第20章

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"Thysovereignback|toBenvenue。"

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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