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" Grant me niv life, uiv liege, inv King I
" And a bonnv gift I'll gle to thee —
" Full four and twenty milk-white steids,
" Were a' foaled in ae vear to me.
" I'll gie thee a"" thebc milk-white steids,
" That prance and nicker* at a speir ;
" And as mickle gude Inglish gilt,+
" As four o"" their hraid backs dowt bear.
" Away, away, thou traitor Strang !
" Out o' my sight soon may'st thou be !
" I grantit never a traitor's life,
" And now I'll not begin wi"" thee !'
•' Grant me my life, my liege, my King I
•' And a bonn}- gift I'll gie to tiiee —
•■' Gude four and twenty gangingg mill.s,
" That gang thro" a' the yeir to inc.
i\';cAv;_Neif;h. -j- <;i//_(;ol(i.
D(i7( — Able to. i§ Gauging — Going.
" Grant me niv life, uiv liege, inv King I
" And a bonnv gift I'll gle to thee —
" Full four and twenty milk-white steids,
" Were a' foaled in ae vear to me.
" I'll gie thee a"" thebc milk-white steids,
" That prance and nicker* at a speir ;
" And as mickle gude Inglish gilt,+
" As four o"" their hraid backs dowt bear.
" Away, away, thou traitor Strang !
" Out o' my sight soon may'st thou be !
" I grantit never a traitor's life,
" And now I'll not begin wi"" thee !'
•' Grant me my life, my liege, my King I
•' And a bonn}- gift I'll gie to tiiee —
•■' Gude four and twenty gangingg mill.s,
" That gang thro" a' the yeir to inc.
i\';cAv;_Neif;h. -j- <;i//_(;ol(i.
D(i7( — Able to. i§ Gauging — Going.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 1 > (326) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80612238 |
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| Description | Vol. I . |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17 |
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| Description | Consisting 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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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17-19 |
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| Description | Volumes 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. |
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| Description | Selected 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. |
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