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Macmath MS., p. 72, communicated January 13, 1883, by Dr Robert Trotter, as remembered from the recitation of his father, Dr Robert Trotter, of Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire.

1

They askëd him and speirëd him,

And unto him did say,

‘O saw ye ocht o an armed band,

As ye cam on your way?’

2

He jested them and jeerëd them,