Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy. Lang Andrew

lived a king in southern land

         King Edward hecht his name

      Unwordily he wore the crown

         Till fifty years was gane.

      He had a sister’s son o’s ain

         Was large o’ blood and bane

      And afterwards when he came up,

         Young Edward hecht his name.

      One day he came before the king,

         And kneeld low on his knee

      A boon a boon my good uncle,

         I crave to ask of thee

      “At our lang wars i’ fair Scotland

         I lang hae lang’d to be

      If fifteen hunder wale wight men

         You’ll grant to ride wi’ me.”

      “Thou sal hae thae thou sal hae mae

         I say it sickerly;

      1

      Child, part vi. p. 513.

      2

      Child, part x. p. 294.

      3

      Hogg to Scott, 30th June 1802, given later in full.

      4

      See De Origine, Moribus, et Rebus Gestis Scotorum, p. 60 (1578).

      5

      Lockhart, vol. ii. p. 60 (1839).

      6

      Lockhart, vol. ii. pp. 130–135 (1839).

      7

      Minstrelsy, iii. 186–198.

      8

      Child, part ix., 187.

      9

      Further Essays, p. 184.

      10

      Child, vol. i. p. xxx.

      11

      Minstrelsy, 2nd edition, vo

1

Child, part vi. p. 513.

2

Child, part x. p. 294.

3

Hogg to Scott, 30th June 1802, given later in full.

4

See De Origine, Moribus, et Rebus Gestis Scotorum, p. 60 (1578).

5

Lockhart, vol. ii. p. 60 (1839).

6

Lockhart, vol. ii. pp. 130–135 (1839).

7

Minstrelsy, iii. 186–198.

8

Child, part ix., 187.

9

Further Essays, p. 184.

10

Child, vol. i. p. xxx.

11

Minstrelsy, 2nd edition, vol iii. (1803).

12

Further Essays, pp. 247, 248.

13

Carruthers, “Abbotsford Notanda,” in R. Chambers’s Life of Scott, pp. 115–117 (1891).

14

Ibid., p. 118.

15

Carruthers, “Abbotsford Notanda,” in R. Chambers’s Life of Scott, pp. 115–117 (1891).

16

Lockhart, vol. ii. p. 99.

17

Lockhart, Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., vol. ii. pp. 99, 100 (1829).

18

Ritson of 10th April 1802, in his Letters of Joseph Ritson, Esq., vol. ii. p. 218. Letter of 10th June 1802, Ibid., p. 207. Ritson returned the original manuscript of Auld Maitland on 28th February 1803, Ibid., p. 230.

19

Carruthers, pp. 128, 131.

20

Sweet William’s Ghost.

21

Further Essays, pp. 225, 226.

22

Further Essays, pp. 227–234.