[342] Rydal Chapel remained in the state mentioned in the Fenwick note till the year 1884.—Ed.
[343] 1827.
Or ... MS. sent to Lady Beaumont.
[344] The Fleming family is descended from Sir Michael le Fleming, a relative of Baldwin, Earl of Flanders, brother-in-law to William the Conqueror. This Sir Michael le Fleming, who came over with the Conqueror, was sent into Cumberland against the Scots, and was rewarded for his services by the gift of several manors in Copeland, Cumberland.—Ed.
[345] Bekangs Ghyll—or the dell of Nightshade—in which stands St. Mary's Abbey in Low Furness.—W. W. 1827.
[346] In the edition of 1827, stanzas iii. and iv. are numbered iv. and iii. respectively.—Ed.
[347] 1832.
Even Strangers, slackening here their pace,
Shall hail this work of pious care,
Lifting its ... 1827.
[348] Compare Glen-Almain (vol. ii. p. 394)—
A convent, even a hermit's cell,
Would break the silence of this Dell.—Ed.