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Syne up and spak the maiden fair25 Was next unto the bride; "It is the young Child Dyr� That stately steed does ride."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

Out bespak the Earl of Hume, And O but he spak wondrous sorry,—30 "The bonniest lass about a' Glasgow toun, This day is awa wi' a hieland laddie."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

What the wily lord does in verse fifth is the exact counterpart of the account of the eldern knight in Sir Patrick Spence: Up and spak an eldern knight, Sat at the king's right knee.

From The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

But out and spak his uncle then, And he spak bitterlie:70 "Five hundred of my good life-guards Shall bear him companie."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

He never spak, but, gruppin me by the haun, looked in my face, an', after a minnit, said, 'Drumwhussle, ye're a man o' spirit, an' I honour ye for't.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various