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Then word is gane the Outlaw till,
In Etrick forest where dwelleth he,
That the king was cumand to his cuntrie,
To conquess baith his lands and he.
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‘I mak a vow,’ the Outlaw said,
‘I mak a vow, and that trulie,
Were there but three men to tak my part,
Yon king’s cuming full deir suld be.’