A stalworthy[170] stryplyng:

There[171] is a whyspring and a whipling,

He shulde be hyder[172] brought;

But, and it were well sought,

I trow all wyll be nought, 350

Nat[173] worth a shyttel cocke,

Nor worth a sowre calstocke.

There goth many a lye

Of the Duke of Albany,

That of shulde go his hede,