“About Perth, there was a countrie
Sae waste, that wonder wes to see;
For intill well-great space thereby,
Wes nother house left, nor herb’ry.
Of deer there was then sic foison[[1]]
That they wold near come to the town.
Sae great default was near that stead.
That many were in hunger dead.
A carle they said was near ther by,
That wold set settis[[2]] commonly,