9

‘Ah, na! Fie, na!’ quoth the queen,

‘Fie, na! Fie, na! this maunna be;

I’ll set ye on a better way

To loose and set Ochiltrie frie.’

10

The queen sche slippit up the stair,

And sche gaid up richt privatlie,

And sche has stoun the prison-keys,

And gane and set Ochiltrie frie.