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And maidens too.—'T is well I'm come at all:
I met the ill-eyed carlin on my way.

FIRST HIGHLANDER.

And suffered scathe by her?

ALLEN.

Ay, scathe enough;

My shelty, in the twinkling of an eye,
Became so restive, neither switch nor heel
Could move him one step further.

SECOND HIGHLANDER.

And so you were obliged to come on foot?

ALLEN.

What could I do? It was not with the beast

I held contention, but the evil spell
Of that untoward witch.—Ay, but for that,
I would defy the wildest four-legg'd thing
In all Lochaber so to master me!

FIRST HIGHLANDER.

Well, well; the pipes are playing merrily,—

Make up lost time as fleetly as thou canst.

ALLEN.

And so I will; for here are rosy partners,

Ribbon'd and cockernonied*^[1], by my faith!

1. * Coil of hair on the top of the head.