Thou thought in thy heart thou was no wel sped;
But thou sent thy billie Willie o’er the know,
And he took three co’erlets off my wife’s bed.’
39.
Then Johnë lett a spear fa’ leugh by his thigh,
Thought well to run the innocent through,
But the powers above was more than his,
He ran but the poor fool’s jerkin through.
40.
40.1 ‘blan,’ stopped.