3

Lady Margret tore hir yellow hair

When as the queen tald hir the saim:

‘I wis that I had neir bin born,

Nor neir had knawn Ochiltrie’s naim!’

4

‘Fie, na!’ quoth the queen, ‘that maunna be;

Fie, na! that maunna be;

I’ll fynd ye out a better way

To saif the lyfe of Ochiltrie.’