With oyle and balm fullfillit off suet odour,
Faunis materis, as thai war wount to gang, &c.—V. 12.
In Edit. 1594, l. 14, it is thus given,—
Canettis in trace as they wer wont to gang.
In Edit. 1620,—Caneittis, &c.; in that of 1714, Famous. In MS. it may be read either Famus or Faunis. Although I cannot make sense of the line, there seems to be an allusion to the Fawns of heathen mythology; as the illiterate Minstrel might allude to the Nymphs in the term Nympheus.
Begynnyng band, with graith witnes besyd,
Myn auctor sais, scho was his rychtwyss wyff.—V. 47.
After ver. 72, a whole stanza is found in Edit. 1594 and 1620, which does not appear in MS.
This vther maid wedded ane Squyar wicht,
Quhilk was weill knawin cummin of Balliols blude,