plessyt him, to sauff thi king or spill.’ “Weill,” said this clerk, “than thow repentis nocht: “Off wykkydness thow has a felloun thocht. 1380 “Is nayn in warld at has sa mony slane; “Tharfor till ask, me think thow suld be bane, “Grace off our king, and syn at his barnage.” Than Wallace smyld [a] litill at his langage. ‘I grant,’ he said, ‘part Inglissmen I slew 1385 ‘In my quarrel, me thocht nocht halff enew. ‘I mowyt na wer bot for to win our awin; ‘To God and man the rycht full weill is knawin. ‘Thi frustyr wordis dois nocht bot taris me, ‘I the commaund, on Goddis halff, lat me be.’ 1390 A schyrray gart this clerk sone fra him pass; Rycht as thai durst, thai grant quhat he wald ass. A Psaltyr buk Wallace had on him euir; Fra his childeid fra it wald nocht deseuir. Bettyr he trowit in wiage for to speid. 1395 Bot than he was dispalyeid off his weid. This grace he ast at lord Clyffurd that knycht, To lat him haiff his Psaltyr buk in sycht. He gert a preyst it oppyn befor him hauld, Quhill thai till him had done all at thai wauld. 1400 Stedfast he red, for ocht thai did him thar: Feyll Sotheroun said, at Wallace feld na sayr. Gud deuocioun sa was his begynnyng, Conteynd tharwith, and fair was his endyng; Quhill spech and spreyt at anys all can fayr 1405 To lestand blyss, we trow, for euirmayr. I will nocht tell how he dewydyt was In fyve partis, and ordand for to pass; Bot thus his spreit be liklynes was weill.