[541] fere = mate.
[542] spier’d = asked.
[543] haik ye up = hold you in suspense.
[544] settle ye by = keep you waiting aside.
[89. Johnie Armstrong]
I
Sum speiks of lords, sum speiks of lairds,
And sick lyke men of hie degrie;
Of a gentleman I sing a sang,
Sum tyme called Laird of Gilnockie.
II
The King he wrytes a luving letter,
With his ain hand sae tenderly,
And he hath sent it to Johnie Armstrang,
To cum and speik with him speedily.