21.
There sat three lords upon a row,
And John o’ the Scales sat at the board’s head,
And John o’ the Scales sat at the board’s head,
Because he was the lord of Linne.
22.
22.3 ‘shot,’ reckoning. Cp. ‘pay the shot.’
And then bespake the heir of Linne,
To John o’ the Scales’ wife thus said he;
Said, ‘Dame, wilt thou not trust me one shot