Gude Lord Scroope’s to the hunting gane,

He has ridden oer moss and muir,

And he has grippet Hughie the Græme,

For stealing o the bishop’s mare.

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‘Now, good Lord Scroope, this may not be!

Here hangs a broad sword by my side,

And if that thou canst conquer me,

The matter it may soon be tryed.’

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