Stanza xi. line 302.  The wimple was a covering for the neck, said to have been introduced in the reign of Edward I. See Chaucer’s ‘Prologue,’ 151:—­

     ‘Ful semely hire wympel i-pynched was.’

line 307.  Cp. 2 Henry iv, iii. 2. 9, ‘By yea and nay, sir.’

line 308.  Cp. refrain of song, ‘’Twas within a mile o’ Edinburgh Town,’ in Johnson’s Museum :—­

     ’The lassie blush’d, and frowning cried, “No, no, it will not
do;
      I cannot, cannot, wonnot, wonnot, mannot buckle too."’

Stanza xii.  The skilful application of the anapaest for the production of the brilliant gallop of ‘Lochinvar’ has been equalled only by Scott himself in his ‘Bonnets o’ Bonnie Dundee.’  Cp.  Lord Tennyson’s ‘Northern Farmer’ (specially New Style), and Mr. Browning’s ‘How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix.’  ’The ballad of Lochinvar,’ says Scott, ’is in a very slight degree founded on a ballad called " Katharine Janfarie,” which may be found in the “Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border,” vol. ii.  Mr. Charles Gibbon’s ‘Laird o’ Lamington’ is based on the same legend.

line 332.  ’See the novel of “Redgauntlet” for a detailed picture of some of the extraordinary phenomena of the spring-tides in the Solway Frith.’—­Lockhart.

line 344. galliard (Sp. gallarda, Fr. gaillarda), a lively dance.  Cp.  Henry V, i. 2, 252, ‘a nimble galliard,’ and note on expression in Clarendon Press ed.

line 353. scaur, cliff or river bank.  Cp.  Blackie’s ’Ascent of Cruachan’ in ‘Lays of the Highlands and Islands,’ p. 98:—­

     ‘Scale the scaur that gleams so red.’

Stanza xiii. line 376.  Cp.  Dryden’s ’Aurengzebe’:-

     ‘Love and a crown no rivalship can bear.’

line 382.  Sir R. Kerr.  See above, line 261.

line 383.  Andrew Barton, High Admiral of Scotland, was one of a family of seamen, to whom James iv granted letters of reprisal against Portuguese traders for the violent death of their father.  Both the King and the Bartons profited much by their successes.  At length the Earl of Surrey, accusing Andrew Barton of attacking English as well as Portuguese vessels, sent two powerful men-of-war against him, and a sharp battle, fought in the Downs, resulted in Barton’s death and the capture of his vessels.  See Chambers’s ‘Eminent Scotsmen,’ vol. v.

line 386.  James sent his herald to Henry before Terouenne, calling upon him to desist from hostilities against Scotland’s ally, the king of France, and sternly reminding him of the various insults to which Henry’s supercilious policy had subjected him.  Flodden had been fought before the messenger returned with his answer.  Barclay a contemporary poet, had written about seven years earlier, in his ’Ship of Fooles’:—­

     ’If the Englishe Lion his wisedome and riches
      Conjoyne with true love, peace, and fidelitie
      With the Scottishe Unicornes might and hardines,
      There is no doubt but all whole Christentie
      Shall live in peace, wealth, and tranquilitie.’