Whom ye may not win near?”—

“I have not tint, at tournament,

My sword, nor yet my spear;

But sair I mourn for my true love,

Wi’ mony a bitter tear.

“But weel’s me on ye, my gay goss-hawk,

Ye can baith speak and flee;

Ye sall carry a letter to my love,

Bring an answer back to me.”—

“But how sall I your true love find,