It’s red gowd unto the middle.
23.
‘And ay at every silver hem
Hangs fifty silver bells and ten.
24.
24.1 ‘sall’ is Scott’s emendation for has in the MS.
‘That goodlie gift sall be her ain,
And let me be lighter of my young bairn.’
25.
‘O’ her young bairn she’s ne’er be lighter,