‘Five thousand marks I’ll gie to thee,
To sleep this night with my lord for me.’—
XXV
[‘But will it for my ladye plead,
I’se be the bride in my ladye’s stead.’]—
XXVI
When bells were rung and mass was sayne,
And a’ men unto bed were gane,
XXVII
Cospatrick and the bonny maid
Into ae chamber they were laid.
XXVIII
‘Now speak to me, blankets, and speak to me, bed,
And speak, thou sheet, inchanted web,