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Our quin 's seek, an very seek,
She 's seek an leak to dee,
An she has sent for the friears of France,
To speak we her spedely.

" Ye 'll pit on a frier's robe,
An I 'll put one anether,
An we 'll goo to madam the Quin,
Leak frayers bath together."

" God forbid," sayes Earl Marchell,
" That ever the leak sud be,
That I sud begule madam the Quin;
I wad be hangid bei."

. . . . . . .
. . . . . .
The King suar by the croun au the septer roun
Eearl Marchell sudne dei.

The king pat one a frier's rob,
Eearl Marchell on anether,
The 'r on to the Quin,
Like frayers bath together.

" Gin ye be the frayers of France," she says,
" As I trust wiell ye be,
Bat an ye be ony eather men
Ye sall be hangid he."

The king he turned him roun,
An by his troth suare he,
" We ha na sung masse
San we came fra the sea."

" The first sin ever I did,
An a very grat sin it was tee,
I gaa my medenhead to Earl Marchell,
Belou a green-wood tree."

" That was a sin, an a very grate sin,
Bat pardoned it man be;"
" We menement," said Earl Marchell,
Bat a heavi, heavi heart had he.

" The nist sin ever I did,
An a grat sin it was tee,
I pusned Lady Rosomon,
An the King's darling was she."

" That was a sin, an a grat sin,
Bat pardoned it may be;"
" We menement," said King Henry,
Bat a heavi, heavi heart had he.

" The nist sin I ever did,
An a grat sin it was tee,
I keepet pusin in my bosom seven year
To pusin him King Henre."

" That was a sin, an a grat sin,
Bat pardoned it may be;"
" We menement," sa[i]d King Henrie,
Bat a heavi, heavi heart had he.

" O see ye na yon bony boys,
As they play att the baa?
An see ye na Earl Merchal's son?
I lee him best of all.

" But see ye na King Henry's son?
He is headed leak a bull an baked leak a bore,
I leak him warst of a':"
" An, by my soth," says him King Henry,
" I leak him best of the twa."

The king he turned him roun,
Pat on the coat of goud,
The Quin turned her roun,
The king to behald.

" . . . . . .
. . . . . .
Gin I had na sworn by the croun an the septer roun,
Earl Marchell sud ben gared dee."
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