"Even for that it repenteth me;

For gif he lose feir Ettricke Foreste,

He'll tak feir Moffatdale frae me.

"I'll meet him wi' five hundred men,

And surely mair, if mae may be;

And before he gets the Foreste feir,

We a' will die on Newark Lee!"

[92]

The Outlaw call'd a messenger,

And bid him hie him speedilye,