‘Now, brother, rede ye mee;
A, sall I marrie the nut-browne bride,
And let Fair Annet bee?’
7.
‘The nut-browne bride has oxen, brother,
The nut-browne bride has kye:
I wad hae ye marrie the nut-browne bride,
And cast Fair Annet bye.’
8.
8.4 ‘fadge,’ lit. a thick cake; here figuratively for the thick-set ‘nut-browne bride.’