6

’Twas up than spak her gude Lady Hume,

As she sat by the judge’s knee;

‘A peck o white pennies, my gude lord,

If ye’ll grant Hughie the Græme to me.’

7

‘O no, O no, my gude Lady Hume,

For sooth an so it sal na be;

For war there but twae Greames of the name,

They soud be hangit a’ for me.’