your expiring, faid, "You bae fpilt a better face than arvin." Upon this, Bucky pointing his dagger at Huntley's breaft, fwore," You shall be as deep as I;" and forced bim to pierce the poor defenceless body. K. James, who took no care to punish the murtherers, is Said by fome to have privately countenanced and abetted them, being ftimulated by jealoufy for fome indiscreet praises which his Queen had too lavishly bestowed on this unfortunate youth. See the preface to the next ballad. See also Mr. Walpole's Catalogue of Royal Auth. vol. 1. p. 42. He was a braw gallant, And he playd at the gluve; · Oh! he was the Queenes luve. Oh! lang will his lady Luke owre the castle downe *, Cum founding throw the towne. 20 Caftle downe bere has been thought to mean the CASTLE OF DowNE, a feat belonging to the family of Murray, XVIII. YOUNG WATER S. A SOTTISH BALLAD. It has been fuggefted to the Editor, that this ballad covertly alludes to the indifcreet partiality, which Q. Anne of Denmark is faid to have shewn for the BONNY EARL OF MURRAY; and which is fuppofed to have influenced the fate of that unhappy nobleman. Let the Reader judge for himself. The following account of the murder is given by a contemporary writer, and a perfon of credit, Sir James Balfour, Knight, Lyon King of Arms, whofe MS. of the Annals of Scotland is in the Advocates library at Edinburgh. "The feventh of Febry, this zeire, 1592, the Earle of "Murray was cruelly murthered by the Earle of Huntley at "bis houfe in Dunibriffel in Fyffe-fryre, and with him " Dunbar, 66 Dunbar, Sheriffe of Murray. It was given out and publickly talkt, that the Earle of Huntley was only the inftrument of perpetrating this facte, to Jatisfie the King's jealoufe of Murray, qubum the Queene more rafkely than wifely, fome few days before had commendit in the "King's hearing, with too many epithets of a proper " and gallant man. The reafons of these furmifes pro"ceedit from a proclamatione of the Kings, the 13 of Marche following; inhibiteine the zoung Earle of Murray to perfue the Earle of Huntley, for his father's flaughter, in respect he being wardeit [imprisoned] in "the caftell of Blackneffe for the fame murther, was willing to abide a tryall, averring that he had done nothing "but by the King's majefties commiffione; and was neither "airt nor part in the murther +.' The following ballad is here given from a copy printed not long fince at Glasgow, in one sheet 8vo. The world was indebted for its publication to the lady Jean Hume, fifter to the Earle of Hume, who died lately at Gibraltar. ABOUT Zule, quhen the wind blew eule, A'! there is cum to our kings court Mony a well-favourd man. The queen luikt owre the caftle wa Beheld baith dale and down, And then the faw zoung Waters Cum riding to the town. His footmen they did rin before, P 3 *This extract is copied from the Critical Review. 5 1Q Gowden Gowden graith'd his horse before And filler fhod behind, The horse zoung Waters rade upon 15 Was fleeter than the wind. But than fpake a wylie lord, O tell me qhua's the fairest face I've fene lord, and I've fene laird, Out then spack the jealous king, (And an angry man was he) O, if he had been twice as fair, Zou're neither laird nor lord, fhe fays, 20 25 30 They hae taen zoung Waters, and Put fetters to his feet; They hae taen zoung Waters, and Aft I have ridden thro? Stirling town 40 Aft have I ridden thro' Stirling town 45 Bot I neir rade thro' Stirling town Neir to return again. They hae taen to the heiding-hill * 50 And they hae taen to the heiding-hill, His horfe bot and his faddle. They hae taen to the heiding-hill His lady fair to fee. And for the words the Queen had spoke, Zoung Waters he did dee. P 4 55 XIX. MA * Heiding-hill; i. e. 'beading [beheading] bill. The place of exe cution was anciently an artificial billock. |