"I crave to ask of thee!

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"At our lang wars, in fair Scotland,

"I fain hae wished to be;

"If fifteen hundred waled[[91]] wight men

"You'll grant to ride wi' me."

"Thou sail hae thae, thou sail hae mae;

"I say it sickerlie;

"And I mysell, an auld gray man,

"Array'd your host sall see."