只有贝里克仍在英语手中;一个阿伯吉斯ffers to betray it] The lordis off the land war fayne Quhen thai wist he wes cummyn agan And till him went in full gret hy, And he ressavit thaim hamlyly 5 And maid thaim fest and glaidsum cher, And thai sa wonderly blyth wer Off his come that na man mycht say, Gret fest and fayr till him maid thai. Quharever he raid all the countre 10 Gaderyt in daynte him to se, Gret glaidschip than wes in the land. All than wes wonnyn till his hand, Fra the Red Swyre to Orknay Wes nocht off Scotland fra his fay 15 Outakyn Berwik it allane. That tym tharin wonnyt ane That capitane wes of the toun, All Scottismen in suspicioun He had and tretyt thaim tycht ill. 20 He had ay to thaim hevy will And held thaim fast at undre ay, Quhill that it fell apon a day That a burges Syme of Spalding Thocht that it wes rycht angry thing 25 Suagate ay to rebutyt be. Tharfor intill his hart thocht he That he wald slely mak covyne With the marchall, quhays cosyne He had weddyt till him wiff, 30 And as he thocht he did belyff. Lettrys till him he send in hy With a traist man all prively, And set him tym to cum a nycht With leddrys and with gud men wicht 35 Till the kow yet all prively, And bad him hald his trist trewly And he suld mete thaim at the wall, For his walk thar that nycht suld fall. [The marischal shows the letter to the king, who seeks to avoid jealousy between Douglas and Moray] Quhen the marchell the lettre saw 40 He umbethocht him than a thraw, For he wist be himselvyn he Mycht nocht off mycht no power be For till escheyff sa gret a thing, And giff he tuk till his helping 45 Ane, other suld wrethit be. Tharfor rycht to the king yeid he And schawyt him betwix thaim twa The letter and the charge alsua. Quhen that the king hard that this trane 50 Spokyn wes intill certayne That him thocht tharin na fantis He said him, 'Certis thou wrocht as wis That has discoveryt the fryst to me, For giff thou had discoveryt the 55 To my nevo the Erle Thomas Thou suld disples the lord Douglas, And him alsua in the contrer, Bot I sall wyrk on sic maner That thou at thine entent sall be 60 And haff of nane of thaim mawgre. Thou sall tak kep weill to the day, And with thaim that thou purches may At evyn thou sall enbuschit be In Duns Park, bot be preve, 65 And I sall ger the Erle Thomas And the lord alsua of Douglas Ather with a soume of men Be thar to do as thou sall ken.' The marchell but mar delay 70 Tuk leve and held furth on his way And held his spek preve and still Quhill the day that wes set him till. Than of the bast of Lothiane He with hym till his tryst has tane 75 For schyrreff tharoff than wes he. [The Scots take the wall of Berwick, but discipline breaks down] To Duns Park with his menye He come at evyn prively, And syne with a gud cumpany Sone eftyr come the Erle Thomas 80 That wes met with the lord Douglas. A rycht fayr cumpany thai war Quhen thai war met togidder thar, And quhen the marchell the covyn To bath the lordis lyne be lyne 85 Had tauld, thai went furth on thar way. Fer fra the toun thar hors left thai, To mak it schort sua wrocht thai then That but seyng off ony men Outane Sym of Spaldyn allane 90 That gert that deid be undertane Thai set thar leddrys to the wall, And but persaving come up all And held thaim in a nuk preve Quhill that the nycht suld passit be, 95 And ordanyt that the maist party Off thar men suld gang sarraly With thar lordis and hald a stale, And the remanand suld all hale Skaill throu the toun and tak or sla 100 The men that thai mycht ourta. Bot sone this ordynance brak thai, For alsone as it dawyt day The twa partis off thar men and ma All scalyt throu the toun gan ga. 105 Sa gredy war thai to the gud That thai ran rycht as thai war woud And sesyt housis and slew men, And thai that saw thar fayis then Cum apon thaim sa suddanly 110 Throu-out the toun thai raissyt the cry And schot togidder her and thar, As ay as thai assemblyt war Thai wald abid and mak debate. Had thai bene warnyt wele I wate 115 Thai suld haiff sauld thar dedis der For thai war gud men and thai wer Fer ma than thai were that thaim socht, Bot thai war scalyt that thai mocht On na maner assemblyt be. 120 Thar war gret melleys twa or thre, Bot Scottismen sa weile thaim bar That thar fayis ay ruschyt war And contraryit at the last war sua That thai haly the bak gan ta, 125 Sum gat the castell bot nocht all And sum ar slydyn our the wall And sum war intill ha