The book of British ballads . om-playnt of Scotland, was a romance of King Horn, whether prose or verse; and,consequently, that Estmureland and Westmureland should there mean England andIreland; though it is possible that no other instance can be found of these twonames occurring with the same sense. Of the Scottish origin of this ballad there is internal evidence; and several of thephrases made use of, besides the titles to which we have referred, afford corroborativeproof of its antiquity. The term kevil, used in the third verse,— And they cast kevils them amang, And kevils them between;And
The book of British ballads . om-playnt of Scotland, was a romance of King Horn, whether prose or verse; and,consequently, that Estmureland and Westmureland should there mean England andIreland; though it is possible that no other instance can be found of these twonames occurring with the same sense. Of the Scottish origin of this ballad there is internal evidence; and several of thephrases made use of, besides the titles to which we have referred, afford corroborativeproof of its antiquity. The term kevil, used in the third verse,— And they cast kevils them amang, And kevils them between;And they cast kevils them amang, Wha suld gae kill the king.— is thus explained by Sir Walter Scott,— Kevils —lots. Both words originallymeant only a portion or share of any thing.—Leges Burgorum, cap 59, de lot, cut,or kavil. Statua Gilda, cap 20. Nullus emat lanam, 8fc, nisifuerit con/rater Gildce,8fC. Neque lot neque cavil habeat cum aliquo contratre nostro. In both these laws, lot and cavil signify a share in 166
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