20 Then up it wakend Lady Maisry, Out o her drowsy sleep, And when she saw her true-love slain, She straight began to weep. 21 'O gude forgie you now, father,' she said, 'I wish ye be't for sin; For I never lovd a love but ane, In my arms ye've him slain.' 22 'This night he's slain my gude bold watch, Thirty stout men and twa; Likewise he's slain your ae brother, To me was worth them a'. 23 'If he has slain my ae brither, Himsell had a' the blame, For mony a day he plots contriv'd, To hae Sweet Willie slain. 24 'And tho he's slain your gude bold watch, He might hae been forgien; They came on him in armour bright, When he was but alane.' 25 Nae meen was made for this young knight, In bower where he lay slain, But a' was for sweet Maisry bright, In fields where she ran brain. * * * * * 2^4, 3^4. _~Lady~ in MS., ~Laddy~ in Minstrelsy._ 9^1. _~his foot~ in Minstrelsy: ~cf.~ #B# 5^1._ 10^3. _~hast~ in both._ _Several slight changes are made by Motherwell in printing._ 71 THE BENT SAE BROWN Buchan's Ballads of the North of Scotland, I, 30. 'The Bent sae Brown' combines the story of 'Clerk Saunders' with that of another ballad, not found in an independent form in English, but sufficiently common in Danish and Swedish; whence the non-tragical conclusion, for the killing of a certain number of brothers is not regarded as a very serious matter by the heroine, whether in English or Norse. The introduction and conclusion, and some incidental decorations, of the Scottish ballad will not be found in the Norse, but are an outcome of the invention and the piecing and shaping of that humble but enterprising rhapsodist who has left his trail over so large a part of Buchan's volumes.[108] Stanzas 21-34 contain the substance of the Norse ballad referred to, which has been printed in the following versions, and exists in others not yet given to the world, Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. #Swedish.# #A.# 'Unger Sven,' Arwidsson, I, 295, No 43. #B.# 'Ung Hillerström,' Afzelius, II, 180, No 55. #Danish.# #A.# An unpublished version, found in two manuscripts of the 17th century, communicated to me by Grundtvig. #B.# 'Jomfruen i Skoven,' "Tragica, No 15," Danske Viser, III, 99, No 123.[109] #C.# 'Kjærligheds Styrke,' Kristensen, I, 109, No 43. #D#, #E#, #F#. 'Jomfruens Brødre,' Kristensen, II, 276, No 80 A, B, C. #G.# Madsen, Folkeminder fra Hanved Sogn, p. 88, No 5.