4.
4.2 ‘gin,’ altered in the MS. to ‘pin.’ In either case, it part of the door-latch.
‘Ye’l take the sourde fray my scabbord,
And lowly, lowly lift the gin,
And you may say, your oth to save,
You never let Clerk Sanders in.
5.
‘Yele take a napken in your hand,
And ye’l ty up baith your een,
An’ ye may say, your oth to save,