(爱德华·布鲁斯去爱尔兰]erle CarrikSchyr Edward, That stoutar wes than a libard And had na will to be in pes, Thocht that Scotland to litill wes 5 Till his brother and him alsua, Tharfor to purpos gan he ta That he off Irland wald be king. Tharfor he send and had tretyng With the Irschery off Irland, 10 That in thar leawte tuk on hand Off all Irland to mak him king With-thi that he with hard fechting Mycht ourcum the Inglismen That in the land war wonnand then, 15 And thai suld help with all thar mycht. And he that hard thaim mak sic hycht Intill his hart had gret liking And with the consent of the king Gadryt him men off gret bounte 20 And at Ayr syne schippyt he Intill the neyst moneth of Mai, Till Irland held he straucht his wai. He had thar in his cumpany The Erle Thomas that wes worthi 25 And gud Schyr Philip the Mowbray That sekyr wes in hard assay, Schyr Jhone the soullis ane gud knycht And Schyr Jhone Stewart that wes wycht The Ramsay als of Ouchterhous 30 That wes wycht and chevalrous And Schyr Fergus off Ardrossane And other knychtis mony ane. In Wolringis Fyrth aryvyt thai Sauffly but bargan or assay 35 And send thar schippis hame ilkan. A gret thing have thai undretane That with sa quhoyne as thai war thar That war sex thousand men but mar Schup to werray all Irland, 40 Quhar thai sall se mony thousand Cum armyt on thaim for to fycht, But thocht thai quhone war thai war wicht, And forout drede or effray In twa bataillis tuk thar way 45 Towart Cragfergus it to se. [The Scots defeat the lords of Ulster] Bot the lordis of that countre Mandveill, Besat and Logane Thar men assemblyt everilkane, The Savagis wes alsua thar, 50 And quhen thai assemblit war That war wele ner twenty thousand. Quhen thai wyst that intill thar land Sic a menye aryvyt war With all the folk that thai had thar 55 Thai went towart thaim in gret hi, And fra Schyr Edward wist suthly That ner till him cummand war thai His men he gert thaim wele aray, The avaward had the Erle Thomas 60 And the rerward Schyr Edward was. Thar fayis approchyt to the fechting And thai met thaim but abaysing. Thar mycht men se a gret melle, For Erle Thomas and his menye 65 Dang on thar fayis sa douchtely That in schort tym men mycht se ly Ane hunder that all blody war, For hobynys that war stekyt thar Relyt and flang and gret rowme mad 70 And kest thaim that apon thaim rad, And Schyr Edwardis cumpany Assemblyt syne sa hardely That thai thar fayis ruschyt all. Quha hapnyt in that fycht to fall 75 It wes perell off his rysing. The Scottismen in that fechting Sua apertly and wele thaim bar That thar fayis sua ruschyt war That thai haly the flycht has tane. 80 In that bataill wes tane or slane All hale the flur off Ulsyster. The Erle off Murreff gret price had ther, For his worthi chevalry Comfort all his cumpany. 85 This wes a full fayr begynnyng, For newlingis at thar aryving In plane bataill thai discomfyt thar Thar fayis that four ay for ane war, Syne to Cragfergus ar thai gane 90 And in the toune has innys tane. The castell weill wes stuffyt then Off new with vittaill and with men, Thartill thai set a sege in hy. Mony eschewe full apertly 95 Wes maid quhill thar the sege lay Quhill trewys at the last tuk thai, Quhen that the folk off Hulsyster Till his pes haly cummyn wer, For Schyr Edward wald tak on hand 100 To rid furth forthyr in the land. [Defeat of two Irish kings; the Lieutenant assembles an army at Dundalk] Off the kingis off that countre Thar come till him and maide fewte Weill ten or twelf as Ik hard say, Bot thai held him schort quhile thar fay, 105 For twa off thaim, ane Makgullane And ane other hat Makartane, Withset a pase intill his way Quhar him behovyt ned away With twa thousand off men with speris 110 And als mony of thar archeris, And all the catell of the land War drawyn thidder to warand. Men callys that plase Innermallane, In all Irland straytar is nane. 115 For Schyr Edward that kepyt thai, Thai thoucht he suld nocht thar away, Bot he his viage sone has tane And straught towart the pas is gane. The erle off Murreff Schyr Thomas 120 That put him fyrst ay till assayis Lychtyt on fute with his menye And apertly the pase tuk he. Thir Ersch kingis that I spak off ar With all the folk that with thame war 125 Met him rycht sturdely, bot he Assaylyt sua with his menye That maugre tharis thai wan the pas. Slayne off thar fayis fele thar was, Throu-out the wod thaim chasyt thai 130 And sesyt in sic fusoune the pray That all the folk off thar ost war Refreschyt weill ane wouk or mar. At Kilsagart Schyr Edwa