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