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The king escapes from the hound	A
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The king towart the wod is gane	B
Wery forswayt and will of wane	B
Intill the wod sone entryt he	C
And held doun towart a vale	D
Quhar throu the woid a watter ran	B
Thidder in gret hy wend he than	B
And begouth for to rest him thar	E
And said he mycht no forthirmar	E
His man said 'Schyr it may nocht be	C
Abyd ye her ye sall son se	F
Fyve hunder yarnand you to sla	D
And thai ar fele aganys us twa	G
And sen we may nocht dele with mycht	A
Help us all that we may with slycht '	-
The king said 'Sen that thou will sua	F
Ga furth and I sall with the ga	H
Bot Ik haiff herd oftymys say	F
That quha endlang a watter ay	F
Wald waid a bow draucht he suld ger	E
Bathe the slouth hund and his leder	E
Tyne the sleuth men gert him ta	H
Prove we giff it will now do sa	H
For war yone devillis hund away	F
I roucht nocht off the lave perfay '	-
As he dyvisyt thai haiff doyn	B
And entryt in the watter sone	B
And held down endlang thar way	F
And syne to the land yeid thai	I
And held thar way as thai did er	E
And Jhone off Lorn with gret affer	E
Come with hys rout rycht to the place	F
Quhar that his fyve men slane was	F
He menyt thaim quhen he thaim saw	F
And said eftre a litill thraw	E
That he suld veng thar bloude	H
Bot otherwayis the gamyn youde	H
Thar wald he mak na mar dwelling	J
Bot furth in hy folowit the king	J
Rycht to the burn thai passyt war	E
Bot the sleuth hund maid styntyn thar	E
And waveryt lang tyme to and fra	E
That he na certane gate couth ga	H
Till at the last that Jhon of Lorn	B
Persavyt the hund the slouth had lorn	B
And said 'We haiff tynt this travaill	D
To pas forthyr may nocht availe	D
For the void is bath braid and wid	H
And he is weill fer be this tid	H
Tharfor is gud we turn agayn	B
And waist no mar travaill in vayne '	-
With that relyit he his mengye	K
And his way to the ost tuk he	C
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An alternative account of the escape	L
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Thus eschapyt the nobill king	J
Bot sum men sayis this eschaping	J
Apon ane other maner fell	D
Than throu the wading for thai tell	D
That the king a gud archer had	H
And quhen he saw his lord sua stad	H
That he wes left sa anerly	D
He ran on sid alwayis him by	I
Till he into the woude wes gane	B
Than said he till him selff allane	B
That he arest rycht thar wald ma	H
To luk giff he the hund mycht sla	D
For giff the hund mycht lest in lyve	M
He wyst rycht weile that thai wald dryve	M
The kingis trace till thai him ta	H
Than wyst he weile thai wald him sla	D
And for bhe wald his lord succur	E
He put his liff in aventur	E
And stud intill a busk lurkand	H
Till that the hund come at his hand	H
And with ane arow sone him slew	D
And throu the woud syne him withdrew	D
Bot quhether this eschaping fell	D
As I tauld fyrst or I now tell	D
I wate weill without lesing	J
That at the burn eschapyt the king	J
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Three men with a wethertry to kill the king	J
and kill his foster brother	E
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The king has furth his wayis tane	B
And Jhon of Lorn agayne is gane	B
To Schyr Aymer that fra the chace	F
With his men repayryt was	F
That sped lytill in thar chassyng	J
Thoucht at thai maid gret folowing	J
Full egrely thai wan bot small	D
Thar fayis ner eschapyt all	D
Men sayis Schyr Thomas Randell than	B
Chassand the kingis baner wan	B
Quharthrou in Ingland with the king	J
He had rycht gret price and loving	J
Quhen the chasseris relyit war	E
And Jhon of Lorn had met thaim thar	E
He tauld Schyr Aymer all the cas	F
How that the king eschapyt was	F
And how that he his fyve men slew	D
And syne to the wode him drew	D
Quhen Schyr Aymer herd this in hy	-
He sanyt him for the ferly	D
And said 'He is gretly to prys	F
For I knaw nane that liffand is	F
That at myscheyff gan help him sua	F
I trow he suld be hard to sla	D
And he war bodyn evynly '	-
On this wis spak Schyr Aymery	D
And the gud king held furth his way	F
Betwix him and his man quhill thai	-
Passyt out throu the forest war	D
Syne in the more thai entryt ar	D
That wes bathe hey and lang and braid	H
And or thai halff it passyt had	H
Thai saw on syd the men cummand	H
Lik to lycht men and waverand	H
Swerdis thai had and axiys als	F
And ane off thaim apon his hals	F
A mekill boundyn wether bar	D
Thai met the king and halist him thar	D
And the king tthaim thar hailsing yauld	H
And askyt thaim quhether thai wauld	H
Thai said Robert the Bruys thai socht	H
For mete with him giff that thai moucht	H
Thar dwelling with him wauld thai ma	H
The king said 'Giff that ye will sua	F
Haldys furth your way with me	C
And I sall ger you sone him se '	-
Thai persavyt be his speking	J
That he wes the selvyn Robert king	J
And chaungyt contenance and late	H
And held nocht in the fyrst state	H
For thai war fayis to the king	J
And thocht to cum into Sculking	J
And dwell with him quhill that thai saw	F
Thar poynt and bryng him than off daw	F
Thai grantyt till his spek forthi	-
Bot the king that wes witty	C
Persavyt weill be thar having	J
that thai luffyt him nathing	J
And said 'Falowis ye mon all thre	D
Forthir aquent till that we be	C
All be yourselvyn forrouth ga	J
And on the samyn wys we twa	F
Sall folow behind weill ner '	-
Quod thai 'Schyr it is na myster	D
To trow in us ony ill '	-
'Nane do I ' said he 'bot I will	D
That yhe ga forrourth thus quhill we	F
Better with othyr knawin be '	-
'We grant ' thai said 'sen ye will sua '	-
And furth apon thar gate gan ga	J
Thus yeid thai till the nycht wes ner	D
And than the formast cummyn wer	D
Till a waist husbandis hous and thar	D
Thai slew the wethir that thai bar	D
And slew fyr for to rost thar mete	H
And askyt the king giff he wald ete	H
And rest him till the mete war dycht	H
The king that hungry was Ik hycht	H
Assentyt till thar spek in hy	-
Bot he said he wald anerly	D
Betwix him and his fallow be	F
At a fyr and thai all thre	D
In the end off the hous suld ma	J
Ane other fyr and thai did sua	F
Thai drew thaim in the hous end	H
And halff the wethir till him send	H
And thai rostyt in hy thar mete	H
And fell rycht freschly for till ete	H
For the king weill lang fastyt had	H
And had rycht mekill travaill mad	H
Tharfor he eyt full egrely	D
And quhen he had etyn hastily	D
He had to slep sa mekill will	D
That he mocht set na let thartill	D
For quhen the vanys fillyt ar	D
Men worthys hevy evermar	D
And to slepe drawys hevynes	F
The king that all fortravaillyt wes	F
Saw that him worthyt slep nedwayis	F
Till his foser broder he sayis	F
'May I traist in the me to waik	J
Till Ik a litill sleping tak '	-
'Ya schyr ' he said 'till I may dre '	-
The kingbthen wynkyt a litill wey	F
And slepyt nocht full encrely	D
Bot gliffnyt up oft sodanly	D
For he had dreid of thai thre men	B
That at the tother fyr war then	B
That thai his fais war he wyst	H
Tharfor he slepyt as foule on twyst	H
The king slepyt bot a litill than	B
Quhen sic slep fell on his man	B
That he mycht nocht hald up his ey	N
Bot fell in slep and rowtyt hey	F
Now is the king in gret perile	D
For slep he sua a litill quhile	D
He sall be ded fotoutyn dreid	H
For the thre tratouris tuk gud heid	H
that he on slep wes and his man	B
In full gret hy thai rais up than	B
And drew thar swerdis hastily	D
And went towart the king in hy	-
Quhen that thai saw him sleip sua	F
And slepand thocht thai wald him sla	D
Till him thai yeid a full gret pas	F
Bot in that tym throu Goddis grace	F
The king up blenkit hastily	D
And saw his man slepand him by	-
And saw cummand the tother thre	D
Deliverly on fut gat he	D
And drew his swerd out and thaim mete	H
And as he yude his fute he set	H
Apon his man weill hevily	D
He waknyt and rais disily	D
For the slep maistryt hym sway	F
That or he gat up ane off thai	-
That com for to sla the king	J
Gaiff hym a strak in his rysing	J
Sua that he mycht help him no mar	D
The king sa straitly stad wes thar	D