To the Quene

Madame, ȝour men said thai wald ryd,
And latt this Fasterrennis ewin ower slyd;
Bott than thair wyffis cam furth in flockis,
And baid tham betteis soun abyd
At hame, and lib tham of the pockis.

Now propoyss thai, sen ȝe dwell still,
Off Wenus feest to fang ane fill,
Bott in the felde preiff thai na cockis ;
For till heff riddin had bein less ill
Nor latt thair wyffis breid the pockis.

Sum of ȝour men sic curage hed,
Dame Venus fyre sa hard tham sted,
Thai brak vp durris, and raeff vp lockis,
To get ane pamphelet on ane pled
That thai mycht lib thame of the pockis.

Sum, that war ryatouss as rammiss
Ar now maid tame lyk ony lammiss,
And settin down lyk sarye crockis ;
And hes forsaekin all sic gammiss,
That men callis libbing of the pockis.

Sum, thocht tham selffis stark, lyk gyandis,
Ar now maid waek lyk willing wandis ;
With schinnis scharp and small lyk rockis ;
And gottin thair bak in bayth thair handis,
For ower offt libbing of the pockis.

I saw cowclinkis me besyd,
The ȝoung men to thair howses gyd,
Had bettir liggit in the stockis ;
Sum fra the bordell wald nocht byd,
Quhill that thai gatt the Spanȝie pockis.

Thairfor, all ȝoung men, I ȝou pray,
Keip ȝou fra harlattis nycht and day;
Thay sall repent quha with thame ȝockis ;
And be war with that perrellouss play,
That men callis libbing of the pockis.

Quod Dumbar.