‘Now fare thee weel, sweet Mangerton!
For I think again I’ll ne’er thee see;
I wad betray nae lad alive,
For a’ the gowd in Christentie.
XXXIV
‘And fare thee well now, Liddesdale,
Baith the hie land and the law!
Keep ye weel frae traitor Mains!
For gowd and gear he’ll sell ye a’.
XXXV
‘I’d rather be ca’d Hobbie Noble,
In Carlisle, where he suffers for his faut,
Before I were ca’d the traitor Mains,
That eats and drinks o’ the meal and maut.’
FOOTNOTES:
[1194] seld = sold.
[1195] graith’d = clad in armour.
[1196] fringed = long-haired at fetlocks.
[1197] feiries = feres, comrades.