4. Some reciters repeat it thus: "That Englishman lay under me," which is in the true spirit of Blind Harry, who makes Wallace say, "I like better to see the southeron die, "Than gold or land, that they can gie to me."
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
Some arrangement was also occasionally necessary, to recover the rhyme, which was often, by the ignorance of the reciters, transposed, or thrown into the middle of the line.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
These men seem not only to be the depositors of your traditions and the reciters of the deeds of your forefathers, but to hold something of a sacred position intermediate between the Druids and the people."
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty