Who have we here? lord Bodwell sayd,[638]
Now answer me when I doe speake.[638] 50
"Ah, lord Bodwell, I know thee well;
Some pitty on me I pray thee take."
Ile pitty thee as much, he sayd,
And as much favor show to thee,[639]
As thou didst to the queenes chamberlaine,[640] 55
That day thou deemedst[641] him to die.[642]
Through halls and towers the king they ledd,[643]
Through towers and castles that were nye,[644]
Through an arbor into an orchàrd,
There on a peare-tree hanged him hye.[645] 60
When the governor of Scotland heard[646]
How that the worthye king was slaine;[647]
He persued the queen so bitterlye,
That in Scotland shee dare not remaine.[648]
But she is fledd into merry England, 65
And here her residence hath taine;[649]
And through the queene of Englands grace,[650]
In England now shee doth remaine.[651]
FOOTNOTES:
[607] James Maidment's Scottish Ballads and Songs, 1868, vol. ii. p. 12.
[608] Quoted in Maidment's Ballads, 1868, vol. ii. p. 8.
[609] [Froude's History of England (Elizabeth), vol. iii. pp. 1-2.]
[610] [Ver. 1. woe worth thee, woe worth thee, MS.]