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ACT II.

SCENE I.—The Cross of Glasgow. A great crowd of people are discovered, and bells heard tolling occasionally from the neighbouring churches.

FIRST CROWD.

Ah! woe is me! so bonnie and so young!

Of all that death hath ta'en in this fell ravage,
None hath he ta'en that seem'd so ill to suit
The coffin and the mould. Ah! woe is me!

SECOND CROWD.

Ay, neighbour, she was one mark'd from them all.

Though we have many fair and gracious ladies,
We had not one who could be pair'd with her:
The bonniest lass in all the west of Scotland.

FIRST CROWD.

Ay, thou may'st say, the bonniest and the best.

THIRD CROWD.

Nay, softly, David! for the point of goodness,

That is a matter, on her burial day,
We may not question; yet, if it be true——