Thy Nowreis, and thy auld Maistres,

I tak thame all to beir wytnes;

Auld Willie Dillie, wer he on lyve,

My lyfe full weill he could discryve:

Quhow, as ane chapman beris his pak,

I bure thy Grace upon my bak,

And sumtymes, strydlingis on my nek,

Dansand with mony bend and bek.

The first sillabis that thow did mute

Was Pa, Da Lyn,[6] upon the lute;