To hold that good lord down.
24.
24.5 ‘wyte,’ blame.
24.6 ‘May,’ maid.
O thay hae sent aff men to the wood
To hew down baith thorn an’ fern,
That they might get a great bonefire
To burn that lady in.
‘Put na the wyte on me,’ she says,
‘It was her May Catheren.’