Wallace hym selff was sekyr gyd that nycht; 1375 Till Dunbertane the way he chesyt rycht. Or it was day, for than the nycht was lang, On to the toun full prewaly thai gang. Mekill off it Inglissmen occupyit. Gud Wallace sone throu a dyrk garth hym hyit, 1380 And till a houss, quhar he was wont to ken, A wedow duelt was frendfull till our men. Abone hyr bed, on the baksid, was maid A dern wyndow, was nothir lang nor braid; Thar Wallace cauld, and son fra scho him knew, 1385 In haist scho rayss, and prewaly thaim in drew Till a closs bern, quhar thai mycht kepyt be: Baith meit and drynk scho brocht in gret plenté. A gudly gyft to Wallace als scho gaiff, A hundreth pownd and mar, atour the layff. 1390 Nyne sonnys scho had, was lykly men and wicht; Ane ayth till him scho gart thaim swer full rycht. In peess thai duelt, in trubyll that had beyn, And trewbut payit till Ingliss capdanis keyn. Fol. 90 b Schir Jhon Menteth the castell had in hand: 1395 Bot sum men said, thar was a prewa band Till Sotheroun maid, be menys off that knycht, In thar supplé to be in all his mycht. Tharoff as now I will no process mak. Wallace that day a schort purpos can tak; 1400 Quhen it was nycht he bad the wedow pass, Merk all the duris quhar Sotheroun duelland was. Syn efftir this, he and his chewalry Graithyt thaim weill, and wapynnys tuk in hy; Went on the gayt, quhen Sotheroun was on slep, 1405 A gret oystré our Scottis tuk to kep. Ane Ingliss captane was sittand wp so lait, Quhill he and his with drynk was maid full mait. Nyn men was thar, now set in hye curage; Sum wald haiff had gud Wallace in that rage; 1410 Sum wald haiff bound Schyr Jhone the Grayme throucht strenth; Sum wald haiff had Boyd at the suerdis lenth; Sum wyst Lundy, that chapyt was off Fyff; Sum wychtar was na Cetoun in to stryff. Quhen Wallace hard the Sotheroun maid sic dyn, 1415 He gart all byd, and hym allayn went in; The layff remaynyt to her off thar tithans. He salust thaim with sturdy contenance. “Falowis,” he said, “sen I com last fra haym, “In trawaill I was our land and wncouth fame. 1420 “Fra south Ireland I com in this cuntré, “The [new] conquest off Scotland for to se. “Part off your drynk, or sum gud I wald haiff.” The captane [than] a schrewed ansuer him gaiff; ‘Thow semys a Scot wnlikly, ws to spy; 1425 ‘Thow may be ane off Wallace cumpany: ‘Contrar our king he is ryssyn agane; ‘The land off Fyff he has rademyt in plane. ‘Thou sall her byd quhill we wyt how it be; ‘Be thow off his, thou sall be hyngyt hye.’ 1430 Wallace than thocht it was na tym to stand; His nobill suerd he gryppyt son in hand; Aukwart the face drew that captane in teyn, Straik all away that stud abowne his eyn. Ane othir braithly in the breyst he bar; 1435 Baith brawn and bayn the burly blaid throcht schar. The layff ruschyt wp to Wallace in gret ire; The thryd he feld full fersly in the fyr, Stewyn off Irland, and Kerlé, in that thrang, Kepyt na charge, bot entryt thaim amang; 1440 Fol. 91 a And othir ma that to the dur can press; Quhill thai him saw thar coud no thing thaim cess, The Sotheroun men full sone was brocht to ded. The blyth hosteler bad thaim gud ayle and breid. Wallace said; “Nay, till we haiff laysar mar. 1445 “To be our gyd thow sall befor ws fayr; “And begyn fyr quhar at the Sotheroun lyis.” The hostellar son, apon a hasty wyss, Hynt fyr in hand, and till a gret hous yeid, Quhar Inglissmen was in full mekill dreid. 1450 For thai wyst nocht quhill that the rud low raiss; As wood bestis amang the fyr than gays, With paynis fell ruschyt full sorowfully. The layff with out, off our gud chewalry, At ilka houss, quhar the hostillar began, 1455 Kepyt the duris, fra thaim chapyt na man. For all thair mycht, thocht king Eduuard had suorn, Gat nayn away that was off Ingland born, Bot othir brynt, or but reskew was slayn, And sum throucht force drywyn in the fyr agayn. 1460 Part Scottis folk, in seruice thaim amang, Fra ony payn frely thai let thaim gang. Thre hundreth men was to Dunbertan send, To kep the land, as thair lordis thaim kend; Skaithless off thaim for ay was this regioun. 1465 Wallace or day maid him out off the toun; On to the coyff off Dunbartane thai yeid; And all that day [thar] soiornd out off dreid. Baith meit and drynk the hostillar gert be brocht. Quhen nycht was cummyn, in all the haist thai mocht, 1470 Towart Rossneth full ernystfully thai gang; For Inglissmen was in that castell strang. On the Garlouch thai purpost thaim to bid, Betwix the kyrk, that ner was thar besyd; And to the castell full prewaly thai draw. 1475 Wndyr a bray thai buschyt thaim rycht law, Lang the wattyr, quhar comoun oyss had thai, The castellis stuff, on to the kyrk ilk day. A maryage als that day was to begyn.