17.

He lighted off his milk-white steed,

And set this fair maid on;

‘Now caw out your ky, good father,’ he said,

‘She’ll ne’er caw them out again.

18.

18.2 ‘plows’: as much land as a plough will till in a year.

‘I am the laird of Knottington,

I’ve fifty plows and three;

I’ve gotten now the bonniest lass