And warlike weaponis at their will;

Howbeit they wer not weil content,

Zit be me trouth we feird nae ill:

Sum zeid to drink, and sum stude still,

And sum to cards and dyce them sped,

Quhyle on ane Farstein they fyld a bill,

And he was fugitive that fled.

Carmichael bad them speik out plainly,

And cloke nae cause for ill nor gude,

The uther answering him full vainly,