614.  Forth at full speed, etc.  The Ms. reads: 

    “Forth at full speed the Clansman went,
     But in his race his bow he bent,
     Halted—­and back an arrow sent.”

617.  Thrilled.  Quivered.

627.  Thine ambushed kin, etc.  The Ms. transposes this line and the next, and goes on thus: 

    “Resistless as the lightning’s flame,
     The thrust betwixt his shoulder came.”

Just below it reads: 

    “The o’er him hung, with falcon eye,
     And grimly smiled to see him die.”

642.  Daggled.  Wet, soaked.  Cf. the Lay, i. 316:  “Was daggled by the dashing spray.”

649.  Helpless.  The Ms. has “guiltless.”

657.  Shred.  Cut off; a sense now obsolete.  Cf.  Withal’s Dictionary (ed. 1608):  “The superfluous and wast sprigs of vines, being cut and shreaded off are called sarmenta.”

659.  My brain, etc.  The Ms. has “But now, my champion, it shall wave.”

672.  Wreak.  Avenge.  Cf.  Shakespeare, R. and J. iii. 5. 102: 

    “To wreak the love I bore my cousin
     Upon his body that hath slaughter’d him;”

Spenser, F. Q. ii. 3. 13:  “to wreak so foule despight;” etc.

679.  God, in my need, etc.  The Ms. reads: 

    “God, in my need, to me be true,
     As I wreak this on Roderick Dhu.”

686.  Favor.  The token of the next line; referring to the knightly custom of wearing such a gift of lady-love or mistress.  Cf.  Rich.  II. v. 3. 18: 

    “And from the common’st creature pluck a glove,
     And wear it as a favour,” etc.

See also the Lay, iv. 334: 

    “With favor in his crest, or glove,
     Memorial of his layde-love.”

691.  At bay.  See on i. 133 above; and for the dangerous foe, cf. the note on i. 137.

698.  Couched him.  Lay down.  See on i. 142 above.

700.  Rash adventures.  See on 437 above.

701.  Must prove.  The 1st ed. has “will prove.”

705.  Bands at Doune.  Cf. 150 above.

711.  Darkling.  See on 283 above.

722.  Not the summer solstice.  Not even the heat of the summer.

724.  Wold.  See on 267 above.

731.  Beside its embers, etc.  The Ms. reads: 

    “By the decaying flame was laid
     A warrior in his Highland plaid.”

For the rhyme here, see on i. 363 above.  Cf. 764 below.

741.  I dare, etc.  The Ms. reads: 

    “I dare! to him and all the swarm
     He brings to aid his murderous arm.”

746.  Slip.  A hunter’s term for letting loose the greyhounds from the slips, or nooses, by which they were held until sent after the game.  Tubervile (Art of Venerie) says:  “We let slip a greyhound, and we cast off a hound.”  Cf.  Shakespeare, Cor. i. 6. 39: