“As he wes in that Stowre fechtand, Frá ane he strak swne the rycht hand; And frá that Carle mycht do ná mare, The left hand held fast the Buklare, And he swá mankyd, as brayne-wode, Kest fast wyth the Stwmpe the Blode In-til Willame Walays face: Mare cumryd of that Blode he was, Than he was a welle lang qwhile Feychtand stad in that peryle.” B. viii. c. xiii. 47-56. Henry narrates the anecdote with little variation. “Wallace in stour wes cruelly fechtand; Fra a Sotheroune he smat off the rycht hand: And quhen that carle off fechtyng mycht no mar, With the left hand in ire held a buklar. Than fra the stowmpe the blud out spurgyt fast, In Wallace face aboundandlye can out cast; In to great part it marryt him off his sicht.” “_Buke Sext_, 163-169.” The escape of Wallace by means of his mistress--her murder by order of the sheriff--his return the ensuing night--with the slaughter of the sheriff--are particularly taken notice of by Wyntown. Henry’s translation includes all these occurrences, and only differs by being more circumstantial. The account of the battle of Falkirk agrees in numerous instances. The covenant between Cumming and Bruce, which Henry states to have taken place near Stirling, is corroborated in place and circumstance by Fordun, Wyntown and Barbour. The hanging of Sir Bryce Blair and Sir Ronald Crawford in a barn at Ayr, is confirmed by the last mentioned writer, although he does not descend to particulars.