[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...

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THE LAIRD O CHANGUE.
" Wha gies to the kirk, to our lady lends,
And lays up a haly store ;
But ten merks and acht pecks o' groats,
You never have gien me more."
" Ten merks but an' acht pecks o' groats
Are a' that the kirk may claim,
And weel are ye paid I wat," says Changue,
" If aye ye get that same."
" Ye sin, ye sin," the monk replied,
" And penance sair maun dree,
Sae hearken your doom, ye heretic carl,
The will o' heaven, frae me
" The morning sun maun see you boun'
For fair Crossraguel's* pile ;
And the hour o' noon maun hear you knock
At the haly abbot's stile.
" And ye maun bring the evangels four
Frae aff Saint Mary's shrine.
That I may teach you a' their store
Of truth and light divine.
" And ilka night, as the sun gaes down
O'er Arran's ocean isle.
You'll meet me, at the Alti-kirk,
Whate'er the pain or toil."
* Crossraguel Abbey, now in ruins, is in the parish of Kirkoswald. It
stands in a plain by the roadside, between the village of Kirkoswald and Maybole,
and still presents an imposing and interesting appearance.
This Abbey was founded by Duncan, Earl of Carrick, according to some authorities,
iu 1144, and to others, in 1240. In 1561, the celebrated Abbot of
Crossraguel, " Master Quentin Kennedy" disputed for three days in Maybole
with John Knox the Reformer.
Quentin Kennedy, according to Douglass and Crawford, died in 1564. His
successor in office, Allan Stewart, was the well known victim roasted in the
"Black Vout"' at Dunure, by Gilbert, fourth Earl of Cassillis.
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