第 38 节
作者:曾氏六合网      更新:2021-02-27 01:39      字数:9322
  wers。〃 Spenser has the noun (= wild apples) in F。 Q。 iii。 7。 17: 〃Oft from the forrest wildings he did bring;〃 etc。  Whom is used on account of the personification。
  9。  What time。  Cf。 ii。 307 and iii。 15 above。
  19。  Braes of Doune。  The undulating region between Callander and Doune; on the north side of the Teith。  The Doune of 37 below is the old Castle of that name; the ruins of which still form a majestic pile on the steep banks of the Teith。 It figures in Waverley as the place where the hero was confined by the Highlanders。
  36。  Boune。  Prepared; ready; a Scottish word。  Cf。 157 and vi。 396 below。
  42。  Bide。  Endure; not to be printed 'bide; as if a contraction of abide。  Cf。 Shakespeare; Lear; iii。 4。 29: 〃That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm;〃 etc。
  Bout。  Turn (of fortune)。
  47。  Repair。  That is; to repair。
  55。  'T is well advised。  Well thought of; well planned。 Cf。 advised careful; well considered; as in M。 of V。 i。 1。 142: 〃with more advised watch;〃 etc。
  The MS。 reads:
  〃'Tis well adviseda prudent plan;      Worthy the father of his clan。〃
  59。  Evening…tide。  See on iii。 478 above。
  63。  The Taghairm。  Scott says here: 〃The Highlanders; like all rude people; had various superstitious modes of inquiring into futurity。 One of the most noted was the Taghairm; mentioned in the text。 A person was wrapped up in the skin of a newly…slain bullock; and deposited beside a waterfall; or at the bottom of a precipice; or in some other strange; wild; and unusual situation; where the scenery around him suggested nothing but objects of horror。  In this situation; he revolved in his mind the question proposed; and whatever was impressed upon him by his exalted imagination; passed for the inspiration of the disembodied spirits; who haunt these desolate recesses。  In some of the Hebrides they attributed the same oracular power to a large black stone by the sea…shore; which they approached with certain solemnities; and considered the first fancy which came into their own minds; after they did so; to be the undoubted dictate of the tutelar deity of the stone; and; as such; to be; if possible; punctually complied with。〃
  68。  Gallangad。  We do not find this name elsewhere; but it probably belongs to some part of the district referred to in Scott's note inserted here: 〃I know not if it be worth observing that this passage is taken almost literally from the mouth of an old Highland kern; or Ketteran; as they were called。  He used to narrate the merry doings of the good old time when he was follower of Rob Roy MacGregor。  This leader; on one occasion; thought proper to make a descent upon the lower part of the Loch Lomond district; and summoned all the heritors and farmers to meet at the Kirk of Drymen; to pay him black…mail; i。e。; tribute for forbearance and protection。 As this invitation was supported by a band of thirty or forty stout fellows; only one gentleman; an ancestor; if I mistake not; of the present Mr。 Grahame of Gartmore; ventured to decline compliance。 Rob Roy instantly swept his land of all he could drive away; and among the spoil was a bull of the old Scottish wild breed; whose ferocity occasioned great plague to the Ketterans。  'But ere we had reached the Row of Dennan;' said the old man; 'a child might have scratched his ears。'  The circumstance is a minute one; but it paints the time when the poor beeve was compelled
  'To hoof it o'er as many weary miles;      With goading pikemen hollowing at his heels;      As e'er the bravest antler of the woods' (Ethwald)。〃
  73。  Kerns。  The Gaelic and Irish light…armed soldiers; the heavy…armed being known as gallowglasses。  The names are often associated; as in Macbeth; i。 2。 13: 〃kerns and gallowglasses;〃 2 Hen。 VI。 iv。 9。 26: 〃gallowglasses and stout kerns;〃 Drayton; Heroical Epist。: 〃the Kerne and Irish Galliglasse;〃 etc。
  74。  Beal'maha。  〃The pass of the plain;〃 on the east of Loch Lomond; opposite Inch…Cailliach。  In the olden time it was one of the established roads for making raids into the Lowlands。
  77。  Dennan's Row。  The modern Rowardennan; on Loch Lomond at the foot of Ben Lomond; and a favorite starting=point for the ascent of that mountain。
  82。  Boss。  Knob; in keeping with Targe。
  83。  Verge。  Pronounced varge; as the rhyme shows。  In v。 219 below it has its ordinary sound; but cf。 v。 812。
  84。  The Hero's Targe。  〃There is a rock so named in the Forest of Glenfinlas; by which a tumultuary cataract takes its course。 This wild place is said in former times to have afforded refuge to an outlaw; who was supplied with provisions by a woman; who lowered them down from the brink of the precipice above。  His water he procured for himself; by letting down a flagon tied to a string into the black pool beneath the fall〃 (Scott)。
  98。  Broke。  Quartered。  Cf。 the quotation from Jonson below。 Scott says here: 〃Everything belonging to the chase was matter of solemnity among our ancestors; but nothing was more so than the mode of cutting up; or; as it was technically called; breaking; the slaughtered stag。  The forester had his allotted portion; the hounds had a certain allowance; and; to make the division as general as possible; the very birds had their share also。  'There is a little gristle;' says Tubervile; 'which is upon the spoone of the brisket; which we call the raven's bone; and I have seen in some places a raven so wont and accustomed to it; that she would never fail to croak and cry for it all the time you were in breaking up of the deer; and would not depart till she had it。'  In the very ancient metrical romance of Sir Tristrem; that peerless knight; who is said to have been the very deviser of all rules of chase; did not omit the ceremony:
  'The rauen he yaue his yiftes      Sat on the fourched tre。' 'FN#9'
  〃The raven might also challenge his rights by the Book of St。 Albans; for thus says Dame Juliana Berners:
  'slitteth anon     The bely to the side; from the corbyn bone;     That is corbyns fee; at the death he will be。'
  Jonson; in The Sad Shepherd; gives a more poetical account of the same ceremony:
  'Marian。     He that undoes him;     Doth cleave the brisket bone; upon the spoon     Of which a little gristle growsyou call it        Robin Hood。      The raven's bone。       Marian。      Now o'er head sat a raven     On a sere bough; a grown; great bird; and hoarse;     Who; all the while the deer was breaking up;     So croaked and cried for 't; as all the huntsmen;     Especially old Scathlock; thought it ominous。'〃
  115。  Rouse。  Rise; stand erect。  Cf。 Macbeth; v。 5。 12:
  〃The time has been; my senses would have cool'd       To hear a night…shriek; and my fell of hair      Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir      As life were in 't。〃
  119。  Mine。  Many eds。 have 〃my。〃
  128。  Fateful。  The reading of the 1st ed。 and that of 1821; 〃fatal〃 in some recent eds。
  132。  Which spills; etc。  The MS。 has 〃Which foremost spills a foeman's life。〃
  〃Though this be in the text described as a response of the Taghairm; or Oracle of the Hide; it was of itself an augury frequently attended to。  The fate of the battle was often anticipated; in the imagination of the combatants; by observing which party first shed blood。  It is said that the Highlanders under Montrose were so deeply imbued with this notion; that on the morning of the battle of Tippermoor; they murdered a defenceless herdsman; whom they found in the fields; merely to secure an advantage of so much consequence to their party〃 (Scott)。
  140。  A spy。  That is; Fitz…James。  For has sought; the 1st ed。 has 〃hath sought。〃
  144。  Red Murdoch; etc。  The MS。 has 〃The clansman vainly deemed his guide;〃 etc。
  147。  Those shall bring him down。  For the ellipsis of who; see on i。 528 above。  The MS。 has 〃stab him down。〃
  153。  Pale。  In the heraldic sense of 〃a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon。〃  See Wb。
  155。  I love to hear; etc  Cf。 v。 238 below。
  156。  When move they on? etc。  The MS reads:
  〃'When move they on?'  |'This sun |  at noon                           |'To…day   |      'T is said will see them march from Doune。'      'To…morrow then  |makes|  meeting stern。'〃                       |sees |
  160。  Earn。  That is; the district about Loch Earn and the river of the same name flowing from the lake。
  164。  Shaggy glen。  As already stated; Trosachs means bristling。
  174。  Stance。  Station; a Scottish word。
  177。  Trusty targe。  The MS。 has 〃Highland targe。〃
  197。  Shifting like flashes; etc。  That is; like the Northern Lights。  Cf。 the Lay; ii。 86:
  〃And red and bright the streamers light        Were dancing in the glowing north。      。 。 。 。 。 。 。      He knew by the streamers that shot so bright      That spirits were riding the northern light。〃
  The MS。 reads:
  〃Thick as the flashes darted forth      By morrice…dancers of the north;      And saw at morn their  |barges ride;                             |little fleet;      Close moored by the lone islet's side。      Since this rude race dare not abide      Upon their native mountain side;      'T is fit that Dougla