And oh, he spak richt spitefullie;

‘I am the man will tak on han

To fecht and conquer Jamie O’Lee.’

7

‘Oh no, oh no,’ syne said the prince,

‘Sic things as that can never bee,

For Jamie O’Lee’s no fifteen years auld,

And ye, fause Phenix, are thretty three.’

8

The prince he mounted then wi speed,