[460] Voyage en Angleterre, &c., ii. 238.

[461] My informant is Dr. John Paterson, of Clifton Bank, St. Andrews, to whose extensive knowledge as a local antiquary and most friendly assistance I am indebted.

[462] Froude’s History of England, ed. 1870, vi. 233.

[463] Wesley’s Journal, iii. 397.

[464] Translated by Boswell:

“Let youth in deeds, in counsel man engage;

Prayer is the proper duty of old age.”

[465] Her descent from Knox is not fully established, though, says Carlyle, “there is really good likelihood of the genealogy.” Reminiscences by Thomas Carlyle, ii. 103.

[466] Lockhart’s Life of Scott, ix. 126.

[467] Voyage en Angleterre, &c., ii. 232.