I have asked grace at a graceless face,
But there is nane for my men and me! *
"But had I kenn'd ere I cam frae liame,
How thou unkind wad'st been to me!
1 wad have keepit the Border side,
In spite of all thy force and thee.
"Wist England's King that I was ta'en,
O gin a blythe man he wad be!
For ance I slew his sister's son,
And on his breist bane brak a trie."