Good sir, quoth I, I had rather stay,

I have no heart to ride that way.

Lord, &c.

When no entreaty might prevaile,

Ah woe is me, &c.

I calde for beere, for wine and ale;

Be warned, &c.

And when my heart was in wofull case,

I drunke to my friends with a smiling face.

Lord, &c.