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[*], [l59]-234, [2]. This Item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est filme au taux de reduction indique ci-dessous. lU A 1 14X — 18X 22y 26 X 30 X y 1 i l,^^:^,^ i II 1 i '] 1 1 '9 \ t m fV i 1 ^^B *i " 1 ^9i Um OF TiBS UTTI?, (Santos v. * vn V TAYLOR. ■R 5308 Al 879 ^^ wMtmmti^tmm % "f- •''* *■( P^iMMii i«ri9< ■MM Killt THE A8S1 itHItr « Cos «nsU4 St^ool-Cfassks. SCOTT'S POEMS THE LADY OF THE LAKE i WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX, BY II. W. TAYLOR, M. A., ASSISrANT-MABTKR IN BUQBY SCHOOL J AND FOBMEBLY FELLOW OP ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBBIDQB. PART III. CANTOS V. & VI. TORONTO : sv ADAM MILLER & Co A'/-;:, / / / Entorod according to Act of Parliament of Minister of Agriculture, by Adam Mii^x^b & "co.', Canada, in the Office of tho Ju the year :879, in tho Office of tho iu tho year 1879. F AI W It smil And And li- '■insr Sh Thr in( oil" Th \Vi WJ Tli( Lo( Mil An( As Th; His Aiu THE LADY OF THE LAKE, CANTO FIFTH. ^¥ Combat. I. F'\vM,;'!f r'''' ''f '■^'','^ ^^''^'" «<■ eastern li-ht l-air as hat l.cam, altlioi.gh tlio f ircit f^r '"' Giving to lK,rror j^^ace, to dangc j o ' II. u!',?t'''"'^Tr''''"V '" ^^i'- ^-^"^^ sheen, \\jS twinkling through the ha^cl scr \Vhen, rousing at its glimmer red. The warriors left their lowly bed ' Looked out upon the dappled skv Muttered their soldier matins byf' As short and rude, their soldier me- That o'er the Gael around h n t" re His graceful plaid of varied hue And true to promise, led the way, By thicket green and mountain ^rav. M 2) i6o THE LADY OF THE LAKE, [canto v. AIon!?f^'"^ path .'-they winded row Along the precipice's brow, Commanding the rich scenes beneath The wmdmgs of the Forth and TeU h And ail the vales between that lie, ' Th!n '?^'' -"''■^^^ '"^'t i» sky; i hen, sunk in copse, their farthest -hnro if ''f ! ^?''' '^''^ ^^'^"d to gain F h'lf ''"^u"^'' '^'''^' '^'"-sting'throiWh Each hawthorn shed her sliowers of dew- I hat diamond dew, so pure and clear It rivals all but Beauty's teaH ' III. rVfhru^-^Y^I''"'^ '''^''''^' stern and stcen The h, 1 smks down upon the deep ^' Here Vennachar in silver tlows, EverV.''L^^,°" '■'^^^' ^^"'^'di ;ose ; Lver the hollow path twined on, An hnnV^n'^ ^''^"'V'^nd threate'ning stone • \\^th hn r^l ""? "''-ht hold the post ' Xyth hardihood against a host. 1 he rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwariish shrubs of birch\nd o^- With shingles bare, and cl 4 between ' And pate -.es bright of bracken gi^en' It held the copse in rivalry ' ut where the lake slept deep and still A^f r.T^ ^""S'^^ '^'^ ^^v^anJp and ill • And oft both path and hill we e to n ' Where wintry torrents down had bor'ne And heaped upon the cumbered lanTl ' Its wreck of gravel, rocks, and sand. So toilsome was the road lo trace The guide, abating of his pace, ' Led slowly through the pass's jkws Without a pass from Roderick Dim. [canto v. 1 CANTO v.] THE COMBAT. I6i IV. J et, sooth to tell ' t)i« t:. ^ , » 'I drcqmf n^f ' ^ '^'^-'^"" said, i areamt not now to claim its aid i hy dangerous Chief was then a ar' Nor soon expected h-,ri- t ' Thus <;-i:h ol j ^'^^^ ''^0"^ war. ^J'^ht cause w 1 then ^„eei^T. ' • , The trrySSl"'""? ?'"^>-'. Or if „ -^ t.'^nce ot mountain maid • The d-fn?'? ^,d'?"gerous knov^n, ' ihe danger's self is lure alone.' — V. ^u' h. 'f " '''^ '°"gh^ this spot ' ■ ASinstT ?''r,°"'^'^'°'" Lowla^nd'war 3t"'V '^"-Alpine, raised by Mar^^' Ti.eirpe„„;„°M^rb™'^'S„, 1 62 THE LADY OF TTTF t at^t. IHE LAKE. [CANTO V. Whence tlie boli boi T'" f'^T' Vich-Alpine's vmvS inrf-n "'^1";^ /«" shew 'Warrior btif JiZ '' ^^°'^^^^ ^oe?' Nought of thvn,'^;"-"''"' ^ '^"ew Sever each true atd^47&^^ A space he p.usow m""^''" ' ^^'^'-' ^cou-I. Heard'st thou n .h^ .^ ?'^^^ ^'"'^ '^''^de? VVJiat recked the Chi nf • "r u °" ^''^ 'oe? Mill was It outra-c •— vet vL ." Not then Hi;,-.-,^^ ' ^?'' ^'s true, Methinks a .n„n-i u'^'^*'"'^^ '" vain. VII LAKE. [CANTO V. came, f hi CANTO v.] THE COMIJAT. Far to the south and east, where lay. l^xtcndcd in succession Seek other cause 'gainst Roderick Dhu ' 163 Answered Fitz-James-' And, if I sought 1 hink'st thou no other could be brought? \V ha deem ye of my path waylaid? ^ AJy life given o'er to ambuscade?'—' As of a meed to rashness due- Hadst thou sent warning fair and true— I seek my In-und, r.- f.icon strayed, I seek, good faith, a Highland maid- - 1 64 JHB ...V o. „,. ,,,, ^_^_ S-e .o fulmr !vS,Jf " "-"Cd .0 die, J come with banner L ^^ '''^^"' Ne'er panted for'Tl?; '" '''^^^'^ ^ower, As I, until before m''!;'P°^"'*^d ^^°"-- This rphpi nk' r ^*^ ^'''i"d ^^is rebel Chieftam and his band I' IX * Have, then, thy wish f ' * i. wifd-L^sr ~ir '■■-*''"''"' At once with full fil I "^^ S/en As if tlie yawn „l hili J l''''"'' "'«"' Like the loose cS fi""^' ",'"' ^"'l- I-ay 'o.teri„g%fe?KX°^'';S;-'"» ""-^ KE. f CAN To V. CANTO v.] THE COMHAT. 165 "is back again ''/"','';'"'■;'■•>■ s'"™, ' In broom or brick-Jn ?''' ^"^ sf""^', The sun's h^^ „i ^^^'*^ waving wide • From speVr'fnl gSve" fr ^''"^'^^^ ^^^^ The neit, all unrcfe'/'^rf/^^ '-^"^ J^ck- On bracken green, anrcoSg"4s.one. t66 THE LADY OK TI XI 'f' f-AKK. f,,,,.^ y_ ^yM received lSSS:iS!;is-S~ is-Sips Thou art niy .°,i^;'S'^'''";'>'''e arnu-: As far as Coil^n' /,,7f , i'^''^^^^"^' '"r ^^'-rd N-— v-v,,uilU ^^ »r would / call ^•or aid a a clansman's brand Kent by the Sayn' f ^^ '^^ "■^' '''''° move we on •— f n, i o shew the reed c •int on wli:.h you 1 ^vUhoutapassfrom^rT'^^''^'^'" ^s ever Unurht n,„. i_ , . J Yet d iL\ant, iiisue 'hi.' »ct dare not snv t^•1^ „ v . ^ > As, follow 'ood, >Vliich vet. -iv fo-,.r..i ._ ' ' rcw ^^■'»y through, Winch yet, by fearf n '''V '*>' ^'^'' ^^'ith lances th.r.n.^ """['• '^■'•^^ '''"e H\aitcdb^,?'; if,'l^._'--^'^'^^''=^li'e. Sol s'J?nal from a guide, ^ntl slill, from nm,= J '''= ■'.''■""nil, J 1-c signal whistle heard a 'ir' «°o 'St f^enor'^ll/^?™' , ; - Ti^ t.ier tree nor tuft was cj^^n t'.. !;-'r'^"^'^°^broom^sS, ' ■ ^^c!c a bonne' . a spear. '^' [CANTO V. CANTO V,] THE COMBAT. 1G7 XII. The Chief in silence stnxJe before, And reached that torrent's sounding sliore, ' U hich, daughter of tliree nii<4htv lakes From Vennachar in silver breaks ' Sweeps through the plain, and ceaseless mines On hochastle the mouldering lines, VVhere Rome, the Empress of the world, Ot yore her eagle wings unfurled | And here his course the Chieftain staid '1 hrcw down his target and his plaid, ' And to the Lowland warrior said :— ' Bold Saxon ! to his promise just,' Vich-Alpine has discharged his trust 'I his murderous Chief, this ruthless man, I his head of a rebellious clan, Hath led thee safe, through watch and ward, i- ar past Clan-Alpine's outmost guard, ^ow, man to man. and steel to steel, A Chieftain's vengeance thou shalt feel. See, here, all vantageless I stand, Armed, like thyself, with single brand • For this is Coilantoglc ford. And thou must keep thee with thy sword.' XIII. The Saxon paused :— ' I ne'er delayed, Uhen foeman bade me draw my blade • Nay more, brave Chief, I vowed tliv death : \ et sure thy fair and generous faith, And my deep debt for life i}reserved, A better meed have well tlescrvod • Can nought but blood our feud atone? Are there no means .?'-' No, Stranger, none » And hear— to fire thy flagging zeal— The Saxon cause rests on'thv steel • For thus spoke Fate, by prophet bred Between the living and the dead ; 'Who spills the foremost foeman's life, His party conquers in the strife,'"— Then, by my word,' the Saxon said, Thy riddle is already read. 76s THE r.ADV OF THE tAKE l;i".sf-a.o£vl'°,S!^*';"*°-vi,t^ ^E. fcANTO JjJ^ iff. eye— CANTO V.l 'TTTT-. ^„ ^•J THE COMGAT. / fared it then with RodenVV ni, I^ lerce Roderick felt the Si H^"^* And showered his bio vs h£^ ''•'''''"' And, as firm rock, or c.s e ro'r'^'"^ '^''^ ' Against the winte^^hoTel-'w r -t ^"^'. '"vulnerable still, ^ ' Fojled his wild rage by steady skill. F;"ce1S?r^k';\:^ AndbackptornTPS:;^^^^^^^^ Brought the proud Chieftain to h?s knee. 169 1; , i tJO THE LADY OF TlIE LAKE ^on;^;;^,^;:;:?^' hold thine own, Jhat dcpcm ;'; f ';?;'";J ^''^e thrown ! .^^rouoh bars of Ks" L T"1 ""•^'^^ ^^^^-'^ "if'y tii^% thov str. f f / ^ ''■'f''^ steel !- ' '■lie Gael al o{,e p " " ''°^^'". ^own tlicy -o j;!^V^^'-p'S;rft^--p-sed, ' f 's clotted loc'ks he bn 1. ' ' ^;''' ' ^cross his brow his 1 ;,ul ?'1 '^"-'''> ^■rom blood nnr? ■ " "*- <^'rc»', —But hato Tnr? f •„ "''o.-;^''' brrrht '-- In Roderl Psin^ '^PPcaied ])is last • ;i'"orWathe^°[j;^/^^.;i'PPeci the braid-- Vet with thy foe must i?e ^oV^ ""'"''y ^''^'^ ' The praise that faith i. d a" '"'' • ^nt'^hltlSTi^P"-"''^^'' Unbo„nefe5*d'r;';he;.ar'' [canto ^^'^E. [canto v. eye. ! CANTO v.] TrTT7 ^^,, J THE COMBAT wi... 4„jiJ;:i'-:r;;;r .zri-r- And bni),r ]ii„j . ^ . ' .^'-'". . '3tand, I'.n-ard stnnr] i' .1 ^Vith arciHn.^ eel ' ,7 ,' f^^ "^^y^cl, No ioot Fitz-Ja,nes in s^m n'^taid No grasp upon the saddle l-il] ' plslir lY^UKled tlK^ fiery steed air '^^^• Tender sate erect and fair ' TheydXjtt' ^;;i,rP^^'^'■"i''^^>•?°• Along thy^anlls: St k'itl '7^^^^ ^ '" distant woodland soon °""'' 171 .« They '73 Ti.E LADV OF T,m LAKE tc«xo v. Tl'ts«™Tk'^i,-S "- "oofs 3,rike «,.. And on the on^.l , V^ ""-^''^^ tides, ' )Vith plash, "S'^S^nlr ^^''T-*^-"""^'. XIX ^udTo^"hl"l';:M'h'y 'strained, The uncle of ,„o°fe!;i,,^J|™^c.icl -AKE. [canto v. rike fire, chtcrtyic • car "S sides, Ics, :)iind, h l:>fniiKj. 'I'S- Forth ! own. 1 £ gray or whom?'- ^d stralghj l! CANTO V.J ^'^^li COM DAT. XX. •i^'^^a :^'r';;:r'•'^^^-^-- lVeparc.^fo"i t^/;;;rsel|;:'r^''^? tomb ^>anncr and pa.^"^'^;""-''^^l''^'^s meet/ ^ Kiicss, by all iIiIq "'"'^'s come. James w?l,be%tM4^''h;''fP'''-!^t«-cJay. ^nd the tough vvresTlor r ,'",'' '^'^ bow,' As well as u^iere in f ','' ^"^ ^"e> The hi^.h-borS^^r "^^ ^ K^^ bo3,ish wonder loved to nra1s^> N '73 Ml If m THE LADY OF THE LAKE, [canto v. XXI. The Castle gates were open flune The quivering drawbridge rocked'nn.1 r„n^ And echoed loud the flimy street """^^ I5eneath the courser's clattering feet As slowly down the steep descfnt Whll?' n 'T^'^ ^J"^' ^-^ nob es went While all along the crowded way ' Wasjubilce and loud huzza. ^ And ever James was bending low Commends each mcrnmfc „ • . Gives to the dan^?rsiir.Sud'"'"' WhoS'thr'. "°'^ "P- ^he cro'wd, wno rend the heavens with their acrhimo And noble^c^^n-f lil^SeTS? '"^^'^' Whose fiery steeds ill brooked tife stay Of hesteep street and crowded way ^ --But m the train you might discern Dark lowering broi and visage stern ' In^ V''^^' mourned their pride restraJn^^ And hieS'who T'"'^ Joys'disdaST '''' Were Sfl °'^°''''^\^°'- '^eir clan,' vvere each from home a banished man There thought upon their own gray tower InH h""^^'"/ y^o'ds, their feud! p^ower ' And deemed themselves a shamefS? part Of pageant which they cursed S heaS XXII. Now, in the Castle-park, drew out i heir chequered bands tho^joyous rout. lnTu{^r-'T' ^'^h bell at heel, ^ And blade in hand, their mazes wheel ; LAKE, (canto V, and rung-. md shama n— tire, i, :laims, ? James I' knight. trained, :d: wer, irt } I 1 V A L H In TJ Tc W Th Fn An CANTO V.7 „,. •J TliE COMBAT. ^^t chief, besifJp fj,» u J!oId Robin Ho,Vn'^7,^5 ^''^'■e stand Friar Tuck x^th ^ ^^' ^^'^ band^ jraid Marfon f^i^i^i^:!;^ ^"^Jy scow//' ^,F,^{^ot, and Mutch '?7-^r"^' /her bugles cha£>^ '',f; !'? -^"l!".- V'-^ first shStcal!.^^^?''"'"^^^ ^^"d when in tnS I ,'" ''^^ "^ite, ^ome answerini g^lnce'^;?'"'"^ ^>-<^' 'n^^itn-?;f"'-Fer$;T^-V^ ThemonarSg^ve'th'/^'^'''^' ^"^ave the arrow bright. £r ovv, clear the rinii ' for k , Ihe nianly wrestlcfs" tik' ^/'"^ *° ^^"d, Two o'er the rp«/- 1 ■ ''^'^"' stand And proud dom. ^'^I''''' '■"se, -For Jife is H^',?/ ^""S^I^s came. Scarce better t^k i ^arbcrt Janic • Whom sen ' /sA" °^^,".«'^'^ ^^re ' ^-7ofthe".!St?ing;tr?r''^^^^^-r. Jheir arms the brVJ.^ ^ ^"" ^^ere ' ?,?,h-l the m.'ssSa'r?n°'"'" ^'''' vVhen each h.Q .;/ '" ^ir. J''^ Douglai'rcmr'i'^ffh Lad shown, From ,ts deep bed (iiBy^ '"" ='»"= '75 il m ^76 THE LADY OF THE LAKE. fcANTO v. A rood beyond the farthest mark • And still ,n Stirling's royal nark The gray-haired sires, who know the past To strangers point the Douglas-cit ^ ' Andmoraliseon the decay ^'^' Of Scottish strength in modern day. XXIV. Who now, with anxious wSnder sc^n Tin wt'^P''' ^^^''^"^^' ^''^ dark gray nSn ■ T I w^h.spcrs rose among the thron" ' K^^n^^^^-tS^^head, And winked aside, and told Son Of feats t,pon the English done I^re Douglas of the stthvart hand \V as exiled from his native land 1 he women praised his stately form Mffl^r>;drS-- B ZTT '"^? ^° ^'^"^^"'•^ loud ' But not a glance from that proud rin? \vl7^^ ''^ 'i*''''^^ round the King^ With Douglas held communion kind Or called the banished man to mind' ^0, not from those who, at the chase Sr.^\^ d his side the honoured pS -cgir his board, and, in the field ' ^ound safety underneath his shield • For he, whom royal eyes disown, When was his form to courtiers kno^n • CANTO V.J THE COMBAT. »77 Two fav?o,Hr;.V^''''^y to crown, Ti>att;^:;;i^S^'^jnf^-uId pulldown, Had borne the\St n? h'""' P''""^, Tlicy were Inch n ^^^^''^^"^s deck ; Needs but a buff".^ 'f ^"''^ ^is stride ; HI J78 THE I.ADV OF THE LA .E. t„„o , Beware the Dou^S y^ "^en.al pack I A willing victim now attends What ho } he C "ot^n^'^f ''y '°°^' •- warred the fa.r form of fostal rfav To eanh arVbS Vreddl*;?"''/ Wifh rr^^"'^ woreTshrTS''' vyith flint, with shaft, with sf-iff vu u While o"Yhrrear ,■„ ,'^"'r>' ''«?' LA ^E. fcANTO V. i ( 1 / 1 1 T CANTO v.] THE COMBAT. A word with these misguided men. ,„ XXVIII. Here, gentle friends ! ere vet for m« Ye break the bands of Jitf '^''^ '^'' ItenderfreetoScot'-^nd'shuvs ' Are these so weak as must require 1 he a,d of your misguided ire' ° Or If I sutler causeless wrong, I then my selfish rage so stron-. My sense of public .veal so lovv^ i at, for mean vengeance on a foe fel'nf'°^^"^'^^^h""^dunb°nd. Oh no . .r ^ '°-'"*''y '"^"J '">' kind? To know ,n fruitless brawl be^Jn For me, that mother wails herC- ^.or nie, that widow's mate exn'res ' -or me, that orphans weep Sers=;-es. That patriots mourn insulted laws ' And curse the Douglas for the cau ,e O let your patience ward such ill And keep your right to love me still!' The crowd's Wild fury sunk agafn Jxr^u^"'.' '*' tempests melt in nn Who fo, hs country felt alone, And prized her blood beyond lis own Old men upon the verge of life A^!Zi^r ^,h?.^tayed the c vil strife- Th^Sf 5^'' ^^J"^ ^'^'^'^ babes on hi.!,' The self-devoted Chief to spy ° ' Triumphant over wrongs and ire To whom thp r-.r-.f*!..„''_. , "^®' 179 i Ji the prattlers owed a 5U- e ! (i 4 "° ^'"^ '-^-^V OF T,m tAKE With which hev shnn^ M '" ?"' ■'^^^■''■^'■"1 With like acSuCl W.Vr "h '^'V^ "^'"^ •' Stra ned fnr K':„ i ^"'K'^r throat Fantastic fickle, fierce, an 'vWn,'^"> [canto v. IvE. fCANTO V. loved ; Mi can: \\ 1< \\ Ai Si Tl W N( Fo Be He Yei Ife Th( Am Suit Soo: And Nor The The Of r CANTO v.] THE COMBAT. ThLl I ' '" t'^f^ of Bothwell's aid Sf^J^se banditti stand arrayed Tn h ""u f ^^'■.' ^^''' "^°'-". from bouno I o break their muster marched, and soo ^ J our grace will hear of battle fouXt But earnestlythe Earl besought?'' ' iiffhT ?'^' "^^^"Ser he provide, With scanty train you will not ride/ XXXII. Thou warn'st me I have done amiss- should have earlier looked to tl^s I lost It in this bustling day — Retrace with speed thy former wi" Spare not for spoiling of thy steed ' " The best of mine shall be thy meed Say to our faithful Lord of Mar, \V e do forbid the intended war • Roderick, this morn, in single hght, \\ as made our prisoner by a knk^h • And Douglas hath himself aHd cause Submitted to our kingdom's laws The tidings of their leaders lost ' \\ III soon dissolve the mounMin host Nor would we that the vulgar feel ' For their Chief's crimes, avenging steel Hear Mar our message, Braco ; fly 'C * He turned his steed—' My lieo-e I hin Yet. ere I cross this lily lawn'° ' ^''^ 1 tear the broadswords will be drawn ' The turf the flying courser spurned, And to his towers the King returned. . XXXIII. q irJ? ^'"/ J^""^''" '"«"d that dav, Suited gay feast and minstrel lay ■ ' ' Soon were dismissed the courtly thron- And soon cut short the festal song ' Nor less upon the saddened town 1 he evening sunk in sorrow down. 1 he burghers spoke of civil jar. Of rumoured feuds and mountain war i8i h ■ i8a THE LADY OF THE LAKE, [canto v. Of Moray, Mar, and Roderick Dhu All up in arms :-the Douglas too, 1 hey mourned him pent within tlie hold Where stout Earl William was of old.' And there his word the speaker staid. And hnger on his lip he laid. Or pointed to his dagger blade. But jaded horsemen, from the west At evening to the Castle pressed ; And busy talkers said they bore Tidings of fight on Katrine's shore • At noon the deadly fray begun, ' And lasted till the set of sun. Thus giddy rumour shook the town, Till closed the Night her pennons brown. E. [canto V, NOTES CANTO V. t"Z ^^:::;;:SI^^S;t^ostart upo„ the. iou^ey ?ng m these wild w thmt ^ -^'f^ '".''^"'^ '"" ^'^"^ vemSr-' interesting conversation bwixftti^'°"'v'^%^^''^^ ^'-'^d to an Kodenck's suspicions of a wrre\tte„ ^"^-Ja'^cs shows that that h,s preparations may possfb vT. f f'^ ""''''^^<^"' ^^u^ hin?s had not been intended. IlJavow. V "^ ^°^" encounter which V'lth whom he has vowed to Schh'""V;>' "-'^'"■'^' KodeS keenest desire to meet '• h^rebel .hi^r''^^ ""'"^ '^P'^^'^^ the W Jp'T^^'"' ^"d ^tla..,t reach ;^.f'^.P'''''^^^°«t of limit of Roderick's protection T? r>? ^°'''^' which i. the eoTaf r''^ ^'^ "^^» -or T,, JJ,^ f 'tz-James must defend equal, throws away his tar^e -in f m ',^° '"''^'^^ the fiaht more him and ,,e is^iS'",;: %^'T„?,7'£*{^"'S. Wk 3S others back to Stirl '■"ded man, he hast. ing es with (he ^.W- f , -'" ouuiiiiT. i\s thev rr-n- * 1 ""^'" witn (he (.■ J! i84 I' t THE LADY OF THE LAKE, [canto v. !| proves victor n all ?) If hi \"'^'''"'■'^^'f '° "'^ king. Hg ' to an utter s ranger. Al tl-'s hi h ''^ ff'.vcs him the prize as hound. Ellen's pVfbllmv ^m lne.;;i r'!;-'"' "^^ InU when his he can bear it no lonS an" fi o ^>' "f '^'"^^'^ huntsman, pfTender on the ground,^and oc ims'hirif '''^\T''^'' '''^^ a mes^ng^^imi'?, ;-•;; -| -- th. fid the crowd. Alpine is rising, and tl n L n k?? r ' i":''"'" ^''" '''^' <^'h'in- ground. The earl hin self is^o f '?f '" '^'"'^ ^^ •^'"•'^'■^l-'J soon to encounter t£'?of '}f " J.^f ' -' ^^^^f and hopes army's marcl,, as Roderick is a reidv nV r '^''" ^° '^''^^ 'he i^cott excelled. The scene iinm,;) "'^^^^'^'"■ption in which Katrine, but it is more '"'e ThrrJ'''' '° °"'^y '' Loci, knight and his gui' Purpose that it of the unrest of the tin^ • vi he -fforts^nfth' r '^' '''^ ^^"'^^ to curtail the power of the n<:.bles ^^ 'he Commons' King S^anca i.-This introductory stanza is well worked in with [canto v. iving Roderick ' the town in a J rfetermines to tlie king. He the multitude im the prize as ; Init when his it,''slnintsman, r stretches the | ;™:;p^'"S7;r:r^'^ ;--re,"a show, >oneo, through 'mons, m'"' ". " ?"'"'°' ^'^'^h is from 'crman 'muster,' which also mean's ''m '"'^^ F'^^^^^y-' C'-he file derivation more clearly.) IcnL lT''"'^"''«;'»!"Ple,' shows . for rev,ew. 'and so ' ,0 gathei ' si npL '° '""^''''' '« ' '« gather ^F. ..... /,/, The old construct'^ is seen in th. f H • 'That other, he hhn loth or lecf '^^"o»'mg : ^Ce-A Alha'fy.'S^eS'^t'ia "j^^^'f'-CuAUCER. A*/#.;.. Italian ' n fSano ' S, J'^'' "^^ ^^^^ ^^^ canto ii. 12. connected with O.II.G. 'Im h < S' .'T.^'''";' ^PPears to b^ It >s then applied in^a moral l.^'j^^^^i^^^ 'rough.' "Ruffiinf "'JT"'' e simile Iordu?a " Ruffians and clieats, and such like filth." m iff 186 THE LADY OF THE LAKE, [canto v. ^" "''if^/v %«''°''''''''>' '"^^'^"^« smerei^nlv implies a soven^^n While Albany, -with frrbh haml ^ soveu.gn. Held borrmved truncheon . / command. Albany was the son of a younger broilHr of Tames III who land, he again went over to France for \ dp aS n^^T Fn.'hn^ ' and returned n Sentemher rco j u-ti, o / "-'I '"t,'^' "^t i.ngland, owing to the >: 6'7i'rt?«. Icelandic 'sveinn,' a boy. Danish '^v^nri ' o .. man, journeyman. A.S. 'swan/ aLdsman ' ' ^°""^ heifeT'^'''''". ^'^' '^ty"''' German 'stier.' ayoungbull, ox, or Belong the target and clavmore. These were the ^i.pn,.^„. r the ancient Britons. Cp. Tacitus, A,ZllT^^l ^''P°"^ °^ P»,t A G ^."g^"|'^"f S'adiis et bi'evibus cctris." t {a^ i^ i, pyndan,' to confine; whence our -'pound ' •,>,« fold.' 'Pond' and '^indar' are from the sameroo^The ifi H J fastnesses are then- natural fortress, in which they haye been cooped up by the aggressions of the Lowlanders. ^ "" Shock A pile of sheaves, Dutch 'schokke,' German 'schock ' possiblj- from the idea of a 'tuft,' M.ranch ' cr^shock ' of toge'then " "'"°- ^'" ^° '^^^^^'' ^'^^^ wiich TsThaken ^■-Meed. German 'miethe,' Greek nl''!'"'' i^ el^nm, flash, nected with 'glance ''eliml^sr^ ,W I /''"V""' ""^ "-f^'-' ^'^n- tl;/time of theSlVwt t ThS.;' "T;'' "^-^ '" of leather, set wi^h rin-s or IxV^^.V^f -^ .,^' "'"' ^ '""'C originated M-ith the F ud sh en o n > a r.?"' ^'^'''^ ^''^^^ *' It was buttoned ^^nv^i: Cft^;;Xtf ?"'-"f it by a girdle. (Fairhoft S.t't S,S ^^^V'-^^-^ parations for war with Eiudin.I ^i^/^\ ^'«U"«'0. i, I^or, trained abroad his arms to loield «« A r^nn.l f"'^-^"';'';-!^''"'"* «"^^ S7iwd and shield. inds^m »M ?, >°^^'^'''^''°°^' ^"^^'-^^1 ^^'i'h strong leather and St idded wall brass or iron, M-as a necessary part of a Sdi' I'c tlL't'oP.T'";- ^" '^?"-'''''"S regular trooVs they receiS the thrust of the bayonet in this bi.ci«"'-, and KIizaI,e.h'^ime/!ai.Wr'tha o -'he Sl^"'"^ '" '•^"^"^" L.ve been occasionally pl^etS m d e^£^ 1 XJan'vork? "The dirk and the target lie sordid with dust, T.;J J ';'°°^"'-'^s '^'•'^yniore is but reddened with rust " pe.'ng;t-ei;£4s:?;;:^;r^i?s:-;''«- -^ - '^^p- tossed head or tail in.st con.e ^and t" e In "of tL"'" '' as great as that of the other. In this case tho - 1, , """^ •'? to be c-.v«. If the chinre<. n,v „.V f chances are said throwingadiew Lix fees wL IT'"' •^'' ^' '"^^''^"^'^' "^ given fa'ce to t^n up, and fivjfo 'it'not'<;: t "'^ °"^ ^"^^^ '^'^ ^ similarly say the chances ar "«!/,/ ''""^P turn up, we might which c'venf wa: nt" "obabl f ;„ we^Uv in^ ^^1 5? "^ m favour of the more likely event. e^L siv no/ u ■^'' '""^^ and «^W«./ the less likely, .....the six' turnil ,m "'>'/P' ///. od^s is to transfer the chanc'e of victory to hlm^ 'aI° /:''"" sword was sword and shi^M and J-V doH 1 i ' .v, J''"'^' ^ J.is targe, he was fighting .^^/^ ' //f '^'^ ^'^" '^'•«^^» '^way Uosc-; I.e. grapi^Ie; so we say to close with the enemy. n III li 'I THK r„Anv OP THE LAKE, fc^.o v. ■"-Mns one « 1,,, Kn„ws u.w (o nn? ,1 V ^"«"V^"y tlicrcfore it "'^•n one who knows lu o nh^i.. ,1 f "•'''' "' l'''-''''^"^- ^l^ys; "•'''- '-'-t. in F,on.l.^^ J^f £ ;;^'' '"-"^ ^rave, in /'"//>•<•)'. All casy- luiiiK' horse for ,;,|injr, a j_^,, . , orse. ^ I'-.-horse; so an Jx.ra pos - ,o ■ ^'''"^ ''"'"'' ''^"^ ^'■''•^■^'"«/ T ,,, ' ,, ' " .^..110 woniiron a IH..M-hor,se; so an exlra post-horse - "««,-. Kenily. See iv. 8. i8.-.y/,v/== .spnr.' Cf. i. 7, no(e. nxls.-' The cross-1 vma .,,7 ' ^''^^'-"'^ *^'^'-"ce of forty up his bow. .' Tl,i V, e a ion i ;/''■'"",' ,'^"''''y ^"^ ^^"'^'"'^ i" 'I'osor. of stirrujt t'.rbttn of ',)"'' ^'^•••V"^ ""^^ f*^"^ the wheels and levir to Ua^ l^^ ' ^tk 7 ^^^^ •'^''.'^'yi"^ It upward by ,he handle placed at'its ton " Tin u '° '""^'"'S tartoHh'. Aboiii i .„ ) . r . ' — i^•\IKlr()I,T. snnply 'ride.' So Spenser:;;;;^''^^,,^''^ "!!!' '^^'"'^ '" ""-^ And in J/^^S;;;'^!^ was/,vV^..,o;i the plaine." Tony /' vS/'j!"/?''''^" ^''''"'^r-^'' ^^i'^' and rude." Cailender and Sti 1 '. ^ "sc o tlTem" "^ ""-" ^"^''^'^' '"•''^^^^<-'" •sonal friends of Sir u'' ScoU O^^/ J^/^'t'"''^'^' ^'"' I'^'*- .anches of the Forth, \X^^-^^ ^}'^^^}^^o . I9-— stances of this haste in le ;,^:;nt c.r'o '' '-'^''"^' ' 77'<' hng must stand upon his Puar/ T i. wl device to keep the seci4 • f)i»'nl 5' r "^^'"^ a neeoiess Fitz-Janiesis'^ '^^ '^^'''''^'"^ of course know who 'vSi^^,'^^:^^''^::^''''''' ^^l- I-- Latin gate itself. ^" ^ ^^ '^""''^ '' sometuncs used for the ^r^- [canto V, 'gcil,' =' light,' tlic Itali'in and l--^fe,'(„kLT|). .„/,,, '^l'^ntc' is the par- ;i"aily therefore it of j)lea.suro days; X (our 'gallant'), means brave, in a lady's Jiorse. I-atin '|)aravere- 'A, and 'veredus,' "It w<,uM send Instance of forty dlc-y for winding ■ fi-Viig one foot 'J. and aj, plying and so v/inding iKHoi/r. ■oeh Vcnnachar, d came to nieaM laine." de." ■uiniiwitif, Och- I'eitli, between iated with per- L'tween the two Teith joins it. iscertained, by "P fiiini I.och to Fitz-James. e king hi ■,■ „ ." ^ 'il>pl> ) oi. , have a>M.l- , ). nis a nceuiess se know who Low Latin s used for the 51 ^^' CANTO v.] NOTES-TIIE COMBAT. 191 20.~yfta7aers! 7vii/iin whose circuit dread A Vow^las by his sm'cn-ion /■/,.,/. in 1451 William the then head of the house of Doiu-hs 1 -nan. of great puiu.cal activity at home and abroad had uuder to ,ecua' h,s puMUon, entered into a bond, or b^nd a it was called, with the Earls of Crawfurd and k.ss. O the i th of January, 1452 James II. invited him to visit him a Sth 1 mf Cattle, and after snpper wi.l,drew with him i o a "im er chi7 ber After much talk upon ,nd,lic matters, the k nTbade h n .eak these bands L)ou<,das refused. The 1 incj replfed ' Th' this shall,' and stabbed hiin twice Sir (>of,;,.w' ' .u up, .Id hni.hed the work'^Jh^!; X^^wS^l T,' In October, ,797, a human skeleton was foun £ ^"'1 England soon combined with Ihe nationa M^y^day palan of Robm Hood and Maid Marian, the Queen of Uie Miv if n^^ • ^H V'% '\^"' ^^"l"" ""od, Maid Marian 1 friar The hM°°;'''''"P^"*"' I'^™'-T"ck), a minstrel, aid a clown ihe hobby-horse was generally added to them and often X usher of the bower, or gentleman usher. E'nf Lf d "./i^" crs are found m Ben Jonson's Sad Shepherd, already referred to" which IS a thoroughly poetical version of h pageat q^^ If ^jii 192 THE LADY OF THE LAKE, [canto V. 'listinrtive feature of the monis- dancer, and indicative of his - Ru,, was the wcann,. bells upon the heel. (See stanxa 22. an ....te.) 1 he dance was kept uj; till the earlier part of the prese century I one saw U n London in 1S26. In Oxfordsh ro t is mans of the old costume. (Ciia.n.hkks, /.W- o//J.,ys, i. Lo- 03 J.) 1 here is a description of tl,e play in the\.//;/w. di xiv and Scotfs note. Its popularity was'a tfreat stumblinK-l k.ck to the Kelormers on each side of the border. It was forbidden n .SCO land by statute in 1555, but "it would seem, from the con piamts of the (.eneral Assembly of the Kirk, that these profane festivities were continued down to 1592. Bold Robin was n say the least equally successful in maintaining his grou I aSiS he reformed e e.-y of En,land ; for the siniple and evaiS ca Latnner complains of coniinj; to a country church, whire tS peop e refused to hear him because it was' Robin Hold's day^ pa^lilnl^Sio';'."'^'"^ ""'■" ^'" '' «'- -^y '« the JilSe IVav my priz,-. Cp. Odyssey, xxiv. So; t^i^pvural re vioi Kn) ^^o.ra. &eOXa: "get ready for ikl pri.es.^tjanh f^ tire nl.-^'T^''"' ?'f' •^'^^''. ''"''' "^'''" fi''"^- S'"'i"g Castle was al.eady one of the principal fortresses of Scotland in the tweS! century, and about the beginning of the fifteenth became a roya residence. A palace was erected within its walls by Tames V with whose history, as we have seen, it is intimatelj^associ.ated' It stands upon a lofiy rock, which commands the Forth The of'su;iing!' '"""'"'' '' '''"' '^'' 1'^^"^ ^^ '^^'^"P'^'l ^y tJ^e town Jcmut. A small Spanish horse; from Spanish 'gjnele ' a light horse soldier; said to come from the Arabic 'diund ' a soldier (Connected by others with the Greek yv).ur,r,,.) From lie sole her it was translerred, in French and English, to °he horse which he rode. ^ ' /<.;/- live the Cowmom^ A'h,., Aln^- y,u>ies ! The lines that r nc h? "t" ' r"-'^ '"'^''f' "\S'-^' I-t I'--'' to this iiamS James had done what was done by IJenry VII. in Eiu'lind and by Louis XL in Fiance ; that i^ had Striven to cS U^ lawless power of the nobles, and had sought the alliance of the commons or peop e of the towns. Shortly after the fall of theT'i; n' .^"'^ t tT}"" "'"' '>^1"''^'«^ "' t'^'^ lieutenancy o he Isles, a step which ed some of the Lowland lords to transfer then- allegiance to England. Later (1540), when the king made a piogress m the north, he took possession of some of the Iliph- land chiefs and brought tneni southward in captivity, as sureties lor the good behaviour of their clans. (Burton iii"i75 ) [canto V, idicative of his ! stanza 22, and t of the present )xf()nlsiiirc it is ire the only re- ' Days, i. 6jo- ■Ihbol, ch. xiv., ibling-ljlock to IS forbidden in from tlie com- t tiiese profane Robin was, to ground against nd evangelical ch, wlierc the 1 Hood's day ; to the village ral re vioi nal meaning the iig Castle was in the twelfth ccanie a royal by James V., ■ly associated. Forth. The I by the town h 'ginete,' a ic 'diund,' a r,r€s.) From iglish, to the 'he lines that to this name, in England, to check the lliance of the r the fall of ieutenancy of Js to transfer le king made of the Iligh- y, as sureties • I75-) i- i CANTO v.] NOTES-TIIE COMDAT. which pa.ts thL Caile S.'uhe '..^..f '''"^ '''"'' "'^' ^-^1''^^"^''^. fusti.ui spanirlcl. '^'' '^ t," he spoke irown off, hut e king looked r man !)ey;ge{I ve it hinV, so it, was "red. efTrey objects to have the IS in a line, J'arK-rt is in n its church nannan, : was a ram 169 — CANTO v.] NOTES-TIIE COMBAT. »95 ' dicay And moralise on the i...„_^ Of .'cotlhh sfrenqtk in modern day. inii,f.;:;j.',S' ^p- -"■ "■5> -»-;.;; pS„r,h.n',; Fort;;' iihKf.'f''"'''7f '"'•'; ^" '""=»" ""'o iv. 27 .i;^^riv;:;;-^zii!:^t; ^5';5i;;— r "•° 26.-/'<,.i, Rabble. See i. 4, and note. ^^Ii'oCuL\t ""'^' '" '^'^ ^'>'^'^' ^^^<= °r four miles fyJJ,^f'^- /'■'^"''^ 'f"^^'"''' f^^ti" 'firlelitns' 'faith ■ Movnitv ' ivuio',0 s male expires. A bold insMnr^ of ^, '• '"y'^''y- not a widow till he expires prolcpsis. She is 2(j.~As tempests melt in rain. Thi^ rnmn.,v;=.^« ■ one. Cp. Tennyson, sonj. in die P^^i^^T-1 "' ' '°"'"^°" <;i,ni „ " V-'"^ s"'n""-r tempest cnme her tears " bhakespeare, I cm,o*.|^°'to.t; VHrfo'r'rVicar, » vr. VI. The warder's challcn;:e, heard without. Sta.d m m,d-roar the merry shout. ' A soldier to the portal went— Here IS old I^ertram, sirs, of Ghent- And-beat for jubilee the drum' ' A maid and minstrel with him come ' Bo-.ram, a Fl- ji,ing, gray and scaVrcd Was entenng n*ow the Court r.f Guard A harper w,th him, and in plaid AU mufHed close, a mountain maid \V ho backward shrunk to 'scape the view 'Who. '' '.?T ^"^ boisterous crew What news ?' they roared .— ' ] only know rrom noon till eve we fought with foe "^^ As wild and as untameable ' As the rude mountains where they dwell- On both suies store of blood is lost, ' Nor much success can either boast '— But whence thy captives, friend ? Such snoil nin^'' ""^^'^ '■^^^^^•d thy toil ^°'^ Old dost thou wax, and wars grow sharo- Thou now hast glee-maiden and harp ! R. [canto vr. black-jack, ck; o sly, Jlativ eye ; vicar } c not? pot ; rch, ler Church. vicar i V, spoil tu i.'Vj ^. ^ '^^' „0, ^.; IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) fe A // :/. 5r «:/. 1.0 I.I 11.25 M, 1116 Phofc^raphii Sdences Corporation 33 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 iV ■^^ >^ %"^".^ ^^" ^ ,> s^ ..^ <^4 L'P t^.- f/j CANTO VI.] THE GUARD-ROOM. Get thee an ape, and trudge the land, The leader of a juggler band.' 201 VI r. 'No, comrade; no such fortune m'ne. After the fight these sought our line, That aged harper and the girl, And, having audience of the Earl, Mar bade I should purvey them steed And bring them hitherward with speed, torbcir your mirth and rude alarm. For none shall do them shame or harm ' Hear ye his boast .?' cried John of Brent, Ever to strife and jangling bent ; 'Shall he strike doe beside our lodge, And yet the jealous niggard grudge To pay the forester his fee ? I '11 have my share, huwe'er it be, Despite of Moray, Mar, or thee.' 15crtram his forward step withstood • And, burning in his vengeful mood, ' Old Allan, though unfu for strife, Laid hand upon his dagger-knife'; Hut Ellen boldly stepped between. And dropped at once the tartan screen: bo, from his jnorning cloud, appears The sun of May, through sunnner tears. I he savage soldiery, amazed, As on descended angel gazed ; Even hardy Brent, abashed and tamed, Stood half admiring, half ashamed. VIII. Boldly she spoke—' Soldiers, attend ; My father was the soldier's friend ; Cheered him in camps, in marches led, And with him in the battle bled. Not from the valiant, or the strong, Should exile's daughter suffer wrong.' Answered De Brent, most forward still In every feat or good or ill — i: r 202 THE LADY OF THE LAKE, [canto vi. 'I shame me of the part I played : And thou an outlaw's child, poor maid ! An outlaw I by forest laws And merry Ncedwood knows the cause Poor Fose-if Rose be livinir now,' he wiped his iron eye and brow, Muse bear such age, I think, as thou. Hear ye, my mates;-! go to call 1 le Captam of our watch to hall • 1 licre lies my halbert on the lloor; • And ho that steps my halbcrt o'er, Jo do the maid injurious part, My shaft shall quiver in hts heart '— Yr:Hi?:;:!^!Kh'-j'^^ting,ough: »e all know John do Brent. Enough.' IX. Jnfir ?rf *""'," '^']"',^' ^ ^'''^"''^"t young- (Of rulhbardine's house he spiun-O Nor wore he yet the spurs of knight • Uxy was his mien, his humour light And, though by courtesy controlled ' n'u'T'^. Jj's speech, his bearing bo' ' 1 he high-born maiden ill could bnw 1 he scanning of his curious look And dauntless cye;-and yet, in sooth, Voung Lewis was a generous vouth ; L It Lilen's lovely face and mien, II suited to the garb and scene, Might lightly bear construction stran-o And give loose fancy scope to range. ' Welcome to Stirling to.vers, fair maid ! Come ye to seek a champion's aid. On palfrey white, with harper hoar. Like errant damosel of yore ? Does thy high quest a knight 'require, Or may the venture suit a squire?'— '^'utn'^'' 'I'-^^'^^d ;-.she paused and sighed-^ O what have I to do with pride '— —Through scenes of sorrow, shame, and strife A suppliant for a father's life, ' E. [canto VI. 1! 0. ighed— strife. CANTO VI.] THE GUARD-ROOM. I crave an audience of the Kinij Lchultl, to back my suit, a rinfr" Ihc royal plcd-e of grateful claims, Given by the Monarch to Fitz-Jamcs' X. The sicrnct-ring young Lewis took, U itn deep respect and altered look • And said--' This ring our duties ..wn ; And paroon, if to worth unknown, In semblance mean obscurely veiled Lady, in aught inv folly failed ' Soon as the day flings wide his gates, 1 he King shall know what suitor waits, lease you, meanwhile, in fitting bower Kepose you till his waking hour • P emale attendance shall obey ' Vnir best, for service or array, 'crmit I marshal you the way.' Lut, ere she followed, with the grace And open bounty of her race She bade her slender purse be shared Ainong the soldiers of the puard 1 he rest with thanks their guerdon too':; Hit Brent with shy and awkward look, On the reluctant maiden's hold Forced bluntly back the proffered gold: Forgive a haughty English heart, And O forget its rt-der part ! The vacant purse shall be my share, Uhich m my barret-cap I '11 bear 1 crchance in jeopardy of war, \V here gayer crests may keep afar.' VVith thanks-'twas all she could-thc maid His rugged courtesy repaid. XL When Ellen forth with Lewis went, ^Mi ""/"^^ '"'^ '° J"hn of Brent ;- My lady sale, O let your grace Uive me to see my master's faco I 203 204 THE LADY OK TIIK LAKE, [canto vi. His minstrel I— to share his doom Ijoimd from the cradle to the tomb. Tenth in descent, since first my sires Waked for his noble house their lyres Nor one of all the race was known ' IStit prized its weal above their own. With the Chief's birth bc^Mps our caic • Our harp must soothe the infant iioir, ' Teach the youth tales of fight, and iM-acc His earliest feat of field or chase ; In peace, in war, our rank we keep. We cheer his board, we soothe his sleep, Nor leave him till we pour our verse— A doleful tribute .'—o'er his hearse. Then let me share his captive lot ; It is my right— deny it not !'— * Little we reck,' said John of Brent, We southern men, of long descent ; Nor wot we how a name— a worti— Makes clansmen vassals to a lord : Yet kind my noble landlord's part.— God bless the house of Beaudesert I And, but I loved to drive the deer, " More than to guide the labouring steer, I had not dwelt an outcast here. Come, good old Minstrel, follow me ; Thy Lord and Chieftain shalt thou sec.' : ; t XII. Then, from a rusted iron hook, A bunch of ponderous keys he took, Liglited a torch, and Allan led Through grated arch and passage dread. I'ortals they passed, where, deep within, Spoke prisoner's moan, and fetters' din ; Through rugged vaults, where, loosely stored, Lay wheel, and axe, and headsman's sword, And many an hideous engine grim, For wrenching joint, and crushing limb, By artist formed, who deemed it shame And sin to give their work a name. ^E. [canto VI. cc •p, :L torcd, J id, CANTO VT.] THE GUARD-ROOM. They halted at a Iou-l,rou'od porch ,]Un(,taclunj;con; for the clay ^m.UKhIof,v gratings found its u-ay, J u.ked the sad walls and oaken lloor ■ S ch as the n.gged days of old ' ' erT. ' sfi'/'n 'T'' ""'^'^'^ J'">^1- An r,'l"" ,"'?. ""■■ I"''' '"-' 'I"-"-. 205 XIII. As the tall ship, whose lofty prore Shall never stem the hiUoJs nore Deserted by her gallant band ' Amul the breakers lies astran'.-. And oft h,s fevered li,i,bs he threw O! how unlike her course at sea !'~ Or his free step on hill and lea •-! Soon as the Minstrel he could scan -' What of thy lady ?- of niv cl m'? Myrnother?--&oug!as?-tS'n^"l , ii.uc Ihcy been ruined in my fall? p 20fl THE LADY OF TllK LAKI^. [canto vi. Ah, yes I or wherefore art thou here ' Yet si)eak-spcak b(;I{lIy_do not fcar.'^ (J- or Allan, who his mood well knew. Was choked with grief and terror too.)- Who fouyht— who lied ?— Old man be h '-/.^ Some m.ght~for they had lost their Chief. \\ho basely hvc?-wlio bravely died ?'- >. calm thee. Chief." the Minstrel cried ^ Kllcn IS safe ;-< For that thank I leaven I' And hopes are for the Douglas given ;- i he Lady Margaret too is well, And, for thy clan— on field or fell, Has never harj) of minstrel told, Of combat fought so true and bold. 1 ly stately I'inc is yet unbent, 1 hough many a goodly bough is rent.' XIV. The Chieftain reared his form on hi^h And fever's fire was in his eye ; " liut ghastly, pale, and livid streaks Chequered his swarthy brow and cheeks. --Hark, Minstrel ! I have heard thee play. With measure bold, on festal day In yon lone isle, . . . again where ne'er bliall harper play, or warrior hear ' That stirring air that peals on high.' er Dermid's race our victory.- - Strike it .'-and then (for well thou canst). F rce from thy minstrel-spirit glanced, !• ling me the picture of the fight. When met my clan the Saxon might. 1 11 listen, till my fancy hears The clang of swords, the crash of spears I These grates, these walls, shall vanish then. For the fair held of fighting men, ' And my free spirit burst away, As if it soared from battle-fray.' The trembling bard with awe obeyed— Slow on the harp his hand he laid ; But soon remembrance of the sight He witnessed from the mountain's height. With what old Bertram told at night, CANTO vr.] THE GUARD-ROOM. Awakened the full power of son^, AiKl bore him in career alon- .±' As sha lop launched on river^ tide, i hat s ow and fearful leaves the side, U.t, when It feels the middle strcrm Duves downward swift as lightning' beam. 207 XV. BATTLE OF r.EAL' AN DUINE. 'The minstrel came once more to view The eastern ridgw of Benvenuc tor, ere he parted, he would say Farewell to lovely Loch Achray- i^^fc shal he find, in foreign land So lone a lake, so sweet a stmnd " ' i here is no breeze upon the fern. ^o ripple on the lake, Upon her eyry nods the erne, 1 he deer has sought the brake ; The small birds will not sing aloud, i he springing trout lies still, Thnf = ^lr'''°"'' y"" thunder-cloud, 'i".Sc?isS^i;sr-p^-'^-^. Is It the thunder's solemn sound Ihat mutters deep and dread. Or echoes from the groaning ground The warrior's measured ta-ad ? Is It the lightning's quivering glance That on the thicket streams? Or do they flash on spear and lance 1 he sun's retiring beams? —I see the dagger-crest of Alar I see the Moray's silver star, ' Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war," That up the lake comes winding far I 1 o hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, Twere worth ten years of peaceful life. One glance at their array | ^ 20S Till.: LA1,V OF TIIK LAKE, [canto VI. XVI. 'Their li-lit-iiniunl archers far and near hurvcyal tlie tangled j^noiind, 'lliLir ccnlrc ranks, with pike and spear, A twili-ht forest frowned, • Their barbed h(Mscnien, in the rear 'I'he stern IjaltaHa cro.vned ' No cymbal clashed, no chirion ranff Still were the pipe and drum; Save heavy tread, and armour's chmcr I lie sullen march was dumb. "" Tliere breathed no wind their crests to shake, ^ Or wave their tla-s abroad; ' Sc.irce the frail aspen seemed to quake, 1 hat shadowed o'er tlieir road. Their vainvard scouts no tidings" brin^ Can rouse no lurking foe, Nor spy a trace of Ii\ing thing. Save when thev stirred the roc; The host moves, like a deep-sea wave \\ here rise no rocks its pride to brave High-swelling, dark, and slow. Ihe lake is passed, and now they gain A narrow and a broken plain, 15efore the-Trosachs' rugged jaws • Ami here the horse and"si)earmen'p.uise. \\ hile, to explore the dangerous glen, Uivc through the pass the archer-men. XVII. I At once there rose so wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the liends, from heaven that fell Had pealed tlie banner-cry of hell ! ' Forth from the pass in tumult driven Like chat} before the wind of heaven ' '1 he archery appear : ' For life ! for life ! their plight they ply— And shriek, and shout, and battle-cry And plaids and boni.ets waving high ' And broadswords Hashing to the sky' Arc maddening in the rear. [canto VI. ikc, fl 11 ^' ■| II ii CANTO VI.] THE GUARD-ROOM. Onward they drive, in dreadful race, liirsuers and pursued; Before that tide of flight and chase, Iluw shall It keep its rooted phce, ^^ 1 he spearmen's twili-^lu wood ?- Atoncelay levelled low; And closely shouldering side to side, It) 'i"S*''^^ ■'^''^^^i^^c mountaineer As their 1 inchel cows the game • We II drive them back as tame " 209 I i- XVIII. 'Bearing before them, in their course, I he rehcs of the archer force, Like wave with crest of sparkling foam K.^dn onward did CIan-Alpi„e come ' Above the tide, each broadsword bright Was brandishing like beam of Jicdit 1Y''^'.\^'^''«'C^^'^s dark below; And \Mth the ocean's mightv swing, U hen hea\-,ng to the tempest's wim-, 1 hey hurled them on the foe. I lieard the lance's shivering crash As when the whirlwind rends the a';h • I heard the broadsword's deadly cl.m.^ As if an hundred anvils ran^^"e wait, \\ here the rude Trosachs' dread defil? Opens on Katrine's lake and Se.-'^^" OKiy Lcnvenue I soon repassed Loch Katnne lay beneath me cist 1 he sums set ;-the clouds are met Ihe lowering scowl of heaven ' An mky hue of livid blue i o the deep lake has given ; fe -l-if-"' heard .hcsSircno?" if ^hat parts not but with partin.M fe ' Scorning, to minstrel-ear to toTl ' Tlie dirge of many a passing soul. Nearer it comes-the dim-wood glen The martial tlood disgorged agenf E. [canto VI. CANTO VI.] THE GUARD.ROOM. But not in mingled tide ; The plaided warriors of the North High on the mountain timnder forth And overhang its side ; While by the lake below appears The dark'ning cloud of Saxon spears. At weary bay each shattered band, Kycing their foemcn, sternly stand ! Their banners stream like tattered i-,ail Tliat flings its fragments to the gale, And broken arms and disarray Marked the fell havock of the day. Z^II XX. •Viewing the mountain's ridge askance. The Saxon stood in sullen trance, Till Moray pointed with his lance. And cried—" Behold yon isle!— See ! none are left to guard its strand, But women weak, that wring the hand : 'Tis there of yore the robber band Their '^ooty wont to pile ; — My purse, with bonnet-pieces store, To him will swim a bow-shot o'er. And loose a shallop from the shore. Lightly we '11 tame the war-wolf then. Lords of his mate, and brood, and den." Forth from the ranks a spearman sjjrung, On earth his casque and corslet rung, He-plunged him in the wave ;— All saw the deed— the purpose knew, And to their clamours Benvenue A mingled echo gave ; The Saxons shout, their mate to cheer, The helpless females scream for fear, And yells for rage the mountaineer. 'Twas then, as by the outcry riven. Poured down at once the lowering heaven ; A whirlwind swept Loch Katrine's breast, Her billows reared their snowy crest. Well for the swimmer swelled they high To mar the Highland marksman's eye • ' flia THE LADY OF TJIE LAKE. I marked DuncXlr^nl ''•''"'' ^^"" "•"iio;-- ^ANTO VI. .^> XXL inat moticn ceased-— v«f t:'^,M'"c, Var^d his ,00k !;^2h.^t^^^r"^ At tngth, no more his deafened ' The minstrel melody can hear T ^ if -■ ft' AN To Vi. 1 liail, 110 ; — CANTO VI.] TIIK CUAkD-ROONf. His f;icc grows sluiip-his hands arc clonrlicd ^t: arc Jus tocth, Ins fadiiiL' eye Is stcr.Uy fixed on vacancy ; I hue iii,^«;,,„l . - 1 ' ' . • 13 1 : — J hus, niotionlLss, and nioanlrss, drew IS pamng breath, stout Roderick Olu Old Allan-banc looked on a-habt, \Vlnlegrnn and still his spirit passed; 'Ut whon he saw that life was lied, lie poured his wailin- ucr the dead. XXI r. LAMKXT. 'And art thou cold and lowly lain rhy foemen's dread, thy pe(,i)lc's aid, lircadalbanes boast, Clan-Alpine's shade ! i-or thee shall none a requiem say? —I* or thee— who loved the minstrel's h-. For thee, of Both well's house the stay ' 1 he shelter of her exiled line, t.cn m this prison-house of thine, 1 11 wad for Alpine's honoured I'inc ! 'What groans shall yonder valleys fdl 1 What shrieks of grief shall rend von hill ' VN Mat tears of burning rage shall'thrill, \\ hen mourns thy tribe thy battles done, 1 iiy fall before the race was won, i hy sword ungirt ere set of sun ! fhere breathes not clansman of thy line liut would have given his life for ihinc.-l U woe for Alpine's honoured Pine ! •Sad was thy lot on mortal stao-e '— The captive thrush mav brook the ca"c. The prisoned eagle die's for rage. BraA'c spirit, do not scorn my strain 1 And, when its notes a^vake again, cK^n ^^^' ^° '°"^ beloved in vain, A J ^^"'? "^y ^'^^''P ''C"" ^0'<-'e combine, And mix her wop nnd tears with mine; io wail Clan-Alpme's honoured Pine' 214 THE LADY OF THE LAKE [canto vz. XXIII. Ellen, the while, with bursting heart Remained m lordly bower apart, ' Where played, with many-coloured .Weams Through stoned pane the rising beams In vam on gilded roof they falf ' And lightened up a tapestried v^all, And for her use a menial train A rich collation spread in vain. The banquet proud, the chamber gay Or If she looked, 'twas but to say, ^ ' VVith better omen dawned the day In that lone isle, where waved on hi^rh The dun-deer's hide for canopy ; "^ Where oft her noble father shared The simp e meal her care prepared, Bert ^"^'■^',^':o"ching by her side Her station claimed with jealous pr de, w ^74^5' bent on woodland game Spoke of the chase to Malcolm cS Whose answer, oft at random made ' The wandering of his thoughts betrayed - Those who such simple joys have kn nvn Aie aught to prize them vvhen they 're gJnc But sudden, see, she lifts her head ' ^ The window seeks with cautious tread What distant music has the power lo win her in this woeful hour ! Twas from a turret that o'erhung Her latticed bower, the strain wis sung ^ f XXIV. LAY OF THE IMPRISONED HUNTSMAN. [u^i^r^ ' V''^^.°/ P"'^^^ ^"d hood, My die greyhound loathes his food. i\ly horse is weary of his stall And 1 am sick of captive thrall. 1 wish I were as I have been. Hunting the hart in forest green .:< '■ i CANTO VI.] THE GUARD-ROOM. S^h''.'."'^?^ ^T ?"^ bloodhound free, t or that 's the hfe is meet for me I hate to learn the ebb of time From yon dull steeple's drowsy chime. Or mark it as the sunbeams crawl. i?/^^after inch, along the wall. 1 he lark was ^vont my matins rin- Ihc sable rook my vespers sin.- These towers, although a king's they b- Have not a hall of joy for me No more at dawning morn I rise. And sun myself in Ellen's eyes, Drive the fleet deer the forest through. And homeward wend with evening dew • A blithesome welcome blithely meet ' And lay my trophies at her feet, ' \V hile lied the eve on wing of glee^ That life is lost to love and me '' XXV, The heart-sick lay was hardly said, 1 he list ner had not turned her head, It trickled still, the startin- tear When light a footstep struck her ear, And Snowdoun's graceful Knight w;..s near ^he turned the hastier, lest a.ain The prisoner should renew hii strain ^ O welcome, brave Fitz-James,' sIk- said ; How may an almost orphan maid Pay the deep debt' ' O say not so ! lo me no gratitude you owe Not mine, alas ! the boon to o-ive And bid thy noljle father live*^ ' I can be but thy guide, sweet maid, \\Uh Scotland's King thy suit to aid. No tyrant he, though ire and pride May lay his better mood aside Come Ellen, come .'-'tis more than time, Sr \i'^^ ^'^ "'"''^ ''If morning prime ' With bnjit no- Ti,-irf -,,,1 ' i"i'ii<-. ^Y.Lii L r.u.ig ntart, and uosom wruii"- As to a brother's arm she chin-. ''' 2i; 216 THE LADV OF TIIE LAK ^.^"'L^ ^'R "^"9^ the fallin I Till, I" [canto VI. tear, ml gently wl.ispcred hope unci cheer. A poiul arch unfolded \WcIe. XXVI. Within 'twas brilliant all and li-ht agWeconKllen'sda^Ic^s^f' ^s u hen the setting sun has driven 1 en thousand hues to sun.n kt ev n ■^vncl from their tissno f-.n,... / ' Aerial k,,i ,„„ „',:' '■'Sht to read, That brought this happy chance to speed - 2r8 THE I ' M I-^nV OF THE LAKE. rcANxo vt Ves Ellen, when dis.;„isal I stnv I" l.fc's more low but hap, ier v J ' IS under name wli.-,-), K y* Nor falsely ve^sioH?,' '">' ^''''''' Of yore the n L *"/^?f"^'"gs tuuer , lius watch I o'er insnl «n4!"'~-'"'™=- A^; .".?, '""''.••■I"" and low, wi,a'id"d^s;,"s;-rr ■"-"<"•'" Wi>a, va„if;^;:iS'':'.-. She craved the grace of RocW S nt. Forbear thv suit ■ ti.= i" J^ ^""- — Alone cmsiT k^l'^l^'"S.''' ^ngs 1 know his heLr,£ "his- Have shared his chepr ^Jrt ,' . My fairest earldom v^ufdl S"' '" '^^^'^^^ £ast'fh?'"-^^PK'"^'^ Chieftain live !- No ntL. " "° ?^^^' '^^o" to crave? Blushtj 'f ''^^ ^'■'■^"^ to save.'' iSiushmg, she turned her from Vi,« i'- And to the Douglas gave the ring, '''"^' KE. fCANTO Vt ■ K CANTO VI.] THE GUARD.ROO.Nf. As if she wisl.cd her sire to speak And s ubborn justice holds her course f alcolm, come fort], !' And, at the w^rd Down kneeled the Cnrmc to Sco Ian "s ?' nl /or thee, rash >outh. no suppl a es I- rom thee n>ay Vengeance cliini her dues JVlio. nurtured underneath our smile ' Hast pa,d our eare by trcaclK.rou vile, And sought, amid thy faithful clan, ' A refuge for an outlawed man, Dishonouring thus thy Inval name.- fetters and warder for the Crame i ' His Cham ofgold the King unstrung i he links o'er Alalcoini's neck he llmV^ Then gent y drew the glittering ba I -' And laid the clasp on Ellen's hand. ' 319 Harp of the North, farewell t Tino i,;n , , Tlw K "^'^"^ ^•■'^=^^' thy wilder minstrel V-' And herd-boy's evenin, pipe, ,„„ h°m „?ho„sing bee. Yet once again farewell, tlioii Nrinstrel H irn 1 That 1 o'erhve =uch woes, Enchantress'.iT/ihine own. il i Eli ■- 2 20 TIIK LADY OF THE LAKE. fcANTO VI. ^ A wandering, witrl, , o Tf h '?'■'-"'-''>' '"■'"?? And now, 'tis ^ikn al l^i^^d'^^^^^^^ ' l^ncJiantrcss, fare thcc ivdl I ^^^'- [canto VI. ire, itring! II. -ing e thcc u'cll i ml NOTES CANTO vr. Iwttle, tl,ey are joined Iw „ne ' ;V; "? '""T"'"-^ of yesterday's field, and LingJ wi him " m^ den' "" "' ^^-^^hasbeen in tho Allan Bane). ^They are it fi^a i "'',''' '"'"'"■^' <'^"'^" '-^"'l '■outjbly; but the St off f>'-^i'o.sed to treat the maiden -nisirt^une. .oucrt'i^e ^a "f're'nS"*'^' ."^^^ •'^^^ -^'-y" Pany, who becomes her chamn^nn l '■"'J^'''f ' '" ^'^'"^ ^'O'"- by ti,e officer of the guard who ^^ J '^f V^>'J''ey are joined commits the lady to pro, e c'a i whiL >/' "r ^'='-^ni<^s's ring, man who had interfirec , g. ams llhV "^ ^'"^nt. the guards^ But, fancying that the minsi if t ''t'^."'''' '" ^^^"^ ^^'s '"--^^ter. he showsini into e v on, 1 Ty, '^ ^°''^™k'^ clansmen chief. After anxious enn° heSls . ^ r ''"^', '^'^ ^"""''^^ Roderick asks news o? tr igh^ am Ihf ^'-^ °^'"^ '^■■"^''•<^''' verse, smgs the battle of BenP nn 1 i, ?'"'"'!-^'' '" ^P"'''^'' doubiful Iwihe arrival of n ,. ^^"'"e.-whose issue was left to.stay the'fight. n/efor hri;?d''fi'"7 ''^i !^'"^^ "■'''' "-'^- sp.nt had fl?d, and the tinstrel' nJo'''^'' ^''' ^""^ ''^^ ^t^"-" battle-song to denth-dirge '''''' ^ '''^"^P changes Us tune from ber to the audience chamber Fa tern<:-^''?'1 ''','P'^''^'"'' ^^ escort the kmg, and sees to her su mrisi ^hn?-!, " ^"°''' """""^l 'o fnul mams covered, and '\sLSif^ V • YT '°'"''^''^"'°" ^'on^ re- He tells her how the feuTuS n. T " ^'^"''^"^'s king." her father is now to be " he f L^ ^m 'f ^' ''^" '^"^'. ^"d 'bat But she |,as still the rhv. m "^ ","^ '^"'^^^^'"'^ "^ bis throne '' Roderick's life, but tl/^f i i .TXi '? Vnd" 'Z ''l^ ^^^'^ ^-• 1 J^^.-,i\ing, and when she shrinks I THE LADY OF THE LAKE, [canto v,. from further request the kinp calls forth Malcolm, and throws over lum a golden chain, which he gives to Ellen S keep! Lord Jeffrey has objected to the guard-mom scene and its accompanymg song as the greatest blemish in the whole ocm hcense when they were not on strict military "e,«h''it o"g. and yet it is difficult to see how V "our .nd". '"^, ^'^hout spoiling it. It is full of life and vigour and our only cause of surprise is that the lay should only come to a sud^ai stand when it is really completed: ^ Stanza i.~Caitiff; 'miserable wretch.' Latin 'captivus ' 'a VViclif has, "He ledde caitifte caitif;'' Chaucer "The rio, ^ Crcesus, caytfKn servage." Popular language Sas se .ed upon he degraded, despicable condition of the Captive, and he meT nesses which a serv.Ie position engenders, as in 'villain,' on he tr^^} ?T'' ^f.'^^^'-f' ^»d in 'knave,' on the treks and deceits of the serving-boy. Kind nurse of vim. Shakespeare, 2 Ifenry IV. iii. i— , "O gentle sleep, Natures soft nurse, how have I frighted thee?" P^i^let. According to Wedgwood, from the Gaelic 'peallaid,' asheep-skm.' , More probably the same as French 'paillasse' 'a bed of straw.' French 'paille,' Latin 'palea ' wSl'''< A'"^".^!/ originally a log of wood attached to the ankle. Welsh gefyn, Breton 'kef,' 'trunk of a tree;' French 'cep.' Latin cippus. ' ' Love-lorn. 'Lorn' is an old participle of 'leosen.' 'lesen ' our lose. Cp. 'for-^;-w,' German 'ver-/^;v//.' 2.~Bcakcr. A driuking-vessel. Italian ' bicchiere,' German kKE. [canto VI. alcolm, and tlirows ^llen to keep. Dom scene and its 11 llie whole poem, vliicli characterises rest upon incident ves us a vigorous ■ important part in wrder ; men who, ountry or for Iving, loured with every luty. The iec|uire- lied without these dter has made of nocence, and the eady to viiirate in o such a piece of es well with his e the poet himself ult to see how it ! full of life and le lay should only eted. tin 'captivus,* *a French 'chetir' icer, "The ricne : has seized upon >'e, and the mean- i 'villain,' on the m the tricks and /F. iii. I-- :1 thee?" jaelic 'peallaid,* -ench 'paillasse,' !a.' hed to the ankle. ;' French 'cep.' 'leosen,' 'lesen,' ;chiere,' German 1 § CANTO VI.] NOTES-TIIE GUARD-ROOM. 223 redt^dto embTs."^' wholly con.u.ned ; par.ly ....,, but not 3.~T/ic'Sf drew not for tlwir fields the sword, ' JAke tenants of a fntdal lord, Nor 07u,u'd the patriarchal claim OJ Chieftain in their leader's name: Adventurers they, • * ur/.i^S'f ,^i,sz ;i^sA"t str-"'' ^ M„..ey ,s,»nki„B of „ ^,S^, S hi? ,;" . "i'.'S l.flceiiages have passed cay, and i„' the piace of a 'h,„, , r continued in use Ull thrtime o Sr^e lil T '" •' ''^'^'' ''^"^ combine in one bill, glaive ancl pike^ "^^ ^' '''' '"'^"^^^ ^'^ In camps licentious, wild, and bold. Like thp Fr,>„.i c . pards. "They never mind ^vhat you do wht™ •' off ,'f " but_m,ssyou the roll-call, and see l.ou' tb^i^.^n, 'c"f 1^""^' gg^^O-. ix. Cp. the p.uure of th^ Jdi^l^^Sie;^ -4 THE LADY OF THE LAKE, f...™ v,. father's face."-SuRKKy Is /'"'f "^^•^"" '^^f^^e the clotted blood.) '"'"''"'''- » this wny on duty, and later anf g St U ler n.^ of'" '''^ f ''/ '^' '"'"^ ments M-e find such ex^^fes^ons as ' n^^ - ' '"'• '^'''' '""'"• "Unto hmi, which the head is ^°"^'^- W-.^.-. . X ,. ^"^'"e"^'"C'^''''''fw/ shall /w,v" liness and heal gS .^fi^^^^^^^ =!"'» i» tlie i''"-" \\r V^^"''"^ '^'O''*'^ sails P^ 7- , ,-, Winnowed the /^i,xow air " c z , ,. A daughter fair ho fiuxom, bhtlie, and debonmir " V' .f // Sec, u..a .<.;n^J;™™, ii 4 in i.s o,'i™ nl Z^sfl'''"' ''■ ^.v..„i,,^-^:;S-,S-.»^:;Sis: fVKE. [CANTO VI. 'talk,' though from ccd so rts to (Imw voiinci made by the ■IS not always l^eea lie son before the nud, mire; hence vi,' German 'gati,' == 'villager.' Tlie [ forty shilhngs by ■ in the election of en called upon to em, 'summoned by came in this way nsy step the n/wy 1- In legal docu- 'pi vexentur hosti- 'Hostem facere," from 'bugan,' to io Gower — 'le lavve."— /^/,v-j of commendation ,'race of figure, as I tlie idea of live- "ing. "A />„Avm tliat of a flexible ^(?«'W,-, i. 9, 37, L' Allegro, 24. use — ost ices. Chaucer, Konne CANTO vr,l NOTES-TIIE GUARD-ROOM. ,,3 0/,/A/o lality, clK.p. vii ' °^ M'lmvood's own brewing."! K.;S':n:f;vtf£ethet;cWu;"'' ^^'^''"">'' ^-^ Avarice I'k. i. cam,, 4.^ '""^ '''^'-' 'P""" "» Spenser's Faerie Queem- (Wc havfe also Ca.^T" if' K^ of.3"ur excellent ./...,/? or these are Mveet. no"^: d y t'incs' S ^^^ '-^I'l-pn'a.ely ; been cons.,le,e,l applienl.le To -iVl'u r! "'^^o''' ■^-'^"'■s to havj , f^.>v,x Generally founrl in Vi''^^' •["•'''■'^"'''' ^'^'^^ ^"", i- 2. 'Ul-see iMise, the LuS Wvn ll "■" ■ T'^-^^-^ l^u'.ch.' or So J'.eauniont and FietcL. < ''' '" "'^" ^^"'^1' fasi ion [-shion. .'The l.owir h rst hi"'^'"'-"-"l'^ '" ^•-^'> '» luMv London heer " f/V ' »^. /. V? "P'^'-T-Jinglish,' strtn.^ n.iMaken it for a'noun '' '^'"'^' '^- 4-) -Scott seems toft a mniniscii^o?'^;; i.rnoIIfiSiTniM I f'"'^""'^"^!" '« ^aid to be iMdanese by l-Vederic i)nr ilr " i'n S"'-"'',V''"'^''-^'' "!>"" "'^ insult a native of Milan he w oul.i ' ,^'-, l^- "■ '"^" ^vishe.I to '"ont by putting his thund^ ; .'eLT"'' ^» «' ^'-is punish- and thrusting it out at hin>. K -c C' . fni 'T'r '"'' f"'^""'' fi"fier Wevert, to l,ave l>een also an S c ent JmI ' ''^""- ^^' '-^PP^-^-^-S mon form of inM>li, or snmof ^ , '"' ''''""" became a com found all over Juuv.e'lls'Lr '■',"'''• '"'^ ""^ expression L -ay, by pmting uL thu b" o E'nS'°"y^^"' '" ^^'^^^^^ ^;-^hf^.iSy^--"o-:^^cfi:;i't^ iticket. ---• (Derivation uncertiin 1 4 wearer of a petticoat, in tiS a me ^'o„ .1 /''°'^' '""'' ^° '^^ coat government. Love is cal e '' T f ^ "''' .^"'-" '^I'''-''^'^ of petti- Z,.w^. iv. 3_ ' '• ^" lieaumont and LJeteher, Hum Was that brave hmi-f r^-, 1 ^ /'<'/is used in tl^e I'n'e 4'"S^t'r"' '^^ \P^<"=^^-t?" Th.s (,gure is called mctony„?v the th „' l^r' ^^''''^'^ '^ ^""tains. acconipammcnt (Greek ^^rd -\oL 'F T'^ "''"^'^^' '^X ^ome 226 TIiK lADY OF THE LAKE, [cvnto vi. lurch. The same word as « lurk,' to lie in wait, to be on the look-out for, sometimes to lie in wait, so as to get a thing first, so to rob. Coriolaniis, ii. 2 — "He lurcht all swords o' the garland." A ship lurches when it dips, so as to be lost in tlie trough of the .waves. ().—I\f!nstrd. The same word as 'minister.' Provencal 'menestral'== 'artisan.' "Confined in process of time to those who mniisicrud to the amusement of the rich by music and jesting." Glee-maiden. A necessary attendant of \.\\c joni;leur, or jii','- gler, tliough she sumetimes went about unaccompanied. TiTe readers of the Fair Maid of Perth will remember Louise. Gel thee c.n ape. "Tlie facetious qualities of the ape soon rendered him an acceptable addition to the strolling band of the jongleur. lien Jonson, in his sp! ■netic introduction to the comedy o{ Bartholoinac Fair, is at p.iins to inform the audience 'that he has ne'er a sword-and-bucklcr man in his fair, nor a juggler with a well-educated ape, to come over the chain for the Kmg of England, and back again for the Prince, and sit still on his haunches for the Pope and the King of Spain."— Sccrrr. I.—Puniey. French 'pourvoii,' to provide. In a royal progress the piai'eyors were hose vho went before to collect provisions, tfle sale of which they cou.d enforce, asthe /;,!;/.''y/.w- secured lodging. '"" Tartan fcieen. The tartan served a Scotch maiden as 1 veil ; so of Jeanie De.ans: "The want of the scree, 1, which was drawn over the head like a veil, she supplied by a bon-grace.'" 8. — Need7(wod, in Staffordshire. Formerly a royal forest in the Trent' Valley ().—7ulli/)ardine ("the bard's knoll"), near Auchter.irder, in Perthshire, an old seat of the Murrays, which was their residence and designation till they acquired the AthoU estates and title by marriage. Spurs were the natural mark of the ' eques ' or knight. Come ye to seek a champion's aid, On palfrey white, with harper hoar, Li/ce errant damoscl of yore ? Compare the picture which Spenser gives of Una in the letter to Sir W. Ralegh prefixed to the Faerie Qiteene : " Soone after entred a fiiire Ladye in mourning weedes, riding oh a white Asse, with a dwarfe behind her leading a warlike steed, that bore the armes of a knight, and his speare in the dwarfe's hand. Shee, falling before the Queene of Faeries, comiuayned that her father and mother had been by a huge dragon many years shut up in a E. [CVNTO VI. ■ait, to be on the get a thing first, 1(1." lie trough of the er.' rroven9al ime to those who icand je.stinjj." OHi^liur; or jii;^- •inpanied. The :r I,ouise. if tlie ape soon iiiiLj hand of the •chttlion to tiie iin the audience 1 his fair, nor a he chain for tiie , and sit still on II." — SC(JTT. e. In a royal icfore to collect as the /lai/ iiis^rr laiden as ^ veil; cii, which was a bon-grace." le Trent' Valley Liichterarder, in i their residence lies and title by • knight. na in the letter ; " Soone after in a white Asse, 1, that bore tlie s hand. Shee, that her father irs shut up in a 13- ^/« Latin niakin vessel a bettt 14.- %vhei( O'er brated traditin quire to ' ''""° ^'^ NOTES-THE GUARD-ROOM. ,,y Compare also Tcnnyson'w/l;;;':^":,;;; /!;):,:.;;; ^"" ""^ "P'«y'-" ^^,o.-/V.../, /.,,,,,„, ^„ unusual co„.truc.io„. undc.tan.l .1, coarse clo.h. The • bmeUa • i I " ''"'■"' '"" ' ''y^'-'"'S ' tical costume. '^ '"" '^^™« ••* V^n of ccclesias- f;nn;;Tso^.^^S;;.^^;:t;,f^n ^"'M- "- si'cech is ll'c chief to ho Roderick ''""''^ naturally suppose r.cnel, w.,..,, V,,,,. . hroUen'; c!:;'^), ^;.^r;^- ^'--e the I he l.fte.l axe, the agonizing wheel *^■"" Luke suonerowr,. and I..,!^; ■'.e.l of steel." •I'^N'e.-' For the ehS of liue? °' ''"" "^ f '^^^r;' German , >'-^««Ar.«. An unde .^n.u,Kn Ws ; T^^^ 'task' and 'tax.' Jon,' 'the lar^^e tower^n a Ln e ?"• l^' '{^"'^ V""''^ ^' ' c\uu. r.;.mW.ther t.' Latm^loninS '.'' ''""'?' '"'^' which from 'somnium.' «ommio, 'domnio.' Cp. 'songe,' Garniture; ' furnili o,' 'tanesfrv ' p l , 'Kuarnire.'relatcl tn y^rer ' '^ toTnnk 7?''' ^""''■'' ^'^''-''n equiyalct). to 'ware.' "^So ,' is 'to J^J' ' '\' ''7 '^''»'-» ' (its Icelandic 'K-ekna.' 'Vo?^e '' '"'^■*^' ' ^ '^'^^'<-''-' ' 'a physician;' Latin 'prora/'prow.' 13.-/W L^";toT° ?Sh;,;j;iit^r^' Vr- '^^^ ' ^^ ^--"^ ^<^r^^, "taking head against ther^^Aiy oife wTof "'^ '""''-''5 vessel break up will feel the force of ^t,^- ^^ '^^" ^ ^''•'^"'iL'd a better notion'^of strength mSk helpless '''' ^°''""S g'^<^« • wltTn?:;';^^^: ' "■'"■• °"^ °^ ^cotfs strange inversions for br^ed^SrSc;;^'" '•' The?f ™:\f '^f ^-^-^or elan eele- traditinn nfpepnr--— r , several instanc.-s, nt ?,.... ;„ quire to hear\hem i^ri th^l^Si^S' '^EcoS'^ '"T "^'^ ^^ oi_uir. israntome gives 22S THE LADY OF THE LAKE, [canto vr. a curious instance of a lady at the court of France, who asked to have played to her ,n this way a tune composed on the defeat of t%'rio" '''''"if"rr. -T^' f-f-^ °f'his son, was -'Tout est verloie . all is lost ; and when the m nstrel came to this she cried out twice, '^Tout est perdu ! " and died. hJtt~fi"f^ '^^ ^'"^' ««,;^«'«^- In 1650 and 1651, after the la tie o Dunbar, Cromwell's troops were occupied in "reduc n^ detached castles coercing moss-troopers, and. in a,;/= ' vanward,' 'in the front.' ' Van ' is from Italian rS^a^vX.' ""'''"'''"'"' ""'- '-"'"'^-'-^ 11. — Their plight they ply. The meaning of this is not very ude ; but it is ' sweet,' not dreary. ' ' """ ^-''•.r^^ '"^Fl' P'"'"'''^ '"^Sry^'' Old English 'eyren' •n , 96), eggs;' literally 'a collection of eggs/ so 'a nej ' n-ally used only of an eagle's nest. (Greek u-tt Latin 'ovum'' nan ' f 1. \ ' uvuin, 2. [canto vt. e, who asked to on the defeat of onfT was "Tout rel came to this I. 1651, after the '.d in "reducing detail, bringing r//, ii. 244. it ool< place at a the reinarka])le of tlie soldiers ith of the pass. on the island, ahove the pre- ; is due to the t of Afarmion. k'e it lightness, jjoet to throw picture, description of urists, if once ete quiet and glish *eyren' ',' so 'a nest;' Latin 'ovum,' arn,-' German ted with Stem poet uses in rch. : ; probal)Iy a n-.' Cp. A..S. beaked ship, ^ like that of from Italian vantage ' and s is not vcy CANTO VI.] NOTES^TIIE GUARD-ROOM. 2,9 clear Possibly 'they keep iip a constant Hre,' but they seem in too complete a rout for that. Note the effect of the repeated rThymes ThfTptir/'of^h '^'"^' •6:;A twilight fLst LSl ■' } / .f. ^ppearince of the spears and p ke w.is such thit in th^ ) twhght they might have been mistaken at a distance «; a woo S,rned. trench 'serre,' 'closely pressed.' From 'sme, ^ Latm 'serare' ('sera'), 'to lock in,' 'bolt' 'coZe' The uJl'uU ''■ '",''■'' °' ?'"• "^'■ter this there followed nothing anot "'t7,'" tVr''"' ^^•'■y P^'-'y i"< «ne lying in waifS? w U ' f > \ '^^ '"-''-'" '^"'"S /'«r/5/7/j for the siau-hter of .Id ixasts. ' JAMIESON. It is a sort of to/«., the ga me beiiS surrounded and d iven together. ^ ^ 18.—//., -^^^^^ See V. 8, and note. /.?«« , a,l note. "Receives her li.in " is receive.; th^ waters th... lorm the linn or pool. receives the ///.or a striPi, ( de and ' fihim,' to siring off). 77/. .;.« ,s set, &c Note the effect of the touch of colour here ..nd also that of the rhymes within the line! Jh It parts not Imt ivilh parlinsr Uf,., " The loveliness in death Ihat parts not quite with parting breath."— Byrov D,rge. Properly 'dirige,' the beginning of a solcm Im^; Dirige Domnie, gressus nieos." So Chaucer— ^ ' "Resort, I pray, unto my sepulture, 1 o smg my dinge with great devocioun." 7.0.~Bonnet-pieces. A gold coin in which the kind's hend r.'sroS kIS." "■'""" ""'""" " ' --' -'-5 ^y rhmcraggan's wid\^ '^'i'V" '"^^ earsTr/efbei? pierced), hence 'thraldom.' here 'thrall '= 'servitude/ 'cap- Stee/>U; i.e. of Grey-friars' Church. See v 20 a tIZ^ ^"'" °^ '''''"'■y- ^'■"'^^^ rpoira.,ol>, from rpoT^^, y/Zw^. Properly the first canonical hour of prayer 6am Then applied loosely to the. first quarter of the day " so'lf^^v!^;:^^:',^' °'' '"'^ '°' '" reception-room; D y J' J''^ cardinals wait in the/;-cw;w." Romeo and Juhd^v. i,%e — r' »^ "'^ '"^ ^''^i''' ^ feasting /;w^«f^ full of lidu." " If she had been in presence there." 27.— Mr. Ruskin (AMcru Painters, iii. 248) Lids us rofc tl,o nor hem love of rocks in the opening of this stanza. "IX. e could not have thought of his ' cut rocks ' as giving rest even to snow. He must put it on the pine-brancht. if ft is obe S peace ' Cp. Autocrat 0/ the Breakfast Table: "She melted away from her seat like an image of snow " '"t-ucu Ji?!h?ffn'l^ /• ^ ^'^^^-^ enemy of the Douglas in the ballad of Archie Atlspimlte, quoted on canto v. 28.-The genenil eve; i.e. common, public. Cp. Hamlet's ' 1 was caviare to the ^c/i./wA" " .W;-////;'-'.r An'cc;- Of yore the name oj Snotodoiin ctaini'; " "William of Worcester who wrote about the middle of the fif- teen h century, calls .Smling Castle Sno«doun Sir David Lindsay bestows the same epithet upon it."— Scott The name generallv assumed by James V., ,n his disguise, was the , Laird of lallmgeich" a narrow lane "that lea• 34 . ii. 29 minart minion . i. II • ''• 34 .sa]iling sa ve glaivo . iv. a minstrel . vi. 5 scabbard glen glint . iii. 4 moody . iii. 6 ; scathe . V. 10 morrice-dai scaur . iii. 13 . iv. 2 gloze gored . ii. 2S cers . V. 20 scout . vi. 4 mosque . i. II sear . iii. 16 gossliawk . iii. 10 muster • V. 5 sentinel . iv. 2 greyliound . ii. 34 serried . vi. 17 . iv. 27 . i. 20 gri>led . iii. 4 Naiad . i. 17 shaft glibly • i- 34 shallop guerdon . ii. 12 odds, the . V, 16 sheen . i. II gyve . vi. I Oread . i. 17 shelve . iv. 5 . ui. 7 • V. 7 . i. 4 • ''• 33 . 1. 19 . iv. 29 . i. 24 . iv. 2 haggard . iii. 8 pack i. 4 shingle shock halberd . vi. 3 page iii. 27 shrewd hamlet . iii. 14 I)ageant V. 20 shroud hap . ii. 3 pal frey V. 17 snood hectic • "• 32 pall iv. 12 solstice henchman hest hie • >•■ 35 . iii. 18 pallet pennon vi. I i. 27 sooth spray . iv. 10 pent V. 7 spurn • !• 5 . 1, 29 . iv. 8 homage . ii. 29 pibroch, i. 3 , ii. 17 stalwart host . vi. 4 placket ^■'- 5 stance Inlaid "• 3 stanch . i. 7 . iv. 8 Tdrean vine . i. 26 jKirt i. 29 sleilfast imbrue . iv. -S prick V. 18 1 steer (noui ). V. 7 prore vi. 13 stem • .^.!- '3 . 111. 15 jack jennet , V. 10 ptarmigan . i. 22 stoop . V. 21 purvey vi. 7 store . i. 27 ken kernes strath • iii. 4 . ii. II • .'• 3 quail (verl)) . ii. 25 strathspey . IV. 4 quarry i- 7 streamer . iv. 8 streight . ii. 28 lackey lea • ii- 35 read V. 13 stripling . iii. 15 . ii. 9 reave , li. 9 swain . V. 6 leech links . vi. 12 recrennt v. 16 swarthy . iii. 14 • ii- 30 requiem vi. 22 swathe . iii. 14 linn love-lorn • !• 3 requite '•• 33 symbol . iii. 12 . VI. I rife , iv. 10 lodge . i. 26 roo^ i. 22 talisman . vi. 28 . i • 3 . iii • 4 . V • 5 iv . 12 etterci 1 iii . 6 T \i S 14 ii '4 rd V '4 iii lO iii '3 iv. 2 iii. i6 1 iv. 2 vi. '7 iv. 27 » i. 20 i. II iv. 5 iii. 7 V. 7 i. 4 ii. 33 i. 19 iv. 29 i. 24 iv. 2 i. 5 t i. 29 iv. 8 i. 7 iv. 8 OUl )'. V. 7 vi. 13 iii. 15 i. 27 iii. 4 oy ii. II r iv. 8 ii. 28 nr 3 iii. IS V. 6 r iii. 14 iii. 14 iii. 12 . vi. 28 GKNERAL IXDKX TO NOTF.S. 233 tanfjlcd . iv. 29 vair 4v. 12 wistful . ii In. tartan thrall . ii. 16 vaward , vi. 16 witch-elm . i. . vi. 24 veer , '• '3 wold . iv. 12 Tiiicliel . vi. 17 verge V. 2() woiie :!'• Tiiicman • ''• 15 virgin-bower i. 26 wont 20 train tropliy . iv. iS wortli ( w L" . vi. 24 warp , iv. 22 worth) . i. <) trow . iv. 10 weeds weird iv. 21 i. 30 wreak . iv. 27 uncouth • '• 34 while (verh). ii. 27 yeoman . vi. 4 I iipseus . vi. 5 wiiinyard i. 8 yore, • ill. Ublicr . Jv. 19 wight V. 22 GENERAL INDEX TO NOTl'S. Adjective for adverb Adjectives of .Saxon and French derivat'ion Alh.my, Duke of, Regent of Alliieration Aljiine xVinphilirachic metre. Angus, Earl of Archie of Kilspindie. Armour, Scottish Ascabart . , Ballad metres , BaJiangeich , Ik'ltane . , Ben and Pen , Bleeding Heart, the . Borderers, James V. supi^resses Bothwell Castle Breaking the deer Bruce, Robert Cabala . , Celtic festivals M worship Deer- flesh dried Disjiensation, Papal . Douglas family, tlieir history >, William, liis death It Archie, of Kilspindie cotland 3 4 v. 6 iii. 2S 19 iii. 16 S v. 22 V. 10, 15 , 16 i. 2S iv. 12 vi. 28 ii. J5 i. I ii. 16 ii. 28 ii. 8 iv. 5 ii.'s , 10, 16 iii. ii. i6 '5 i. 6 iv. 31 ii. 12 ii. 8 v. 20 V. 23 834 TIIK LADY OF THE LAKE. llv ! Fairies . , Ferra},'us , Fiery Cross , Fillan, St. Fiaiiilers, its ferlilily. Fiodtlcn, jjattlc of . Glcnartney , Highland brogues , ,, hospitality James V., in France. ,, incognito adventures M aiul the Douglases M and the Borderers ,, the Commons' Kin Killing the deer , Knight errantly , Loch Ard . , „ Achray , Menteith . Metaphor and Simile Morrice-dancers . Of — its uses . Oltcrbourne , Percy Raven-bone , Robin Hood , Roman remains Scotch superstition . 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