"I wiss ye were in yon sie:"

Quo' the fause knicht upon the road:

"And a gude bottom[151] under me."

Quo' the wee boy, and still he stude.

"And the bottom for to break:"

Quo' the fause knicht upon the road:

"And ye to be drowned."

Quo' the wee boy, and still he stude.

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