he added to the Spanish Ambassador, while those around drew back a little, seeing it was his Majesty's pleasure to confer with him in private, "this youththis Jocelyn Mounchensey, hath gentle bluid in his veins?he comes of a good stock, ha?"

Doesna our guid king intend to leave his fair Margaret, and risk the royal bluid o' the Bruce for the interests o' auld Scotland?

But bluid's thicker than water.