Patrick W. Spence

‘ Up and spak an eldern knicht,
     Sat at the kings richt kne :
‘ Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor
     That sails upon the se. ’

                         —Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens°

‘ Up and spak an eldern knicht,
     Sat at the kings richt kne :
‘ Sir Patrick Spence is the best sailor
     That sails upon the se. ’

                 —The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence