4^1. Dutch _for_ French, _according to some reciters._

8^2. Oh.

#B.#

4^1, 9^1. Oh.

#C.#

1^1. Oh.

#D.#

_Printed by Lyle in stanzas of eight short lines._

_The copy in Motherwell’s MS. is not in Motherwell’s handwriting.

It may have been written down from recollection of Lyle, or may

have been arbitrarily altered._

_The variations are as follows:_

1^2. Delamare, _and always_.

2^1. pray let.

2^2. now _for_ we’ve.

2^4. with flax seed.

3^1. the poor men’s.

4^2. or _for_ our.

5^1. it _wanting_.

6^2. in his.

6^3. the stroke.

6^4. broke.

7^1. The sprang.

8^2. he laid.

8^3. to the.

9^4. must won: my liege _wanting_.

10^1. bliss.

10^3. the king.

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