| A. |
Written, like all the ballads in the Manuscript, in
stanzas of two long lines.
1. Anderson cites this stanza, giving the last
line, Wist them twa little quee'd.
81. younges.
83. youngst.
131. greed.
214. sear.
263. beltest kights.
474. well?
491. the the king.
Scott's variations, the contrary not being alleged,
must be supposed to be his own.
Scott inserts after 10:
Sae Bauld Arthur 's gane to our king's court,
His hie chamberlain to be;
But Brown Robin he has slain a knight,
And to grene wood he did flee.
115,6 are 121,2 in the Manuscript, making a stanza
with 121,2: 123,4 make an eight-line stanza
with 13.
115,6 are omitted by Scott.
135,6 make the last half of a stanza in Scott,
which begins:
And left hae they that bonny bour,
To cross the raging sea.
203,4 are omitted by Scott.
335,6 make the last half of a stanza in Scott,
which runs:
And that all for the knightly vow
I swore to Our Ladye,
But mair, etc.
57 follows 53 in Scott, and 59 is omitted. |
