His safe warrant I sall gie;

And gif he refuses to do that,

We'll conquess baith his landis and he.

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"Thou may'st vow I'll cast his castell down,

And mak a widowe o' his gay ladye;

I'll hang his merryemen, payr by payr,

In ony frith where I may them see."

James Boyd tuik his leave o' the nobil king,

To Ettricke Foreste feir cam he;