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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