‘Than to tak leyff, and cum off it agayn.

‘In thi seruice I think for to ramayn.’260

“Seruice,” he said, “Thomas, that may nocht be,

“Bot gud frendschip, as I desir off the:”

Gart draw the wyn, and ilk man mery maid;

Be this the schippis was in the Rochell raid.

The rede blasonys thai had born in to wer;265

The toun was sone in till a sudane fer.

The Rede Reiffar thai saw was at thair hand,