25

‘What will thou be[t] against vs,’ says Loxly then,

‘And stake it on the ground?’

‘That will I doe, fine fellow,’ he says,

‘And it drawes to fiue hundreth pound.’

26

‘There is a bett,’ says Loxly then;

‘Wee’le stake it merrily;’

But Loxly knew full well in his mind

And whose that gold shold bee.