Wi' anither mak me a king."

"I canna mak ye a king," quo' he,

"The Lord alane can do that;

I snowk leise-majesty, my man!

Quhat the Sathan wad ye be at?"

Glowert at the skipper the doutsum king,

Jalousin' aneth his croon;

Quo' the skipper, "Here is yer grace's ring—

An' yer dochter is my boon."

The black blude shot intil the king's face—