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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man and a good sword and buckler man will be spitted like a cat or rabbit。' But the rapier had upon the Continent long superseded�察�in private duel�察�the use of sword and shield。 The masters of the noble science of defence were chiefly Italians。 They made great mystery of their art and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