Scott's Lady of the Lake

by Walter Scott

[ [89] Recompense.

[ [90] Of ducks.

[ [91] The ancient and powerful family of Graham of Dumbarton and Stirling supplied some of the most remarkable characters in Scottish annals.

[ [92] Long ago.

[ [93] A Scotch abbot of the seventh century.

[ [94] Bothwell Castle on the Clyde, nine miles from Glasgow, was the principal seat of the Earls of Angus, the elder branch of the Douglas family, until 1528, when James V. escaped from his virtual imprisonment by Angus acting as regent, and drove the Douglases into exile, confiscating their estates ([See Introduction]).

[ [95] Bagpipe.

[ [96] The river Tweed is on the southern boundary of Scotland. The Spey is a river of the extreme north.

[ [97] Snatch away.

[ [98] Beguiled.