[5] Supposed to be Dr. Moir.
[6] Tannahill was a weaver in Paisley. He excelled in song writing. Under the pressure of poverty and deep depression of spirits he committed suicide.
[7] The reference here is to the residence, or rather imprisonment of Mary in Lochleven Castle.
[8] Roslin Castle, on the banks of the Esk, about seven miles from Edinburgh.
[9] Brow, in Scotland, is often pronounced as if spelt brue.
[10] Ewes, pronounced as if it were yowes.
[11] We give the version of Leitch Ritchie, who has thrown the facts into the form of a dialogue, and given a false name to the hero; otherwise the narration is entirely authentic.
[12] At present it is used as a barracks for soldiers and a magazine of arms.
[13] Carlyle—"Hero Worship," p. 174.
[14] "Of Reformation in England." By John Milton.