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wers。〃 Spenser has the noun (= wild apples) in F。 Q。 iii。 7。 17: 〃Oft from the forrest wildings he did bring;〃 etc。 Whom is used on account of the personification。
9。 What time。 Cf。 ii。 307 and iii。 15 above。
19。 Braes of Doune。 The undulating region between Callander and Doune; on the north side of the Teith。 The Doune of 37 below is the old Castle of that name; the ruins of which still form a majestic pile on the steep banks of the Teith。 It figures in Waverley as the place where the hero was confined by the Highlanders。
36。 Boune。 Prepared; ready; a Scottish word。 Cf。 157 and vi。 396 below。
42。 Bide。 Endure; not to be printed 'bide; as if a contraction of abide。 Cf。 Shakespeare; Lear; iii。 4。 29: 〃That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm;〃 etc。
Bout。 Turn (of fortune)。
47。 Repair。 That is; to repair。
55。 'T is well advised。 Well thought of; well planned。 Cf。 advised careful; well considered; as in M。 of V。 i。 1。 142: 〃with more advised watch;〃 etc。
The MS。 reads:
〃'Tis well adviseda prudent plan; Worthy the father of his clan。〃
59。 Evening…tide。 See on iii。 478 above。
63。 The Taghairm。 Scott says here: 〃The Highlanders; like all rude people; had various superstitious modes of inquiring into futurity。 One of the most noted was the Taghairm; mentioned in the text。 A person was wrapped up in the skin of a newly…slain bullock; and deposited beside a waterfall; or at the bottom of a precipice; or in some other strange; wild; and unusual situation; where the scenery around him suggested nothing but objects of horror。 In this situation; he revolved in his mind the question proposed; and whatever was impressed upon him by his exalted imagination; passed for the inspiration of the disembodied spirits; who haunt these desolate recesses。 In some of the Hebrides they attributed the same oracular power to a large black stone by the sea…shore; which they approached with certain solemnities; and considered the first fancy which came into their own minds; after they did so; to be the undoubted dictate of the tutelar deity of the stone; and; as such; to be; if possible; punctually complied with。〃
68。 Gallangad。 We do not find this name elsewhere; but it probably belongs to some part of the district referred to in Scott's note inserted here: 〃I know not if it be worth observing that this passage is taken almost literally from the mouth of an old Highland kern; or Ketteran; as they were called。 He used to narrate the merry doings of the good old time when he was follower of Rob Roy MacGregor。 This leader; on one occasion; thought proper to make a descent upon the lower part of the Loch Lomond district; and summoned all the heritors and farmers to meet at the Kirk of Drymen; to pay him black…mail; i。e。; tribute for forbearance and protection。 As this invitation was supported by a band of thirty or forty stout fellows; only one gentleman; an ancestor; if I mistake not; of the present Mr。 Grahame of Gartmore; ventured to decline compliance。 Rob Roy instantly swept his land of all he could drive away; and among the spoil was a bull of the old Scottish wild breed; whose ferocity occasioned great plague to the Ketterans。 'But ere we had reached the Row of Dennan;' said the old man; 'a child might have scratched his ears。' The circumstance is a minute one; but it paints the time when the poor beeve was compelled
'To hoof it o'er as many weary miles; With goading pikemen hollowing at his heels; As e'er the bravest antler of the woods' (Ethwald)。〃
73。 Kerns。 The Gaelic and Irish light…armed soldiers; the heavy…armed being known as gallowglasses。 The names are often associated; as in Macbeth; i。 2。 13: 〃kerns and gallowglasses;〃 2 Hen。 VI。 iv。 9。 26: 〃gallowglasses and stout kerns;〃 Drayton; Heroical Epist。: 〃the Kerne and Irish Galliglasse;〃 etc。
74。 Beal'maha。 〃The pass of the plain;〃 on the east of Loch Lomond; opposite Inch…Cailliach。 In the olden time it was one of the established roads for making raids into the Lowlands。
77。 Dennan's Row。 The modern Rowardennan; on Loch Lomond at the foot of Ben Lomond; and a favorite starting=point for the ascent of that mountain。
82。 Boss。 Knob; in keeping with Targe。
83。 Verge。 Pronounced varge; as the rhyme shows。 In v。 219 below it has its ordinary sound; but cf。 v。 812。
84。 The Hero's Targe。 〃There is a rock so named in the Forest of Glenfinlas; by which a tumultuary cataract takes its course。 This wild place is said in former times to have afforded refuge to an outlaw; who was supplied with provisions by a woman; who lowered them down from the brink of the precipice above。 His water he procured for himself; by letting down a flagon tied to a string into the black pool beneath the fall〃 (Scott)。
98。 Broke。 Quartered。 Cf。 the quotation from Jonson below。 Scott says here: 〃Everything belonging to the chase was matter of solemnity among our ancestors; but nothing was more so than the mode of cutting up; or; as it was technically called; breaking; the slaughtered stag。 The forester had his allotted portion; the hounds had a certain allowance; and; to make the division as general as possible; the very birds had their share also。 'There is a little gristle;' says Tubervile; 'which is upon the spoone of the brisket; which we call the raven's bone; and I have seen in some places a raven so wont and accustomed to it; that she would never fail to croak and cry for it all the time you were in breaking up of the deer; and would not depart till she had it。' In the very ancient metrical romance of Sir Tristrem; that peerless knight; who is said to have been the very deviser of all rules of chase; did not omit the ceremony:
'The rauen he yaue his yiftes Sat on the fourched tre。' 'FN#9'
〃The raven might also challenge his rights by the Book of St。 Albans; for thus says Dame Juliana Berners:
'slitteth anon The bely to the side; from the corbyn bone; That is corbyns fee; at the death he will be。'
Jonson; in The Sad Shepherd; gives a more poetical account of the same ceremony:
'Marian。 He that undoes him; Doth cleave the brisket bone; upon the spoon Of which a little gristle growsyou call it Robin Hood。 The raven's bone。 Marian。 Now o'er head sat a raven On a sere bough; a grown; great bird; and hoarse; Who; all the while the deer was breaking up; So croaked and cried for 't; as all the huntsmen; Especially old Scathlock; thought it ominous。'〃
115。 Rouse。 Rise; stand erect。 Cf。 Macbeth; v。 5。 12:
〃The time has been; my senses would have cool'd To hear a night…shriek; and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir As life were in 't。〃
119。 Mine。 Many eds。 have 〃my。〃
128。 Fateful。 The reading of the 1st ed。 and that of 1821; 〃fatal〃 in some recent eds。
132。 Which spills; etc。 The MS。 has 〃Which foremost spills a foeman's life。〃
〃Though this be in the text described as a response of the Taghairm; or Oracle of the Hide; it was of itself an augury frequently attended to。 The fate of the battle was often anticipated; in the imagination of the combatants; by observing which party first shed blood。 It is said that the Highlanders under Montrose were so deeply imbued with this notion; that on the morning of the battle of Tippermoor; they murdered a defenceless herdsman; whom they found in the fields; merely to secure an advantage of so much consequence to their party〃 (Scott)。
140。 A spy。 That is; Fitz…James。 For has sought; the 1st ed。 has 〃hath sought。〃
144。 Red Murdoch; etc。 The MS。 has 〃The clansman vainly deemed his guide;〃 etc。
147。 Those shall bring him down。 For the ellipsis of who; see on i。 528 above。 The MS。 has 〃stab him down。〃
153。 Pale。 In the heraldic sense of 〃a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon。〃 See Wb。
155。 I love to hear; etc Cf。 v。 238 below。
156。 When move they on? etc。 The MS reads:
〃'When move they on?' |'This sun | at noon |'To…day | 'T is said will see them march from Doune。' 'To…morrow then |makes| meeting stern。'〃 |sees |
160。 Earn。 That is; the district about Loch Earn and the river of the same name flowing from the lake。
164。 Shaggy glen。 As already stated; Trosachs means bristling。
174。 Stance。 Station; a Scottish word。
177。 Trusty targe。 The MS。 has 〃Highland targe。〃
197。 Shifting like flashes; etc。 That is; like the Northern Lights。 Cf。 the Lay; ii。 86:
〃And red and bright the streamers light Were dancing in the glowing north。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 He knew by the streamers that shot so bright That spirits were riding the northern light。〃
The MS。 reads:
〃Thick as the flashes darted forth By morrice…dancers of the north; And saw at morn their |barges ride; |little fleet; Close moored by the lone islet's side。 Since this rude race dare not abide Upon their native mountain side; 'T is fit that Dougla