‘Marry, thou’s welcome, gentleman,
Some king’s-messenger thou seems to be.’
21.
‘The King of Scotland sent me here,
And, gude Outlaw, I’m sent to thee;
I wad wot of whom ye hold your lands,
Or, man, wha may thy master be?’
22.
22.3 ‘Soudron,’ Southron, i.e. southern, English.
‘Thir landis are mine,’ the Outlaw said;