15.2 ‘striped,’ whetted. See First Series, Introduction, pp. xlix-l.
Out he has ta’en a bright long brand,
And he has striped it throw the straw,
And throw and throw Clarke Sanders’ body
A wat he has gard cold iron gae.
16.
16.3 ‘well and wellsom,’ probably a corruption of ‘wae and waesome,’ sad and woful.
Sanders he started, an’ Margret she lapt
Intill his arms where she lay;
And well and wellsom was the night,