To save ye fra the heading-hill,
An fra the galla-tree.’
42. Perhaps silver.
63. lady greet: cf. 43.
71. næ.
112. watt.
113. vpan?
231. son Willë.
392 a, H 84. The nine. “Anciently the supreme criminal court of Scotland was composed of nine members.” Kinloch’s note, Ancient Scottish Ballads, p. 259. This may afford a date.