[105]. The pursuers seem to have taken the road through the hills of Liddesdale, in order to collect forces, and intercept the forayers at the passage of the Liddel, on their return to Bewcastle. The Ritterford and Kershope-ford, after-mentioned, are noted fords on the river Liddel.—S.
[113]. The Frostylee is a brook, which joins the Teviot, near Mosspaul.—S.
[143]. The Dinlay is a mountain in Liddesdale.—S.
[153]. Perhaps one of the ancient family of Brougham, in Cumberland. The Editor has used some freedom with the original in the subsequent verse. The account of the Captain's disaster is rather too naïve for literal publication.—S.
[175]. A house belonging to the Foresters, situated on the English side of the Liddel.—S.
[196]. An article in the list of attempts upon England, fouled by the Commissioners at Berwick, in the year 1587, may relate to the subject of the foregoing ballad.
October, 1582.
| Thomas Musgrave, deputy of Bewcastle, and the tenants, against | { | Walter Scott, Laird of Buckluth, and his complices; for | } | 200 kine and oxen, 300 gait and sheep. |
Introduction to the History of Westmoreland and Cumberland, p. 31.—S.