[137] Estate—piece of ground.
[138] Threatens.
[139] A horn had originally, or perhaps was still used, in proclaiming a man rebel; hence the term, horning, or being put to the horn.
[140] October ... 1587, ‘his majesty raid with ane host to Peebles, for order-taking with the broken men, and returnit the tent day.’—Moysie’s Memoirs.
[141] It is understood that this was the place of worship formed out of the choir or eastern portion of the church of St Giles. Opposite to the pulpit, which was attached to the first pillar from the east end, was the royal gallery or loft, also attached to a pillar. Thus the king and the minister were sufficiently near each other for the colloquies in which they occasionally indulged. See Wilson’s Memorials of Edinburgh.
[142] Harrington’s Nugæ Antiquæ, by Park. 2 vols. 1804. Vol. i., p. 369.
[143] A light bark with one mast.
[144] Rascal.
[145] Worthless fellows.
[146] Value.