Yonder comes the young laird o Logie!’

11

‘Pardon, oh pardon! my lord the king,

Aye I pray you pardon me;

For I counterfieted your hand-write,

An stole frae you your richt hand gloe,

An sent them to Pitcairn’s wa’s,

A’ to set Young Logie free.’

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‘If this had been done by laird or lord,