17.
‘The wildest wolf in a’ this wood
Wad not ha’ done so by me;
She’d ha’ wet her foot i’ th’ wan water,
And sprinkled it o’er my bree,
And if that wad not ha’ waken’d me,
She wad ha’ gone and let me be.
18.
18.3 ‘belive,’ quickly.
‘O bows of yew, if ye be true,