| A. |
11. whifeild: the first i may be t:
Furnivall.
63, 71, 31. 5.
73. 5000.
131, 132. 3.
134. 3: Percy queries, tree?
154. 2 and 2.
174. 30: 3.
181. 4.
192. by. Manuscript eaten through by ink: Furnivall.
203. knight for night.
241. 9: or: 10:.
242. 10: or: 11:. The first and the second
line might be transposed to the advantage of the rhyme.
251. hobynoble.
274. infaith.
283. 4.
283. 2.
291. for 4.
292. 5.
294. 12.
321, 341, 382. 2 or 3.
392. 5. |
| B. a. |
132. wi' maun.
164. do seik (= dos seik).
343. grey mare, but bay in 103.
b has bay in both. |
| b. |
Burden after the first and the fourth line:
Wi my fa ding diddle, lal low dow diddle.
12. hae staid.
13, 34. Michael.
14. And Jock o the Side.
21. Lady Downie has.
24. the wanting.
31. and spoke our gude auld lord.
34. and they hae taen.
42. ousen eighty and three.
51. I'll send.
52. A' harneist wi the.
53. louns for rogues.
6, 7 wanting.
81. then for them.
82. maun be.
83. ye mauna.
84. the road.
91. you.
92. yet for ance.
94. on each.
101. a' wanting: the wrang way shod.
103. Jock 's on his.
113. nogs on each.
133. the gate untill.
141. twa the Armstrangs wrang.
142. Wi fute or hand.
144. cast the.
154. Art thou weary.
164. to mese my waes does.
171. out and.
172. Now fear ye na.
173. here are.
181. Now haud thy tongue, my gude Laird's Jock.
182. For ever alas this canna be.
183. was.
194. dark and.
204. be sworn we'll.
214. a' to.
223. Jock has.
23 wanting.
282. I hae lived here threty.
291. out and.
294. come.
301. cried the Laird's ane Jock.
302. but him.
303. I'll guide thee.
311. Wi that: they hae.
313. quo the.
321. the other brae.
324. lads baith stout.
332. says he.
333. Then cried aloud, The prisoner take.
334. the fetters.
341. quo the.
343. bay mare.
344. She has: right dear.
351. are onto.
362. is comd.
363. ingle side.
364. twixt thee.37wanting.
Scott changes Campbell's readings for Caw's
now and then, and Caw's for his own. |
| C. |
Written continuously after the first stanza,
and mostly without punctuation. The end
of a stanza is indicated after 3 by the insertion
of the burden. Some one, probably
Percy, has attempted to show the proper
separation by marks between the lines. B
has been taken as a guide for the divisions
here adopted.
91. And when they came there ends 34 in the
Manuscript
112. Jno for John.
142. And of thy talk, etc., is a line by itself in
the Manuscript.
163. And me.
192. Two lines in the Manuscript
202. Perhaps dos'.
203. Unto.
212,3, 24, 28. The lines are run together.
31. And says now John the day continues 304
in the Manuscript/ |
| D. |
53. s ... d, illegible.
71. Perhaps Swinburin.
93. gang has been changed to hang, or hang
to gang: neither is quite intelligible.
1, 2, 3 are in the Manuscript 2, 3, 1. |
