FOOTNOTES:
[1167] Liddel-rack = a ford on the Liddel.
[1168] lawing = reckoning.
[1169] curch = kerchief, coif.
[1170] lightly = treat disrespectfully.
[1171] low = flame.
[1172] splent = split, or overlapping armour.
[1173] spauld = shoulder, épaule.
[1174] Bateable Land = debateable land; a stretch of frontier between the Solway Firth and Scots Dyke, claimed by both nations.
[1175] lear = lore.
[1176] row-footed = rough-footed.
[1177] stear = stir, commotion.
[1178] forehammers = sledge-hammers.
[1179] fley’d = scared.
[1180] spier = inquire.
[1181] mail = rent.
[1182] wood = mad.
[1183] furs = furrows.
[1184] trew = trust.