"Ye'll call for one, the best o' clerks, Ye'll call him soon and shortly; As he may write what I indite, 145 A' this I've done for Geordie." He turn'd him right and round about, And high, high looked Geordie; "A finger o' Bignet's lady's hand Is worth a' your fair body." 150 "My lands may a' be masterless, My babes may want their mother; But I've made a vow, will keep it true, I'll be bound to no other." These words they caus'd a great dispute, 155 And proud and fierce grew Geordie; A sharp dagger he pulled out, And pierc'd the heart o's lady. The lady's dead, and Gight he's fled, And left his lands behind him; 160 Altho' they searched south and north, There were nane there cou'd find him. Now a' that liv'd into Black Riggs, And likewise in Kincraigie, For seven years were clad in black, 165 To mourn for Gight's own lady. GLOSSARY. [Pointing hand] Figures placed after words denote the pages in which they occur. aboon, _above_. abye, _pay a penalty for_, _suffer_. ae, _one_. a-fit, _afoot_. ahin, ahint, _behind_, _besides_. airn, _iron_. anceane, _ancient_, _aged_. ane, 148? aneath, _beneath_. angel, _a coin worth from 6s. 8d. to 10s._ aninder, _under_. anis, _once_. aquoy, _coy_, _averse._ a-rowe, _in a row_. assy-pan, 140, _ash-pan_. astonyd, _confounded_. athir, _either_. atweel, _well_, _very well_. atween, _between_. avow, _vow_. aw, _all_. ayont, _beyond_, _on the other side of_. ban'd, _execrated_. bandoun, 150, _captivity_. barker, _tanner_, from the bark used in his business. barrow-hogge, 47, _a gelded hog_. battes, _cudgels_, or _blows_. bauld, 117, _bold_, _self-complacent_. bayarde, _bay-horse_, _horse in general_: "blind Bayard" was a proverb. be, _by_. bede, 105, _put forward_, _offer_. behuvit, _behoved_, _must_. beik, 117, _warm_. ben, bend, _in_. bent, _coarse grass_, _field_. berry, 285, corrupt? besene, wel, _appearing well_, _well dressed_, _&c._ bet, _beat_. bet, _better_. beth, _both_. betrasit, _betrayed_. beur, _bore_. big, 279, _cultivate_. bigly, _spacious_, _commodious_. bill, _bull_. bill, _halbert_. birk, _birch_. birled, _poured out drink_, _drank_. blanne, _stopped_. bledoch, _buttermilk_. blink, _smile_; blinkit, 95, _looked kindly_. bolles, _bowls_. borrow, borrowit, _ransom_, _ransomed_. bot and, _but also_. boud, 264, _behoved_, _must needs_. bouks, _bodies_. bour, bower, _chamber_, _dwelling_. bowne, _ready_. brast, _burst_. brat, _cloth_. bra', braw, _brave_, _handsome_; braw wallie, _fair fortune_, exclamation of pleasure or admiration.