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Douglas's division attacks	A
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Quhen thir twa fyrst bataillis wer	B
Assemblyt as I said you er	B
The Stewart Walter that than was	C
And the gud lord als of Douglas	D
In a bataill quhen that thai saw	E
The erle foroutyn dred or aw	E
Assembill with his cumpany	F
On all that folk sa sturdely	G
For till help him thai held thar way	H
And thar bataill in gud aray	B
And assemblyt sa hardely	G
Besid the erle a litill by	I
That thar fayis feld thar cummyn wele	G
For with wapynnys stalwart of stele	G
Thai dang apon with all thar mycht	J
Thar fayis resavyt weile Ik hycht	J
With swerdis speris and with mase	K
The bataill thar sa feloune was	C
And sua rycht gret spilling of blud	J
That on the erd the flousis stud	J
The Scottismen sa weill thaim bar	B
And sua gret slauchter maid thai thar	B
And fra sa fele the lyvis revyt	J
That all the feld bludy wes levyt	J
That tyme thar thre bataillis wer	B
All syd be sid fechtand weill ner	B
Thar mycht men her mony dynt	J
And wapynnys apon armuris stynt	J
And se tumble knychtis and stedis	C
And mony rich and reale wedis	C
Defoullyt foully under fete	J
Sum held on loft sum tynt the suet	J
A lang quhill thus fechtand thai war	B
That men na noyis mycht her thar	B
Men hard nocht bot granys and dintis	C
That slew fyr as men slayis on flyntis	C
Thai faucht ilk ane sa egerly	G
That thai maid nother moyis na cry	B
Bot dang on other at thar mycht	J
With wapnys that war burnyst brycht	J
The arowys als sua thyk thar flaw	G
That thai mycht say wele that thaim saw	G
That thai a hidwys schour gan ma	L
For quhar thai fell Ik undreta	J
Thai left efter thaim taknyng	M
That sall ned as I trow leching	M
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Sir Robert Keith's cavalry disperses the English archers	G
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The Inglis archeris schot sa fast	J
That mycht thar schot haff ony last	J
It had bene hard to Scottismen	F
Bot King Robert that wele gan ken	F
That thar archeris war peralous	G
And thar schot rycht hard and grevous	G
Ordanyt forouth the assemble	G
Hys marschell with a gret menye	N
Fyve hunder armyt into stele	G
That on lycht hors war horsyt welle	G
For to pryk amang the archeris	G
And sua assaile thaim with thar speris	G
That thai na layser haiff to schut	J
This marschell that Ik off mute	J
That Schyr Robert of Keyth was cauld	J
As Ik befor her has you tauld	J
Quhen he saw the bataillis sua	G
Assembill and togidder ga	M
And saw the archeris schoyt stoutly	G
With all thaim off his cumpany	F
In hy apon thaim gan he rid	J
And ourtuk thaim at a sid	J
And ruschyt amang thaim sa rudly	G
Stekand thaim sa dispitously	G
And in sic fusoun berand doun	F
And slayand thaim foroutyn ransoun	F
That thai thaim scalyt everilkane	F
And fra that tyme furth thar wes nane	F
That assemblyt schot to ma	M
Quhen Scottis archeris saw that thai sua	G
War rebutyt thai woux hardy	G
And with all thar mycht schot egrely	G
Amang the horsmen that thar raid	J
And woundis wid to thaim thai maid	J
And slew of thaim a full gret dele	G
Thai bar thaim hardely and wele	G
For fra thar fayis archeris war	B
Scalyt as I said till you ar	B
That ma na thai war be gret thing	M
Sua that thai dred nocht thar schoting	M
Thai woux sa hardy that thaim thocht	J
Thai suld set all thar fayis at nocht	J
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The king addresses his division and commits it to the battle	G
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The merschell and his cumpany	F
Wes yeit as till you er said I	B
Amang the archeris quhar thai maid	J
With speris roume quhar that thai raid	J
And slew all that thai mycht ourta	J
And thai wele lychtly mycht do sua	G
For thai had nocht a strak to stynt	J
Na for to hald agayne a dynt	J
And agayne armyt men to fycht	J
May nakyt men have litill mycht	J
Thai scalyt thaim on sic maner	B
That sum to thar gret bataill wer	B
Withdrawyn thaim in full gret hy	B
And sum war fled all utrely	G
Bot the folk that behind thaim was	G
That for thar awne folk had na space	G
Yheyt to cum to the assembling	M
In agayn smertly gan thai ding	M
The archeris that thai met fleand	J
That then war maid sa recreand	J
That thar hartis war tyny clenly	G
I trow thai sall nocht scaith gretly	G
The Scottismen with schot that day	J
And the gud King Robert that ay	J
Wes fillyt off full gret bounte	J
Saw how that his bataillis thre	B
Sa hardely assemblyt thar	B
And sa weill in the fycht thaim bar	B
And sua fast on thair fayis gan ding	M
That him thocht nane had abaysing	M
And how the archeris war scalyt then	F
He was all blyth and till his men	F
He said 'Lordingis now luk that ye	G
Worthy and off gud covyn be	G
At thys assemble and hardy	G
And assembill sa sturdely	G
That na thing may befor you stand	J
Our men ar sa freschly fechtand	J
That thai thar fayis has contrayit sua	G
That be thai pressyt Ik underta	J
A litill fastyr ye sall se	G
That thai discumfyt sone sall be '	B
Quhen this wes said thai held thar way	J
And on ane feld assemblyt thai	B
Sa stoutly that at thar cummyng	M
Thar fayis war ruschyt a gret thing	M
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A further description of the fighting	M
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Thar mycht men se men felly fycht	J
And men that worthi war and wycht	J
Do mony worthi vasselage	O
Thai faucht as thai war in a rage	O
For quhen the Scottis ynkirly	G
Saw thar fayis sa sturdely	G
Stand into bataill thaim agayn	F
With all thar mycht and all thar mayn	F
Thai layid on as men out of wit	J
And quhar thai with full strak mycht hyt	J
Thar mycht na armur stynt thar strak	M
Thai to fruschyt that thai mycht ourtak	M
And with axis sic duschys gave	P
That thai helmys and hedis clave	P
And thar fayis rycht hardely	G
Met thaim and dang on thaim douchtely	G
With wapmys that war styth of stele	G
Thar wes the bataill strikyn wele	G
Sa gret dyn tthar wes of dyntis	G
As wapnys apon armur styntis	G
And off speris sa gret bresting	M
And sic thrang and sic thrysting	M
Sic gyrnyng granyng and sa gret	J
A noyis as thai gan other beit	J
And ensenyeys on ilka sid	J
Gevand and takand woundis wid	J
That it wes hydwys for to her	B
All four thar bataillis with that wer	B
Fechtand in a frount halyly	G
A mycht God how douchtely	G
Schyr Edward the Bruce and his men	F
Amang thar fayis contenyt thaim then	F
Fechtand in sa gud covyn	F
Sa hardy worthy and sa fyne	F
That thar vaward ruschyt was	G
And maugre tharis left the place	G
And till thar gret rout to warand	J
Thai went that tane had apon hand	J
Sa gret anoy that thai war effrayit	J
For Scottis that thaim hard assayit	J
That than war in a schiltrum all	G
Quha hapnyt into that fycht to fall	G
I trow agane he suld nocht rys	G
Thar mycht men se on mony wys	G
Hardimentis eschevyt douchtely	G
And mony that wycht war and hardy	J
Sone liand undre fete all dede	J
Quhar all the feld off blud wes red	J
Armys and quyntys that thai bar	B
With blud war sa defoulyt thar	B
That thai mycht nocht descroyit be	J
A mychty God quha than mycht se	G
That Stewart Walter and his rout	J
And the gud Douglas that wes sa stout	J
Fechtand into that stalwart stour	B
He suld say that till all honour	B
Thai war worthi that in that fycht	J
Sa fast pressyt thar fayis mycht	J
That thaim ruschyt quhar thai yeid	J
Thar men mycht se mony a steid	J
Fleand on stray that lord had nane	F
A Lord quha then gud tent had tane	F
Till the gud erle of Murreff	P
And his that sua gret routis geff	P
And faucht sa fast in that battaill	G
Tholand sic paynys and travaill	G
That thai and tharis maid sic debat	J
That quhar thai come thai maid thaim gat	J
Than mycht men her ensenyeis cry	B
And Scottismen cry hardely	G
'On thaim on thaim on thaim thai faile '	-
With that sa hard thai gan assaile	G
And slew all that thai mycht ourta	J
And the Scottis archeris alsua	G
Schot amang thaim sa deliverly	G
Engrevand thaim sa gretumly	G
That quhat for thaim that with thaim faucht	J
That sua gret routis to thaim raucht	J
And pressyt thaim full egrely	G
And quhat for arowis that felly	G
Mony gret woundis gan thaim ma	M
And slew fast off thar hors alsua	G