Quan the brere was onbred,

than hadde it non rynd;

Quan the mayden hayt that che lovit,

che is without longing.

CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN

1.

The Lord of Rosslyn’s daughter gaed through the wud her lane,

And there she met Captain Wedderburn, a servant to the king.

He said unto his livery man, ‘Were ’t na agen the law,