VII

‘Thou art owre young a maid,’ quoth he,
‘Married with me thou ill wouldst be.’—

VIII

‘I have a sister younger than I,
And she was married yesterday.’—

IX

‘Married with me if thou wouldst be,
A courtesie thou must do to me.

X

‘For thou must shape a sark[101] to me
Without any cut or hem,’ quoth he.

XI

‘It’s ye maun shape it knife-and-shurlesse,
And also sew it needle-threedlesse.