7.4 ‘lawing,’ reckoning.
‘Fear na ye that, my lord,’ quo’ Willie;
‘By the faith o’ my body, Lord Scroop,’ he said,
‘I never yet lodged in a hostelrie,
But I paid my lawing before I gaed.’
8.
Now word is gane to the bauld Keeper,
In Branksome Ha’ where that he lay,
That Lord Scroop has taen the Kinmont Willie,
Between the hours of night and day.