FOOTNOTES:
[1206] billy = brother, comrade.
[1207] well-wight = stout, sturdy.
[1208] For leugh, etc. = He boasted to be of lower Liddesdale. εὔχετο εἶναι.
[1209] caukers = calkins.
[1210] unkensome = unknown.
[1211] beet = abet, aid.
[1212] mystery = craft.
[1213] leeze me on = commend me to.
[1214] port = gate.
[1215] tolbooth = gaol.
[1216] skeigh = shy.
[1217] weil = eddy.
[1218] lave = rest.
[1219] e’en = even, count as equal.
[1220] shame a ma = devil a bit.