Scott's Lady of the Lake

by Walter Scott

[ [249] Dwelt.

[ [250] Kindred.

[ [251] Knew.

[ [252] A town in Fifeshire, thirteen miles northwest of Edinburgh, the residence of the early Scottish kings. Its Abbey of the Gray Friars was the royal burial place.

[ [253] Boundary; stream.

[ [254] Harm.

[ [255] Foot soldier. Referring to the treacherous guide, Red Murdoch ([see Stanza VII. p. 109]).

[ [256] Danger.

[ [257] Artifice.

[ [258] As if.