6^1. _Motherwell queries_ far in _for_ foreign.
#J.#
2^1. nonnie, nonny _is written in pencil by Motherwell between 1
and 2; no doubt as a conjectural emendation of_ Johnie, Johnie.
#L.#
_2, 3, 4, 15 are #M# 2–5, with slight changes_.
1^5. _“One copy here bears_ black-bird _and another_ a fause
bird.” _(Finlay.)_
13^3. Lord Orgul. _“This name is differently given by reciters.”
(Finlay.)_
15^1. Fastness _as a proper name, but evidently meant for_
faustness, falseness, _as Motherwell has observed._
#M.#
Quham, quhen, quha _are printed_ wham, when, wha; zet, ze, zour,
_are printed_ yet, ye, your.
#N.#
Motherwell’s ballad is “traditionary” to the extent that it is
substantially made up from traditionary material. The text of
the recited copies is not always strictly adhered to. The fifth
stanza happens not to occur in the texts used, but may have come
in in some other recitation obtained by Motherwell, or may
simply have been adopted from Ramsay. The three last stanzas
(#N#) are from some recitation not preserved in Motherwell’s
relics. Neglecting unimportant divergencies, the constituent
parts are as follows: