ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE

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The freikis on feildis That wight wapins weildis With shyning bright shieldis

At Titan in trone ; Stiff speiris in reistis Ouer corseris crestis Are broke on their breistis :

The nicht is neir gone.

So hard are their hittis, Some sweyis, some sittis, And some perforce flittis

On ground quhile they grone. Syne groomis that gay is On blonkis that brayis With swordis assayis :

The nicht is neir gone.

WILLIAM STEVENSON

4P. Jolly Good Ah and Old

T CANNOT eat but little meat,

• My stomach is not good ;

But sure I think that I can drink

With him that wears a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care,

I nothing am a-cold ; I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old.

Back and side go bare, go bare ; Both foot and hand go cold ;

48. freikis], men, warriors. wight wapins] stout weapons,

at Titan] over against Titan (the sun), or read ' as.' flittis] are

cast. blonkis] white palfreys.

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