monde the common thieffe'--and haled him to Carlisle
Castle, whence he was rescued--'with shouting and crying and sound
of trumpet'--by the Laird of Buccleuch, Keeper of Liddesdale,
and a troop of two hundred horse. 'The Queen of England,'
says Spottiswoode, 'having notice sent her of what was done,
stormed not a little'; but see the excellent summary compiled
by Scott (who confesses to having touched up the ballad) for
the _Minstrelsy_.

Haribee = _the gallows hill at Carlisle_
reiver = _a border thief_, one of a class which lived sparely,
fought stoutly, entertained the strictest sense of
honour and justice, went ever on horseback, and
carried the art of cattle-lifting to the highest
possible point of perfection (_National Observer,
30th May, 1891_)
yett = _gate_
lawing = _reckoning_
basnet = _helmet_
curch = _coif or cap_
lightly = _to scorn_
in a lowe = _on fire_
slocken = _to slake_
splent = _shoulder-piece_
spauld = _shoulder_
broken men = _outlaws_
marshal men = _officers of law_
rank reiver = _common thief_
herry = _harry_
corbie = _crow_
lear = _learning_
row-footed = _rough-shod_
spait = _flood_
garred = _made_
slogan = _battle-cry_
stear = _stir_
saft = _light_
fleyed = _frightened_
bairns = _children_
spier = _ask_
hente = _lifted_, _haled_
maill = _rent_
furs = _furrows_
trew = _trust_
Christentie = _Christendom_

XXX

Communicated by Mr. Hunt,--who dates it about 1626--from
Seyer's _Memoirs, Historical and Topographical, of Bristol and
its Neighbourhood_ (1821-23). The full title is _The Honour of
Bristol: shewing how the Angel Gabriel of Bristol fought with
three ships, who boarded as many times, wherein we cleared our
decks and killed five hundred of their men, and wounded many more,
and made them fly into Cales, when we lost but three men, to the
Honour of the Angel Gabriel of Bristol_. To the tune _Our Noble
King in his Progress_. Cales (13), pronounced as a dissyllable,
is of course Cadiz. It is fair to add that this spirited and
amusing piece of doggerel has been severely edited.

XXXI

From the _Minstrelsy_, where it is 'given, without alteration
or improvement, from the most accurate copy