My breast-plate's o' the sturdy steel,
Instead of the beaten gold.
(slaiked, loosened, i.e. took off. sark, shirt.
gare, hem.
Johnny Scott ss'
"But take this purse, my bonny boy,
Ye well deserve a fee,
And bear this letter to my love,
An' tell him what you see."
Then quickly ran the bonny boy,