Laid by the mask that he had on;

Said, "Hide me now, my lady fair,

For Violentrie will soon be hame."

"For the love I bore thee aince,

I'll strive to hide you, if I can:"

Then she put him down in a dark cellar

Where there lay many a new slain man.

But he hadna in the cellar been,

Not an hour but barely three,

Then hideous was the noise he heard,