[545] by the altar.
[546] blow.
[547] sport.
[548] Quick, fellows!
[549] Laing quotes from the chartulary of Newbattle a grant by Seyer de Quency, lord of the manor of Tranent, of a coal-pit and quarry on the lands of Preston; which shows mining and quarrying to have been industries there as early as 1202.
[550] company.
[551] eight.
[552] a Scots plack equalled the third of a penny.
[553] halfway.
[554] device.