18 The king has ca’d up Mr James Pringle, Laird of Torson[s]e at the time was he: ‘Ye must gae to Etterick forest, And see wha of he hads his land, And wha pays yon men meat and fee.’ 19-25==6-12. 26 ‘And as I wan them so will I lose them, Contrair the kings o Cristendie; I wan them frae the Soudan Turk, When their cuckold king durst not come to see; For I wan them in the fields fighting, Where him and his nobles durst not come to see.’ 27-32==12-17. 33 ‘Gar warn me Perthshire and Angus both, Fifeshire up and down, and Loudons three, For I fear of them we hae great need, . . . . . . . .’ 34 Then word is come to the Outlaw then, ‘Our noble king comes on the morn, Landless men ye will a’ be;’ He’s called up his little foot-page, His sister’s son I trow was he. 35 ‘Ye must tak Etterick head Een as hard as ye can drie; Ye must gae to the Corhead and tell Andrew Brown this frae me. 36 ‘The noble king comes in the morn, And landless men we will a’ be; . . . . . . . And tell him to send me some supply.’ 37 The boy has taen Etterick head, And een as hard as he may drie, Till he came to the Corhead, And he shouted out and cry’d well he. 38 ‘What news? what news, my little boy? What news has thy master to me?’ ‘The noble king comes in the morn, And landless then ye will a’ be. 39 ‘Ye must meet him on the morn, And mak him some supply;’ ‘For if he get the forest fair frae him, He’ll hae Moffat-dale frae me. 40 ‘I’ll meet him the morn wi five hundred men, And fifty mair, if they may be; And if he get the forest fair We’ll a’ die on the Newark lee.’ 41 Word is gane to the Border then, To . . ., the country-keeper I’m sure was he: ‘The noble king comes in the morn, And landless men ye will a’ be.’ 42 ‘I’ll meet him the morn wi five hundred men, And fifty mair, if they may be; And if he get the forest fair, We’ll a’ die on the Newark lee.’ 43 Word is gane to Philiphaugh, His sister’s son I’m sure was he, To meet him the morn wi some supply, ‘For the noble king comes in the morn, And landless men ye will a’ be.’ 44 ‘In the day I daur not be seen, For he took a’ my lands frae me And gifted me them back again; Therefore against him I must not be; For if I be found against him rebel, It will be counted great treason[rie]. 45 ‘In the day I daur not be seen, But in the night he shall me find With five hundred men and fifty, if they may be, And before he get the forest fair We’ll a’ die on the Newark lee.’