[397] dreed = endured.
[398] wons = dwells.
[399] fell = kill.
[400] bale = harm.
[56. Leesome Brand]
or, The Sheath and the Knife
I
‘There is a feast in your father’s house,
The broom blooms bonnie and sae it is fair—
It becomes you and me to be very douce[401],
And we’ll never gang down to the broom nae mair.’
II
But it is talk’d all over [the land],
‘Lady Marget’s plighted to Leesome Brand.’