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 38 THE CHERRIE. LXXIV. Yet Hope and Courage wan the field, Though Dread and Danger neir wald yie But fled to find Refuge ; Sai, fra you four met, they were fain. Because ye gart us cum again, They greind to get ye judge : Whar they were fugitive before, You made them frank and free, To speak and stand in awe nae mair, Quoth Reason sae should be: Aft tymes now, but crymes now, But even perforce it falls The strang ay, with wrang ay, Put weaker to the walls. LXXV. Which is a fault ye maun confess, Strength is not ordained to opress With rigour, by the richt; But on the contrair, to sustain The weak-anes that owerburdened been, As meikle as they micht. Sae Hope and Courage did quoth I, Experimented lyke Schaw skill'd and pithy reasons why That Danger, lap the dyke. Quoth Dread sir, tak heed, sir, Lang speiking part maun spill, Insist not, ye wist not We went against our will,