He was the best in that realm,
and Petter Simon height his name.
[A 12]
‘Now Peter,’ said he, ‘wee’r bound to sea,
to fetch a traitor with good speed,
And over a hundred gunners good
I’ve chosen thee to be the head.’
[A 13]
‘My lodge,’ says he, ‘if he have chosen me
oer a hundred men to be the head,