向邓多克(爱德华·布鲁斯游行;他辩论whether to fight] Bot he that rest anoyit ay And wald in travaill be alway, A day forouth thar aryving That war send till him fra the king, 5 He tuk his way southwart to far Magre thaim all that with him war, For he had nocht than in that land Of all men I trow twa thousand, Outane the kingis off Irchery 10 That in gret routis raid him by. Towart Dundalk he tuk the way, And quhen Richard of Clar hard say That he come with sa few menye All that he mycht assemblit he 15 Off all Irland off armyt men, Sua that he had thar with him then Off trappyt hors twenty thousand But thai that war on fute gangand, And held furth northward on his way. 20 And quhen Schyr Edward has hard say That cummyn ner till him wes he He send discouriouris him to se, The Soullis and the Stewart war thai And Schyr Philip the Mowbray, 25 And quhen thai sene had thar cummyng Thai went agayne to tell tithing, And said weill thai war mony men. In hy Schyr Edward answerd then And said that he suld fecht that day 30 Thoucht tribill and quatribill war thai. Schyr Jhone Stewart said, 'Sekyrly I reid nocht ye fecht on sic hy, Men sayis my brother is cummand With fyften thousand men ner-hand, 35 And war thai knyt with you ye mycht The traistlyer abid to fycht.' Schyr Edward lukyt all angrely And till the Soullis said in hy, 'Quhat sayis thou?''Schyr,'he said, 'Perfay 40 As my falow has said I say.' And than to Schyr Philip said he. 'Schyr,'said he, 'sa our Lord me se Me think na foly for to bid Your men that spedis thaim to rid, 45 For we ar few, our fayis ar fele, God may rycht weill our werdis dele, Bot it war wondre that our mycht Suld our-cum sa fele in fycht.' Than with gret ire 'Allace,'said he, 50 I wend never till her that of the. Now help quha will for sekyrly This day but mar baid fecht will I, Sall na man say quhill I may drey That strenth of men sall ger me fley. 55 God scheld that ony suld us blam Gif we defend our noble nam.' 'Now be it swagat than,'quod thai, 'We sall tak that God will purvai.' [The Irish kings promise to remain and watch the fight] And quhen the kingis of Irchery 60 Herd say and wyst sekyrly That thar king with sa quhone wald fycht Agane folk of sa mekill mycht Thai come till him in full gret hy And consaillyt him full tenderly 65 For till abid his men, and thai Suld hald thar fayis all that day Doand, and on the morn alsua With thar ronnyngis that thai suld ma. Bot thar mycht na consail availe, 70 He wald algat hav bataile. And quhen thai saw he wes sa thra To fycht, thai said, 'Ye ma well ga To fycht with yone gret cumpany, Bot we acquyt us uterly 75 That nane of us will stand to fycht. Assuris nocht tharfor in our mycht, For our maner is of this land To folow and fecht fleand And nocht to stand in plane melle 80 Quhill the ta part discomfyt be.' He said, 'Sen that your custum is Ik ask at you no mar bot this, That is that ye and your menye Wald all togidder arayit be 85 And stand on fer but departing And se our fycht and the ending.' Thai said weill that thai suld do sua, And syne towart thar men gan thai ga That war weill twenty thousand ner. [The defeat and death of Edward Bruce; Philip Mowbray's fate] 90 Edward with thaim that with him wer That war nocht fully twa thousand Arayit thaim stalwartly to stand Agayne fourty thousand and ma. Schyr Edward that day wald nocht ta 95 His cot-armour, bot Gib Harper That men held as withoutyn per Off his estate, had on that day All hale Schyr Edwardis aray. The fycht abad thai on this wis, 100 And in gret hy thar ennymys Come till assemble all redy And thai met thaim hardely. Bot thai sa few war, south to say, That ruschyt with thar fayis war thai, 105 And thai that pressyt mast to stand War slane doun, and the remanand Fled till the Irche to succour. Schyr Edward that had sic valour Wes dede and Jhone Stewart alsua 110 And Jhone the Soullis als with tha And other als off thar cumpany. Thai war vancussyt sa suddanly That few intill the place war slane, For the lave has thar wayis tane 115 Till the Irsche kingis that war thar And in hale bataill howand wer. Jhone Thomas-sone that wes leder Off thaim of Carrik that thar wer Quhen he saw the discumfiting 120 Withdrew him till ane Irsch king That off his aquentance had he, And he resavit him in leawte. And quhen Jhone cummyn wes to that king He saw be led fra the fechting 125 Schyr Philyp the Mowbray the wicht That had bene dosnyt into the fycht, And with armys led wes he With twa men apon a causé That wes betwix thaim and the toun 130 And strekyt lang in a randown.