[1104]overbear and intimidate the judge.[1105]approval.[1106]slighted because of abuse.[1107]blame.[1108]wondrous.[1109]know.[1110]spend.[1111]novelty.[1112]to add to.[1113]marvel.[1114]many.[1115]“Of finest cambric their foc’sles,” an allusion to the actual turret which formed the forecastle of ancient ships of war, to which the high breast-trimming of ladies’ dresses probably presented some likeness.[1116]hanging.[1117]jelly bags.[1118]Their under-petticoats must.[1119]Broidered.[1120]sewed with stripes of lace or silk.[1121]enquire.[1122]Barred above with drawn head-pieces.O. Fr.teste, tête.[1123]necklaces and throat beads.[1124]set high.[1125]young person. Perhaps Dutchjonker.[1126]sandals anciently worn by persons of rank.[1127]lament.[1128]doing what is becoming.[1129]Be assured.[1130]many a parcel, fortune.[1131]learn.[1132]clothe.[1133]to glide across the street.[1134]no mumming cards (playing cards with figures) early or late.[1135]able.[1136]Frequent.[1137]to con by heart.[1138]Leave off.[1139]aspersion.[1140]cambric kerchiefs.[1141]suffer.[1142]country.[1143]Wearing.[1144]over.[1145]attend to.[1146]inquire.[1147]complain.[1148]made him angry.[1149]deemed.[1150]kinship.[1151]made my way.[1152]went.[1153]give.[1154]seized.[1155]fist.[1156]help.[1157]full.[1158]kindred.[1159]bought and sold.[1160]reck.[1161]Of which if he fail then.[1162]joy.[1163]vexation.[1164]above.[1165]lover.[1166]partly,lit.greyish.[1167]lose.[1168]impoverish.[1169]harry, ruin.[1170]leaking boat.[1171]farm.[1172]substance.[1173]tills.[1174]known it.[1175]suffer.[1176]boldly.[1177]rob.[1178]great.[1179]path.[1180]gate.[1181]abides, withstands.[1182]They leave quite nothing.[1183]almost wholly harried.[1184]choose.[1185]with theft so wasted.[1186]Those wicked villains.[1187]rendered inactive.[1188]aught.[1189]Blackmail was the yearly sum paid by farmers on the Highland and English borders to some powerful chieftain like Rob Roy or Johnnie Armstrong, who in return undertook to make good any losses by depredation.[1190]wrecked.[1191]accommodated.[1192]broth made without meat.[1193]carry off.[1194]walls.[1195]despoil.[1196]stores.[1197]reel and distaff.[1198]Searches chest.[1199]Too good a guide.[1200]robs her web.[1201]rest.[1202]stomach.[1203]such access.[1204]to make contention for.[1205]herd, protect.[1206]stir.[1207]oppress.[1208]Though all perish.[1209]Till.[1210]So brittle and slippery.[1211]withstand.[1212]if.[1213]fault.[1214]strive.[1215]lawful.[1216]As already stated, the preservation of all the extant compositions attributed to Scot is owed to Bannatyne’s MS. From this several pieces were printed by Ramsay, Hailes, Pinkerton, and Sibbald, in their several collections. The poems were first gathered into one volume by Laing, who printed an octavo edition of one hundred copies for private circulation at Edinburgh in 1821. Another edition, of seventy copies, by Alexander Smith, was printed at Glasgow in 1882. And in 1887 a modernised version of considerable merit by William M’Kean, “based mainly on Laing’s collection,” and not containing all the author’s work, was printed at Paisley.[1217]Memorials of George Bannatyne, Edin. 1829, p. 47.[1218]a lady comely and neat.[1219]stout fellows.[1220]beat.[1221]The Drum was a house belonging to Lord Somerville, situated between Dalkeith and Edinburgh.[1222]douze pairs, the twelve peers of Charlemagne.[1223]wars.[1224]stir, move.[1225]pricking, spurring.[1226]briers.[1227]hot.[1228]known.[1229]was stronger of body.[1230]promised.[1231]If.[1232]youngsters. (Perhaps Dutchjonker, young nobleman.)[1233]sprightly.[1234]foam.[1235]cornets.[1236]course.[1237]lost or won.[1238]fashion.[1239]pikes.[1240]hurt.[1241]too sluggishly.[1242]as active as a fawn.[1243]stolen.[1244]death.[1245]pledged to the peacock.[1246]feud.[1247]sun and moon.[1248]ranged.[1249]breakfast. O. Fr.desjune.[1250]ere noon.[1251]prepared.[1252]pained, punished.[1253]oaths.[1254]by the time that.[1255]Anger-mad, furious.[1256]from his companion to fetch.[1257]neither lad nor knave.[1258]a baked loach.[1259]fullness, drunkenness.[1260]astir.[1261]in company.[1262]from having combat could not desist.[1263]incited Will to war.[1264]dreaded.[1265]buying hides.[1266]wether.[1267]the groom, the gallant.[1268]to live in peace.[1269]joint.[1270]by three such.[1271]flight.[1272]jibe.[1273]over meek.[1274]four together.[1275]distaff.[1276]to make your rump smoke.[1277]nothing at all.[1278]laughed.[1279]take.[1280]do it so reluctantly.[1281]roe.[1282]steep bank.[1283]declivity.[1284]limb.[1285]rushed.[1286]feared.[1287]go.[1288]thrust.
[1104]overbear and intimidate the judge.
[1104]overbear and intimidate the judge.
[1105]approval.
[1105]approval.
[1106]slighted because of abuse.
[1106]slighted because of abuse.
[1107]blame.
[1107]blame.
[1108]wondrous.
[1108]wondrous.
[1109]know.
[1109]know.
[1110]spend.
[1110]spend.
[1111]novelty.
[1111]novelty.
[1112]to add to.
[1112]to add to.
[1113]marvel.
[1113]marvel.
[1114]many.
[1114]many.
[1115]“Of finest cambric their foc’sles,” an allusion to the actual turret which formed the forecastle of ancient ships of war, to which the high breast-trimming of ladies’ dresses probably presented some likeness.
[1115]“Of finest cambric their foc’sles,” an allusion to the actual turret which formed the forecastle of ancient ships of war, to which the high breast-trimming of ladies’ dresses probably presented some likeness.
[1116]hanging.
[1116]hanging.
[1117]jelly bags.
[1117]jelly bags.
[1118]Their under-petticoats must.
[1118]Their under-petticoats must.
[1119]Broidered.
[1119]Broidered.
[1120]sewed with stripes of lace or silk.
[1120]sewed with stripes of lace or silk.
[1121]enquire.
[1121]enquire.
[1122]Barred above with drawn head-pieces.O. Fr.teste, tête.
[1122]Barred above with drawn head-pieces.O. Fr.teste, tête.
[1123]necklaces and throat beads.
[1123]necklaces and throat beads.
[1124]set high.
[1124]set high.
[1125]young person. Perhaps Dutchjonker.
[1125]young person. Perhaps Dutchjonker.
[1126]sandals anciently worn by persons of rank.
[1126]sandals anciently worn by persons of rank.
[1127]lament.
[1127]lament.
[1128]doing what is becoming.
[1128]doing what is becoming.
[1129]Be assured.
[1129]Be assured.
[1130]many a parcel, fortune.
[1130]many a parcel, fortune.
[1131]learn.
[1131]learn.
[1132]clothe.
[1132]clothe.
[1133]to glide across the street.
[1133]to glide across the street.
[1134]no mumming cards (playing cards with figures) early or late.
[1134]no mumming cards (playing cards with figures) early or late.
[1135]able.
[1135]able.
[1136]Frequent.
[1136]Frequent.
[1137]to con by heart.
[1137]to con by heart.
[1138]Leave off.
[1138]Leave off.
[1139]aspersion.
[1139]aspersion.
[1140]cambric kerchiefs.
[1140]cambric kerchiefs.
[1141]suffer.
[1141]suffer.
[1142]country.
[1142]country.
[1143]Wearing.
[1143]Wearing.
[1144]over.
[1144]over.
[1145]attend to.
[1145]attend to.
[1146]inquire.
[1146]inquire.
[1147]complain.
[1147]complain.
[1148]made him angry.
[1148]made him angry.
[1149]deemed.
[1149]deemed.
[1150]kinship.
[1150]kinship.
[1151]made my way.
[1151]made my way.
[1152]went.
[1152]went.
[1153]give.
[1153]give.
[1154]seized.
[1154]seized.
[1155]fist.
[1155]fist.
[1156]help.
[1156]help.
[1157]full.
[1157]full.
[1158]kindred.
[1158]kindred.
[1159]bought and sold.
[1159]bought and sold.
[1160]reck.
[1160]reck.
[1161]Of which if he fail then.
[1161]Of which if he fail then.
[1162]joy.
[1162]joy.
[1163]vexation.
[1163]vexation.
[1164]above.
[1164]above.
[1165]lover.
[1165]lover.
[1166]partly,lit.greyish.
[1166]partly,lit.greyish.
[1167]lose.
[1167]lose.
[1168]impoverish.
[1168]impoverish.
[1169]harry, ruin.
[1169]harry, ruin.
[1170]leaking boat.
[1170]leaking boat.
[1171]farm.
[1171]farm.
[1172]substance.
[1172]substance.
[1173]tills.
[1173]tills.
[1174]known it.
[1174]known it.
[1175]suffer.
[1175]suffer.
[1176]boldly.
[1176]boldly.
[1177]rob.
[1177]rob.
[1178]great.
[1178]great.
[1179]path.
[1179]path.
[1180]gate.
[1180]gate.
[1181]abides, withstands.
[1181]abides, withstands.
[1182]They leave quite nothing.
[1182]They leave quite nothing.
[1183]almost wholly harried.
[1183]almost wholly harried.
[1184]choose.
[1184]choose.
[1185]with theft so wasted.
[1185]with theft so wasted.
[1186]Those wicked villains.
[1186]Those wicked villains.
[1187]rendered inactive.
[1187]rendered inactive.
[1188]aught.
[1188]aught.
[1189]Blackmail was the yearly sum paid by farmers on the Highland and English borders to some powerful chieftain like Rob Roy or Johnnie Armstrong, who in return undertook to make good any losses by depredation.
[1189]Blackmail was the yearly sum paid by farmers on the Highland and English borders to some powerful chieftain like Rob Roy or Johnnie Armstrong, who in return undertook to make good any losses by depredation.
[1190]wrecked.
[1190]wrecked.
[1191]accommodated.
[1191]accommodated.
[1192]broth made without meat.
[1192]broth made without meat.
[1193]carry off.
[1193]carry off.
[1194]walls.
[1194]walls.
[1195]despoil.
[1195]despoil.
[1196]stores.
[1196]stores.
[1197]reel and distaff.
[1197]reel and distaff.
[1198]Searches chest.
[1198]Searches chest.
[1199]Too good a guide.
[1199]Too good a guide.
[1200]robs her web.
[1200]robs her web.
[1201]rest.
[1201]rest.
[1202]stomach.
[1202]stomach.
[1203]such access.
[1203]such access.
[1204]to make contention for.
[1204]to make contention for.
[1205]herd, protect.
[1205]herd, protect.
[1206]stir.
[1206]stir.
[1207]oppress.
[1207]oppress.
[1208]Though all perish.
[1208]Though all perish.
[1209]Till.
[1209]Till.
[1210]So brittle and slippery.
[1210]So brittle and slippery.
[1211]withstand.
[1211]withstand.
[1212]if.
[1212]if.
[1213]fault.
[1213]fault.
[1214]strive.
[1214]strive.
[1215]lawful.
[1215]lawful.
[1216]As already stated, the preservation of all the extant compositions attributed to Scot is owed to Bannatyne’s MS. From this several pieces were printed by Ramsay, Hailes, Pinkerton, and Sibbald, in their several collections. The poems were first gathered into one volume by Laing, who printed an octavo edition of one hundred copies for private circulation at Edinburgh in 1821. Another edition, of seventy copies, by Alexander Smith, was printed at Glasgow in 1882. And in 1887 a modernised version of considerable merit by William M’Kean, “based mainly on Laing’s collection,” and not containing all the author’s work, was printed at Paisley.
[1216]As already stated, the preservation of all the extant compositions attributed to Scot is owed to Bannatyne’s MS. From this several pieces were printed by Ramsay, Hailes, Pinkerton, and Sibbald, in their several collections. The poems were first gathered into one volume by Laing, who printed an octavo edition of one hundred copies for private circulation at Edinburgh in 1821. Another edition, of seventy copies, by Alexander Smith, was printed at Glasgow in 1882. And in 1887 a modernised version of considerable merit by William M’Kean, “based mainly on Laing’s collection,” and not containing all the author’s work, was printed at Paisley.
[1217]Memorials of George Bannatyne, Edin. 1829, p. 47.
[1217]Memorials of George Bannatyne, Edin. 1829, p. 47.
[1218]a lady comely and neat.
[1218]a lady comely and neat.
[1219]stout fellows.
[1219]stout fellows.
[1220]beat.
[1220]beat.
[1221]The Drum was a house belonging to Lord Somerville, situated between Dalkeith and Edinburgh.
[1221]The Drum was a house belonging to Lord Somerville, situated between Dalkeith and Edinburgh.
[1222]douze pairs, the twelve peers of Charlemagne.
[1222]douze pairs, the twelve peers of Charlemagne.
[1223]wars.
[1223]wars.
[1224]stir, move.
[1224]stir, move.
[1225]pricking, spurring.
[1225]pricking, spurring.
[1226]briers.
[1226]briers.
[1227]hot.
[1227]hot.
[1228]known.
[1228]known.
[1229]was stronger of body.
[1229]was stronger of body.
[1230]promised.
[1230]promised.
[1231]If.
[1231]If.
[1232]youngsters. (Perhaps Dutchjonker, young nobleman.)
[1232]youngsters. (Perhaps Dutchjonker, young nobleman.)
[1233]sprightly.
[1233]sprightly.
[1234]foam.
[1234]foam.
[1235]cornets.
[1235]cornets.
[1236]course.
[1236]course.
[1237]lost or won.
[1237]lost or won.
[1238]fashion.
[1238]fashion.
[1239]pikes.
[1239]pikes.
[1240]hurt.
[1240]hurt.
[1241]too sluggishly.
[1241]too sluggishly.
[1242]as active as a fawn.
[1242]as active as a fawn.
[1243]stolen.
[1243]stolen.
[1244]death.
[1244]death.
[1245]pledged to the peacock.
[1245]pledged to the peacock.
[1246]feud.
[1246]feud.
[1247]sun and moon.
[1247]sun and moon.
[1248]ranged.
[1248]ranged.
[1249]breakfast. O. Fr.desjune.
[1249]breakfast. O. Fr.desjune.
[1250]ere noon.
[1250]ere noon.
[1251]prepared.
[1251]prepared.
[1252]pained, punished.
[1252]pained, punished.
[1253]oaths.
[1253]oaths.
[1254]by the time that.
[1254]by the time that.
[1255]Anger-mad, furious.
[1255]Anger-mad, furious.
[1256]from his companion to fetch.
[1256]from his companion to fetch.
[1257]neither lad nor knave.
[1257]neither lad nor knave.
[1258]a baked loach.
[1258]a baked loach.
[1259]fullness, drunkenness.
[1259]fullness, drunkenness.
[1260]astir.
[1260]astir.
[1261]in company.
[1261]in company.
[1262]from having combat could not desist.
[1262]from having combat could not desist.
[1263]incited Will to war.
[1263]incited Will to war.
[1264]dreaded.
[1264]dreaded.
[1265]buying hides.
[1265]buying hides.
[1266]wether.
[1266]wether.
[1267]the groom, the gallant.
[1267]the groom, the gallant.
[1268]to live in peace.
[1268]to live in peace.
[1269]joint.
[1269]joint.
[1270]by three such.
[1270]by three such.
[1271]flight.
[1271]flight.
[1272]jibe.
[1272]jibe.
[1273]over meek.
[1273]over meek.
[1274]four together.
[1274]four together.
[1275]distaff.
[1275]distaff.
[1276]to make your rump smoke.
[1276]to make your rump smoke.
[1277]nothing at all.
[1277]nothing at all.
[1278]laughed.
[1278]laughed.
[1279]take.
[1279]take.
[1280]do it so reluctantly.
[1280]do it so reluctantly.
[1281]roe.
[1281]roe.
[1282]steep bank.
[1282]steep bank.
[1283]declivity.
[1283]declivity.
[1284]limb.
[1284]limb.
[1285]rushed.
[1285]rushed.
[1286]feared.
[1286]feared.
[1287]go.
[1287]go.
[1288]thrust.
[1288]thrust.