“Late, late yestreen[13] saw the new moone,

Wi the auld moone in hir arme,

And I feir, I feir, my deir master,

That we will cum to harme.”

O our Scots nobles wer richt laith[14]

To weet[15] their cork-heild schoone[16];

Bot lang owre[17] a’ the play wer playd,

Thair hats they swam aboone.[18]

O lang, lang may their ladies sit,

Wi thair fans into their hand,