第 51 节
作者:曾氏六合网      更新:2021-02-27 01:39      字数:1467
  n syllables (the so…called iambic measure)。  There are three sets of rhymes: one for the first and third lines; another for the second; fourth; fifth; and seventh; and a third for the sixth; eighth; and ninth。
  'FN#6'  Vide Certayne Matters concerning the Realme of Scotland; etc。; as they were Anno Domini 1597。  London; 1603。
  'FN#7'  See on ii。 319 above。
  'FN#8'  Hallowe'en。
  'FN#9'  To the raven that sat on the forked tree he gave his gifts。
  'FN#10'  〃This story is still current in the moors of Staffordshire; and adapted by the peasantry to their own meridian。  I have repeatedly heard it told; exactly as here; by rustics who could not read。  My last authority was a nailer near Cheadle〃 (R。 Jamieson)。
  'FN#11'  See Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads; Glasgow; 1808; vol。 ii。 p。 117。
  'FN#12'  A champion of popular romance; see Ellis's Romances; vol。 iii。
  'FN#13'  〃That at the eastern extremity of Loch Katrine; so often mentioned in the text。〃
  'FN#14'  〃Beallach an duine。〃
  'FN#15'  〃The reader will find this story told at greater length; and with the addition in particular of the King being recognized; like the Fitz…James of the Lady of the Lake; by being the only person covered; in the First Series of Tales of a Grandfather; vol。 iii; p。 37。  The heir of Braehead discharged his duty at the banquet given to King George IV。 in the Parliament House at Edinburgh; in 1822〃 (Lockhart)。
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