Has trespass’d on the Scots countrie.’

22.

‘Where be ye gaun, ye marshal-men?’

Quo’ fause Sakelde; ‘come tell me true!’

‘We go to catch a rank reiver,

Has broken faith wi’ the bauld Buccleuch.

23.

‘Where are ye gaun, ye mason-lads,

Wi’ a’ your ladders lang and hie?’

‘We gang to herry a corbie’s nest,