49.1 A ford on the Tweed, at the mouth of the Caddon Burn, near Yair.
The king was coming thro’ Caddon Ford,
And fifteen thousand men was he;
They saw the forest them before,
They thought it awsome for to see.
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Then spak the earl hight Hamilton,
And to the noble king said he,
‘My sovereign prince, some counsel take,
First at your nobles, syne at me.