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" O ye my errand weel sail learn,
" Before that I depart.""
Then drew a knife, baith lang and sharp.
And pierced him to the heart.
Then up and got the Queen hersell,
And fell low down on her knee :
" O spare my life, now, Fause Foodrage
" For I never iniiu-ed thee.
O spare my life, now, Fause Foodrage
" Until I lighter be !
And see gin it be lad or lass,
" King; Honour has left me wi'.^'
O gin it be a lass," he says,
" Weel nursed it sail be
But gin it be a lad bairn,
" He sail be hanged hie.
" I winna spare for his tender age,
" Nor yet for his hie hie kin ;
" But soon as e'er he born is,
" He sail mount the gallows pin.

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Volume 3
DescriptionVol III.
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border
DescriptionConsisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition.
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J. F. Campbell Collection
DescriptionVolumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.