2

‘O hear is a letter to ye, madam,

Hear is a letter to ye, madam;

The Earl of Hume, that galant knight,

Is fain in love we you, madam.

3

‘Ther is a letter to you, madam,

[Ther is a letter to you, madam;]

The Eearl of Hume, that galant knight,

Disers to be yer servant trou, madam.’