Christie, I, 31, abridges this version, making "a few slight alterations from the way he had heard it sung:" these, and one or two more.

24. wadna bend nor bow.

71. The Moor he had.

251. But Beichan courted.

[I].

11. Bechin was pronounced Beekin.

[K].

1. Before this, as gloss, or remnant of a preceding stanza: She came to a shepherd, and he replied.

2. After this, in explanation: She gave Lord Bechin a slice of bread and a bottle of wine when she released him from prison, hence the following.

31. to him.