Do you see yonder five or six men who are riding so wildly on the other side of the river?
These are Annandale men: I know them by the length of their lances, and by the way they hold them.

An Annandale man never slopes his spear backwards, but always keeps the point upright, or pointed forward." "And what of them ?" said the glee maiden.

"They are men at arms and soldiers.

They would respect me for my viol and my helplessness." "I will say them no scandal," answered the smith.

"If you were in their own glens, they would use you hospitably, and you would have nothing to fear; but they are now on an expedition.