[ [149] “Your counsel,” etc., i.e., I would have your advice in the emergency I indicate.
[ [150] [See Note [99], p. 55.]
[ [151] Enough.
[ [152] The windings of the river Forth: hence the inhabitants of that region.
[ [153] Stirling Castle, on the Forth, below the junction of the Frith, was a favorite residence of the Scottish kings.
[ [154] The startled dreamer.
[ [155] “Battled fence,” i.e., battlemented rampart.
[ [156] Astounded.
[ [157] Conflicting.
[ [158] “Checker’d shroud,” i.e., his tartan plaid.