And syn[851] lay doun to rest me
Yonder,
Of Peblis to the play.”
Be that[852] the bargane was all playit;
The stringis stert out of thair nokks[853];
Sevin-sum that the tulye[854] maid
Lay gruffling[855] in the stokks.
John Jacksoun of the nether warde
Had lever have giffin[856] an ox
Or[857] he had cuming in that cumpanie,