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Scottish Poetry of the Sixteenth Century

Note 749 — KING JAMES THE FIFTH.

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In “Christis Kirk” occur the expressions—

“His lymmis wes lyk twa rokkis; ... Ran vpoun vtheris lyk rammis; ... Bet on with barrow trammis;”

and in “The Justyng” we find—

“Quod Jhone, ‘Howbeit thou thinkis my leggis lyke rokkis ... Yit, thocht thy braunis be lyk twa barrow-trammis, Defend thee, man!’ Than ran thay to, lyk rammis.”

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