‘But gif o’ that ye be na sure,
Then hire some damsel o’ your bour.’—

XX

O when she came to the palace yett,
His mother a gowden chair did set:

XXI

The bonnie may was tired wi’ ridin’,
Gae’d sit her down ere she was bidden.

XXII

And was she maid or was she nane,
She sat in it till the day was dune.

XXIII

And she’s call’d on her bour-woman,
That waiting was into[73] her train:

XXIV