V.

NAE Pedders Pak fcho will refufe,

Altho' hir Travel scho should tyne, Nae Cuckold Carle or Carlings Pet, That dois thair Corn and Catle trayn; And quhere fcho finds a Fallow fyne, He will be fraught free for a Sowfe, Scho carrys nocht but Men and Wyne, And Bulion to the Cunzie House.

VI.

FOR Merchand Men I may haif Money,
But nane fic as I wald defyre,

And I am laith to mell with ony,
To leif my Matter in the Myre;

That Man that wirks beft for his Hyre Its he fall be my Marriner,

But Nicht and Day he maunna tyre
That fails my bonny Ballenger.
VII.

QUHEN Anker hald nane can be fund,
I pray you caft the Leid lyne out;
And gif ye cannot get the Ground,
Steir be the Compafs, keep her Rout;

Syne travers still, and lay about,

And gar her top twiche Wind and Waw,
When anker dryves, there is nae Dout
Thir tripand Tydes may tyne us a.

VIII.

Now is my pretty Pinnage ready,
Abydand on fum Merchand Block,
But be fcho empty, be our Lady,
Scho will be kitle of her Dok;

Scho will refufe nae Landwart Jck,

Tho' he fhould fraught her for a Crown:
Thus fair ze weil, fays gude John Cok,
A noble Sailor in this Toun.

Quod SEMPL3

The Defens of Griffell Sandylands

For ufing of hir felf contrair the Ten Commands, Being in Ward for Playing of the Loun

With every ane lift gife hir half a Croun.

P

. I.

ERNITIOUS People, partial in despyte,

Sufannas Juges, Sawers of Sedition,

Zour cankert Council is the Cause and Wyte,

Bowftert with Pryde, and blinded with Ambition, Finding nae Cryme, nor haifing a Comission Tohurt Dame Venus Virgins as ze do;

Gif ze fae rafhly rin upon Sufpition, Ze may put others on the Pannell too.

II.

To Sandylands ze war owr fair to schame hir,
Sen ze with Council quietly might command hir;
Grit Fulis ze war with Fallows to defame hir,
Haifing nae Cause but common Fame and Sklander,

Quben finding no Man in the Houfe neir hand hir Exept a Clerk of godly Converfation,

Quhat gif befyde John Duries felf ye fand hir, Dar ze fufpect the haly Congregation.

III.

ZOUR fleshy Confciens gars zou tak this Feir,
Believe ze Virgins will be won fae sune,

Na, GOD forbid, but Men may bourd as neir,
And Women be nae war, quhen that is done,
Had fcho bene ** **

That war a perelous Play, ane micht suspect them,
But Lads and Laffes will meit after None,
When Dick and Durie baith dow not correct them.

IV.

SEN Drunkards, Gluttons and contentious Men,
Scheders of Blude, and Subjects given to Greid,
May not poffels, or Heavens high Hall get ben,
As in the Byble daylie we may reid :

* The Minifter, Beaton.

Had fcho bene**** In fuch Places as are fo fullied torn in our old Copies, that they cannot be read, we chu rather to leave a Blank than fill them up, tho' they might be fupplied with small Difficulty.

Let thir be weyd alyke, till every Leid, Syne Furnication placit amang the laif

Exempt zour felves throu all the Toun in Deid, Then luke how mony zou unmarkid haif.

V.

GIF ye belife not Betoun be his Word,
In hir Defens, it cannot be refufit;

Let him that follows fetch it with the Sword,
Ane auntient Law quhen Ladyis are accufit.
Are Ministers fic Men to be abufit,

That knaw the Scripture and the Ten Commands?
Tho' he and fcho wer in a House inclufit,

That fays not, he fell foul on Sandylands,

. VI.

As for the reft, I knaw not thair Vocation,

Thair Lyfe and Manners; but I heir Folk name them Catholick Virgins of the Congregation,

Syne were to tyne them, if ze wald obtein them: Quhat can ze fay, exept that ze haid sein them With rem in re all nakit, bot Adherance;

Then tak a Bow-ftring, draw it down betwein them And gif it flicks, that has an ill Appeirance.