"To resceyue þe ooroune, Scotlond forto ȝeme,
"þat þe right go not doune, & best may ȝow alle ȝeme.
What for þe kynge's sawe, & skille þei vnderstode,
& þorgh þe londe's lawe, & descent of blod,
þe triours alle þat caste, & put þer saw tille on.
"We say with word stedfaste, we chefe Baliol Jon.
"Sir Jon þe Baliol es a man þe reame may saue,
"& nere of blode & flessh, þe heritage to haue,
"For euer we vnderstond, tille him & alle hise,
"Holdand of Inglond, for homage & seruise.
Our kyng Sir Edward held him wele payed,
He did þam no more hard, ne langer was delayed.
Disseised him self of alle, ȝald it to Sir Jon,
Bot Jon his homage salle mak or he be gon.
Saynt Steuenday it felle, þat Jon mad his homage,
At þe Newe castelle, listnes þe langage.
" [This form is thus express'd (but not in Rhythm) in the French Copîes: Moun sey|gnoure [Homagium Johannis Baliol.] Sire Edward, Reis Dengleterre. & souerayne seignour du realme descoez, [vel de Escoce sive descoce] Jeo Jon de Balyol, Rey de|scoce, deuenk vostre home lige de tut le realme descoce, oue les [vel ouf tuz les] apur|tenaunces, e ou qaunt qe apent, [vel ouf kauncke apent] le quel ioe [vel io, sive ieo] tenk de dreit e [vel et] clayme a tenir [vel tenir, absque a] heritablement de vous & de vos heyrs reis de Engleter|re, de vie & de membre, e de terrien honour en countre qe [vel honour countre totes genz ke, sive honur encontre genz qe] pount viuer ou mo|rir. Et le Rey le rescent [vel rascent, sive receyt] en la fourme saune son dreit & autry. Cest homage fu fet a Noue chastel sur Tyne le iour [vel sur Tyne en Engle|terre le iour] Sent Esteuen, le an [vel lan] de grace. M. [Anno do|mini Mo. CCo. nona|gesimo iiio.] cc. xc. secound, e du regne la Rey Edward. xxio.] MY lord Edward þe kyng Inglis, [Forma ho|magii Jo|hannis Ba|liolensis a|pud Novum castrum.]
"& chefe lord of þe Scottis,
"I Jon Baliol þe Scottis kyng,
"I bicom þi man for Scotlond þing,
