‘He’s both worth gold and good monie;

Dick o the Kow has away twa horse,

I wish no thou should no make him three.’

33

He has tane the Laird’s jack on his back,

The twa-handed sword that hang lieugh by his thigh;

He has tane the steel cap on his head,

And on is he to follow Dickie.

34

Then Dickie was not a mile off the town,