+The Texts+ are taken respectively from Alexander Fraser Tytler's Brown
MS., and from Herd's MSS., vol. i. fol. 49, where it is stated that a
verse is wanting.
+The Story+ of _Bonny Bee Ho'm_ is of the slightest. The gift of the
ring and chain occurs in many ballads and folk-tales. For the ring, see
_Hind Horn_, 4-6 (First Series, p. 187).
For the lady's vow to put no comb in her hair, occurring in both
ballads, compare _Clerk Sanders_, 21.4
_The Lowlands of Holland_ is merely a lyrical version of the same theme.