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NOTES TO MADDEIS PROCLAMATIOUN (21-56). 99
alike—in the Hebrew annals. Indeed his conception of Scotland
seems to have been that of a second Judaea.
60. He was ane watcheman o?i ^our wall. A reminiscence of Isaiah
Ixii. 6 : “ Super muros tuos, Jerusalem, constitui custodes.”
69. Mantenit=V.t'pt in his hands. When the Regent was dying,
“ they who stood by saying that he had lost himself by his clemency,
having spared that miscreant whose life he might justly have taken,
he answered that they should never make him forthink any good
he had done in his life.”—‘ Spottiswood,’ p. 233.
77-80. Meg- Lochis get, &c. = Cease not till Meg Lochis offspring,
that apostate bishop, the devil’s own sergeant, who devised the mis¬
chief, and all his accursed kin, repent the slaughter of the Good
Regent. Cf. Poem xxviii. 11. 30-32.
87. Kelp the last wordis, &c. “ Giving order for his private affairs,
he seriously commended the care of the young king to such of the
nobility as were present, and died a little before midnight.”—‘ Spottis¬
wood,’ p. 233.
92. Gaird ^ow jow lufe — taka care, or see, that you love.
95. Schaip 30W for deid, or dwell in vther la7idis = prepare for death
or exile.
99 et seq. Christ lies it sed, &c. “Jesus autem sciens cogitationes
eorum dixit eis: Omne regnum divisum contra se desolabitur; et
omnis civitas vel domus divisa contra se non stabit.”—Matt. xii. 25.
102, Counsall is na command. A common proverb. See Poem
xliii. 1. 215 ; and Montgomerie, ‘The Cherrie and the Slae,’ 1. 590.
103. Tyjie = comt to grief, perish (intransitive).
106. If you are cowardly enough to resile from your purpose.
XX.—MADDEIS PROCLAMATIOUN.
21. Throne. Tron. The instrument set up in the market-place for
weighing; frequently used for the market-place itself.
34. Ked^ochis curst cla?i. The tlamiltons. See Poem xii. 1. 38,
note.
37. With weifiing Ene = with sorrow.
44. Sa fair I am agast—so utterly horrified I am.
50. Sen 3c are hapnit ladder = since you happen to be here.
54. Lidder= slow, slack. In Poem xlvii. 1. 95, limp, feeble. Another
form, lither, occurs in Poem ix. 1. 227.
56. Swidder=hesita.te, waver. Still in common use under the form
s wit her.
alike—in the Hebrew annals. Indeed his conception of Scotland
seems to have been that of a second Judaea.
60. He was ane watcheman o?i ^our wall. A reminiscence of Isaiah
Ixii. 6 : “ Super muros tuos, Jerusalem, constitui custodes.”
69. Mantenit=V.t'pt in his hands. When the Regent was dying,
“ they who stood by saying that he had lost himself by his clemency,
having spared that miscreant whose life he might justly have taken,
he answered that they should never make him forthink any good
he had done in his life.”—‘ Spottiswood,’ p. 233.
77-80. Meg- Lochis get, &c. = Cease not till Meg Lochis offspring,
that apostate bishop, the devil’s own sergeant, who devised the mis¬
chief, and all his accursed kin, repent the slaughter of the Good
Regent. Cf. Poem xxviii. 11. 30-32.
87. Kelp the last wordis, &c. “ Giving order for his private affairs,
he seriously commended the care of the young king to such of the
nobility as were present, and died a little before midnight.”—‘ Spottis¬
wood,’ p. 233.
92. Gaird ^ow jow lufe — taka care, or see, that you love.
95. Schaip 30W for deid, or dwell in vther la7idis = prepare for death
or exile.
99 et seq. Christ lies it sed, &c. “Jesus autem sciens cogitationes
eorum dixit eis: Omne regnum divisum contra se desolabitur; et
omnis civitas vel domus divisa contra se non stabit.”—Matt. xii. 25.
102, Counsall is na command. A common proverb. See Poem
xliii. 1. 215 ; and Montgomerie, ‘The Cherrie and the Slae,’ 1. 590.
103. Tyjie = comt to grief, perish (intransitive).
106. If you are cowardly enough to resile from your purpose.
XX.—MADDEIS PROCLAMATIOUN.
21. Throne. Tron. The instrument set up in the market-place for
weighing; frequently used for the market-place itself.
34. Ked^ochis curst cla?i. The tlamiltons. See Poem xii. 1. 38,
note.
37. With weifiing Ene = with sorrow.
44. Sa fair I am agast—so utterly horrified I am.
50. Sen 3c are hapnit ladder = since you happen to be here.
54. Lidder= slow, slack. In Poem xlvii. 1. 95, limp, feeble. Another
form, lither, occurs in Poem ix. 1. 227.
56. Swidder=hesita.te, waver. Still in common use under the form
s wit her.
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| Description | Edited by James Cranstoun. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood & Sons, 1891-1893. Contents: Volume 1. Introduction. Biographical notices. Satirical poems.-- Volume 2. Chief authorities and works referred to ... Notes. Appendix. I. The siege of Edenbrough castell. II. The Earle of Mvrton's tragedie [both by Thomas Churchyard] Glossary. Index of proper names. |
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