〃thousand　wreaths　of　dangling　water…smoke；　　　　　　That　like　a　broken　purpose　waste　in　air；〃
  and　Shelly's
  〃Our　boat　is　asleep　on　Serchio's　stream；　　　　　　Its　sails　are　folded　like　thoughts　in　a　dream。〃
  30。　　Reared。　　The　1st　ed。　has　〃oped。〃
  32。　　After　this　line　the　MS。　has　the　couplet；
  〃Invisible　in　fleecy　cloud；　　　　　　The　lark　sent　down　her　matins　loud；〃
  which　reappears　in　altered　form　below。
  33。　　Gray　mist。　　The　MS。　has　〃light　mist。〃
  38。　　Good…morrow　gave；　etc。　　Cf。　Byron；　Childe　Harold：
  〃and　the　bills　　　　　Of　summer…birds　sing　welcome　as　ye　pass。〃
  39。　　Cushat　dove。　　Ring…dove。
  46。　　His　impatient　blade。　　Note　the　〃transferred　epithet。〃　　It　is　not　the　blade　that　is　impatient。
  47。　　Beneath　a　rock；　etc。　　The　MS。　reads：
  〃Hard　by；　his　vassals'　early　care　　　　　　The　mystic　ritual　prepare。〃
  50。　　Antiquity。　　The　men　of　old；　〃the　abstract　for　the　concrete。〃
  59。　　With　her　broad　shadow；　etc。　　Cf。　Longfellow；　Maidenhood：
  〃Seest　thou　shadows　sailing　by；　　　　　　As　the　dove；　with　startled　eye；　　　　　　Sees　the　falcon's　shadow　fly？〃
  62。　　Rowan。　　The　mountain…ash。
  71。　　That　monk；　of　savage　form　and　face。　　Scott　says　here：　〃The　state　of　religion　in　the　middle　ages　afforded　considerable　facilities　for　those　whose　mode　of　life　excluded　them　from　regular　worship；　to　secure；　nevertheless；　the　ghostly　assistance　of　confessors；　perfectly　willing　to　adapt　the　nature　of　their　doctrine　to　the　necessities　and　peculiar　circumstances　of　their　flock。　Robin　Hood；　it　is　well　known；　had　his　celebrated　domestic　chaplain　Friar　Tuck。　　And　that　same　curtal　friar　was　probably　matched　in　manners　and　appearance　by　the　ghostly　fathers　of　the　Tynedale　robbers；　who　are　thus　described　in　an　excommunication　fulminated　against　their　patrons　by　Richard　Fox；　Bishop　of　Durham；　tempore　Henrici　VIII。：　'We　have　further　understood；　that　there　are　many　chaplains　in　the　said　territories　of　Tynedale　and　Redesdale；　who　are　public　and　open　maintainers　of　concubinage；　irregular；　suspended；　excommunicated；　and　interdicted　persons；　and　withal　so　utterly　ignorant　of　letters；　that　it　has　been　found　by　those　who　objected　this　to　them；　that　there　were　some　who；　having　celebrated　mass　for　ten　years；　were　still　unable　to　read　the　sacramental　service。　We　have　also　understood　there　are　persons　among　them　who；　although　not　ordained；　do　take　upon　them　the　offices　of　priesthood；　and；　in　contempt　of　God；　celebrate　the　divine　and　sacred　rites；　and　administer　the　sacraments；　not　only　in　sacred　and　dedicated　places；　but　in　those　which　are　prophane　and　interdicted；　and　most　wretchedly　ruinous；　they　themselves　being　attired　in　ragged；　torn；　and　most　filthy　vestments；　altogether　unfit　to　be　used　in　divine；　or　even　in　temporal　offices。　　The　which　said　chaplains　do　administer　sacraments　and　sacramental　rites　to　the　aforesaid　manifest　and　infamous　thieves；　robbers；　depredators；　receivers　of　stolen　goods；　and　plunderers；　and　that　without　restitution；　or　intention　to　restore；　as　evinced　by　the　act；　and　do　also　openly　admit　them　to　the　rites　of　ecclesiastical　sepulchre；　without　exacting　security　for　restitution；　although　they　are　prohibited　from　doing　so　by　the　sacred　canons；　as　well　as　by　the　institutes　of　the　saints　and　fathers。　　All　which　infers　the　heavy　peril　of　their　own　souls；　and　is　a　pernicious　example　to　the　other　believers　in　Christ；　as　well　as　no　slight；　but　an　aggravated　injury；　to　the　numbers　despoiled　and　plundered　of　their　goods；　gear；　herds；　and　chattels。'〃
  74。　　Benharrow。　　A　mountain　near　the　head　of　Loch　Lomond。
  77。　　Brook。　　See　on　i。　566　above。
  81。　　The　hallowed　creed。　　The　Christian　creed；　as　distinguished　from　heathen　lore。　　The　MS。　has　〃While　the　blest　creed；〃　etc。
  85。　　Bound。　　That　is；　of　his　haunts。
  87。　　Glen　or　strath。　　A　glen　is　the　deep　and　narrow　valley　of　a　small　stream；　a　strath　the　broader　one　of　a　river。
  89。　　He　prayed；　etc。　　The　MS。　reads：
  〃He　prayed；　with　many　a　cross　between；　　　　　　And　terror　took　devotion's　mien。〃
  91。　　Of　Brian's　birth；　etc。　　Scott　says　that　the　legend　which　follows　is　not　of　his　invention；　and　goes　on　to　show　that　it　is　taken　with　slight　variation　from　〃the　geographical　collections　made　by　the　Laird　of　Macfarlane。〃
  102。　　Bucklered。　　Served　as　a　buckler　to；　shielded。
  114。　　Snood。　　Cf。　i。　363　above。　　Scott　has　the　following　note　here：　〃The　snood；　or　riband；　with　which　as　Scottish　lass　braided　her　hair；　had　an　emblematical　signification；　and　applied　to　her　maiden　character。　　It　was　exchanged　for　the　curch；　toy；　or　coif；　when　she　passed；　by　marriage；　into　the　matron　state。　　But　if　the　damsel　was　so　unfortunate　as　to　lose　pretensions　to　the　name　of　maiden；　without　gaining　a　right　to　that　of　matron；　she　was　neither　permitted　to　use　the　snood；　nor　advanced　to　the　graver　dignity　of　the　curch。　　In　old　Scottish　songs　there　occur　many　sly　allusions　to　such　misfortune；　as　in　the　old　words　to　the　popular　tune　of　'Ower　the　muir　amang　the　heather：'
  'Down　amang　the　broom；　the　broom；　　　　　　　　Down　amang　the　broom；　my　dearie；　　　　　The　lassie　lost　her　silken　snood；　　　　　　　　That　gard　her　greet　till　she　was　wearie。'〃
  120。　　Or　。。。　or。　　For　either　。。。　or；　as　often　in　poetry。
  131。　　Till；　frantic；　etc。　　The　MS。　reads：
  〃Till；　driven　to　frenzy；　he　believed　　　　　　The　legend　of　his　birth　received。〃
  136。　　The　cloister。　　Here　personified　as　feminine。
  138。　　Sable…lettered。　　〃Black…letter；〃　the　technical　term　for　the　〃old　English〃　form　of　letter；　used　in　the　earliest　English　manuscripts　and　books。
  142。　　Cabala。　　Mysteries。　　For　the　original　meaning　of　the　word；　see　Wb。
  144。　　Curious。　　Inquisitive；　prying　into　hidden　things。
  148。　　Hid　him。　　See　on　i。　142　above。
  149。　　The　desert　gave　him；　etc。　　Scott　says　here：　〃In　adopting　the　legend　concerning　the　birth　of　the　Founder　of　the　Church　of　Kilmallie；　the　author　has　endeavored　to　trace　the　effects　which　such　a　belief　was　likely　to　produce；　in　a　barbarous　age；　on　the　person　to　whom　it　related。　　It　seems　likely　that　he　must　have　become　a　fanatic　or　an　impostor；　or　that　mixture　of　both　which　forms　a　more　frequent　character　than　either　of　them；　as　existing　separately。　　In　truth；　mad　persons　are　frequently　more　anxious　to　impress　upon　others　a　faith　in　their　visions；　than　they　are　themselves　confirmed　in　their　reality；　as；　on　the　other　hand；　it　is　difficult　for　the　most　cool…headed　impostor　long　to　personate　an　enthusiast；　without　in　some　degree　believing　what　he　is　so　eager　to　have　believed。　　It　was　a　natural　attribute　of　such　a　character　as　the　supposed　hermit；　that　he　should　credit　the　numerous　superstitions　with　which　the　minds　of　ordinary　Highlanders　are　almost　always　imbued。　　A　few　of　these　are　slightly　alluded　to　in　this　stanza。　　The　River　Demon；　or　River…　horse；　for　it　is　that　form　which　he　commonly　assumes；　is　the　Kelpy　of　the　Lowlands；　an　evil　and　malicious　spirit；　delighting　to　forebode　and　to　witness　calamity。　　He　frequents　most　Highland　lakes　and　rivers；　and　one　of　his　most　memorable　exploits　was　performed　upon　the　banks　of　Loch　Vennachar；　in　the　very　district　which　forms　the　scene　of　our　action：　it　consisted　in　the　destruction　of　a　funeral　procession；　with　all　its　attendants。　　The　'noontide　hag；'　called　in　Gaelic　Glas…lich；　a　tall；　emaciated；　gigantic　female　figure；　is　supposed　in　particular　to　haunt　the　district　of　Knoidart。　A　goblin　dressed　in　antique　armor；　and　having　one　hand　covered　with　blood；　called；　from　that　circumstance；　Lham…dearg；　or　Red…hand；　is　a　tenant　of　the　forests　of　Glenmore　and　Rothiemurcus。　Other　spirits　of　the　desert；　all　frightful　in　shape　and　malignant　in　disposition；　are　believed　to　frequent　different　mountains　and　glens　of　the　Highlands；　where　any　unusual　appearance；　produced　by　mist；　or　the　strange　lights　that　are　sometimes　thrown　upon　particular　objects；　never　fails　to　present　an　apparition　to　the　imagination　of　the　solitary　and　melancholy　mountaineer。〃
  161。　　Mankind。　　Accented　on　the　first　syllable；　as　it　is　almost　invariably　in　Shakespeare；　except　in　Timon　of　Athens；　where　the　modern　accent　prevails。　　Milton　uses　either　accent；　as　suits　the　measure。　　We　find　both　in　P。　L。　viii。　358：　〃Above　mankind；　or　aught　than　mankind　higher。〃
  166。　　Alpine's。　　Some　eds。　misprint　〃Alpine；〃　also　〃horsemen〃　in　172　below。
  168。　　The　fatal　Ben…Shie's　boding　scream。　　The　MS。　reads：
  〃The　fatal　Ben…Shie's　dismal　scream；　　　　　　And　seen　her　wrinkled　form；　the　sign　　　　　　Of　woe　and　death　to　Alpine's　line。〃
  Scott　has　the　following　note　here：　〃Most　great　families　in　the　Highlands　were　supposed　to　have　a　tutelar；　or　rather　a　domestic；　spirit；　attached　to　them；　who　took　an　interest　in　their　prosperity；　and　intimated；　by　its　wailings；　any　approaching　disaster。　　That　of　Grant　of　Grant　was　called　May　Moullach；　and　appeared　in　the　form　of　a　girl；　who　had　her　arm　covered　with　hair。　　Grant　of　Rothiemurcus　had　an　attendant　called　Bodach…an…　dun；　or　the　Ghost　of　the　Hill；　and　many　other　examples　might　be　mentioned。　　The　Ben…Shie　implies　the　female　fairy　whose　lamentations　were　often　supposed　to　precede　the　death　of　a　chieftain　of　particular　families。　　When　she　is　visible；　it　is　in　the　form　of　an　old　woman；　with　a　blue　mant