SIR PATRICK SPENS
i.    The Sailing
the king sits in Dunfermline town
Drinking the blude-red wine ;
" O whare will I get a skeely skipper
To sail this new ship o5 mine ? "
O up and spak an eldern knight.
Sat at the king's right knee ;
" Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor
That ever sail'd the sea/5
Our king has written a braid letter.
And seaPd it with his hand,	10
And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens,
Was walking on the strand.
" To Noroway, to Noroway,
To Noroway o'er the faem ;
The king's daughter o' Noroway,
5Tis thou must bring her hame.3
The first word that Sir Patrick read
So loud, loud laugh'd he ;
The neist word that Sir Patrick read
The tear blinded his e'e.	20