[ [99] The Bleeding Heart was the cognizance of the Douglas family in memory of the heart of Bruce, which that monarch on his deathbed bequeathed to James Douglas, that he might carry it upon a crusade to the Holy City.
[ [100] A rustic Highland dance which takes its name from the strath or broad valley of the Spey.
[ [101] “The Scottish Highlander calls himself Gael, and terms the Lowlanders Sassenach or Saxons.”
[ [102] Gregor, the progenitor of the clan MacGregor, was supposed to be the son of a Scotch King Alpine: hence the MacGregors are sometimes called MacAlpines.
[ [103] The district lying south of Loch Lomond.
[ [104] Dhu in Gaelic.
[ [105] “In Holy-Rood,” i.e., in the very presence of royalty. Holyrood was the King’s palace in Edinburgh.
[ [106] A person who had been outlawed, or declared without the protection of the law, could not bring an action at law. Any one could steal his property, or even kill him, without fear of legal punishment.
[ [107] Reward.
[ [108] Roderick and Ellen, being cousins, could not marry without dispensation, or special license from the Pope.