after socour of scotlond longe he mowe prye,
ant after help of fraunce, whet halt hit to lye? [whet, ms. wet.]
Ich wene,
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betere him were in scotlond,
wiþ is ax in ys hond,
to pleyen oþe grene.
Ant þe body hongeþ at þe galewes faste,
wiþ yrnene claspes, longe to laste; [yrnene ist schwacher dat. pl., ags. "îser|nan" und "îrenan".]
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fforte wyte wel þe body, & scottyshe to gaste, [gaste, ms. garste.]
foure ant tuenti þer beoþ to soþe ate laste
by nyhte,
ȝef eny were so hardi
þe body to remuy,
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also to dyhte. [also to dyhte, "mit denselben ebenso zu verfahren".]
were sire Robert þe bruytz ycome to þis londe,
ant þe erl of asseles, þat harde is an honde, [oþe, Kontraktion aus "on þe".] [harde an honde, "tüchtig an der Hand", d. h. ein tüchtiger Hau|degen.]
alle þe oþer pouraille, for soþe ich vnderstonde,
Mihten be ful blyþe, ant þonke godes sonde [ant þonke godes sonde, ein nicht ungewöhnlicher Aus|druck, vgl. "and thankeþ goddes sonde", Chaucer (Morris, Spec.); godes sonde bezeichnet in dieser Verbindung das Geschick, das Schicksal.]
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wiþ ryhte:
þenne myhte vch mon
boþe riden & gon
in pes wiþ oute vyhte.
þe traytours of Scotlond token hem to rede, [token hem to rede, "begaben sich zur Berathung, beriethen sich"; vgl. "to grete penaunce he gan him take", R. of Brunne, Handlyng Synne 5829.]
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þe barouns of engelond to brynge to dede,
Charles of fraunce, so moni mon tolde,
Wiþ myht & wiþ streynþe hem helpe wolde,
