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.’