21 He has taen her by the milk-white hand, And by her silken sleeve, He has mounted her high him behind, He spiered nae mair their leave. 22 And aye she scoffed and scorned them, And aye she rode away, And aye she gart the trumpet sound The voice of foul play, To take the bride frae her bridegroom Upon her wedding-day. 23 As they came in by Foudlin dyke, And in by Foudlin stane, There were mony gallant Englishmen Lay gasping on the green. 24 Now a’ you that are English lords, And are in England born, Come never here to court your brides, For fear ye get the scorn. 25 For aye they’ll scoff and scorn you, And aye they’ll ride away; They’ll gie you frogs instead of fish, And call it foul play. * * * * * L Macmath MS., p. 72, communicated January 13, 1883, by Dr Robert Trotter, as remembered from the recitation of his father, Dr Robert Trotter, of Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire. 1 They askëd him and speirëd him, And unto him did say, ‘O saw ye ocht o an armed band, As ye cam on your way?’ 2 He jested them and jeerëd them, And thus to them did say, ‘O I saw nocht but a fairy troop, As I rode on my way.’ * * * * * #A.# #a.# _The second copy has some different spellings, and drops the second_ the _in_ 11^1. 3, 5 _are_ 5, 3 _in both. Sense requires the change: cf. also_ #F# 5, #H# 5, #I# 4. #b.# 1^4. to many. 3==_the MS._ 3. 4^4. All mounted. #B.# _The first copy is written in long lines (two to a stanza); neither is divided into stanzas. There are differences of spelling._ 3^1, 5^3, fere _seems to be meant for_ fair: _cf._ #C# 5^3. 4^4. At her, _both: cf._ #E# 7, #G# 4, #H# 8. 5^2. _Both copies have_ doom. 5^2, 15^4. _First_, behold, garned, _in my copy, probably by error. Second_, beheld, gard. _The second copy has these variations._ 2^3. got the. 3^1, 5^3. fere _wanting_. 15^1. thing _wanting_. 16^1. that are. _The first edition of the ballad in Scott’s Minstrelsy is made up as follows (it being remembered that the editor did not profess or practice a servile fidelity in the treatment of his materials)_: #B# 1–6; #B# 10, #A# 7; #A# 8, #B# 11; #A# 9; #B# 12; #B# 13 (_but mostly Scott’s_); #A# 11, #B# 14; #B# 15; #B# 16; #A# 13. _12 of these 15 stanzas are repeated in the later edition; the new stanzas in that copy are 1–5, 14–16, 20. These are substantially_ #C# 1–5, 12–14, 16. _Some variations will be noticed under_ #C#. #C.# O, _the tag to the second and fourth lines, is not written in_ 2, 4, 16^2, 17^4. 1^2. into _written over_ up. 2^4. Weel _in the margin against_ A’.