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,