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This boy's fair face, and courage free,
Shews he is come of high degree."
Shews he is come of high degree."
XIX.
"Yes! I am come of high degree,
For I am the heir of bold Buccleuch;
And if thou dost not set me free,
False Suthron, thou shalt dearly rue!
For Walter of Harden shall come with speed,
And William of Deloraine, good at need,
And every Scott from Esk to Tweed;
And if thou dost not let me go,
Despite thy arrows and thy bow,
I'll have thee hanged, to feed the crow!"
"Yes! I am come of high degree,
For I am the heir of bold Buccleuch;
And if thou dost not set me free,
False Suthron, thou shalt dearly rue!
For Walter of Harden shall come with speed,
And William of Deloraine, good at need,
And every Scott from Esk to Tweed;
And if thou dost not let me go,
Despite thy arrows and thy bow,
I'll have thee hanged, to feed the crow!"
XX.
"Gramercy, for thy good will, fair boy!
My mind was never set so high;
But if thou art chief of such a clan,
And art the son of such a man,
"Gramercy, for thy good will, fair boy!
My mind was never set so high;
But if thou art chief of such a clan,
And art the son of such a man,
