"Wi' that Outlaw will I live and die;
The king has gifted my landis lang syne—
It cannot be nae warse wi' me."
The king was cuming thro' Caddon Ford[[110]],
And full five thousand men was he;
They saw the derke Foreste them before,
They thought it awsome for to see.
Then spak the lord, hight Hamilton,
And to the nobil king said he,
"My sovereign liege, sum council tak,