Till a new strenth Wallace and his men fled; On aduersouris thai maid full gret debait, 635 Bot help thaim self, no socour ellis thai wait. The Sothron als war sundryt than in twyn; Bot thai agayne to gidder sone can wyn: Full sutellye thar ordinance thai maid, The rang agayne bownyt but mar abaid. 640 The Scottis war hurt, and part of thaim war slayn; So fair assay thai couth nocht mak agayn. Be this the host approchand was full ner; Thus wrandly thai held thaim wpon ster. Quhen Wallace saw the Sothroune was at hand, 645 Him thocht no tym langar for to stand. Rycht manfully he graithit has his ger; Sadly he went agayne the men of wer. Throw out the stour full fast fechtand he socht, With Goddis grace to wenge him gif he mocht. 650 Vpon the Butler awfully straik he; Saiffgarde he gat wndir a bowand tre; The bowcht in twa he straik, aboune his hede, Alss to the ground, and feld him in that stede. The haill pouer wpon him com so fast, 655 At thai beforce reskewit him at the last. Loran was wa, and thidder fast can draw. Wallas retornd, sa sodeynly him saw: Out at a syde full fast till him he yeid; He gat no gyrth for all his burnyst weid: 660 With ire him straik on his gorgeat off steill, The trensand blaid to persyt euirydeill Throu plaitt and stuff, mycht nocht agayn it stand; Derffly to dede he left him on the land. Hym haif thai lost, thocht Sotheren had it suorn; 665 Fol. 20 b For his crag bayne was all in sondyr schorn. The worthi Scottis did nobilly that day About Wallace, till he was woun away. He tuk the strenth magre thar fayis will; Abandonly in bargan baid thar still. 670 The scry sone raiss, the bald Loran was dede: Schyr Garrat Heroun tranontit that stede, And all the host assemblit him about. At the north side than Wallace ischet owt, With him his men, and bownyt him to ga, 675 Thankand gret God at thai war partyt sa. To Cargyll wood thai went that samyn nycht. Sewyn of his men that day to dede was dycht: In feld was left of the Sothren sex scoyr; And Loran als, thair murnyng was the mor. 680 The rang in haist thai rayit sone agayne: Bot quhen thai saw thair trauaill was in wayne, And he was past, full mekill mayne thai maid To rype the wood, bath wala, slonk, and slaid, For Butleris gold Wallace tuk off befor; 685 Bot thai fand nocht, wald thai seke euirmor. Hys horss thai gat, and nocht ellis of thair ger. With dulfull mayn retorned thir men of wer To Sanct Jhounston, in sorou and gret cayr. Off Wallace furth me likis to spek mair. 690