Quhen Alexander our worthi king had lorn, Be awentur, his liff besid Kyngorn, Thre yer in pess the realm stude desolate; Quharfor thair raiss a full grewous debate. Our prynce Dawy, the erle of Huntyntoun, 45 Thre dochtrys had that war of gret ranoun; Off quhilk thre com Bruce, Balyoune, and Hastyng: Twa of the thre desyryt to be kyng. Balyoune clamyt of fyrst gre lynialy; And Bruce fyrst male of the secund gre by. 50 To Paryss than, and in Ingland thai send, Fol. 1 b Off this gret striff how thai suld haif ane end. Foly it was, forsuth it happynnyt sa, Succour to sek of thar alde mortale fa. Eduuarde Langschankis had new begune hys wer 55 Apon Gaskone, fell awfull in effer: Thai landis thane he clamde as heretage. Fra tyme that he had semblit his barnage, And herd tell weyle Scotland stude in sic cace, He thocht till hym to mak it playn conquace. 60 Till Noram kirk he come with outyn mar, The consell than of Scotland meit hym thar. Full sutailly he chargit thaim in bandoune, As thar our lord, till hald of hym the croun. Byschope Robert, in his tyme full worthi, 65 Off Glaskow lord, he said that “we deny “Ony our lord, bot the gret God abuff.” The king was wrath, and maid hym to ramuff. Couatus Balyoune folowid on hym fast: Till hald of hym he grantyt at the last. 70 In contrar rycht, a king he maid hym thar; Quhar throuch Scotland rapentyt syne full sar. To Balyoune yhit our lordis wald nocht consent. Eduuard past south, and gert set his parliment: He callyt Balyoune till ansuer for Scotland. 75 The wyss lordis gert hym sone brek that band. Ane abbot past, and gaif our this legiance. King Eduuard than it tuk in gret greuance. His ost he rasd, and come to Werk on Twede; Bot for to fecht, as than he had gret drede. 80 To Corspatryk of Dunbar sone he send, His consell ast, for he [the] contré kend: And he was brocht in presence to the king. Be suttale band thai cordyt of this thing.