Scho broghte hym agayne to Eldone tree,
Vndir nethe that grenewode spraye;
In Huntlee bannkes es mery to bee,
Whare fowles synges bothe nyght and daye.
235 "Fferre owtt in yone mountane graye,
Thomas, my fawkon byggis a neste;—
A fawcoun is an eglis praye;
Fforthi in na place may he reste.
"Ffare well, Thomas; I wend my waye;
240 Ffor me byhouys ouer thir benttis brown."
—Loo here a fytt: more es to saye,
All of Thomas of Erselldown.—
[22], Laing, by tene.[refers to line 22, missing]
[5], Linc. MS. throstylle cokke.
[21], sette, Laing.
[109], Lufly lady, i.e. Mary.
[211], buse agayne.