I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When mournfu' as I sat on the stane at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith,for I couldna think it he, Till he said, 'I'm come hame to marry thee.' O sair, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say; We took but ae kiss, and we tore ourselves away; I wish that I were dead, but I'm no like to dee; And why was I born to say, Wae's me!

Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane of the brig; There at them thou thy tail may toss A running stream they dare na cross!

James, also, good-naturedly complied with the Ambassador's request, and agreed to act as judge on the occasion; and he laughingly remarked to Buckingham"Ye are demented, Steenie, to risk a' those precious stanes with which ye are bedecked on the skill with which ye can yield a frail lance.