6 It was than the king he gat up in hast, An wow an angrie man was he! ‘I’se either be king o Ettrick forest, Or king o Scotland sal he be. 7 ‘Gar warn me Fife an a’ Lothian land, An Perth an Angus, to ride wi me, For gin we war five thousan strang Master and mair I fear he’ll be.’ 8 When the king came oer be Birkendalee, He spy’d the forest wi his ee; There war daes an raes an monie wild beast, An a castle stannin right bonnilie. 9 An in that castle a unicorn, An, waly, but they war fair to see! A warlike knight and a lady bright, An the green halleen aboon her bree. 10 An Outlaw Murray an his merry men War a’ rankit up i the Newark lee, Well mountit on a milk-white steed; Waly, he rankit them bonnilie! 11 His men war a clad oer wi green, An he was clad i the taffatie, Wi belt an pistle by his side; O waly, but they war fair to see! * * * * * * * 12 ‘Haliday young an Haliday auld, Ye ir the men that man ride wi me; But gin we war five hunder strang Master an mair I fear they’ll be.’ * * * * * * * 13 ‘Philliphaugh it is my ain, An Newark it belangs to me; Lewinshope an Hanginshaw Nae mortal man can claim thrae me.’ * * * * * * * 14 It was than James Boyd got up in hast, An to his merry men a’ spak he; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * =A.= =a.= _The division of stanzas as made in the MS. has been changed in 19^5-23^6, 68^5-73^6. Of course all the stanzas were originally of four verses, but in some cases it is not now possible to determine at what points verses have been lost. Two lines are in the MS. indicated (conjecturally, no doubt) to have dropped out after 41^2, 48^2, 70^4. 41^{3,4} have been supplied from the copy in Herd’s first volume. There are asterisks in Herd_ =I= _after 52^4._ 1^4. _Cf._ 16^2, 29^4, _and_ =b=. 4^1, 32^1. _Cf._ 19^1 _and_ =b=. _But_ =c= _agrees with_ =a=. 5^1. _Side note in MS._: James II, 1454. 31^4. lived. 34^2. _Cf._ =b=, =c=. _Variations in Herd, I (not regarding spelling)._ 2^4, 4^1. are _wanting_. 3^2. the brie. 3^3. hundir. 5^4. his country. 6^1. then _wanting_. 11^4. he dwelleth he. 16^4. him near by. 17^3. fair front. 21^3. land. 31^1. and a. 31^3. keeps him: hunder. 35^1. Outlaws (_wrongly_). 41^{3,4}. _As supplied in the text._ _Cf._ =c=. 58^2. bring him four. 58^4. Nae mae. 62^4. nae mair. 63^4. sake that. 65^1. Thir. 68^3. mak thee. 68^4. upward. =b.= 1^3. There’s hart and hynd and dae and rae. 1^4. wilde beastes. 2^1. a feir. 3^3. keeps. 4^1. are a’ in ae. 4^2. sae gaye. 4^4. gin they lived. 5^4. nor a’. 6^4. outlaw sall. 7^1, 50^1. the lord. 7^4. at your: at me. 8^1. ye. 9^1. And _wanting_.