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  While t'other�察�enraged that he could not once prick him�察     �Cried�察 �Sirrah�察�you rascal�察�you son of a whore�察     �Me will fight you�察�be gar� �if you'll come from your door。;';


383。  Trained abroad。  That is�察�in France。  See on i。 163 above。 Scott says here�此 �The use of defensive armor�察�and particularly of the buckler�察�or target�察�was general in Queen Elizabeth's time�察�although that of the single rapier seems to have been occasionally practised much earlier ��see Douce's Illustrations of Shakespeare�察�vol。 ii。 p。 61��。  Rowland Yorke�察�however�察�who betrayed the fort of Zutphen to the Spaniards�察�for which good service he was afterwards poisoned by them�察�is said to have been the first who brought the rapier´fight into general use。  Fuller�察�speaking of the swash´bucklers�察�or bullies�察�of Queen Elizabeth's time�察�says�察�'West Smithfield was formerly called Ruffian's Hall�察�where such men usually met�察�casually or otherwise�察�to try masteries with sword or buckler。  More were frightened than hurt�察�more hurt than killed therewith�察�it being accounted unmanly to strike beneath the knee。 But since that desperate traitor Rowland Yorke first introduced thrusting with rapiers�察�sword and buckler are disused。'  In The Two Angry Women of Abingdon�察�a comedy�察�printed in 1599�察�we have a pathetic complaint�此�'Sword and buckler fight begins to grow out of use。  I am sorry for it�察�I shall never see good manhood again。 If it be once gone�察�this poking fight of rapier and dagger will come up�察�then a tall man and a good sword and buckler man will be spitted like a cat or rabbit。'  But the rapier had upon the Continent long superseded�察�in private duel�察�the use of sword and shield。 The masters of the noble science of defence were chiefly Italians。 They made great mystery of their art and mode of instruction�察�never suffered any person to be present but the scholar who was to be taught�察�and even examined closets�察�beds�察�and other places of possible concealment。  Their lessons often gave the most treacherous advantages�察�for the challenged�察�having the right to choose his weapons�察�frequently selected some strange�察�unusual�察�and inconvenient kind of arms�察�the use of which he practised under these instructors�察�and thus killed at his ease his antagonist�察�to whom it was presented for the first time on the field of battle。  See Brantome's Discourse on Duels�察�and the work on the same subject�察�'si gentement ecrit��' by the venerable Dr。 Paris de Puteo。  The Highlanders continued to use broadsword and target until disarmed after the affair of 1745´6。;


385。  Ward。  Posture of defence�察�a technical term in fencing。  Cf。 Falstaff's ;Thou knowest my old ward; ��1 Hen。 IV。 ii。 4。 215���察�etc。


387。  While less expert�察�etc。  The MS。 reads��

    ;Not Roderick thus�察�though stronger far�察     �More tall�察�and more inured to war。;


401�察�402。  And backward�察�etc。  This couplet is not in the MS。�察�and the same is true of 405�察�406。


406。  Let recreant yield�察�etc。  The MS。 has ;Yield they alone who fear to die。;  Scott says�此 �I have not ventured to render this duel so savagely desperate as that of the celebrated Sir Ewan of Lochiel�察�chief of the clan Cameron�察�called�察�from his sable complexion�察�Ewan Dhu。  He was the last man in Scotland who maintained the royal cause during the great Civil War�察�and his constant incursions rendered him a very unpleasant neighbor to the republican garrison at Inverlochy�察�now Fort William。  The governor of the fort detached a party of three hundred men to lay waste Lochiel's possessions and cut down his trees�察�by in a sudden and desperate attack made upon them by the chieftain with very inferior numbers�察�they were almost all cut to pieces。  The skirmish is detailed in a curious memoir of Sir Ewan's life�察�printed in the Appendix of Pennant's Scottish Tour ��vol。 i。 p。 375����

'In this engagement Lochiel himself had several wonderful escapes。 In the retreat of the English�察�one of the strongest and bravest of the officers retired behind a bush�察�when he observed Lochiel pursuing�察�and seeing him unaccompanied with any�察�he leapt out and thought him his prey。  They met one another with equal fury。 The combat was long and doubtful�此�the English gentleman had by far the advantage in strength and size�察�but Lochiel�察�exceeding him in nimbleness and agility�察�in the end tript the sword out of his hand�察�they closed and wrestled�察�till both fell to the ground in each other's arms。  The English officer got above Lochiel�察�and pressed him hard�察�but stretching forth his neck�察�by attempting to disengage himself�察�Lochiel�察�who by this time had his hands at liberty�察�with his left hand seized him by the collar�察�and jumping at his extended throat�察�he bit it with his teeth quite through�察�and kept such a hold of his grasp�察�that he brought away his mouthful�察�this�察�he said�察�was the sweetest bit he ever had in his lifetime。';


435。  Unwounded�察�etc。  The MS。 reads��

    ;Panting and breathless on the sands�察     �But all unwounded�察�now he stands�察�

and just below��

    ;Redeemed�察�unhoped�察�from deadly strife�此     �Next on his foe his look he �� cast�察                                 。� threw�察     �Whose every breath appeared his last。;


447。  Unbonneted。  Past tense�察�not participle。


449。  Then faint afar。  The MS。 has ;Faint and afar。;


452。  Lincoln green。  See on i。 464 above。


462。  We destined�察�etc。  Cf。 iv。 411 above。


465。  Weed。  Dress。  See on iv。 506 above。


466。  Boune。  Ready。  See on iv。 36 above。


479。  Steel。  Spur。  Cf。 i。 115 above。


485。  Carhonie's hill。  About a mile from the lower end of Loch Vennachar。


486。  Pricked。  Spurred。  It came to mean ride�察�as in F。 Q。 i。 1。 1�此 �A gentle Knight was pricking on the plaine�察─�etc。  Cf。 754 below。


490。  Torry and Lendrick。  These places�察�like Deanstown�察�Doune ��see on iv。 19 above���察�Blair´Drummond�察�Ochtertyre�察�and Kier�察�are all on the banks of the Teith�察�between Callander and Stirling。  Lockhart says�此 �It may be worth noting that the poet marks the progress of the King by naming in succession places familiar and dear to his own early recollectionsBlair´Drummond�察�the seat of the Homes of Kaimes�察�Kier�察�that of the principal family of the name of Stirling�察�Ochtertyre�察�that of John Ramsay�察�the well´known antiquary�察�and correspondent of Burns�察�and Craigforth�察�that of the Callenders of Craigforth�察�almost under the walls of Stirling Castle��all hospitable roofs�察�under which he had spent many of his younger days。;


494。  Sees the hoofs strike fire。  The MS。 has ;Saw their hoofs of fire。;


496。  They mark�察�etc。  The to of the infinitive is omitted in glance�察�as if mark had been see。


498。  Sweltering。  The 1st ed。 has ;swelling。;


506。  Flinty。  The MS。 has ;steepy�察─�and in 514 ;gains; for scales。


525。  Saint Serle。  ;The King himself is in such distress for a rhyme as to be obliged to apply to one of the obscurest saints in the calendar; ��Jeffrey��。  The MS。 has ;by my word�察─�and ;Lord; for Earl in the next line。


534。  Cambus´kenneth's abbey gray。  See on iv。 231 above。


547。  By。  Gone by�察�past。


551。  O sad and fatal mound�   �An eminence on the northeast of the Castle�察�where state criminals were executed。  Stirling was often polluted with noble blood。  It is thus apostrophized by J。 Johnston��

         'Discordia tristis      Heu quotis procerum sanguine tinxit humum�    �Hoc uno infelix�察�et felix cetera�察�nusquam      Laetior aut caeli frons geniusve soli。'

;The fate of William�察�eighth Earl of Douglas�察�whom James II。 stabbed in Stirling Castle with his own hand�察�and while under his royal safe´conduct�察�is familiar to all who read Scottish history。  Murdack Duke of Albany�察�Duncan Earl of Lennox�察�his father´in´law�察�and his two sons�察�Walter and Alexander Stuart�察�were executed at Stirling�察�in 1425。  They were beheaded upon an eminence without the Castle walls�察�but making part of the same hill�察�from whence they could behold their strong Castle of Doune and their extensive possessions。 This 'heading hill��' as it was sometimes termed�察�bears commonly the less terrible name of Hurly´hacket�察�from its having been the scene of a courtly amusement alluded to by Sir David Lindsay�察�who says of the pastimes in which the young King was engaged��

   'Some harled him to the Hurly´hacket��'

which consisted in slidingin some sort of chair�察�it may be supposedfrom top to bottom of a smooth bank。  The boys of Edinburgh�察�about twenty years ago�察�used to play at the hurly´ hacket on the Calton Hill�察�using for their seat a horse's skull; ��Scott��。


558。  The Franciscan steeple。  The Greyfriars Church�察�built by James IV。 in 1594 on the hill not far from the Castle�察�is still standing�察�and has been recently restored。  Here James VI。 was crowned on the 29th of July�察�1567�察�and John Knox preached the coronation sermon。


562。  Morrice´dancers。  The morrice or morris dance was probably of Spanish ��or Moorish�察�as the name implies�� origin�察�but after its introduction into England it became blended with the Mayday games。 A full historical account of it is given in Douce's Illustrations of Shakespeare。  The characters in it in early times were the following�此 �Robin Hood�察�Little John�察�Friar Tuck�察�Maid Marian ��Robin's mistress and the queen or lady of the May���察�the fool�察�the piper�察�and seve

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