laud and praiſe to God omnipotent; for God doth ſuffer men to be punished for ſin.
And then shall the owl, the bear with the eagle, be all deſtroyed, becauſe they were untrue to the moon, and changed into blood; for by their counſel, the old lion, gentle of nature, was degenerate, and mad againſt them that was his truſty friends: for he shall be the cauſe of great and much trouble, and shedding of much innocent blood, and the beginning of great diſcord among them that should be friends: and as for his ſucceſſion, they shall never inherit their lands. And then shall the Bruce beware, and take good heed that he shed not blood in theſe lands, but draw him to his ſtrength; for the wolf shall await him at an advantage and be his death, and then shall all the birds of the wood ſing for joy, that the wolf is made watchman, and an enemy to the fox: for all shall be one in truth and peace, treaſon shall be no more known, and the ſun shall shine clear, but the moon shall be under covert, and dark till God be pleaſed to redreſs; the white lion ramping, shall have his den at large, for his ſtedfaſt truth that he kept to the Kyth.
And he shall keep the birds in their bounds with all glory; but the unicorn shall couch full low for falſehood that he wrought with the raven yalping, and that was for his greedineſs and treaſon that they shall do by the ſea, and under a great hill: for the cock that should have been true was falſe, and drew with him the papingo; by which the roſe gave no ſmell that was ever pleaſant to the Kyth; and ſo in their train they shall draw the beſt fowls in the wood: wherefore, alas! but then let them take heed; for then comes their diſtreſs: the horn shall blow ſuch a dolorous ſound, that all the caſtles of Tyne shall quake; and the hart shall run, and make little debate: woe shall be, but it shall not long laſt, for the wolf with the dragon, and the lion, shall they releaſe, that lay long in their den, and juſtice shall be had for that which was ſtayed to riſe; then shall tremble and quake the ſtalwart and the ſtarke; and the right shall be had, that juſtice shall draw, and woe shall be to them that no pity would have for the chieftain of the Kyth, that God would guide, and ſtrike treaſon down on every ſide.
And happy is that man that may it ſee,
But happier that chieftain, whoever he be.
