But them by name I dinna knaw.”

The keys of the Castle he gave the King,

Wi’ the blessing o’ his fair Ladye;

He was made sheriff of Ettrick Forest,

Surely while upward grows the tree;

And if he was na traitor to the King,

Forfaulted he suld never be.

Wha ever heard, in ony times,

Sicken an outlaw in his degree

Sic favour get before a King,