24

He tuke out a pean-kniff, lute a’ his dudes faa,

An he was the braest gentelman that was among them a’.

25

He patt his hand in his poket an gaa her ginnes three,

An four-an-tuenty hunder mark, to pay the nires feea.

26

‘Gin ye had ben a gued woman, as I thought ye had ben,

I wad haa made ye lady of castels eaght or nine.’

B