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Quhen this wes said thai went thare way;

And till the toun soyn cumin ar thai,

Sa prevely, bot noys making,

That nane persavit thair cummyng. 92

Thai scalyt throu the toune in hy,

And brak up dures sturdily,

And slew all that thai mycht ourtak:

And thai that na defens mycht mak, 96

Full pitwisly couth rair and cry;

And thai slew thame dispitwisly,

As thai that war in-to gud will

To venge the angir and the ill, 100

That thai and thairis had to thaim wrocht;

Thai with so felloun will thaim socht,

That thai slew thame evirilkane,

Outtak Makdowall hym allane, 104

That eschapit throu gret slicht,

And throu the myrknes of the nycht.

1307 The Carrick Men are Overawed

In the castell the lorde Persy

Herd weill the noyis and the cry: 108

Sa did the men, that with-in wer,[†] And full effraytly gat thair ger. But off thaim wes nane sa hardy, That evir ischyt fourth to the cry. 112 In sic afray thai baid that nycht, Till on the morn that day wes licht: And than cesit in-to party The noyis, slauchtir, and the cry. 116 The King gert be departit then All haill the reif amang his men; And duelt all still thair dais thre. Sic hansell to the folk gaf he, 120 Richt in the first begynnyng, Newly at his arivyng.