[1284] houms = water-meads.
[1285] ousen = oxen.
[151. Lord Maxwell’s Last Goodnight]
I
‘Adieu, madame, my mother dear,
But and my sisters three!
Adieu, fair Robert of Orchardstane!
My heart is wae for thee.
II
‘Adieu, the lily and the rose,
The primrose fair to see;
Adieu, my ladye, and only joy!
For I may not stay with thee.