ection.

103. =cure.= Parish or charge. =placket.= Petticoat.

104. =lurch=, swindle, leave in difficulty.

306. =prore=, poetical form of "prow."

377. =erne=, eagle.

Stanza XVII. Notice how both rime and rhythm mirror the growing
excitement of the conflict.

452. =As their Tinchel cows the game.= The "Tinchel" was a circle of
hunters, surrounding a herd of deer and gradually closing in on them.

488. =linn=, the word here means waterfall.

586. =Bothwell's lord=, Douglas. See note to II, xiii, 141.

591. =How Roderick brooked his minstrelsy.= "Brooked" is not used in its
strong sense of "endured," but in the weaker one of "received"; we
should say colloquially "how he took it."

APPENDIX

(Adapted, and enlarged, from the _Manual for the Study of English
Classics_, by George L. Marsh)

HELPS TO STUDY

LIFE OF SCOTT

What prominent traits of Scott's character can be traced to his
ancestors (pp. 9, 10)?

How did he regard the members of his clan, especially the chief (pp. 19,
20)?

What characteristic is represented in his refusal to learn Latin and
Greek at school?

What was his own method of obtaining an education? In what did he become
proficient (p. 12)?

How did he regard his legal studies? How did they benefit him in his
later work?

How was he first interested in ballad-writing?

Tell of the composition, publication, and popularity of his first poems
(pp. 20 ff.).

In what business venture did he become involved, and what was the final
outcome? What defect in his character is it charged that his business
relations brought to light (pp. 24, 25)?

Tell of the composition of his novels. Why were they published
incognito?

What can you say of his last years and his struggle to pay off the debts
incurred by his connection with Ballantyne?

SCOTT AND THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT

What is meant by the "Romantic Movement"? What four men were chiefly
instrumental in bringing about this revolution in English poetry (p.
40)?

What was the influence of Scott's poetry on the age in comparison with
that of his chief contemporaries? Give the reasons (p. 41).

What were the distinguishing qualities of the literature of the
eighteenth century? Illustrate these by examples from Pope or any other
poet that you choose from that period, and put them into contrast with
the qualities of the romantic poets. Does Scott's style differ greatly
from that of the poets of the preceding century?