In the Netherlands;
And my eldest daughter, thy wife shall be.
Sailing in the Lowlands.’
5.
5.1 ‘set his breast’: perhaps this simply means he breasted the water; but see Glossary of Ballad Commonplaces, First Series, xlvi.
He set his breast, and away he did swim,
Until he came to the false gallaly.
6.
He had an augur fit for the nonce,
The which will bore fifteen good holes at once.