[28] The present King of the French.
[29] The business of a porter in Paris is to open the gates of the house to comers and goers after dusk, by means of a cord, which is fixed in the lodge.
[30] Germany is very rich in popular traditions. The nursery-tales collected by the brothers Grimm are known in this country by two translations. The present tale is written in the very words of an inhabitant of Steinbach, situate in Saxe-Meiningen, at one mile's distance from the watering-place of Liebenstein, and containing two hundred and seventy houses, with one thousand three hundred and thirty inhabitants, amongst whom are a hundred and sixty cutlers, and eighty lock-smiths. The inhabitants participate in the principal fancies of those regions,—singing-birds, flowers, song, and music. The music bands of Steinbach are some of the best of Germany, and are the delight of its principal fairs. In our translation we have kept as close as possible to the words of the man who related it.
[31] Literally true.
[32] A wicker boat covered with a horse-skin, much used by these islanders.
[33] Ards is situated on the main, near the wild promontory of Horn Head, and is the seat of the Stewart family.
[34] Booty.
[35] Orlando Furioso, canto xxii. st. 1, 2, 3.
I.
"Donne, e voi che le donne avete in pregio,