16 The REID-SQUAIR.
Or els nae anſwer mak again,
but play the beiſt, and let him be.
it was nae wondir tho he was hie,
Had Tyndall, Redſdaile at his hand,
with Cuckſdaile, Gladſdaile on the lie,
Auld Hebſrime and Northumberland.
VII.
Zit was our meiting meik enough,
begun with mirrines and mows,
And at the brae abune the heugh
the clerk ſat doun to call the rows,
and ſum for ky and ſum for ewis,
Callit in of Dandrie, Hob and Jock,
I ſaw cum merching owre the knows,
Fyve hundred Fennicks in a ſtock.
VIll.
With jack and ſpeir, and bowis all bent,
and warlike weapon is at thair will;
Howbeit we wer nor weil content,
zit be my trowth we feird nae ill:
ſum zeid to drink, and ſum ſtude ſtill,
And ſum to cairds and dyce them ſped,
Quhyle on ane farſtein they fyld a bill,
And he was fugitive that fled.
IX.
Carmichaell had them ſpeik out plainly,
and cloke nae cauſe for ill nor gude,
