19. Mr MacRitchie, II, 141 ff., considers that the Lincoln green dresses of the Outlaw’s men, and perhaps the purple of the Outlaw and his wife, show that they were “gypsies,” not perhaps of a swarthy color, but still people “living a certain archaic ‘heathen’ life,” at any rate a “wild and lawless life,” and “refusing to follow the course of civilization.” This inference from the costume seems to be not quite necessary, unless, or even if, all outlaws are “gypsies.” Robin Hood, in ‘Robin Hood and Queen Katherine,’ is dressed in scarlet red, and his men in Lincoln green (III, 199, 201). But green is the regular attire for men who shoot with the bow, III, 76 f., 91. Johnie Cock, when going out to ding the dun deer down, puts on Lincoln green, III, 3 ff. Will Stewart, even, when only going to a ball-match, clothes his men in green, and himself in scarlet red, II, 434, 437. 51. “Penman’s core, generally called Perman’s core [Permanscore in Scott, ed. 1833], is a nick or hollow on the top of a high ridge of hills a little to the east of Minchmoor.” Plummer, as before. In =B= 50, poor man’s house; 52, poor man’s score.[116] A =a.= Herd’s MSS, II, fol. 76, I, 255, 1795. =b.= Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 1803, I, 1; principally from a copy found among the papers of the late Mrs Cockburn, of Edinburgh. =c.= Aytoun’s Ballads of Scotland, 1859, II, 131; “from an old manuscript in the Philiphaugh charter-chest,” now not accessible. =d.= A copy among the Philiphaugh papers, transcribed not earlier than 1848. 1 Etrick Forest is a fair foreste, In it grows manie a semelie trie; The hart, the hynd, the dae, the rae, And of a’ [wylde] beastis grete plentie. 2 There’s a castell biggit with lime and stane, O gin it stands not pleasantlie! In the fore front o that castell fair Twa unicorns are bra to see. 3 There’s the picture of a knight and a ladye bright, And the grene hollin aboon their brie; There an Outlaw keepis five hundred men, He keepis a royalle companie. 4 His merrie men are in [ae] liverie clad, Of the Lincoln grene so fair to see; He and his ladie in purple clad, O if they live not royallie! 5 Word is gane to our nobell king, In Edinburgh where that he lay, That there was an Outlaw in Etterick forest Counted him nought and all his courtrie gay. 6 ‘I mak a vowe,’ then the goode king said, ‘Unto the man that dear bought me, I’se either be king of Etrick forest, Or king of Scotland that Outlaw’s bee.’ 7 Then spak the erle hight Hamilton, And to the noble king said he; My sovereign prince, sum counsell tak, First of your nobles, syne of me. 8 ‘I redd you send yon bra Outlaw till And see gif your man cum will he; Desire him cum and be your man, And hald of you yon forest frie.