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  HisMajestyfindingthismethodwouldnotdo,desiredtheportertotellhismasterthattheGoodmanofBallangeighdesiredtospeakwiththeKingofKippen。TheportertellingArnpryorsomuch,he,inallhumblemanner,cameandreceivedtheKing,andhavingentertainedhimwithmuchsumptuousnessandjollity,becamesoagreeabletoKingJames,thatheallowedhimtotakesomuchofanyprovisionhefoundcarryingthatroadashehadoccasionfor;andseeinghemadethefirstvisit,desiredArnpryorinafewdaystoreturnhimasecondtoStirling,whichheperformed,andcontinuedinverymuchfavorwiththeKing,alwaysthereafterbeingtermedKingofKippenwhilehelived。’

  \"ThereadersofAriostomustgivecreditfortheamiablefeatureswithwhichJamesisrepresented,sinceheisgenerallyconsideredastheprototypeofZerbino,themostinterestingherooftheOrlandoFurioso。\"

  743。Glidedfromherstay。TheMS。has\"shrinking,quitsherstay。\"

  Ruskinasksusto\"notethenorthernloveofrocks\"inthispassage,andadds:\"Dantecouldnothavethoughtofhis’cutrocks’asgivingresteventosnow。Hemustputitonthepinebranches,ifitistobeatpeace。\"TaylorquotesHolmes,AutocratofBreakfastTable:\"Shemeltedawayfromherseatlikeanimageofsnow。\"

  780。Pry。Lookpryinglyorcuriously。Inproseonwouldnotbeusedwithpry。

  784。Tospeed。Toafortunateissue;unlessspeedbetheverb,and=pass。

  786。Inlife’smorelowbuthappierway。TheMS。has\"Inlowlylife’smorehappyway。\"

  789。ThenameofSnowdoun。Scottsays:\"WilliamofWorcester,whowroteaboutthemiddleofthefifteenthcentury,callsStirlingCastleSnowdoun。SirDavidLindsaybestowsthesameepithetuponitinhisComplaintofthePapingo:

  ’Adieu,fairSnawdoun,withthytowershigh,Thychaple—

  royal,park,andtableround;May,June,andJuly,wouldI

  dwellinthee,WereIaman,tohearthebirdissound,Whilkdothaganethyroyalrockrebound。’

  \"Mr。Chalmers,inhislateexcellenteditionofSirDavidLindsay’sworks,hasrefutedthechimericalderivationofSnawdounfromsnedding,orcutting。ItwasprobablyderivedfromtheromanticlegendwhichconnectedStirlingwithKingArthur,towhichthementionoftheRoundTablegivescountenance。TheringwithinwhichjustswereformerlypractisedintheCastlepark,isstillcalledtheRoundTable。SnawdounistheofficialtitleofoneoftheScottishheralds,whoseepithetsseeminallcountriestohavebeenfantasticallyadoptedfromancienthistoryorromance。

  \"ItappearsfromtheprecedingnotethattherealnamebywhichJameswasactuallydistinguishedinhisprivateexcursionswastheGoodmanofBallenguich;derivedfromasteeppassleadinguptotheCastleofStirling,socalled。Buttheepithetwouldnothavesuitedpoetry,andwouldbesidesatonce,andprematurely,haveannouncedtheplottomanyofmycountrymen,amongwhomthetraditionalstoriesabovementionedarestillcurrent。\"

  798。Myspell—boundsteps。TheMS。has\"ThysovereignbacktoBenvenue。\"

  Thysovereign’ssteps

  800。Glaive。Sword。Seeoniv。274above。

  803。Pledgeofmyfaith,etc。TheMS。has\"PledgeofFitz—

  James’sfaith,thering。\"

  808。Alightening。Someeds。have\"Alightning。\"

  809。Andmore,etc。TheMS。reads:

  \"Andinherbreaststrovemaidenshame;

  MoredeepshedeemedtheMonarch’sireKindled’gainsthim,who,forhersire,AgainsthisSovereignbroadsworddrew;

  And,withapleading,warmandtrue,ShecravedthegraceofRoderickDhu。\"

  813。Grace。Pardon。

  825。Stained。Reddened。

  829。TheGraeme。Jeffreysays:\"MalcolmGraemehastooinsignificantapartassignedhim,consideringthefavorinwhichheisheldbothbyEllenandtheauthor;andinbringingouttheshadedandimperfectcharacterofRoderickDhuasacontrasttothepurervirtueofhisrival,Mr。Scottseemstohavefallenintothecommonerrorofmakinghimmoreinterestingthanhimwhosevirtueshewasintendedtosetoff,andconvertedthevillainofthepieceinsomemeasureintoitshero。Amodernpoet,however,mayperhapsbepardonedforanerrorofwhichMiltonhimselfisthoughtnottohavekeptclear,andforwhichthereseemssonaturalacauseinthedifferencebetweenpoeticalandamiablecharacters。\"

  837。Warder。Guard,jailer。

  841。LockhartquotesherethefollowingextractfromaletterofByron’stoScott,datedJuly6,1812:

  \"Andnow,waivingmyself,letmetalktoyouofthePrinceRegent。Heorderedmetobepresentedtohimataball;andaftersomesaying,peculiarlypleasingfromroyallips,astomyownattempts,hetalkedtomeofyouandyourimmoralities:hepreferredyoutoeverybardpastandpresent,andaskedwhichofyourworkspleasedmemost。Itwasadifficultquestion。I

  answered,IthoughttheLay。Hesaidhisownopinionwasnearlysimilar。Inspeakingoftheothers,ItoldhimthatIthoughtyoumoreparticularlythepoetofprinces,astheyneverappearedmorefascinatingthaninMarmionandTheLadyoftheLake。Hewaspleasedtocoincide,andtodwellonthedescriptionofyourJames’sasnolessroyalthanpoetical。HespokealternatelyofHomerandyourself,andseemedwellacquaintedwithboth。\"

  842。HarpoftheNorth,farewell!Cf。theintroductiontothepoem。

  846。Wizardelm。Seeoni。2above。

  850。Housing。Returningtothehive。

  858。Thegriefdevoured。Forthefigure,cf。Ps。xlii。3,lxxx。

  5,andIsa。xxx。20。

  859。O’erlive。Severaleds。misprint\"o’erlived。\"

  Addendum。

  SinceourfirsteditionappearedwehavehadtheprivilegeofexaminingacopyofScott’s2ded。(1810),belongingtoMr。E。S。

  Gould,ofYonkers,N。Y。This2ded。isinsmallertypethanthe1st,andinoctavoform,the1stbeinginquarto。Aminutecollationofthetextwiththatofthe1sted。andourownshowsthatScottcarefullyrevisedthepoemforthis2ded。,andthatthechangesheafterwardsmadeinitwerefewandunimportant。

  Forinstance,thetextincludestheverbalchangeswhichwehaveadoptedini。198,290,432,ii。103,201,203,534,iii。30,173,190,508,v。106,253,728,811,iv。6,112,527,556,567,etc。Invi。291fol。itreads(includingtheomissionsandinsertions)asinourtext。Ini。336,340,thepointingisthesameasinthe1sted。;andini。360,thereadingis\"dear。\"Inii。865,866,itvariesfromthepointingofthe1sted。;butweareinclinedtoregardthisasamisprint,notacorrection。Inii。76this2ded。has\"lingerewave\"for\"lingererwave,\"andinii。217itrepeatsthepreposterousmisprintof\"hisglee\"fromthe1sted。IfScottcouldoverlooksuchpalpableerrorsasthese,hemighteasilyfailtodetectthemisplacingofacomma。

  Wehaveourdoubtsastoi。336,340,wherethe1stand2deds。

  agree;butthereamisprintmayhavebeenleftuncorrected,asinii。217。

  Jan。25,1884。

  Footnotes:

  [FN#1]OneofScott’s(onvi。47)hassufferedbadlyinLockhart’sedition。InaquotationfromLordBerners’sFroissart(whichIomit)awholepageseemstohavedroppedout,andthelastsentence,asitnowstands,ismadeupofpansoftheoneprecedingandtheonefollowingthelostmatter。Itreadsthus(I

  markthegap):\"Thereallthecompanyonsmadethem[……]

  brekenopoyntofthatyehaveordaynedandcommanded。,’Thisispalpablenonsense,butithasbeenrepeatedwithoutcorrectionineveryreprintofLockhart’seditionforthelastfiftyyears。

  [FN#2]Lockhartsays:\"TheladywithwhomSirWalterScottheldthisconversationwas,nodoubt,hisaunt,MissChristianRutherford;therewasnootherfemalerelationDEADwhenthisIntroductionwaswritten,whomIcansupposehimtohaveconsultedonliteraryquestions。LadyCapulet,onseeingthecorpseofTybalt,exclaims,——

  ’Tybalt,mycousin!Omybrother’schild!’\"

  [FN#3]LockhartquotesByron,DonJuan,xi。55:

  \"Intwicefiveyearsthe’greatestlivingpoet,’

  Liketothechampioninthefistyring,Iscalledontosupporthisclaim,orshowit,Although’tisanimaginarything,\"etc。

  [FN#4]\"SirWalterreignedbeforeme,\"etc。(DonJuan,xi。57)。

  [FN#5]TheSpenserianstanza,firstusedbySpenserinhisFaerieQueene,consistsofeightlinesoftensyllables,followedbyalineoftwelvesyllables,theaccentsthroughoutbeingontheevensyllables(theso—callediambicmeasure)。Therearethreesetsofrhymes:oneforthefirstandthirdlines;anotherforthesecond,fourth,fifth,andseventh;andathirdforthesixth,eighth,andninth。

  [FN#6]VideCertayneMattersconcerningtheRealmeofScotland,etc。,astheywereAnnoDomini1597。London,1603。

  [FN#7]Seeonii。319above。

  [FN#8]Hallowe’en。

  [FN#9]Totheraventhatsatontheforkedtreehegavehisgifts。

  [FN#10]\"ThisstoryisstillcurrentinthemoorsofStaffordshire,andadaptedbythepeasantrytotheirownmeridian。Ihaverepeatedlyheardittold,exactlyashere,byrusticswhocouldnotread。MylastauthoritywasanailernearCheadle\"(R。Jamieson)。

  [FN#11]SeeScottishHistoricalandRomanticBallads,Glasgow,1808,vol。ii。p。117。

  [FN#12]Achampionofpopularromance;seeEllis’sRomances,vol。iii。

  [FN#13]\"ThatattheeasternextremityofLochKatrine,sooftenmentionedinthetext。\"

  [FN#14]\"Beallachanduine。\"

  [FN#15]\"Thereaderwillfindthisstorytoldatgreaterlength,andwiththeadditioninparticularoftheKingbeingrecognized,liketheFitz—JamesoftheLadyoftheLake,bybeingtheonlypersoncovered,intheFirstSeriesofTalesofaGrandfather,vol。iii,p。37。TheheirofBraeheaddischargedhisdutyatthebanquetgiventoKingGeorgeIV。intheParliamentHouseatEdinburgh,in1822\"(Lockhart)。

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