Wi sorrows great he did ride hame;
But ere the morning sun appeard
This fine lord was dead and gane.
34
Then on ae night this couple died,
And baith were buried in ae tomb:
Let this a warning be to all,
Their pride may not bring them low down.
A. a.
44, 5, 6. Omitted; supplied from b. Dean Christie notes that the lines omitted will be found in a copy which, with other things of the kind, he had destined for use in this collection. Unfortunately, and quite unaccountably, these pieces never came to hand.