He caused the country to conveen;
And the Laird's Wat, that worthie man,
Brought in that sirname weil beseen[[145]]:
The Armestranges, that aye hae been
A hardie house, but not a hail,
The Elliot's honours to maintaine,
Brought down the lave[[146]] o' Liddesdale.
Then Tividale came to wi' speid;
The sheriffe brought the Douglas down,