Some time a good fellow thou hast beene;

And other forty if neede bee.

25

Thé dru[n]ken wine that was soe cleere,

And euery man thé made merry;

And then bespake him Iohn o the Scales,

Vnto the lord of Linne said hee.

26

Said, How doest thou, heire of Linne,

Since I did buy thy lands of thee?