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‘For I’ve met wi’ many a gentle knight
That’s gien me sic a fill;
But never before wi’ a courteous knight
That ga’e me a’ my will.’
FOOTNOTES:
[140] routh = plenty.
[141] burd-alone = lone as a maid.
[142] jelly = jolly, jovial.
[143] bierly = stout, handsome.
[144] fleer = floor.
[145] hat = hit.
[146] mot = might.