That tends sheepe on a lonely lee.’

52

‘One thing thou must tell mee, bonny boy,

Which I must needs aske of thee,

Dost not thou know the young Lord of Learne?

He is comen a woing into France to me.’

53

‘Yes, that I doe, madam,’ he said,

And then he wept most tenderlie;

‘The Lord of Learne is a worthy lord,