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Isa. (in going off.) The ground is slippery life! Myself! myself! I could not bear thou Heavens it is floated with blood! shouldst know-Oh! (Dies.)

[Exit into the sacristy. ROD. (apart to BERTRAM.) Whom dost thou mean to call? [BERTRAM whispers. ROD. This goes beyond me. (After a moment's thought.) But be it so. Maltingen shall behold Aspen humbled in the dust. (Aloud.) Brethren, the accuser calls for a witness who remains without: admit him. [All muffle their faces. Enter RUDIGER, his eyes bound or covered, leaning upon two members; they place a stool for him, and unbind his eyes.

ROD. Knowest thou where thou art, and before whom?

RUD. I know not, and I care not. Two strangers summoned me from my castle to assist, they said, at a great act of justice. I ascended the litter they brought, and I am here.

ROD. It regards the punishment of perjury and the discovery of murder. Art thou willing to assist us?

RUD. Most willing, as is my duty.

ROD. What if the crime regard thy friend? RUD. I will hold him no longer so. ROD. What if thine own blood? RUD. I would let it out with my poniard. ROD. Then canst thou not blame us for this deed of justice. Remove the pall. (The pall is lifted, beneath which is discovered the body of GEORGE, pale and bloody. RUDIGER staggers towards it.)

RUD. My George! my George! Not slain manly in battle, but murdered by legal assassins. Much, much may I mourn thee, my beloved boy; but not now-not now: never will I shed a tear for thy death till I have cleared thy fame.-Hear me, ye midnight murderers, he was innocent (raising his voice)-upright as the truth itself. Let the man who dares gainsay me lift that gage. If the Almighty does not strengthen these frail limbs, to make good a father's quarrel, I have a son left, who will vindicate the honor of Aspen, or lay his bloody body beside his brother's.

ROD. Rash and insensate! Hear first the cause. Hear the dishonor of thy house.

Isa. (from the sacristy.) Never shall he hear it till the author is no more! (RUDIGER attempts to rush owards the sacristy, but is prevented. ISABELLA exters wounded, and throws herself on GEORGE's body.)

ISA. Murdered for me-for me! my dear, dear

son!

RUD. (still held.) Cowardly villains, let me loose! Maltingen, this is thy doing! Thy face thou wouldst disguise, thy deeds thou canst not! I defy thee to instant and mortal combat!

RUD. Oh! let me go-let me but try to stop her blood, and I will forgive all.

ROD. Drag him off and detain him. The voice of lamentation must not disturb the stern deliberation of justice.

RUD. Bloodhound of Maltingen! Well beseems thee thy base revenge! The marks of my son's lance are still on thy craven crest! Vengeance on the band of ye!

[RUDIGER is dragged off to the sacristy. ROD. Brethren, we stand discovered! What is to be done to him who shall descry our mystery? ELDEST JUDGE. He must become a brother of our order, or die!

ROD. This man will never join us! He cannot put his hand into ours, which are stained with the blood of his wife and son: he must therefore die! (Murmurs in the assembly.) Brethren! I wonder not at your reluctance; but the man is powerful, has friends and allies to buckler his cause. It is over with us, and with our order, unless the laws are obeyed. (Fainter murmurs.) Besides, have we not sworn a deadly oath to execute these statutes? (A dead silence.) Take to thee the steel and the cord (to the eldest judge.)

ELDEST JUDGE. He has done no evil-he was the companion of my battle-I will not!

ROD. (to another.) Do-thou-and succeed to the rank of him who has disobeyed. Remember your oath! (Member takes the dagger, and goes irresolutely forward; looks into the sacristy, and comes back.)

MEM. He has fainted-fainted in anguish for his wife and his son; the bloody ground is strewed with his white hairs, torn by those hands that have fought for Christendom. I will not be your butcher. (Throws down the dagger.)

BER. Irresolute and perjured! the robber of my inheritance, the author of my exile, shall die! ROD. Thanks, Bertram. Execute the doomsecure the safety of the holy tribunal!

[BERTRAM seizes the dagger, and is about to rush into the sacristy, when three loud knocks are heard at the door.

ALL. Hold! Hold!

[The Duke of BAVARIA, attended by many
members of the Invisible Tribunal, enters,
dressed in a scarlet mantle trimmed with
ermine, and wearing a ducal crown.—He
carries a rod in his hand.-All rise.—A
murmur among the members, who whisper
to each other, "The Duke," "The Chief,"
&c.

ROD. The Duke of Bavaria! I am lost.
DUKE. (sees the bodies.) I am too late-the vic-

Isa. (looking up.) No! no! endanger not thy tims le fallen.

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ROD. Lord Duke, thou hast charged me with treachery-thou art my liege lord-but who else dares maintain the accusation, lies in his throat.

HEN. (rushing from the sacristy.) Villain! I accept thy challenge!

ROD. Vain boy! my lance shall chastise thee in the lists there lies my gage.

DUKE. Henry, on thy allegiance, touch it not. (To RODERIC.) Lists shalt thou never more enter; lance shalt thou never more wield (draws his sword.) With this sword wast thou dubbed a knight; with this sword I dishonor thee-I thy

ROD. Chief among our circles, I have but acted prince-(strikes him slightly with the flat of the according to our laws.

DUKE. Thou hast indeed observed the letter of our statutes, and woe am I that they do warrant this night's bloody work! I cannot do unto thee as I would, but what I can I will. Thou hast not indeed transgressed our law, but thou hast wrested and abused it: kneel down, therefore, and place thy hands betwixt mine. (RODERIC kneels as directed.) I degrade thee from thy sacred office (spreads his hands, as pushing RODERIC from him.) If after two days thou darest to pollute Bavarian ground by thy footsteps, be it at the peril of the steel and the cord (RODERIC rises.) I dissolve this meeting (all rise.) Judges and condemners of others, God teach you knowledge of yourselves! (All bend their heads-Duke breaks his rod, and comes forward.)

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sword)-I take from thee the degree of knight, the dignity of chivalry. Thou art no longer a free German noble; thou art honorless and rightless; the funeral obsequies shall be performed for thee as for one dead to knightly honor and to fair fame; thy spurs shall be hacked from thy heels; thy arms baffled and reversed by the common executioner. Go, fraudful and dishonored, hide thy shame in a foreign land! (RODERIC shows a dumb expression of rage.) Lay hands on Bertram of Ebersdorf: as I live, he shall pay the forfeiture of his outlawry. Henry, aid us to remove thy father from this charnel-house. Never shall he know the dreadful secret. Be it mine to soothe his sorrowA and to restore the honor of the House of Aspen.

(Curtain slowly falls.)

THE END.

INDEX.

A.

"ABBOT," Verses from the, 691-2. Abercorn, Marquis of, suggestion of, regarding a passage in Marmion, 85, n.; dedication of The Lady of the Lake" to, 183.

Marchioness of, 105, n. Abercromby, Sir Ralph, tribute to the memory of, 105.

Achaius, King of Scotland, 169, n. Adam, Right Hon. William, a specimen

of minstrel recitation obtained from, 553.

Addison, his criticism on Chevy Chase, 539, 540,

Adolphus, J. L., Esq. extracts from his "Letters on the Author of Waverley," 391, n.; 516. n.; 527, n.; 535. "AHRIMAN," 716.

Albania, a poem, extract from, 613. Albyn's Anthology, SONGs written for, 660, 661. 675, 676.

Alexander III." the last Scottish king of the pure Celtic race," 542. Alexandre, Mons., the ventriloquist, "LINES ADDRESSED TO," 713. ALICE BRAND," 213. 254, n. "ALLEN-A-DALE," 323. Alvanley, Lady, 654, n.

Ambition, personification of, 277.
"Ancient Mariner," Coleridge's, 559.
474.

"ANCIENT GAELIC MELODY," 679.
Ancram Moor, battle of, 597.
Anglo-Saxons, poetry of, 682.
Angus, Archibald, sixth Earl of, called

Bell-the-Cat," 130. 143. 171. Angus, seventh Earl of, 40. 74. 194. 244. "AN HOUR WITH THEE," 720. "Annual Review," the critical notices from, 16. 32, 53.

ANNE OF GEIRSTEIN. Verses from, 724. Anthony Now Now, 555.

"ANTIQUARY," Verses from the, 662-5. Anxiety, effect of, in giving acuteness to the organs of sense, 297. 356. Arbuthnot, Sir William, 662, n.; 704, n. Aram, Eugene, remarkable case of, 361. Archers, English, 126. 169. 462. 498. 729. 730.

Ardoch, Roman camp at, 263.

Argentine, Sir Giles de, 422, 465, 500.
ARIOSTO, Translation from, 674.
"Armin and Elvira," 560.

Arran, Earl of (1569), 600, n.

Island of, 448. 489.

Arthur, King, 154. 385. 392. 411.
Arthur's Seat, 704.

Artornish Castle, 469.
Ascetic religionists, 249.
Ascham's

411.

Schoolmaster," note from,

Ashton, Lucy, Song of, 678.

"As Lords their laborers' hire delay," 715.

"ASPEN, THE HOUSE OF, a tragedy," 796.

Athole, John de Strathbogie, Earl of (temp. Rob I.), 480.

David de Strathbogie, Earl of (1335), 299, n. "AUCHINDRANE, or the Ayrshire tragedy," 770.

Ayr, loyalty of the men of, rewarded by King Robert Bruce, 458, n.

B.

BAILLIE, JOANNA, letter to, on Rokeby, 353. Prologue to her "Family Legend," 639. Dedication to her of Macduff's Cross," 738.

105. 524, n.; 729, n. Balfour of Burley, epitaph on, 666. "BALLAD, THE ANCIENT, ESSAY ON IMITATIONS OF," 555. "BALLADS, IMITATIONS OF," 574.

FROM THE GERMAN," 609. and Poems, ancient, very few manuscript records of discovered, 543. Printed in Garlands, ib.

Rit

Collections of, by Pepys, 543. The Duke of Roxburgh, ib. An anonymous editor, ib. Miller and Chapman, 544. James Watson, ib. Allan Ramsay, ib. Dr. Percy, ib. Evans, 548. David Herd, 549. Pinkerton, ib. son, ib. Scott (the Border Minstrelsy), 550. Sir J. G. Dalzell, ib. Robert Jamieson, ib. Motherwell, 551. Finlay, ib. Kinloch, ib. C. K. Sharpe, ib. Charles Leslie, ib. Peter Buchan, ib. And Rev. C. H. Hartshorne, 552. Ballantyne, Mr. James, Border Minstrelsy, the first work printed by him, 550. 570. Letters from Scott to, 236. 238. 292. 306. 310, 313. 322. 354. His remarks on John Kemble's retirement from the Edinburgh stage, 671, n. Constable's sobriquets of, 713. Mr. John, 665. Bangor, the Monks of, 672.

BANNATYNE CLUB, THE," 711. Bannatyne, George, compiler of ancient MSS., 711.

Bannerman, Miss Anne, her "Tales of Superstition and Chivalry," 559. Bannockburn, Battle of, 460; stanza 18 to end of the poem. See also notes, pp.

495. 501.

Bansters, what, 549, n. Barbauld, Mrs., 565. "BARD'S INCANTATION, THE," written under the threat of invasion, 1804, 632.

"BAREFOOTED FRIAR, THE," 681. Barnard Castle, 296. 306. 356. 360. Barrington, Shute, Bishop of Durham, 524.

"BATTLE OF SEMPACH," 619.
Beacons, 32. 68.

Bealach-nam-bo, Pass of, 209. 253.
Beal' an Duine, skirmish at, 233. 267.
Beattie, Mr., of Mickledale, 13.

Dr.. lines from, on the power of fancy, 305, n. Bellenden, 36. 71.

Sir James, 599, n.
Belrinnes, Ballad of, 550.
Bell-Rock Lighthouse, lines on visiting,
645.

Beltane-tree, the, 589. 593.
Ben-an Mountain, 187.
Benledi, 185.
Benvenue, 187.
Benvoirlich, 184.

Beresford, Field-marshal Lord, tribute to, 282,283. His training the Portuguese troops, 291.

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642.

"BETROTHED," Verses from the, 715

716.

"Bessie Bell and Mary Gray," remarks on the ballad of, 553. Bethune, or Beaton, family of, 57. Bigotry, personification of, 276 Binram's Corse, tradition of, 161. Biting the thumb, or the glove, 47. 76. "BLACK DWARF," Mottoes from the, 666.

Blackford-hill, 122.

Black-mail, 32. 263.

Blackwater, Battle of, in Ireland, 367. "BLACK KNIGHT'S SONG, THE," 683. Blackwood's Magazine, 551, n.; critical notices from, 408. 513. 536. Blair, Right Honorable Robert, Lord President of the Court of Session, death of, 269.

"BLONDEL, THE BLOODY VEST," Song of, 717.

Blood of which party first shed, an augury of success in battle, 212. 254. Blood-hound, or Sluith-hound, 59. 186. 240. 482.

"Blue-blanket," the, 704, n. "BOAT SONG," 197.

Bohun, Sir Henry de, his encounter with
King Robert Bruce, 460. 496.
"BOLD DRAGOON, or the Plain of Bada-
jos," 642.

Bolero, a Spanish dance, 287.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, allusions to in

"The Vision of Don Roderick," 277. 281, 282. And in "The Field of Waterloo," 504-511, passim. A postrophe to the period of his fall, 455, 456. 642.

Bond of Alliance, or feud stanching, betwixt the clans of Scott and Kerr (1529), 57.

"Bonnets of Bonny Dundee," SONG to the air of, 759.

"BORDER BALLAD," 689. Borderers, English, excommunication of, by the Bishop of Durham (1498), 248. Disorderly conduct of those who attended the Protector Somerset, 74. Custom of hanging up a glove in a church as a challenge, 377.

Scottish, moss-troopers after the union of the crowns, 59. Religion, 60. Speed in collecting large bodies of horse, 68. Places of their herdsmen's refuge, ib. March-treason, 72. Form of Oath, ib. Instances of the cruelty which oc casionally attended their warfare, 69. Regulations in 1648, 73. Friendly intercourse with the English, 74. Football play, ib. Pursuit of marauders called the hot-trod, 75. Robbers quell ed by K. James V., 247. Manner of carrying on depredations, 363. Taste for poetry and music, 542. Borough-moor of Edinburgh, 168. Bothwell, Adam Hepburn, Earl of (temp. Jac. IV.), 167.

Francis Stewart, Earl of (temp Jac. VI.), 244.

James Hepburn, Earl of (temp Mary), 74. 118.

"BOTHWELL CASTLE," 628. Bowhill, 52, n.

BERTRAM, HARRY, Nativity of," 658. Brackenbury Tower, 314. 362. Berwick, North, 135.

Bracklinn Cascade, 195. 245

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"Brooch of Lorn," the, 424. 476.
Brodick Castle, Arran, 448. 489.
Bruce, King Robert, defeats John of Lorn,
473. Defeated by the Lord of Lorn,
476. Crowned at Scoon, 476. Subse-
quent disasters, ib. His compunction
for violation of the sanctuary by the
slaughter of Comyn, 481. Excommu-
nicated for it, ib. Observed omens-
one of a spider, ib. Traced by a blood-
hound, 482. Sequel to that adventure
told by Barbour, 484. Tradition that
he was at the battle of Falkirk inaccu-
rate, 483. Crossed the Peninsula of
Cantyre, 488. Landing in Arran, 443.
488. Instance of his humanity, 445.
489. His landing in Carrick, 449. 451.
490, 491. Defeats the Earl of Pem-
broke, 493. Blockade of Stirling Cas-
tle, 456. 494. Affected by Leprosy,
and founds the Monastery of King's
Case, 491-2. His arrangements for the
Battle of Bannockburn, 495. Encoun-
ter with Sir Henry de Bohun, 459. 496.
Battle of Bannockburn, 460 to end of
the poem, and 495 to end of the notes.
Disinterment of his remains at Dun-
fermline, 437, n.

Edward, brother of King Robert,
489, 493.

Nigel, another brother of the
King, 4×0.

Sir John, of Kinross, 549.
Mrs., of Arnot, ib.

Brunne, Robert de, 540, 546.
Brunswick, Duke of, slain at Jena, 104,
105. ..
Bryce Snailsfoot's Advertise-
ment," 700.

Brydone, Patrick, Esq., 177.
Buccaniers, 309, 357. 360. 362. 365.
Buccleuch, ancestors of the house of, 17,
n. 54, 55, 56. Romantic origin of the
name, 76.

Charles, Duke of, 95, n.
LETTERS IN VERSE to, 645. 673.

Harriet, Duchess of, 12. 95, n.
Death of, 412. Tribute to her Memo-
ry, 466.

and Monmouth, Anne, Du-

chess of, 18, n.
Buchan, Mr. Peter, his Collection of Bal-
lads, 552.
Buchanan of Arnprior, "King of Kip-
pen," 268.

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"CADYOW CASTLE," 598.

Cadell, Mr. Robert, his recollections of
The Lady of the Lake," 181, n.
"Cairns," 68.

Caledonian Forest and wild cattle, 598.
600, 602.

Cambusmore, 185.

Cameron, Colonel, killed at Fuentes de
Honoro, 290.

Colonel, of Fassiefern, killed at
Quatre-Bras, 509, 665.

Sir Ewan of Lochiel, 264.
Cameronians, 604.

Camp, a favorite dog of the author's, 115.
Campbell, Thomas, 169. The Bard of
Hope," 561. His admiration of the
poem "Cadyow Castle," 602.

Lady Charlotte. See "Bury."
Canna, island and town of, 440. 486.
Canning, Right Hon. George, a writer in
the Anti-Jacobin, 124, n. 796.
Cantyre, peninsula of, 488.
Caraccioli, Prince, 794, n.
"CARLE, now the King's come," Part i.,
702. Part ii., 703.
Caroline, Princess of Wales, 105, n.
Cartwright, Dr., the first living poet the

author recollected of having seen, 560.
Cassilis, the Earl of (temp. Jac. VI.),
779. Bond by him to his brother, 771.
"CASTLE OF THE SEVEN SHIELDS,"
ballad of the, 527.

Castilians, their skill in fighting with
darts, 61.

Catiline, death of, 506, n.
Cave, Mac-Alister's, in Strathaird, 485.
Caxton, William, 117.
Celts, the, 541. Their music and poetry,
541-2. 567-8.

Chalmers, George, his “ Caledonia," 163.
His edition of Sir David Lindsay's
Works, 166. 268.

Chapel Perilous, 86. 154.
Chapman, Walter, an early Scottish prin-
See "Millar and Chapman."
Charles I., King, 364. 369.

ter.

X. of France, in Edinburgh,
125, n.

Prince Edward, one of his places
of retreat, 242.
Charms, healing, 31. 67.
Charter-stones, 492

Chace, the royal, in Ettrick Forest, 160.
Chastity, punishment for broken vows of,
102. 164.

Chatterton, Thomas, 558.
"CHEVIOT," 631.
"Chevy Chase," 539, 540.
"Child of Elle, The," 548.
Chivalry, 38. 66. 72, 76. 369.
"Christ's Kirk on the Green," 543.
Christmas, 137. 173.

Constable, Mr. Archibald, his "bold and
liberal industry." 14. Extract from s
letter of the author to, 714, m.
George, Esq. (Jonathan O
buck), 567.
CONTRIBUTIONS of Scott to "M
STRELST OF THE SCOTTIE BO
DER," 537-608.

Coronach of the Highlanders, 96.51
Cornwallis, Marquis of, 638.
"COUNT ROBERT 09 PARIS," Macon
from, 726.

"CoUNTY GUY," Song, 709.
Cowper, 561.

Cox, Captain, of Coventry, 542.
Cranstoún, family of, 57. 65.

George, Esq., consulted fr
author on his attempts at comp
14, n.

Crichton Castle, 118. 167.
Critical Review, notices from, 165
33. 37. 45. 47. 141. 149, 187, 19 F.
239. 270. 272. 297, 296, 29.
318. 354. 31. 383, 490, 429. e|
444. 533. 536. 606.
Cromwell, Oliver, his conduct at M
Moor, 314. 357, 359.
"CRUSADER'S RETURN, Tar." E
“Cumnor Hall," poem of 548
Cunningham, Allan, his ballad port,
559. Critical remarks on Auchindra,
795, n.

Cup, a drinking one, at Duneregas, lik
Curch, the," worn by Sovtish me
rons, 250.
"CYPRESS WREATH, THE," 35.

D.
DACRE, families of, 70.
Dahomay, spell of, 402
Dalhousie, Earl of, tribute to, 643.
Dalkeith, Charles, Earl of after

Duke of Buccleuch), dedicanas
"The Lay of the Last Minu
16. See Buccleuch.

Harriet, Countess of aflera
Duchess of Buccleuch), 12 See
Buccleuch.

Town and Castle of, 607.
Dalzell, (now) Sir J. G., his collection of
Scottish poems, 550.

Sir William, his combat w2 &
Piers Courtenay, 156.
"DANCE OF DEATH, THE."
Danes, the, invasion of Northe
by, 323. 366. Traces of ther
in Teesdale, 366.
Daoine Shi', or "men of por," 176.

239, 260.

David I., King, founded Mere Aller,
60. A wore saint for the crowe, I a
"Dead bell," the, 164.
Death of Leith-ball, poem of the,
Claverhouse, Grahame of. See Dundee. Death, presages of, 250.
Clerk, Sir George, his tenure of Penny-"DEATH CHANT." 722
cuik, 606. 703, n.

698.

Cid, the, in Spain, metrical poems of, 538.
Burns, Robert, his "Scots wha' hae wi'"CLAUD HALCRO'S VERSES," 695, 696.
Wallace bled," 497. Structure of
Verse used by him, 543. The poet
most capable to relieve and height-
en the character of ancient poetry,
559.

Re-

Bury, Lady Charlotte, introduced the
author to M. G. Lewis, 565, and to
Lady Anne Hamilton, 602.
Byron, Lord, Remarks on a conversation
betwixt him and Captain Medwin,
13. 572. His Satire on Marmion, 81.
Lines on Pitt and Fox, 85, 86.
semblance between part of Parasina
and a scene in Marmion, 101, n. No-
tice by him of the imitators of Sir Wal-
ter Scott, 294, n., 295, n. His imita-
tion of a passage in the Lord of the
Isles, 454, n. Notes on Waterloo, 291.
502 to 507, passim. Poem on his moth-
er's marriage, 552. Parallel passages
from, 203, n., 279. 297. 302. 321. 387.
421. 433. 443. 454. 503, 508.

John, Esq., of Eldin, author of an
Essay upon Naval Tactics, 604, n.

John, Esq. (Lord Eldin), 711, n.
William, Esq., 573.
"CLEVELAND'S SONGS," 698.
Coir-nan-Uriskin, 209. 252.
Coleridge, S. T., his "Ancient Marin-
er." 474, 559. His "Christabel," 13.
"The Bridal of Triermain," an imita-
tion of his style, 408.
Colkitto, 470.

Collins, his flights of imagination, 383.

410.

Colman's "Random Records," 753.
Colwulff, King of Northumberland, 100.

163.

Combat, single, 38. 66. 72, 73. 132. 172.
223. 263.

OF KEELDAR THE," 73
Debateable Land, the, 77.
Deloraine, lands of, 58.
DONALD CAIRD's come agam, "* 65
Donjon, what, 156.
"DON RODERICK, THE VISION er,*

269.

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"DOOM OF Devorgoil."
Douglas, the Bonse of, 177. Ancient
sword belonging to, 172

Archibald, third Ear of, called
"Tine-man," 245, 730

"The Good Lord Junes" targ
ed to carry the Bruce's heart to the HF
Land, 481. In Amran, 490 Make
prisoners of Murray and Bookle,
Often took the Castle of Duagias, 493
His "Larder," 29. At Razzochbera
460. 495. 497, 499.

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Review, the, critical extracts
from, on the Lay of the Last Minstrel,
16, 17, 18, 19. 23. 31. 33. 43. 48, 49, 50,
51. 53. On Marmion, 85. 92. 101. 104.
132. 143. 146, 147, 151, 152. On the
Lady of the Lake, 183. 196. 201, 202,
203. 205. 208. 217. 225, 230. 238, 239.
On the Vision of Don Roderick, 276.
280.283-4. And on the Lord of the
Isles, 414. 420. 423, 424. 451. 461, 465.
467.

Edward I., King, his vindictive spirit,
481. His employment of the Welsh in
his Scottish wars, 494. Sets out to de-
stroy the Bruce, 438. 486. His death,
486.

II. at Bannockburn, 461. His
gallantry, 499. His flight, ib.

III., Motto on his shield, 546.
"EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE, To the
Memory of," 673.
Egliston Abbey, 307. 360. Visited by
Scott, 319.

Erskine, Thomas Lord, speech of, on hu-
manity towards animals, 498.

William, Esq. (Lord Kinnedder),
consulted by Scott on his attempts in
composition, 14. Dedication to the
Third Canto of Marmion, 104. Pas-
sage in Rokeby quoted by him as de-
scriptive of the Author, 316. Reputed
author of "The Bridal of Triermain,"
413. 521.

Mrs., Epitaph on, 685.
ESSAY ON POPULAR POETRY," 537.
ON IMITATIONS OF THE AN-
CIENT BALLAD," 555.
Ettrick Forest, 160.

Eugene Aram, remarkable case of, 361.
Evans, Mr. T., his collection of Ballads,
548.

Mr. R. H., his republication of
that Collection, 548.

"EVE OF ST. Jous," 594. See also 568.
573.

Evil principle, the, 716.

Ezekiel, quotation from the prophecies of,
221, n.

F.

FAC-SIMILE of Sir Walter Scott's Manu-
script of THE LADY OF THE LAKE (for
page 202), placed after the Contents.
Fain, meaning of, 322, n.
Fairies, 165, 259, 260, 261. 285.
FAIR MAID OF PERTH," Verses from
the, 721-4.

"Fair Rosamond," ballad of, 555.
Fancy, power of, in youth, 305. Lines
on, from Beattie, ib., n.
"FAREWELL TO MACKENZIE, High
Chief of Kintail," from the Gaelic,

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Fiery Cross, the, 201, 202. 248.
Fingal's Cave at Staffa, 440. 487.
Finlay, Mr. John, his collection of bal-
lads, 551. His imitations of the ballad
style, 559.

"FIRE KING," ballad of the, 616.
573.

Flanders, manner of reaping in, 511.
Fletcher, his comedy of Monsieur Thom-
as, 554.
Flodden, account of the battle of, 146.
178.

"Flodden Field," an ancient English
poem, extracts from, 88, n.; 167-8.

178.

Florinda, daughter of Count Julian, 285.
Eigg, cave in the Island of, the scene of Flower of Yarrow," Mary Scott, 71.

a dreadful act of vengeance, 487.

Eildon Hills, 63.

Elfin Gray, the," translated from the
Danish, 255.

Ellis, George, Esq., critical notices by, 50,
n.; 124, 153. Dedication to him of the
Fifth Canto of Marmion, 124.
ELSPETH'S BALLAD," 663.

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Following" (feudal retainers), 128, n.
Football, game of, 74. 657.
Forbes, Sir William (author of "The
Life of Beattie''), tribute to his memo-
ry, 115, 166.

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son of the preceding, 115, 115, n.
FOR A' THAT, AN' A' THAT," 644.

Encampment, Scottish mode of, in 1547, Forgeries of documents, 176.

Elves, 260. See Fairies.''

169.

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"FORTUNE, Lines on," 726.
"FORTUNES OF NIGEL," Mottoes from
the, 705-8.
Foster-children, 368.
Fox, Right Honorable Charles James,
"among those who smiled on the ad-
venturous minstrel," 14. Never ap-
plied to by Scott regarding his appoint-
ment as a Clerk of Session, 81. Trib-
ute to his memory, 85. His compliment
to the author of The Monk," 564.
Franchemont, superstitious belief regard-
ing the Castle of, 139. 176.

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"GELLATLEY's, Davie," Songs, 648.
650, 652.

Janet, alleged witch-

craft, 650.
George IV., King, his opinion of the au-
thor's poetry, 238, n. LINES on his
Visit to Scotland, 702, 703, 704.
"GERMAN BALLADS, translated or imi
tated," 609 to 626.
German hackbut-men, 70.

language, similarity of the, to the
Old English and Scottish, 567.

literature, introduction of, into
this country, 562. Afterwards fell into
disrepute. 812.

"Ghaist's Warning, the," translated from

the Danish Kæmpe Viser, 257.
Ghost of the Lady Bothwellhaugh, 603.
Gifford, village and castle of, 107. 164.
Gilbert, Davies, Esq., 557, n.
Gili-Doir Magrevollich, the conception of

249.

Gil Morrice, ballad of, 571.
Glamour, 29. 65.

"GLEE-MAIDEN," Song of the, 722.
Glee-maidens, 231. 266.

Glencairn The Good Earl" of, 601.
603. 802.

"GLENCOE, on the Massacre of," 642.
"GLENFINLAS," 589.

Glenfruin, conflict of, between the Mac
gregors and the Colquhouns, 246.
Glengarry. See Macdonnell.
Goblin-Hall, the, 164.
Goblin-Page, Lord Cranstoun's, 64.
Goethe, 562. 812.

Golagrus and Gawane, the knightly tale.
of, 544, n.

Goldsmith, Oliver, his imitations of ballad
poetry, 559.

"GOLDTHRED'S SONG," 692.

Gordon, Adam, gallant conduct of, at
Homildon Hill, 730.

Colonel, the Hon. Sir Alexander,
killed at Waterloo, 509.
Græme, or Grahame, families of, 77, 243.

291.
Graham, Rev. Dr., Notes from his
Sketches of Perthshire, 185 passim
263.

Sir John the, 243. 291.
Sir Thomas, Lord Lynedoch, 291.
"GRAY BROTHER, THE," 604.
Greta Bridge, 360.

River, 308. 316. 360, 361, 364.
"Grey Mare's Tail," the, a cataract
161.

Grotto on the estate of Strathaird, de
scription of, 485.

Guisards of Scotland, 174.
Gunn, John, a noted Highland cateran,
story of, 262.

"GUY MANNERING," Verses from, 658.

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