[1164] well-wight = sturdy, here brave.
[1165] bree = brow.
[1166] belive = nimbly, at once.
[137. Kinmont Willie]
I
O have ye na heard o’ the fause Sakelde?
O have ye na heard o’ the keen Lord Scroope?
How they hae ta’en bauld Kinmont Willie,
On Haribee to hang him up?
II
Had Willie had but twenty men,
But twenty men as stout as he,
Fause Sakelde had never the Kinmont ta’en,
Wi’ eight score in his companie.