Nor minstrels for to play;

For the mither o' my seven sons,

The morn's her wedding-day."

"O tell me, tell me, Florentine,

Tell me, tell me true,

Tell me this day without a flaw,

What I will do for you."

"Instead of dancers to dance, mither,

Or minstrels for to play,

Turn four-and-twenty well-wight men,