Chapter 25 25

True love, an thou be true,

Thou has ane kittle part to play;

For fortune, fashion, fancy, and thou,

Maun strive for many a day.

I've kend by mony a friend's tale,

Far better by this heart of mine,

What time and change of fancy avail

A true-love knot to untwine.

HENDERSOUN.

"I WISHED to tell you, my good kinsman," said th