Wallace commaundyt his ost tharfor to byd; Hys ten he tuk, for to meit Bruce thai ryd. Sowthwest he past, quhar at the tryst was set; The Bruce full son and gud Wallace is met. 590 Fol. 103 a For loss off Graym, and als for propyr teyn, He grewyt in ire, quhen he the Bruce had seyn. Thar salusyng was bot boustous and thrawin. “Rewis thow,” he said, “thow art contrar thin awin?” ‘Wallace,’ said Bruce, ‘rabut me now no mar; 595 ‘Myn awin dedis has bet me wondyr sayr.’ Quhen Wallace hard with Bruce that it stud sua, On kneis he fell, far contenans can him ma. In armes son the Bruce has Wallace tane; Out fra thair men in consalle ar thai gane. 600 I can nocht tell perfytly thair langage; Bot this was it thair men had off knawlage: Wallace him prayit; “Cum fra yon Sotheroun king.” The Bruce said; ‘Nay, thar lattis me a thing. ‘I am so boundyn with wytnes to be leill, 605 ‘For all Ingland I wald nocht fals my seill. ‘Bot off a thing, I hecht to God and the, ‘That contrar Scottis agayn I sall nocht be; ‘In till a feild, with wapynnys that I ber, ‘In thi purpos I sall the neuir der. 610 ‘Gyff God grantis off ws ourhand till haiff, ‘I will bot fle myn awin selff for to saiff; ‘And Eduuard chaip, I pass with him agayn, ‘Bot I throu force be othir tane or slayn. ‘Brek he on me; quhen that my terme is out, 615 ‘I cum to the, may I chaip fra that dout.’ Off thair consaill I can tell yow no mar. The Bruce tuk leyff, and can till Eduuard fayr, Rycht sad in mynd for Scottis men that war lost. Wallace in haist prouidyt son his ost. 620 He maid Crawfurd the erll Malcom to gid, The lauch way till Enrawyn thai ryd; For thar wachis [than] suld thaim nocht aspy. The tothir ost him selff led haistely Be south Manwell, quhilk that thai war betweyn; 625 Off the out watch thus chapyt thai wnseyn. The erll Malcom on Lithquow entris in; Our haistely a stryff thai can begyn. Wallace was nocht all to the battaill boun, Quhen that thai hard the scry raiss in the toun. 630 On Eduuardis ost thai set full sodandly: Wallace and his maid litill noyis or cry, Bot occupyd with wapynnys in that stour; Feill fallen war ded that was with out armour. All dysarayit the Inglis ost was than; 635 Fol. 103 b Amang palyounis the Scottis, quhar mony man Cuttyt cordys, gart mony tentis fall. Nayn sonyeid than; at anys fechtand was all, Bath Wallace ost, and erll Malcom, wyth mycht. King Eduuard than, with awfull fer on hycht, 640 Cryit till aray, on Bruce, so stern and stout, Twentye thousand in armys him about, In to harness had biddyn all that nycht. Bot frayit folk so dulfully was dycht, On ilk sid thai fled for ferdnes off thar deid; 645 Wallace and his so rudly throw thaim yeid, Towart the king, and fellyt feill to grounde: Quha baid thaim thair, rycht fell fechtyng has found. That awfull king rycht manfully abaid; Till all his folk [a] gret conford he maid. 650 The worthy Scottis, agayn him in that stour, Feill Sotheroun slew in to thair fyn armour; So forthwartlye thai pressyt in the thrang, Befor the king maid sloppis thaim amang. Ingliss commounis than fled on athir sid; 655 Bot noble men nane other durst abid. The Bruce as than to Scottis did no grewans; A juge he was with fenyeid contenans: Sa did he neuir in na battaill ayr, Nothyr yeit eftir, sic deid as he schew thar. 660 The erll Malcom be than in to the toun, The erle Herfurd to fle thai had maid boun. The Lennox men set thar lugyng in fyr; Then ferdly fled full mony Sotheroun syr. The king Eduuard, that yeit was fechtand still, 665 Has seyn thaim fle; that likit him full ill. The worthi Scottis fast towart him thai press; Hys brydyll ner assayit or thai wald cess. His banerman Wallace slew in that place; And sone to ground the baner doun he race. 670 The erll off York consaillyt the king to fle; Than he ratornd, sen na succour thai se. The Ingliss men has seyn thair banner fall; Without confort, to fle thai purpost all. Elewyn thousand in toun and feild was ded 675 Off Eduuardis folk, or his selff left the sted. Twentye thousand away to giddyr raid; King and chyftans na langar tary maid. The Scottis in haist than to thair horss thai yeid, To stuff the chass with worthi men in weid. 680 The Lennox folk, that wantyt horss and ger, Fol. 104 a Tuk thaim at will, to help thaim in that wer; At stragyll raid quhat Scot mycht formest pas, Off Sotheroun men quhar off gret slauchtyr was. Wallace has seyn the Scottis wnordourly 685 Folow the chass, he maid chyftanis in hy Thaim for to rewll, and all to gyddyr ryd; Comaundyt thaim ilk ane suld othir bid.