For never sith ye were on your mothers born
Had ye never so mickle need."
brittling, cutting up. ware, aware. meany, company. bille, battle-axe. sith, since.
The doughty Douglas on a steed
He rode all his men beforne;
His armour glittered as did a glede;
A bolder bairn was never born.
"Tell me whose men ye are," he says,
"Or whose men that ye be:
Who gave you leave to hunt in this Cheviot chase,