And hint[1154] the purs fest in his neif.[1155]

Fra tyme he gat the purs in hand

He kyndlie ‘Cousin’ callit me,

And baid me gar him understand

My buseness all haillalie,

And swair that he

My trew and faythfull friend sould be

In courte as I pleis him command.

For quhilk, better it is, I trow;

Into the courte to get supplé[1156],