[{7}] Very intimate.

[{8}] When the sky falls and smothers the larks,

[{9}] This quotation makes it certain that Scott’s ballad of Harlaw, in “The Antiquary,” is, at least in part, derived from tradition.

[{10}] This description confirms that of the contemporary town-clerk of La Rochelle.

[{11}] The staircase still exists.

[{12}] “My neck would learn the weight of my more solid proportions.”

[{13}] Neck.

[{14}] “Frightened by a ghost.”

[{15}] “Airt,” i.e. “quarter.”

[{16}] “Fright for fright.”