And they cast kevils[449] them amang,
And kevils them between;
And they cast kevils them amang,
Wha suld gae kill the king.
IV
O, some said yea, and some said nay,
Their words did not agree;
Till up and got him, Fause Foodrage,
And swore it suld be he.
V
When bells were rung, and mass was sung,
And a’ men bound to bed,
King Honour and his gay ladye
In a high chamber were laid.
VI
Then up and raise him, Fause Foodrage,
When a’ were fast asleep,
And slew the porter in his lodge,
That watch and ward did keep.
VII
O four-and-twenty silver keys
Hang hie upon a pin;
And aye, as ae door he did unlock,
He has fasten’d it him behin’.