A clever, sturdy fallow;
His sin gat Eppie Sim wi' wean, son, child
That liv'd in Achmacalla;
He gat hemp-seed,[14] I mind it weel,
An' he made unco light o't: very
But mony a day was by himsel, beside himself
He was sae sairly frighted sorely
That vera night.’
Then up gat fechtin' Jamie Fleck, fighting
An' he swoor by his conscience