[Criticism of the compact about Stirling Castle] And quhen this connand thus wes mad Schir Philip intill Ingland raid And tauld the king all haile his tale, How he a tuelf moneth all hale 5 Had as it writyn wes in thar taile To reskew Strevillyne with bataill. And quhen he hard Schyr Philip say That Scottismen had set a day To fecht and that sic space he had 10 To purvay him he wes rycht glaid, And said it wes gret sukudry That set thaim apon sic foly, For he thocht to be or that day Sa purvayit and in sic aray 15 That thar suld nane strenth him withstand, And quhen the lordis off Ingland Herd that this day wes set planly Thai jugyt all to gret foly, And thoucht to haiff all thar liking 20 Giff men abaid thaim in fechting, Bot oft faillys the fulis thocht And yeit wys mennys ay cummys nocht To sic end as thai wene allwayis. A litill stane oft, as men sayis, 25 May ger weltyr a mekill wayn, Na mannys mycht may stand agayn The grace off God that all thing steris, He wate quhat till all thing afferis And disponys at his liking 30 Efter his ordynance all thing. [King Robert criticises his brother] Quhen Schyr Edward, as I you say, Had gevyn sa outrageous a day To yeld or reskew Strevillyne, Rycht to the king he went him syne 35 And tauld quhat tretys he had mad And quhat day he thaim gevyn had. The king said quhen he hard the day, 'That wes unwisly doyn, perfay. Ik herd never quhar sa lang warnyng 40 Wes gevyn to sa mychty a king As is the king off Ingland, For he has now intill hand Ingland, Ireland and Walis alsua And Aquitayngne yeit with all tha, 45 And off Scotland yeit a party Dwellis under his senyoury, And off tresour sa stuffyt is he That he may wageouris haiff plente, And we are quhoyne agayne sa fele. 50 God may rycht weill oure werdys dele, Bot we ar set in juperty To tyne or wyn then hastely.' Schyr Edward said, 'Sa God me rede, Thocht he and all that he may led 55 Cum, wes sall fecht, all war thai ma.' Quhen the king hard his broder sua Spek to the bataile sa hardyly He prisyt him in hys hart gretumly And said, 'Broder, sen sua is gane 60 That this thing thus is undretane Schap we us tharfor manlely, And all that luffis us tenderly And the fredome off this countre Purvay thaim at that time to be 65 Boune with all mycht that ever thai may, Sua giff that our fayis assay To reskew Strevilline throu bataill That we off purpos ger thaim faill.' [Both sides prepare for an English invasion; King Edward's resources] To this thai all assentyt ar 70 And bad thar men all mak thaim yar For to be boun agayne that day On the best wis that ever thai may. Than all that worthi war to fycht Off Scotland set all hale thar mycht 75 To purvay thaim agane that day, Wapynnys and armouris purvayit thai And all that afferis to fechting. And in Ingland the mychty king Purvayit him in sa gret aray 80 That certis hard I never say That Inglismen mar aparaile Maid than did than for bataill, For quhen the tyme wes cummyn ner He assemblit all his power, 85 And but his awne chevalry That wes sa gret it wes ferly He had of mony ser countre With him gud men of gret bounte. Of Fraunce worthi chevalry 90 He had intill his cumpany, The erle off Henaud als wes thar And with him men that worthi war, Off Gascoyne and off Almany And off the duche of Bretayngny 95 He had wycht men and weill farand Armyt clenly bath fute and hand, Off Ingland to the chevalry 97 He had gaderyt sa clenly 98 That nane left that mycht wapynnys weld 97 100 Or mycht war to fecht in feild, 98 All Walis als with him had he And off Irland a gret mengne, Off Pouty Aquitane and Bayoun He had mony off gret renoune, 105 And off Scotland he had yeit then 103 A gret menye of worthy men. 104 [The appearance of the English host] Quhen all thir sammyn assemblit war 105 He had of fechtaris with him thar 106 Ane hunder thousand men and ma 103 110 And fourty thousand war of tha 104 Armyt on hors bath heid and hand, And of thai yeit war thre thousand With helyt hors in plate and mailye To mak the front off the batailye, 115 And fyfty thousand off archeris 109 He had foroutyn hobeleris, And men of fute and small rangale That yemyt harnays and vittaile He had sa fele it wes ferly. 120 Off cartis als thar yeid thaim by 114 Sa fele that, but all thai that bar Harnays and als that chargyt war With pailyounys and veschall with-all And aparaile of chambyr and hall 125 And wyne and wax schot and vittaile, 119 Aucht scor wes chargyt with pulaile. Thai war sa fele quhar that thai raid And thar bataillis war sa braid And sua gret roume held thar chare 130 That men that