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And quhen Ingerame cumin wes thair,

Him thoucht nocht speidfull for to fair

Till assale hym in-to the hicht.

Tharfor he thoucht to wirk with slycht, 488

And lay still in the castell than,

Till he gat spering at a man

Of Carrik, that wes sle and wicht,

And als a man of mekill mycht, 492

As of the men of that cuntre

And to King Robert wes preve.

As he that wes his sib-man neir,

And quhen he wald, for-out danger, 496

Micht to the Kyngis presens ga.

The-quhethir he and his sonnis twa

War wonand still in the cuntre,

For thai wald nocht persavit be, 500

That thai war speciall to the King;

Thai maid him mony tyme warnyng,

Quhen that thai his tynsale mycht se;

For-thi in thame affyit he. 504

His name I can nocht tell perfay;

Bot I herd syndir men oft say

*Forsuth that his ane e wes out;[†] *Bot he sa sturdy wes and stout, That he wes the mast dowtit man[†] That in-to Carrik liffit than. 508 And quhen Schir Ingerame gat wittering Forsuth that this wes no gabbing, Eftir him in hy he sent, And he com at his commandment. 512 Schir Ingerame, that wes sle and wis, Tretit with hym than on sic wis, That he maid sekir undirtaking In tresone for to slay the King; 516 And he suld have for his service, Gif he fulfillit thair devis, Weill fourte pundis worth of land Till hym and his ayris lestand. 520