To-nighte thou shall ly within my armes,

To-morrowe thou shall ere my lande.’

9.

Then bespacke the eldest sonne,

That was both whitt and redde:

‘O mother dere, geve over your howsse,

Or elles we shalbe deade.’

10.

‘I will not geve over my hous,’ she saithe,

‘Not for feare of my lyffe;