May prove a jeopardie:

"What would'st thou do, my squire so gay,

That rides beside my reyne,—

Were ye Glenallan's Earl the day,

And I were Roland Cheyne?

"To turn the rein were sin and shame,

To fight were wondrous peril,—

What would ye do now, Roland Cheyne,

Were ye Glenallan's Earl?"

"Were I Glenallan s Earl this tide,