48.
‘Indeed I wat ye lee’d, my lord,
And even so loud as I hear ye lie;
I wan him frae his man, Fair Johnë Armstrong,
Hand for hand on Cannobie lee.
49.
‘There’s the jack was on his back,
The twa-handed sword that hung leugh by his thigh;
There’s the steel cap was on his head;
I have a’ these takens to lett you see.’