[The trewth I knaw off this, and hyr lynage;]

‘I knew nocht hyr, tharfor I lost a gage.’ 655

Fol. 28 b

To Kerlé he thus argownd in this kynd:

Bot gret desyr remaynyt in till his mynd,

For to behald that frely off fassoun.

A quhill he left, and come nocht in the toun;

On othir thing he maid his witt to walk,660

Prefand giff he mycht off that languor slalk.

Quhen Kerlé saw he sufferit payne for thi,