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"Saw'st thou not the great preparatives

Of Edinburgh, that famous noble town;

Thou saw'st the people labouring for their lives,

To make triumph with trump and clarion:

Thou saw'st full well many a fresh galland,

Well ordered for receiving of their queen,

Each craftsman with his bent bow in his hand,

Right gallantlie in clothing short of green."

LlNDESAY OF THE MOUNT.

"Their graces tarry long," said the countess, glancing impatiently up the street; "it is almost midday by the sun. Jane, child, hast got thy pocket-dial about thee?"

Lady Jane took from her embroidered girdle a little silver dial, and placing it duly east and west, found the hour to be twelve by the shadow of the gnomon, for the sun shone brightly.

"I warrant me," said the countess, "that his eminence the cardinal will be relieving himself of some prosy oration at the foot of the Broad Wynd, for the benefit of the king's grace."

"Of the queen's, you mean, Lady Ashkirk," said Alison Home, "for his lordship is a great admirer of beauty. Thou knowest, cousin Jane, how often he hath admired thee."