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::62 VI. HENRY THE MINSTREL.;;:;;Quhill better be, for chance at may betyde.'Wallace ansuerd, said ;'westermar we willOur kyne ar sla}ne, and that me likis illAnd othir worthi mony in that artWill god I leiffe, we sail ws wreke on part.' 310'The persone sicht, and said ; my sone so fre,Icannot witt how that radress may be.'Quhat suld I spek of frustir as this tid ?For g)'ft of gud with him he wald nocht bide.His modyr and he till Elrisle thai went. 315Vpon the morn scho for hir brothyr sent,In corsby duelt, and schirreff was of ayr.Hyr fadyr was dede, a lang tyme leyffyt had tharHyr husband als at lowdoun-hill was slayn.Hyr eldest sone, that mekill was of mayn, 320Schir malcom wallas was his nayme, but less,His houch-senous^ thai cuttyt in that pressOn kneis he faucht, felle Inglismen he slewTill hym thar socht may fechtaris than anew ;On athyr side with speris bar him dounThar stekit thai that gud knycht of renoun.On-to my taile I left.At Elrisle325Schir Ranald come son till his sistyr fre,Welcummyt thaim hayme, and sperd of hir entent.Scho prayde he wald to the lord persye went, 330So yrk of wer scho couth no forthir fle.To purchess pes, in rest at scho mycht be.Schyr Ranald had the perseys protectioune,As for allpart to tak the remissioune.He gert wrytt ane till his systir that tyde. 33$^In that respyt wallas wald nocht abyde^Jamieson prints ' houch senons.*