4^3. fu soon. 4^4. And by oursels we twa can talk. 5^{1,2}. I'll hae a glove on my right hand, love, And on my left I shall hae nane. 6^{2-4}. Beyond an hour, or scarcely twa, When up rode Thamas, her only true love, And he has tane her frae mang them a'. 7^1. He kissed her sisters, a' the six, love. 7^3. his winsome true love. 7^4. That they might walk. 8^1. didna walk. 8^{2-4}. Beyond two hours, or barely three, Till up cam seven[118] stalwart outlaws, The bauldest fellows that ane could see. 9^8. We'll take your life, for this lady fair, sir. 10^1. My lady's fair, I like her weel, sir. 11^{2,3}. And he spak still mair furiously; 'Flee, or we'll kill ye, because your lady. 12. 'My lady fair, I shall part na frae thee, And for my life, I did never fear; Sae before I lose my winsome lady, My life I'll venture for ane sae dear. 13. 'But if ye're a' true to your manhood, As I shall try to be true to mine, I'll fight ye a', come man by man then, Till the last drop o my bloud I tine.' 14^2. my bridled steed. 14^3. And mind ye never change your colour. 15. He fought against the seven outlaws, And he has beat them a' himsel; But he left the auldest man amang them That he might gae and the tidings tell. 16. Then he has gane to his dearest dearie, And he has kissed her oer and oer; 'Though thou art mine, I hae bought thee dearly, Now we shall sunder never more.' #C.# 1^1. _~Robinhood~, and so always._ 31. _After this_: Finis, T. Fleming. [117] Gunther, as well remarked by Klee, 'Zur Hildesage,' p. 19, cannot have belonged originally to the Hildegunde saga. No sufficient motive is furnished for introducing him. In the Polish version of the story there is only one pursuer, Arinoldus, whom Walter slays. Rischka, Verhältniss der polnischen Sage von Walgierz Wdaly zu den deutschen Sagen von W. v. Aquitanien, p. 8 ff. [118] "The original ballad had fifteen. Seven would do as well, and the latter number would seem more nearly to resemble the truth." 9 THE FAIR FLOWER OF NORTHUMBERLAND #A. a.# Deloney's 'Jack of Newbury,' reprint of 1859, p. 61. #b.# 'The Ungrateful Knight and the Fair Flower of Northumberland,' Ritson's Ancient Songs, 1790, p. 169. #B. a.# Kinloch MSS, V, 49. #b.# 'The Provost's Dochter,' Kinloch's Ancient Scottish Ballads, p. 131. #C.# 'The Betrayed Lady.' #a.# Buchan's MSS, II, 166. #b.# Buchan's Ballads of the North of Scotland, II, 208. #D.# Motherwell's MS., p. 102.