11^3. #f.# wast. #b.# calld thou. #e.# he called.
11^4. #b.# a _wanting_. #b#, #c#, #e#, #f#. by thee.
12^1. #d#, #f#. wast. #e.# he called.
12^4. #b#, #c#, #d#, #e#. cannot be.
13^1. #b#, #d#, #f#. wouldst.
13^2. #b#, #d#, #e#, #f#. wouldst.
13^3. #e.# blessings.
13^4. d, e. see if with. b, d, e, f. thou canst.
14^3. #d.# in a.
15^1. #d.# you say, you. #e.# thou says.
15^2. #d#, #e#, #f#. dare you.
16^1. #d#, #e#. Christy he.
17^2. dare you. #f.# Or _wanting_.
17^3. If you.
18^2. might be. #c.# for no study, _wrongly_.
19^1. be my.
19^3. #d.# town as.
20^1. my brother.
20^2. it were.
20^4. #d.# blessings.
21^2. me then to.
21^4. #b#, #d#, #e#, #f#. I shall, #b#-#f#. never.
22^1. good old. #b#, #d#, #e#, #f#. jacket. #c.# jack.
22^4. weel.
23^1. #b.# O fare the _torn away_. #d.# weel.
23^2. #b.# And fa _torn away_.
23^4. #c#, #d#, #e#. I’ll swear.
24^1. leave off. #d#, #e#, #f#. we leave.
24^2. #b#, #c#, #f#. of them.
25^1. #b#, #d#, #e#, #f#. Now, #c.# Nay. #b#-#f#. learned: well
_wanting_.
25^3. own _wanting_.
26^1. #b#, #c#. between them.
26^3. #b#, #c#, #d#, #e#. espy’d. #f.# And espied.
27^2. doth.
27^3. #b.# is _wanting_.
28^1. my bully.
29^3. #b#, #c#, #e#, #f#. come that I neer. #d.# come neer.
29^4. #b#, #c#, #d#, #e#. come hither.
30^1. #d.# my bully.
30^3. #b#, #d#, #e#, #f#. and thou wast. #c.# and thou was.
30^4. #b#, #c#, #d#. as _wanting_, #b.# have _wanting_.
31^3. #d#, #e#, #f#. he _wanting_.
31^4. #d.# a _wanting_. #f.# by you.
32^2. all _wanting_.
32^3. on either. #b#, #c.# make.
33^3, 35^3, 37^3. #b#, #c#, #e#. I true.
33^3. #d.# thou be.
34^3. #d.# in a.
34^4. #b.# truth.
35^1. thou _for_ O.
35^2. all that _wanting_.
36^1. #b#, #c#, #d#, #e#. Nay. #f.# Now.
36^2. will. #b#, #c#. almost.
36^3. #f.# But _wanting_.
36^4. #d.# I’d.
37^1. #b#, #c#, #e#, #f#. art then of my mind. #d.# then
_wanting_.
37^2. #d#, #e#, #f#. we will.
38^1. from off. #d.# flung. #b.# shoulder.
38^2. #b#, #c#, #d#, #e#. book from off (#d#, from) his shoulders.
39^2. tears.
39^3. that _wanting_.
40^1. Nay.
40^2. none on. #f.# hast.
40^3. #c#, #d#, #f#. hast.
40^4. be on. #f#. Sure _wanting_.
41^1. jacket.
41^2. #b#, #c#, #d#, #e#. from off. #f.# cap of steel.
41^3. his spear.
42^1. #b#, #d#, #e#, #f#. Now. #c.# Nay. #b#-#f#. broad swords.
42^2. and he.
43^1. #b#, #d#, #e#, #f#. Now. #c.# Nay.
43^3. #f.# now _wanting_.
44^3. #d#, #e#. Were this to be.
45^3. #b#, #c#, #f#. it is. #d.# has wounded.
46^4. That not one.
47^1. Oh.
47^2. #b#, #d#, #e#. doth.
47^4. #d#, #e#, #f#. first to.
48^1. #b#, #c#. struck, #b#-#f#. mould hill.
48^2. #b#, #c#, #d#, #e#. Then he leapd. #f.# And he leapt.
#b#-#f#. feet.
48^4. sword leapd he.
49^1. #b#, #d#, #e#, #f#. Now. #c.# Nay.
49^2. then Robert (#d#, #e#, #f#, Sir Robert) Bewick came. #c.#
see _wanting_.
50^{1,2}. #d#, #f#. _Wanting_.
50^3. #b#, #c#, #d#, #e#. Father, could you not drink. #f.# could
not you drink.
50^4. And letten: my bully.
51^1. #f.# Now.
52^1. leave of, off: these bold.
52^2. they were.
53^1. #b#, #c#, #d#, #e#. Robert, #b.# Berwick.
54^1. #d#, #e#, #f#. laird.
55^1. Lauderdale.
55^2. #d.# horses set.
55^4. well he would have.
56^2. #b#, #d#, #e#, #f#. to you _wanting_. #f.# I will.
56^3. #f.# But _wanting_.
56^4. #b#, #c#. two old.
_Readings found only in #f# which have an editorial character._
6^3. he shall.
12^4. And sure I cannot say that of thee.
13^3. thou shalt.
13^4. Till with Bewick thou canst.
22^4. And O he did become.
29^4. Bully _wanting_: I’m hither come to fight with thee.
38^2. psalm-book from his pouch.
44^3. Is this to be thy deadly wound.
53^1. And now up spake Sir Robert Bewick.
54^1. With that up spake my good laird.
#g.#
(_Only partially collated._)
1^2. he is.
2^2. Billy Bewick.
2^4. leave (==live).
5^2. billy, _and always_.