It lettis weir that in wise men is wrocht.
Edit. 1620.
It letteth war, that in wise men is wrought.
_The trewth I knaw off this, and hyr lynage;_
_I knew nocht hyr, tharfor I lost a gage._--V. 654.
That is, “I know the character and descent of _this_ lady; but being a
stranger to my _former_ sweetheart, at Perth, I lost my stake.” _Hyr_
in v. 655 is opposed to _this_ in the preceding line.
_To the_ Corhed _with out restyng he raid._--V. 724.
_At the_ Corheid _full fayne thai wald haif beyne._--V. 816.
I prefer this to _Torhed_, Edit. 1714 and Perth. It agrees equally well
with the MS.; and it is that of 1594 and of the other old editions.
Besides, I find _Corheid_ given as the name of a property in Annandale,
belonging to the Johnstouns, Inquis. Retorn. A. 1608, N. 63; but no
such place as _Torheid_ in Dumfries-shire.
_In the_ Knok wood _he lewyt all bot thre._--V. 735.
In the parish of Kirkmichael, county of Dumfries, there is “a small
fort in the _Knock Wood_, called _Wallace’s House_, said to have been
thrown up by Sir William Wallace, after he had slain Sir Hugh of
Moreland and five of his men, at a place still named, from that event,
the _sax corses_, i. e. the six corpses.” Stat. Acc. I. 63. It has been
ingeniously remarked, that “the _sax corses_ more probably signify six
crosses, in allusion to some religious monument so decorated.” Kerr’s
Hist. Bruce, I. 125.
_Ane_ Kyrk Patryk, _that cruell was and keyne,_
_In Esdaill wood that half yer he had beyne._
_With Ingliss men he couth nocht weyll accord._--V. 920.
This, it appears, was the ancestor of the Kirkpatricks of Closeburne,
who appear on record so early as the year 1141. Alexander II. grants a
confirmation charter of Closeburne to one of this name, A. 1332, which
is still in the possession of the family.
Kirkpatrick Sharpe of Hoddam is a descendant of the Closeburne family
in the fourth generation; the name of Sharpe having been added, as
attached, by the deed of the possessor, to the estate of Hoddam.
_For_ Jhonstoune _send, a man off gud degre:_
_Secund dochtir forsuth weddyt had he_
_Off Halidays, nere neuo to Wallace._--V. 1050.
This was the ancestor of the Marquisses of Annandale.
_Thai trew that he has found hys_ name _agayne._--MS. V. 1092.