As fast as he can drie[69].

11. "What news, what news?" says the Seven Forsters,

"What news have ye brought to me?"

"I have no news," the palmer said,

"But what I saw with my eye."

12. "As I came in by Braidisbanks,

And down among the whuns,

The bonniest youngster e'er I saw

Lay sleepin amang his hunds."

13. "The shirt that was upon his back