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QUEEN ELEANOR'S CONFESSION—B
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Our queen's sick, an very sick,She's sick an like to die;
She has sent for the friars of France,
To speak wi her speedilie.
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‘I'll put on a friar's robe,An ye'll put on anither,
An we'll go to Madam the Queen,
Like friars bath thegither.’
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‘God forbid,’ said Earl Marishall,‘That ever the like shud be,
That I beguile Madam the Queen!
I wad be hangit hie.’
4
The King pat on a friar's robe,Earl Marishall on anither;
They're on to the Queen,
Like friars baith thegither.
5
‘Gin ye be the friars of France,As I trust well ye be —
But an ye be ony ither men,
Ye sall be hangit hie.’
6
The King he turnd him roun,An by his troth sware he,
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Sin we came frae the sea.
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‘The first sin ever I did,An a very great sin't was tee,
I gae my maidenhead to Earl Marishall,
Under the greenwood tree.’
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‘That was a sin, an a very great sin,But pardond it may be;’
‘Wi mendiment,’ said Earl Marishall,
But a heavy heart had he.
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‘The next sin ever I did,An a very great sin't was tee,
I poisened Lady Rosamond,
An the King's darling was she.’
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‘That was a sin, an a very great sin,But pardond it may be;’
‘Wi mendiment,’ said King Henry,
But a heavy heart had he.
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‘The next sin ever I did,An a very great sin't was tee,
I keepit poison in my bosom seven years,
To poison him King Henrie.’
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‘That was a sin, an a very great sin,But pardond it may be;’
‘Wi mendiment,’ said King Henry,
But a heavy heart had he.
13
‘O see na ye yon bonny boys,As they play at the ba?
An see na ye Lord Marishal's son?
I lee him best of a'.
14
‘But see na ye King Henry's son?He's headit like a bull, and backit like a boar,
I like him warst awa:’
‘And by my sooth,’ says him King Henry,
‘I like him best o the twa.’
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The King he turned him roun,Pat on the coat o goud,
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The Queen turnd the King to behold.
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‘Gin I hadna sworn by the crown and sceptre roun,
Earl Marishal sud been gart die.’
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