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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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