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‘Marye, that’s ill hartinge,’ saies my lord Charlls Howeward,

‘Harye, to welcome a stranger to the sea;

I’le ether bringe thatt Scootte and his shippe toe England,

Or into Scootteland hee [’s] carrye me.’

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‘Well, since the matter is soe flatte,

Take heed, I’le tell yowe this before;

If yowe Sir Andrewe chance toe borde,

Let noe man toe his topcastle goe.