With wyllis and wakenen of the nicht, And mekill noyes maid on hycht.
Costis herfor was no man bond to me; In this sentence I had na will to be, Bot in als mekill as I rahersit nocht Sa worthely as nobill Wallace wrocht.
His ansuer was, "The mekill devill bear thame away, that first and last said thame.
His worschip and his mekill mycht "Maid all that war with him so wicht, "That thai mycht nevir abaysit be, "Quhill forouth thame thai mycht him se.
The bischop, that wes richt hardy And mekill and stark, raid forrouth ay.
Sidenote: 1306] Valence occupies Perth] For yheit then mekill off the land Wes in-till Inglis mennys hand.
His folk thaim put in hard assay, To stynt thar fais mekill mycht, That then so fayr had off the fycht, That thai wan feild ay mar and mar: The Kingis small folk ner vencusyt ar.
But gud Schir Edward the worthy, His brothir that wes so hardy, And wis and wicht, set mekill payn To confort thame with all his mayn.
In this maner rebutyt was The Bruys, that mekill murnyn mais For his men that war slayne and tane.
Swerdis thai had and axis als, And ane of thame apon his hals A mekill bundyn weddir bare.
Bot quhethir scho that tald the King How his purpos suld tak ending, Wenit, or wist it witterly; It fell eftir all halely 772 As scho said: for syne king wes he, And of full mekill renomme.
The King gert thame all buskit be, For he wist in-to certante 435 That his fayis all nycht lay At the Fawkirk, and syne at thai Held toward him the way all straucht, With mony men of mekill mawcht.
For fendis ar of sic nature, That thai to mankynd has invy; 225 For thai wat weill and wittirly, That thai that weill ar liffand heir Sall wyn the segis, quhar-of thai weir Tumlit doune throu thair mekill pryde.
Yit wald my Ladie luke at evin and morrow[430] On my legend, at length scho wald not mis How for hir saik I sufferit mekill sorrow.
And suddanly heir from the stabillit see A large semly schaw beheld Enee; 10 Amyddis quham the flude he gan aspy Of Tybir flowand soft and esely, With sworland welis, and mekill ȝallow sand, Into the sey dyd entyr fast at hand.
Syn a pure preyst, is mekill to commend; He tuk in thank quhat thing that God him send.
Here haue we beyn, Noy, long enogh With tray and with teyn, and dreed mekill wogh.
With all this fast assal[gh]eand war The folk without, with felloune ficht; 115 And thai within with mekill mycht Defendit manfully thar stede Intill gret auentur of dede.
Lorde, mekillof myght, And stronge in ilke a stoure, 130 In batailes ferse to fight, And worthy to wynne honnoure.
Hym to mekill wyn, hastly will I go To Noe my seruand, or I blyn, to warn hym of his wo.
Telle me what boyes dare be so bolde 145 For drede to make so mekill draye.
Thar for, as man of mekill mayne, He assemblit grret cumpany, And till Dowglas he went in hy.
And the banys honbrabilly In till the Kyrk of Douglas war Erdyt, with dule andmekill car.
Mencione off Bruce is oft in Wallace buk; To fend his rycht full mekill payne he tuk.
This was nocht to thaim weill knawyn in that contré, The lyoun in gold rycht awfull for to se; A forray kest, and sessit mekill gud.
And at the Slus, land takyn son had he; 650 In Flandrys land no residens he maid; In Frans he past; bot Wallace weill abaid On his purpos in Gyan at the wer: On Sotheroun men he had doyn mekill der.
Apon the se yon rewar lang has beyn; ‘Till rychtwyss men he dois full mekill teyn.
The worthi Scottis that wer in mekill dreid, Socht till a place for till haiff yschet out, And saw the staill enwerounyt thaim about.
He did so weyll in to thir tymys befor, “And now thair king, he will do mekill mor.
Compleyne, lordys, compleyne, yhe ladyis brycht, 225 Compleyne for him that worthi was and wycht, Off Saxons sonnys sufferyt full mekill der.
Thre nychtis thar Wallace baid out off dreid; Restyt him weill, swa had he mekill neid.
At the Knokheid the bauld Graystok was slayne, And mony man quhilk wes off mekill mayne.
The constable a felloun man of wer, 205 That to the Scottis did fullmekill der, Fol.
Off the Troianis he had full mekill cur, Quhen Achilles at Troy slew gud Ectur, Burdeous schent, and mony citeis mo; 195 His power yeit it has na hap to ho.
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