J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 1

106 MINSTRELSY OF
tinguished families of this name ; those of Whitebank, Clif-
toiij and Torwoodlee.
He bids ye mete him at Pcrmanscore.^^ . 100. v. 1.
Permanscore is a very remarkable hollow on the top of a
high ridge of hills, dividing the vales of Tweed and Yarrow,
a httle to the eastward of Minch-moor. It is the outermost
point of the lands of Broadmeadows. The Glenriddel MS.,
which, in this instance, is extremely inaccurate as to names,
calls the place of rendezvous, " The Poor Man's House," and
hints that the Outlaw was surprised by the treachery of the
King:—
" Then he was aware of the King's coining,
*' With hundreds three in company,
" I wot the mucllc deel ♦ • ♦ « *
" Hie learned Kingis to lie !
«« For to fetch me here frae amang my men,
" Here like a dog for to die."
I beheve the reader will think with me, that the catastro-
phe is better, as now printed from JVIrs Cockburn's copy. The
deceit, supposed to be practised on the Outlaw, is unworthy
of the military monarch, as he is painted in the ballad ; espe-
cially if we admit him to be King James IV.
Fair Philiphaugh is mine by right. — P. 103. v. 1.
In this and the following verse, the ceremony of feudal in-
vestiture is supposed to be gone through, by the Outlaw re-
signing his possessions into the hands of the king, and recei-
ving them back, to be held of him as superior. The lands of
Philiphaugh are stiU possessed by the Outlaw's representative.
Hangingshaw and Lewinshope were sold of late years. New-
ark, Foulshiels, and Tinnies, have long belonged to the fa-
mily of Buccleuch.