31.1 ‘a’ = ae, each.
‘For a bit I’ll beg for Chiel Wyet,
For Lord Ingram I’ll beg three;
All for the good and honourable marriage,
At Mary Kirk he gave me.’
THE TWA SISTERS O’ BINNORIE
Texts.—The version here given is compounded from two different sources, almost of necessity. Stanzas 1-19 were given by Scott, compounded from W. Tytler’s Brown MS. and the recitation of an old woman. But at stanza 20 Scott’s version becomes eccentric, and he prints such verses as:—
‘A famous harper passing by
The sweet pale face he chanced to spy ...