Harden Glen.—P. [453]. v. 5.
"Harden's castle was situated upon the very brink of a dark and precipitous dell, through which a scanty rivulet steals to meet the Borthwick. In the recess of this glen he is said to have kept his spoil, which served for the daily maintenance of his retainers." Notes on the "Lay of the Last Minstrel," Canto IV. stanza 9.
Warns the water.—P. [454]. v. 5.
This expression signified formerly the giving the alarm to the inhabitants of a district; each district taking its name from the river that flowed through it.
O leeze me, &c.—P. [455]. v. 1.
The esteem in which the moon was held in the Harden family may be traced in the motto they still bear: "Reparabit cornua Phœbe."
FOOTNOTES:
[102] Breckans—Fern.
[103] Roose—Praise.