Desyre him cum and be your man,

And hald of you yon Foreste frie.

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"Gif he refuses to do that,

We'll conquess baith his landis and he!

Or else, we'll throw his castell down,

And make a widowe o' his gay ladye."

The king then call'd a gentleman,

James Boyd, (the Earl of Arran his brother was he)

When James he cam befor the king,