“And I leyff yow her, yet had I leuir de. 810 “Throw Goddis grace we sall bettir eschew; “The strenth is stark, als we haiff men inew. “In Elchoch park, bot fourty thar war we, “For sewyn hundreth, and gert feill Sothron de; “And chapyt weill in mony wnlikly place; 815 “So sall we her, throw help off Goddis grace. “Quhill men may fast, thir woddis we may hauld still; “For thi, ilk man be off trew hardy will; “And at we do so nobill in to deid, “Off ws be found no lak eftir to reid. 820 “The rycht is ouris, we suld mor ardent be; Fol. 84 b “I think to freith this land, or ellis de.” His waillyt spech, with wit and hardyment, Maid all the layff so cruell off entent; Sum bad tak feild, and giff battaill in playn. 825 Wallace said; “Nay, thai wordis are in wayn: “We will nocht leyff that may be our wantage; “The wod till ws is worth a yeris wage.” Off hewyn temyr in haist he gert thaim tak Syllys off ayk, and a stark barrés mak, 830 At a foyr frount, fast in the forest syd, A full gret strenth, quhar thai purpost to bid; Stellyt thaim fast till treis that growand was, That thai mycht weyll in fra the barrés pass; And so weill graithit on athir sid about; 835 Syn com agayn, quhen thai saw thaim in dout. Be that the strenth arayit was at rycht, The Inglis ost approchyt to thair sycht. Than Sewart com, that way for till haiff wend, As thai war wount; so his gydis thaim kend. 840 At that entré thai thocht till haiff passage; But sone thai fand that maid thaim gret stoppage. A thousand he led off men in armes strang, With fyve hundreth he gert Jhon Wallang gang With out the wod, that nayn suld pass thaim fra. 845 Wallace with him had fourty archarys thra; The layff was speris, full nobill in a neid: On thair enemys thai bykkyr with gud speid. A cruell cwntyr was at the barrés seyn. The Scottis defens so sykkyr was and keyn, 850 Sotheroun stud aw to enter thaim amang; Feill to the ground thai our threw in that thrang. A rowm was left, quhar part in frount mycht fayr; Quha entrit in, agayn yeid neuirmar. Fourty thai slew, that formast wald haiff past. 855 All dysarayit the ost was, and agast; And part off hors throw schot to dede was brocht, Brak to a playn, the Sotheroun fra them socht. The Sewart said; “Allace, how [may] this be; “And do no harm? Our gret rabut haiff we.” 860 He tald Wallang, and askyt his consaill; “Schyrreff thou art, quhat may be our awaill? “But few thai ar that makis this gret debait.” John Wallang said; ‘This is the best I wait, ‘To cess her off, and remayn her besyd; 865 ‘For thai may nocht lang in this forest byd;