[142] Lord Reay.
[143] Steed. The Celtic "Cabul" and Latin "Caballus" correspond.
[144] Here the bard is a little obscure; but he seems to mean that the Monroes made their escape over the skulls of the dead, as if they were boats or coracles by which to cross or get away from danger.
[145] The Caithness and Sutherland men.
[146] Lovat's men.
[147] The eagle being the crest of the Monro.
[148] The eagle; the crest of Monro of Fowlis. The filthy and cruel habits of this predatory bird are here contrasted with the forest-manners of the stag in a singular specimen of clan vituperation.
[149] Fioreun, the name of the eagle, signifying true bird.
[150] Literally—Accursed by Moses, or the Mosaic law.
[151] The single eagle's feather crested the chieftain's bonnet.