[555]croaked.[556]each.[557]fared.[558]describe.[559]fell.[560]twigs.[561]beryl.[562]moist empurpled.[563]embroidered.[564]dark.[565]sojourn.[566]wandering.[567]sure guide.[568]care.[569]breaking forth.[570]boughs.[571]Æolus.[572]peacock pruning his feathers fair.[573]thrush.[574]pleasant.[575]salute.[576]partly.[577]rocks.[578]The name is spelt variously, Ballantyne, Ballenden, Bellendyne, &c.[579]Murray’sDialects of the Southern Counties of Scotland, p. 61.[580]According to Hume’sHistory of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, p. 258.[581]In the appendix to Scotstarvet’sHistorySir John Bellenden is stated to have been Justice-Clerk from 1547 till 1578.[582]Dr. Irving quotes the statements of Conn, Bale, and Dempster respectively for these three facts. But both the date and place remain, as he remarks, uncertain; and by some, as by Sibbald in hisChronicle of Scottish Poetry, Bellenden is stated to have died at Paris.[583]Hector Boece, born 1465–66, was Principal of King’s College, Aberdeen, then newly founded by Bishop Elphinstone; and he died Rector of Tyrie in Buchan, in 1536. The second edition of hisHistorywas not published till 1574. It included the eighteenth and part of the nineteenth book by Boece, and a continuation to the end of the reign of James III. by the celebrated scholar Ferrerius.[584]On the title page the translator is styled “Archdene of Murray and Chanon of Rosse,” and, as Irving points out, he was not in possession of these titles at the time of purchasing escheat in 1538. The date of 1536 sometimes assigned to this edition is probably therefore a mistake. Only two copies of the edition are now known to exist.[585]This MS., by the older writers on Bellenden, is called sometimes the “Carmichael Collection,” from the name of the owner who lent it to Allan Ramsay, sometimes the “Hyndford MS.,” from John, third Earl of Hyndford, who presented it to the Advocates’ Library. This difference of appellation has not lessened the confusion hitherto involving the poet and his work.[586]The prohemes from the translation of Boece, after being copied in part by Bannatyne in his MS., were included in Ramsay’sEvergreenand in Sibbald’sChronicle of Scottish Poetry. The prologue to Livy was printed first by Dr. Leyden in the dissertation prefixed to his edition ofThe Complaynt of Scotland.[587]From dark.[588]Above.[589]valued.[590]could.[591]unworthy.[592]Till.[593]harried.[594]though.[595]cares.[596]doom yet constantly endures.[597]earthly.[598]swam.[599]That grave deliberation.[600]slothful.[601]Diffusing.[602]penetrative.[603]loud noise.[604]fourth.[605]over the grasslands.[606]revenues.[607]was named.[608]as they deemed best.[609]splendour.[610]enterprise.[611]choose.[612]most agreeable.[613]Who.[614]earth.[615]powerful.[616]live.[617]By sight of these.[618]doubt.[619]was taken.[620]without.[621]prevent.[622]must.[623]devoured.[624]folded.[625]To caress and embrace.[626]wit.[627]pleasure.[628]float.[629]give practice.[630]with forward-moving wheels.[631]shires,lit.districts sheared off.[632]vexing.[633]much pain.[634]end.[635]war.[636]overcome.[637]constant warfare.[638]makes breach in.[639]serene.[640]not be daunted.[641]certain.[642]shall vanish without delay.[643]gone.[644]know.[645]In such fashion.[646]smoky.[647]converts sores.[648]the day star,i.e.the sun.[649]perfects.[650]without peer.[651]wipe, cleanse.[652]sphere.[653]called.[654]hurts.[655]mingled.[656]warlike rage.[657]slit.[658]delicate.[659]warlike.[660]reigned.[661]drove from their realms.[662]bite.[663]lost.[664]stop.[665]daunted by his war.[666]children.[667]acquire substance.[668]deified.[669]illustrious.[670]high above genius.[671]repulsive.[672]darkness.[673]solely.[674]would not.[675]lives as beast conscious of knowledge.[676]ages.[677]overhauls.[678]barren wife.[679]the prolific fails.[680]And then possess.[681]cover over.[682]strong, raging.[683]adorn.[684]praise.[685]champion.[686]the praise is.[687]those who propose to take place.[688]must.[689]which.[690]fearful.[691]strain, race.[692]courtesy.[693]same stock.[694]overcome.[695]host.[696]come, begotten.[697]care.[698]dying.[699]powerful deeds.[700]who could.[701]save, preserve.[702]The prologue consists of twenty stanzas, of which the first four and the last are here printed.[703]hazards of war.[704]map of the world.[705]diffuse.[706]the spirits of my dull intelligence.[707]glittering.[708]flame.[709]stars.[710]stop.[711]strong, hard to encounter.[712]hard rock.[713]lost.[714]perish long ere.[715]Spirit.[716]Some are deep-thinking.[717]war.[718]cares.[719]rage.[720]feud.[721]death.[722]lives.[723]of good fellows counts not a bean.[724]He burns, without regard.[725]living.[726]loyal.[727]compliant and attentive.[728]of your courtesy forbear with it.[729]composition.[730]scattered.[731]earth.[732]declared rebel. See note, p.97.[733]same.[734]limbo.[735]From the time when.[736]lament.[737]own.[738]lost.[739]end.[740]aggravated.
[555]croaked.
[555]croaked.
[556]each.
[556]each.
[557]fared.
[557]fared.
[558]describe.
[558]describe.
[559]fell.
[559]fell.
[560]twigs.
[560]twigs.
[561]beryl.
[561]beryl.
[562]moist empurpled.
[562]moist empurpled.
[563]embroidered.
[563]embroidered.
[564]dark.
[564]dark.
[565]sojourn.
[565]sojourn.
[566]wandering.
[566]wandering.
[567]sure guide.
[567]sure guide.
[568]care.
[568]care.
[569]breaking forth.
[569]breaking forth.
[570]boughs.
[570]boughs.
[571]Æolus.
[571]Æolus.
[572]peacock pruning his feathers fair.
[572]peacock pruning his feathers fair.
[573]thrush.
[573]thrush.
[574]pleasant.
[574]pleasant.
[575]salute.
[575]salute.
[576]partly.
[576]partly.
[577]rocks.
[577]rocks.
[578]The name is spelt variously, Ballantyne, Ballenden, Bellendyne, &c.
[578]The name is spelt variously, Ballantyne, Ballenden, Bellendyne, &c.
[579]Murray’sDialects of the Southern Counties of Scotland, p. 61.
[579]Murray’sDialects of the Southern Counties of Scotland, p. 61.
[580]According to Hume’sHistory of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, p. 258.
[580]According to Hume’sHistory of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, p. 258.
[581]In the appendix to Scotstarvet’sHistorySir John Bellenden is stated to have been Justice-Clerk from 1547 till 1578.
[581]In the appendix to Scotstarvet’sHistorySir John Bellenden is stated to have been Justice-Clerk from 1547 till 1578.
[582]Dr. Irving quotes the statements of Conn, Bale, and Dempster respectively for these three facts. But both the date and place remain, as he remarks, uncertain; and by some, as by Sibbald in hisChronicle of Scottish Poetry, Bellenden is stated to have died at Paris.
[582]Dr. Irving quotes the statements of Conn, Bale, and Dempster respectively for these three facts. But both the date and place remain, as he remarks, uncertain; and by some, as by Sibbald in hisChronicle of Scottish Poetry, Bellenden is stated to have died at Paris.
[583]Hector Boece, born 1465–66, was Principal of King’s College, Aberdeen, then newly founded by Bishop Elphinstone; and he died Rector of Tyrie in Buchan, in 1536. The second edition of hisHistorywas not published till 1574. It included the eighteenth and part of the nineteenth book by Boece, and a continuation to the end of the reign of James III. by the celebrated scholar Ferrerius.
[583]Hector Boece, born 1465–66, was Principal of King’s College, Aberdeen, then newly founded by Bishop Elphinstone; and he died Rector of Tyrie in Buchan, in 1536. The second edition of hisHistorywas not published till 1574. It included the eighteenth and part of the nineteenth book by Boece, and a continuation to the end of the reign of James III. by the celebrated scholar Ferrerius.
[584]On the title page the translator is styled “Archdene of Murray and Chanon of Rosse,” and, as Irving points out, he was not in possession of these titles at the time of purchasing escheat in 1538. The date of 1536 sometimes assigned to this edition is probably therefore a mistake. Only two copies of the edition are now known to exist.
[584]On the title page the translator is styled “Archdene of Murray and Chanon of Rosse,” and, as Irving points out, he was not in possession of these titles at the time of purchasing escheat in 1538. The date of 1536 sometimes assigned to this edition is probably therefore a mistake. Only two copies of the edition are now known to exist.
[585]This MS., by the older writers on Bellenden, is called sometimes the “Carmichael Collection,” from the name of the owner who lent it to Allan Ramsay, sometimes the “Hyndford MS.,” from John, third Earl of Hyndford, who presented it to the Advocates’ Library. This difference of appellation has not lessened the confusion hitherto involving the poet and his work.
[585]This MS., by the older writers on Bellenden, is called sometimes the “Carmichael Collection,” from the name of the owner who lent it to Allan Ramsay, sometimes the “Hyndford MS.,” from John, third Earl of Hyndford, who presented it to the Advocates’ Library. This difference of appellation has not lessened the confusion hitherto involving the poet and his work.
[586]The prohemes from the translation of Boece, after being copied in part by Bannatyne in his MS., were included in Ramsay’sEvergreenand in Sibbald’sChronicle of Scottish Poetry. The prologue to Livy was printed first by Dr. Leyden in the dissertation prefixed to his edition ofThe Complaynt of Scotland.
[586]The prohemes from the translation of Boece, after being copied in part by Bannatyne in his MS., were included in Ramsay’sEvergreenand in Sibbald’sChronicle of Scottish Poetry. The prologue to Livy was printed first by Dr. Leyden in the dissertation prefixed to his edition ofThe Complaynt of Scotland.
[587]From dark.
[587]From dark.
[588]Above.
[588]Above.
[589]valued.
[589]valued.
[590]could.
[590]could.
[591]unworthy.
[591]unworthy.
[592]Till.
[592]Till.
[593]harried.
[593]harried.
[594]though.
[594]though.
[595]cares.
[595]cares.
[596]doom yet constantly endures.
[596]doom yet constantly endures.
[597]earthly.
[597]earthly.
[598]swam.
[598]swam.
[599]That grave deliberation.
[599]That grave deliberation.
[600]slothful.
[600]slothful.
[601]Diffusing.
[601]Diffusing.
[602]penetrative.
[602]penetrative.
[603]loud noise.
[603]loud noise.
[604]fourth.
[604]fourth.
[605]over the grasslands.
[605]over the grasslands.
[606]revenues.
[606]revenues.
[607]was named.
[607]was named.
[608]as they deemed best.
[608]as they deemed best.
[609]splendour.
[609]splendour.
[610]enterprise.
[610]enterprise.
[611]choose.
[611]choose.
[612]most agreeable.
[612]most agreeable.
[613]Who.
[613]Who.
[614]earth.
[614]earth.
[615]powerful.
[615]powerful.
[616]live.
[616]live.
[617]By sight of these.
[617]By sight of these.
[618]doubt.
[618]doubt.
[619]was taken.
[619]was taken.
[620]without.
[620]without.
[621]prevent.
[621]prevent.
[622]must.
[622]must.
[623]devoured.
[623]devoured.
[624]folded.
[624]folded.
[625]To caress and embrace.
[625]To caress and embrace.
[626]wit.
[626]wit.
[627]pleasure.
[627]pleasure.
[628]float.
[628]float.
[629]give practice.
[629]give practice.
[630]with forward-moving wheels.
[630]with forward-moving wheels.
[631]shires,lit.districts sheared off.
[631]shires,lit.districts sheared off.
[632]vexing.
[632]vexing.
[633]much pain.
[633]much pain.
[634]end.
[634]end.
[635]war.
[635]war.
[636]overcome.
[636]overcome.
[637]constant warfare.
[637]constant warfare.
[638]makes breach in.
[638]makes breach in.
[639]serene.
[639]serene.
[640]not be daunted.
[640]not be daunted.
[641]certain.
[641]certain.
[642]shall vanish without delay.
[642]shall vanish without delay.
[643]gone.
[643]gone.
[644]know.
[644]know.
[645]In such fashion.
[645]In such fashion.
[646]smoky.
[646]smoky.
[647]converts sores.
[647]converts sores.
[648]the day star,i.e.the sun.
[648]the day star,i.e.the sun.
[649]perfects.
[649]perfects.
[650]without peer.
[650]without peer.
[651]wipe, cleanse.
[651]wipe, cleanse.
[652]sphere.
[652]sphere.
[653]called.
[653]called.
[654]hurts.
[654]hurts.
[655]mingled.
[655]mingled.
[656]warlike rage.
[656]warlike rage.
[657]slit.
[657]slit.
[658]delicate.
[658]delicate.
[659]warlike.
[659]warlike.
[660]reigned.
[660]reigned.
[661]drove from their realms.
[661]drove from their realms.
[662]bite.
[662]bite.
[663]lost.
[663]lost.
[664]stop.
[664]stop.
[665]daunted by his war.
[665]daunted by his war.
[666]children.
[666]children.
[667]acquire substance.
[667]acquire substance.
[668]deified.
[668]deified.
[669]illustrious.
[669]illustrious.
[670]high above genius.
[670]high above genius.
[671]repulsive.
[671]repulsive.
[672]darkness.
[672]darkness.
[673]solely.
[673]solely.
[674]would not.
[674]would not.
[675]lives as beast conscious of knowledge.
[675]lives as beast conscious of knowledge.
[676]ages.
[676]ages.
[677]overhauls.
[677]overhauls.
[678]barren wife.
[678]barren wife.
[679]the prolific fails.
[679]the prolific fails.
[680]And then possess.
[680]And then possess.
[681]cover over.
[681]cover over.
[682]strong, raging.
[682]strong, raging.
[683]adorn.
[683]adorn.
[684]praise.
[684]praise.
[685]champion.
[685]champion.
[686]the praise is.
[686]the praise is.
[687]those who propose to take place.
[687]those who propose to take place.
[688]must.
[688]must.
[689]which.
[689]which.
[690]fearful.
[690]fearful.
[691]strain, race.
[691]strain, race.
[692]courtesy.
[692]courtesy.
[693]same stock.
[693]same stock.
[694]overcome.
[694]overcome.
[695]host.
[695]host.
[696]come, begotten.
[696]come, begotten.
[697]care.
[697]care.
[698]dying.
[698]dying.
[699]powerful deeds.
[699]powerful deeds.
[700]who could.
[700]who could.
[701]save, preserve.
[701]save, preserve.
[702]The prologue consists of twenty stanzas, of which the first four and the last are here printed.
[702]The prologue consists of twenty stanzas, of which the first four and the last are here printed.
[703]hazards of war.
[703]hazards of war.
[704]map of the world.
[704]map of the world.
[705]diffuse.
[705]diffuse.
[706]the spirits of my dull intelligence.
[706]the spirits of my dull intelligence.
[707]glittering.
[707]glittering.
[708]flame.
[708]flame.
[709]stars.
[709]stars.
[710]stop.
[710]stop.
[711]strong, hard to encounter.
[711]strong, hard to encounter.
[712]hard rock.
[712]hard rock.
[713]lost.
[713]lost.
[714]perish long ere.
[714]perish long ere.
[715]Spirit.
[715]Spirit.
[716]Some are deep-thinking.
[716]Some are deep-thinking.
[717]war.
[717]war.
[718]cares.
[718]cares.
[719]rage.
[719]rage.
[720]feud.
[720]feud.
[721]death.
[721]death.
[722]lives.
[722]lives.
[723]of good fellows counts not a bean.
[723]of good fellows counts not a bean.
[724]He burns, without regard.
[724]He burns, without regard.
[725]living.
[725]living.
[726]loyal.
[726]loyal.
[727]compliant and attentive.
[727]compliant and attentive.
[728]of your courtesy forbear with it.
[728]of your courtesy forbear with it.
[729]composition.
[729]composition.
[730]scattered.
[730]scattered.
[731]earth.
[731]earth.
[732]declared rebel. See note, p.97.
[732]declared rebel. See note, p.97.
[733]same.
[733]same.
[734]limbo.
[734]limbo.
[735]From the time when.
[735]From the time when.
[736]lament.
[736]lament.
[737]own.
[737]own.
[738]lost.
[738]lost.
[739]end.
[739]end.
[740]aggravated.
[740]aggravated.