XLII.
"As fast I've sped owre Scotlands faes,"—
There ceas'd his brag of weir, 330
Sair sham'd to mind ought but his dame,
And maiden Fairly fair.
Black fear he felt, but what to fear
He wist nae yet; wi' dread
Sair shook his body, sair his limbs, 335
And a' the warrior fled.
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FOOTNOTES:
[468] [wall or rampart of the castle.]
[469] [halls.]
[470] [match or equal.]
[471] [Margaret was the name of the queen of Alexander III. Her mother was Eleanor, Queen of England.]
[472] [without.]
[473] [slender.]
[474] [shone like gold.]