Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance. Various

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      5.

      5.³ ‘byckarte,’ i.e. bickered, attacked the deer.

      The dryvars thorowe the woodës went,

      for to reas the dear;

      Bomen byckarte vppone the bent

      with ther browd aros cleare.

      6.

      6.¹ ‘wyld,’ deer.

      6.³ i.e. through the groves darted.

      Then the wyld thorowe the woodës went,

      on every sydë shear;

      Greahondës thorowe the grevis glent,

      for to kyll thear dear.

      7.

      7.³ ‘oware,’ hour.

      This begane in Chyviat the hyls abone,

      yerly on a Monnyn-day;

      Be that it drewe to the oware off none,

      a hondrith fat hartës ded ther lay.

      8.

      8.¹ ‘mort,’ note of the bugle.

      8.⁴ ‘bryttlynge,’ cutting up.

      The blewe a mort vppone the bent,

      the semblyde on sydis shear;

      To the quyrry then the Persë went,

      to se the bryttlynge off the deare.

      9.

      He sayd, ‘It was the Duglas promys

      this day to met me hear;

      But I wyste he wolde faylle, verament;’

      a great oth the Persë swear.

      10.

      10.² shaded his eyes with his hand.

      At the laste a squyar off Northomberlonde

      lokyde at his hand full ny;

      He was war a the doughetie Doglas commynge,

      with him a myghttë meany.