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.. The letter n after the Figures referring to the Page, signifies note.

A.

Adam, Right Hon. William, a specimen of
minstrel recitation obtained from, 8 n.
Adderstone, the, 284.

Barbauld, Mrs. 238.

Barthram's Dirge,' 100.

Battle-Axe, 56.

C.

'CADYOW CASTLE,' 268.

'Cairns, 177, 305 n.

Cameron, Richard, a preacher, during the
Persecution, 29, 121.

Beaugué, (a French officer serving in Scot- Caledonian Forest and wild cattle, 268,270 n.
land, 1549.) Memoirs of, 19.
Belrinnes, ballad of, 13.
Beltane-tree, 262.

'Bessie Bell and Mary Gray,' 7 n.
Bluck-mail, 25, 26.

Addison, his críticism on 'Chevy Chase,'
3, 4.
Airs of some old ballads appended to the
present edition. The Battle of Otter-
bourne, 59. Johnie Armstrong, 70. Dick
o' the Cow, 89. The Lord Maxwell's Blood-hound, or sluith-hound, 9 n. 104.
Goodnight, 106. The Battle of Bothwell-Bogle, the, or goblin, 34.
Brig, 129. The Douglas Tragedy, 458.
The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow, 187. The
Wife of Usher's Well, 211. True Tho-
mas, 249. Glenfinlas, 261.
'Albania, 'a poem, extract from, 36.
Albany, Earl of, 43, 46, 47.

Aldridge, Robert, Bishop of Carlisle, 180 n.
Alexander the Third, the last Scottish King

of the pure Celtic race,' 6.
'Ancient Mariner,' Coleridge's, 233.
Ancram Moor, battle of, 18, 267.
Angus, Earl of, (4455,) 43 n.

Archibald, sixth Earl of, called 'Bell
the Cat,' 45, 16.

seventh Earl of, 17, 18 n.

'Annan Water,' 216.

Annual Review, the, critical notice from,
310 n.

Anthony Now Now, 229.

Archie Armstrong's Aith,' 306.

'Archie of Ca' Field,' 404.

Arkinholme, battle of, 15.

'Armin and Elvira, 233.

Armstrong, clan of, 67.

Armstrong's Goodnight,' 102.
Armstrong, John, of Gilnockie, 69.

William, (Christie's Will,") kid-
naps Lord Durie, 245. Conveys a packet
to Charles the First, 244.
Arran, Earl of, (temp. Jac. V.) 16.

(temp. Mar.) 270.

ASPEN, THE HOUSE OF: a Tragedy,' 474.
'AUCHINDRANE; or, The Ayrshire Tragedy,'
454. See also 196 n.
Auchinleck MS., account of the, 327.
• Auld Maitland,' 47.

B.

Baillie, Mrs. Joanna. Dedication to her of
'MacDuff's Cross,' 422. See also 159.
Balfour, John of Kinloch, ('Burly,') 422.
Ballads and Poems, ancient, very few ma-
nuscript records of, have yet been disco-
vered, 6. Printed in Garlands, ib.

Collections of, namely, Pepys's, 7.
Duke of Roxburghe's, ib. An anony.
mous collection, ib. Millar and Chap-
man's, ib. Watson's, ib. Ramsay's, ib.
Percy's, 8. Evan's, 14. Herd's, ib. and
35. Pinkerton's, 12. Ritson's, ib. Scott's,
(The Border Minstrelsy,) 13. Dalzell's,
ib. Jamieson's, ib. and 35 n. Mother-
well's. 43. Kinloch's, ib. Sharpe's, ib.
Leslie's, ib. Buchan's, ib. Hartshorne's,
14. Riddell's, 54. Mrs. Brown's, 55.
BALLAD, the Ancient, ESSAY on Imitations
of, 229.

Ballads, Historical, 45. Romantic, 131.
Imitations of Ancient, 245.
Ballantyne, Mr. James, The Border Mins-
trelsy the first work printed by him, 15;

241.

Bannatyne Richard, his journal, 24 n.
Bannerman, Miss Anne, her Tales of Su-
perstition and Chivalry,' 255.
Bansters, what, 12 n.

Boiling, punishment of, 282.

Bond of Alliance, or Feud-stanching, be-
twixt the clans of Scott and Kerr, 1529,

39.

'Bonny Hynd,' the, 224.
Borderers. English, excommunication of,
by the Bishop of Durham, 1498, 41.

Scottish, their ancient state, 14.
Feuds, 16. Their state at the Reforma-
tion, 20; in 4568, ib.; at James's acces-
sion to the throne of England, 23. Cus-
toms and modes of life, 24. Power of
their chieftains, 26. Border houses, 27.
Monuments, ib. Dress and arms, ib.
Signals and places of rendezvous, 28.
Warlike convocations, ib. Religion, ib.
Superstitions, 29. Domestic economy,
32. Taste for music and poetry, 6, 32.
'Border Widow,' Lament of the, 176.
Bothwell, Francis Stuart, Earl of, (temp.
Jac. VI.) 22.

James Hepburn, Earl of, (temp.
Mar.) 19, 20.

Bothwell Bridge, battle of, 124.
Bourne, Geordie, history of, 37.
Bridge of Dee,' the, 44.

British Critic, the, notice from, 407 n.
Broom of Cowdenknows, the, the original
ballad of, 464.

Broomfield Hill,' the, 462.
'Brown Adam,' 190.

Brown, Mrs., of Falkland, her ballads, 53
and passim.
Brownie, the, 30.

Bruce, King Robert The. His slaughter of
the Red Comyn, 293.

Sir John, of Kinross, 12.
Mrs., of Arnot, 12.

Brunne, Robert de, 4, 9.
Brydone, William, town-clerk of Selkirk,
at Flodden, 224.
Buccleuch, ancestors of the house of, 15
n. 17.

Charles, Duke of, 305, 306.
- Harriet, Duchess of. 306.
Henry, Duke of, dedication to.
of the Minstrelsy.' 1802, 45.

Walter Francis, Duke of, dedi-
cation to, of the Poetical Works, 1830, 4,
Buchan, Mr. Peter, his collection of bal-
lads, 14. Various readings of ballads,
passim.

Bull's-head, presented at a feast, 286.
Burns, Robert, structure of verse used by
him, 6, 324 n. "The Poet of Scotland,'
36. His 'Lord Gregory, 198. His at-
tachment to old Scottish Songs, 221.

The poet most capable to relieve and
heighten the character of ancient poetry,'

252.

Bury, the Lady Charlotte, introduced the
author to Mr. Lewis, 237. Dr. Leyden's
verses to her with the Mermaid,' 288.
Buttery Spirit, tale of a, 154 n.
Byron, Lord, poem on his mother's mar-
riage, 14. Remarks on a conversation
between him and Capt. Medwin, 244.

Cameronians, the, 120, 124, 124, 272. See
also Covenanters.'

Campbell, Lady Charlotte. See 'Bury.'

- Thomas, the 'Bard of Hope,' 234.
Canning, Right Hon. George, a writer in
the Anti-jacobin,' 475.
Caraccioli, Prince, 475 n.
Carberry hill, battle of, 20.
Carlioun, 385.

Carlisle Castle, relation of the manner of
surprising, 1596, 82.

Carmichael, Sir John, 78.

Cartwright, Dr., the first living poet the
author recollected to have seen, 233.
Cassilis, the Earl of, (temp. Jac. V1.) 451.
Bond by him to his brother, 452.

Celts, the, 5; their music and poetry, ib.;

239.

Chapman, Walter, an early Scottish printer.
See Millar and Chapman.'

Charles the First, 110, 112, 146, 179.
the Second, 116, 119.
Chase, the, 380.
Chattan, clan of, 303.
Chatterton, Thomas, 252.
Chaucer, 324 n.

Chevy Chase, 3. 4.

'Child of Elle,' the, 41.

Chivalry, 54, 167, 170, 172, 390, 398.
Christ Kirk on the Green,' 6.

'Christie's Will,' 243.

Cid, the, in Spain, the metrical poems of, 5.
Claverhouse, Grahame of. See Dundee.
'Cleanse the Causeway,' a skirmish in Edin-

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Coneybeare, Rev. Mr., his Illustrations of
Anglo-Saxon Poetry, 40 n.
Constable, George, esq. (Jonathan Old-
buck,) 239.

Robert, (an English spy,) his
account of the Borders, 20, 26.
Contract, double of the, betwixt the King
and several of his subjects, (Borderers,
1612,) 43.

Corpse-lights, 196 n.
Corrivrekin, gulf of, 287.
'Cospatrick, 212.

'Cout of Keeldar,' the. 283.

Covenanters, the, 14, 109 n. 120, 121, 124,
130.

Cowper, William, 234.

Cox, Captain, of Coventry, 14.
Critical Review, notices from, 146 n. 274 n.

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Cromwell, Oliver, defeats the Duke of IIa-
milton, 146. Invective against him in a
MS. in the Advocates' Library, 149. Tradi-
tion concerning him when in Glasgow, ib.
'Cruel Sister,' the, 247.

Culross, Lady, her dream, 184.
'Cumnor Hall,' 11.

Cunningham, Allan, his ballad poetry, 233.
Critical remarks by him on Auchindrane,'
474.

'Curch,'the, worn by Scottish matrons, 245.
Currie, Dr., his account of a traveller drown-
ing, 216.

D.

Dalkeith, Harriet, Countess of, (afterwards
Duchess of Buccleuch.) See Buccleuch.'
village and castle of, 274 n.

Dalzell, General, 127.

J. G. esq. his collection of Scottish
poems, 15. Richard Bannatyne's Jour-
nal published by him, 22 n.
Daoine shi', or Men of Peace, 145.
Darnley, Henry, 20, 219.
'Demon-Lover, the, 497.

Death of Featherstonehaugh,' the, 93.
'Death of Leithhail,' the, 14.

Debateable Land, the, 19, 67.

Dick o' the Cow,' 89.

'Dirge, a Lykewake,' 485.
'DOOM OF DEVORGOIL. 426.
Douce, Francis, esq., 317, 325, 369.
Douglas, the family of, 45.

Archibald, third Earl of, called,
'Tine-man, 407.

James, Earl of, killed at Otter-
bourne, 56.

the sixth Earl of, and his brother,
the murders of, 15. Followed by that of
their successor, ib. His brother, Eart
James, ib. The Black Douglas put down
the Red,' ib. n.

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William, eighth Earl of, 408.

the late Lady, 202 n.

-, Gawain, Bishop of Dunkeld, 46

-of Kilspindie,affecting story of,18 n.
'Douglas Tragedy,' the, 157.
'Dowie Dens of Yarrow,' the, 186.
Dragons, 203.

'Drink of Might,' 388, 589.

Drumclog, battle of, 424.

Dryburgh Abbey, 266.

Duel of Wharton and Stewart,' 172.

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'Fire King,' the, 242.

Fleming. Adam, of Kirkpatrick, 177.
Fletcher, his comedy of Monsieur Thomas,

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Flodden, battle of. 16, 222, 226, 228.

· Flowers of the Forest,' Part First, 226.
Part Second, 227.

Flower of Yarrow,' (Mary Scott,) 305.
Foot-ball, 28.

Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, compli-
ment paid by him to the author of The
Monk,' 237.

'Fray of Suport,' 102.

Frederick the Second of Prussia, 235.
Frere, Right Hon. J. H. his imitations of
the ancient ballad, 232. A writer in the
* Antijacobin,' 475.

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Ghosts and Spirits, 30, 49, 270 n.

His 'Mountain Bard,* 457 n. His ballad
poetry, 233.

Home, Lord Chamberlain to James IV., 16.
His conduct at Flodden, 226 n.
Lord, (1559), 20.

-, of Wedderburn, 16.
Homer, 2, 3, 4.

Homildon-hill, battle of, 407.
Hotspur. See Percy.

'HOUSE OF ASPEN, the: a Tragedy,' 474.
Howlat, the Buke of the, 6 n. 319.
'Hughie the Græme,' 178.
Hunting, 270.

Incantation, 192.

I.

'Interlude of the laying of a Gaist,' 40.
Investiture, feudal, 66.

J.

Jacobitism, the last contests of, recited in
ballads, 234.

James the First of Scotland. His 'Christ
Kirk on the Green, 6. His education
and poetry, 9.

The Third. Rebellion against him,
and his death, 45.

the Fourth, 45. His death, 226 n.
the Fifth, in minority, 46.

the Sixth. At the Parliament held
1571, 24. His policy in religious matters,
410. His Rewles and Cauteles of Scottis
Poesie,' 324 n. His conduct respecting
the Mures of Auchindrane, 454.

pie,' 297. His Scottish Dictionary, ib.
and 525 n.

Gilbert, Davies, esq. a specimen of the po- Jamieson, Rev. Dr. John, his 'Water Kel-
pular ballad preserved by, 231.
Gil Morrice, 190, 232 n.
Gipsies, 246.
Glamour, 246.

Glencairn, 'The Good Earl' of, 274, 466.
'GLENFINLAS,' 260.

Glossary to Sir Tristrem,' 401.
Gododin, the, 15.

-Goethe, 235, 474. Ilis Goetz of Berlichin-
den, 493.

GOETZ OF BERLICHINGEN: a Tragedy,
492.

Golagrus and Gawane, the knightly tale of,
7 n. 319.

Goldsmith, Oliver, his imitations of ballad
poetry, 233.

Gordon, the family of, 60.

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Adam, gallant conduct of, at Ho-
mildon hill, 407.

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of Earlstoun, 127.
Colonel Nathaniel, 119.
'Græme and Bewick, 470.

'Græme, or Grahame, families of, 61, 170.
Graham of Gartmore, the late Mr., 222.
--, John, The Long Quaker,' 34.
'GRAY BROTHER,' the, 272.
'Grey Mare's Tail,' the, a cataract above
Moffat, 244.

'Guilt of blood,' 229 n.

H.

Haddenrig, battle of, 18.

laig of Bemerside, family of, 256.
ter by Petrus de Haga, 310 n. 311.
'HALIDON HILL,' 407.

Jamieson, Mr. Robert, his collection of hal-
lads, 13. See also 35 n. 191, 193 n. 194 n.
209, 217 n. 251.

'Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead,' 76.
Jedburgh, letter from the Earl of Surrey,
giving an account of the storm of, 56.
Jeddart Justice, 23.
'Jellon Grame,' 194.
Jewish tradition, 244.
'Jock o' the Side, 93.
'Johnie Armstrang,' 67.
'Johnie of Breadistee,' 480.

Johnson, Dr., his ridicule of the ballad style, v
234.

Johnstone family, 108.

Jones's translation of the Gododin, extract
from, 15.

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Kendal, a contemporary of Thomas the
Rhymer, 9.

Kennedy, Sir Gilbert, of Barganie, 452.
Sir Thomas, of Cullayne, 452.
Ker, Thomas, of Fairnihirst, 19, 20, 22.
Char-Kempe Viser,' the, 43, 209.
'King Henrie, 214.

Halket, Mrs., of Wardlaw, author of 'Har-
dyknute,' 42.
Hamilton, family of, 268.

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Right Hon. Lady Anne, 269.
of Bothwellhaugh, 268.
Lord Claud, 270.

Robert, esq. advocate, 45.

Sir Thomas, Lord Advocate,

(temp. Jac. VI.) 455.

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Kinloch, Mr. G. R. His collection of bal-
lads, 13. Various readings of ballads,
passim.

'Kinmont Willie,' 82.
Kirconnell, Fair Helen of, 177.

'Lady Anne, 160.

L.

Lady Culross's Dream,' 484.
'Lai dee Chevrefoil, translation of, by
Madlle. Marie, 326.

Laidlaw, Mr. William, 157 n. 479, 197.
Laing, Mr. David, his Select Remains of
the Ancient Popular Poetry of Scotland,"
6 n. 48 n.

'Laird o' Logie,' 182.

'Laird of Muirhead,' 228.

'Lament of the Border Widow,' 476.

Langside, battle of, 20, 274 n.

Largs, battle of, 301.

Lass of Lochroyan,' the, 198.

Laud, Archbishop, 306.

'Lay le Frain,' à Breton romance, 209.
Learmont, Thomas. See 'Thomas of Er-
celdoune.'

Lennox, Earl of, Regent, (temp. Jac. V’1.) A.
Leuoré,' Burger's, 237.

Leprosy, 169 n. 598.

Leslie, Charles, (a ballad-singer,) 45.

Lesly, Alexander, Earl of Leven, 114.

General David, 111, 114.

'Lesly's March,' 409.

Lewis, M. G. esq. Some particulars re-
specting him, 236. His 'Monk,' ib. His
poetry, 257. His Tales of Wonder,' 240.
His correspondence with the author, 241.
His Sir Agilthorn,' 295.
Leyden, Dr. John. His connexion with
The Minstrelsy,' 36. His ballad poetry,
253. A contributor to Lewis's Tales of
Wonder,' 240. His ballad for the Cloud
King, 242. His assistance in the publi-
cation of Sir Tristrem,' 325. His con-
tributions to the Minstrelsy. 'Scottish
Music,' 454. 'Ode on visiting Flodden,'
228. Lord Soulis,' 275. Cout of Keel-
dar,' 284. The Mermaid,' 287.

Lham-dearg, the spirit of Glenmore, 32 n.
Lincluden, 295.

Lindesay, family of, 64.

-Sir David, of the Mount, Drama
written by, 24.

-, Lord, of the Byres, 46, 274 n.

Lochmaben Castle, 74.

kindly tenants of, 75.

Lochmaben Harper,' the, 74.
'Lord Ewrie,' 73.

'Lord Henry and Fair Catherine,' 234.
'Lord Maxwell's Goodnight,' 404.

'Lord Randal,' 465.

'Lord Soulis,' 275.

'Lord Thomas and Fair Annie,' 209.

'Lord William,' 161.

Lords of the Isles, 301.

'Loudon-hill,' battle of, 124.

'Lykewake Dirge,' 184.

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'Morte Arthur,' the, 323.
Morton, Earl of, Regent, (temp. Jac. V1.),
22, 271.

Motherwell, Mr. William. Enumeration by
him of the ballads which appeared for the
first time in the Border Minstrelsy, 2 n.
His eulogium on that work, ib. Notice
of his collection of ballads, 13. Various
readings of ballads, passim.
Murder, superstition formerly resorted to
for the discovery of, 196 n. 453.
'Murder of Caerlaveroc,' 293.

Mure, John, of Auchindrane, 451. His son
James, 455.

Murray, Thomas Randolph, Earl of, 163,
300 n.

-, the Regent, 20. His death, 268.
Music. See 'Airs.'

0.

'Ode on visiting Flodden,' by Dr. Leyden,
228.

O gin my Love were yon Red Rose,' 222.
Organ, the, hatred of the old Presbyterians
to, 112.

'Orlando Inamorato,' the, 205.

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Orleans, Duke of, his poetical exercises in Sangreal, the, 399.
English, 9.

'O tell me how to woo thee, 222.
Otterbourne, battle of, 56.

Ovid, 451.

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MacPherson, James, publisher of Ossian's Peden, Alexander, 124 n. 150 n. 272.

'Maggie Lauder,' 7 n.

Magic, 276, 277, 280.

Maiden, the, (a sort of guillotine,) 22 n.
Maitland Club, the, 19 n.

48.

-MSS. 42, 48.

-Sir Richard, (of the 13th century,)

25, 39, 48, 49.

Makers, the, 3, 4.

-(of the 16th century,)

Sanquhar, Lord, 174.

Saxons, the Anglo-, and their language, 5,
9, 10 n., 14.

Schiller, 235, 236, 474.

Scots Magazine, the, extracts from, 264 n.
Scott of Buccleuch. See Buccleuch.'
---of Harden, family of, 32 n. 503.

, Hugh, esq. of Harden, 238 n. 259.
His lady, 238, 239.

---, Mary, the Flower of Yarrow, 305.
Mrs., (the author's mother,) 227 n.
'Scottish Music,' an ode, 131.
Second-sight, 262.

Pepys, Secretary, his collection of ballads, 7. Selkirk, citizens of, at Flodden, 225. Its
Pepper, Father, 239.

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Mallet, David, his imitations of ballad poe- 'Persecution,' the, in Scotland, 120, 121,
try, 255.

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303. Verses on a visit paid to Melrose
Abbey, 506. 'Archie Armstrong's Aith,' ib.
Mary, Queen of Scots-Events during her
reign, 20. Her Maries,' 248 and 221 n.
Maxwell, Lord, (temp. Jac. V.), 18.
Medwin's Life of Byron in his later years,
remarks on a passage in, 241.

Melbourne, Lord, 242.

Melvill of Glenbervie, 282.

Men of Peace. See Daoine Shi'.'
Merlin, 254, 316.

Mermaid, the, 287.
Mermaids, 287.

Mickle, W. J., his imitations of ballad poe-
try, 11, 233.

Millar and Chapman, their Miscellany, the
earliest surviving specimen of the Scottish
press, 7.

Minstrels, the order of, 8, 229. Introduction
to Sir Tristrem, passim.
MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTish Border.
Dedication, 1. Advertisement, ib. n.
Introductory Remarks on Popular Poe-
try, ib. Introduction to the Minstrelsy,
14. Appendix, 36. Historical Ballads,
45. Romantic Ballads, 431. Imitations

125, 129.

Peter the Great, anecdote of, 219 n.
Philiphaugh, battle of, 142.
Pibroch, the, 303 n.
Picts, the, 5, 285 n.

Pinkerton, John, his collection of ballads,
12. His List of Scottish Poets, ib. His
History of Scotland, 16.
Pinkey, battle of, 18.
Pipers, 54.

Pisistratus, Homer's works collected by, 3.
Pitcairn, Mr. Robert, editor of Criminal
Trials, 452, 455 n.

Plummer, Andrew, esq. 65, 204.
POETRY, POPULAR, Introductory Remarks
on,' 4; continuation of the subject under
the title of Essay on the Imitations of the
Ancient Ballad, 229.

Poetry, Romantic, state of the art of, at
the end of the 48th century, 234.
Presbyterians, the Scottish, 110, 119.
Price, Mr., remarks on his dissertation on
the preface to Sir Tristrem, 309 n.
'Prince Robert,' 243.
'Proud Lady Margaret, 165.
Pryse, to sound the, 270.
Purgatory, 184.

Pye, Henry James, esq. 238.

Q.

Queen's Mary,' the, 248.

of the Ancient Ballad, with Essay pre-Queen's Mire, the, 20.
faced, 229.

'Monk,' Lewis's, 236.

Montnouth, Duke of, 127.

Montague, Lord. His collection of ballads

destroyed by tire, 7.

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R.

Raid of the Reidswire,' 78.

Ramsay, Allan. Stanza used by him, 6.
As a ballad collector, 7. His Tea-Table
Miscellany,' 216. 'Vision,' 42.

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'Sir Owain,' legend of, 484, 494 n.
'Sir Patrick Spens, 45. See also, 239 n.
'SIR TRISTREM; a Metrical Romance of the
thirteenth century, by Thomas of Ercel-
doune, called The Rhymer,' 509.
also, 6, 188 n., 214 n. 232, 257.
Skirving, Mr., author of a ballad on the
battle of Prestonpans, 231.

Smallholme Tower, 264.

Smythe, Professor, 242.

Snakes and Serpents, 203, 289 n.

Soltra, Convent, 235.

Solway, battle of, 48.

Somerset, Duke of, (temp. Henr.), 19.
SONGS.

Hither we come, 456.

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What makes the troopers' frozen courage
muster? 487.

We love the shrill trumpet, we love the
drum's rattle, 428.

When friends are met o'er merry cheer,
442.

When the tempest's at the loudest, 434.
Soulis, family of, 275.

'Souters of Selkirk,' 223.

Southey, Robert, esq. his imitations of
ballad poetry, 233, 240. Extract from his
Life of Nelson, 473 n.

Sow, the, a military engine, 53.
Spedlin's Castle, 30 n.

Spenser, Edmund, 145 n.

Spirits, 30, 40, 154 n. 270, 300.

Standard, the battle of the, 229 n.

Standards, military, 54.

Standfield, Philip, case of, 196 n.
Strathmore, Earl of, killed at Sheriffmuir,
421 n.

Superstition, Popular, 196 n. 453. See also
Fairies, Ghosts, Spirits."

Suport, the Fray of, 102.
Sutherland, Duke of, 411.

Swinton, Sir John, 407. Arms of the family,
409.

Swiss Guards, massacre of the, 275.
Sword-mill, 286.

Sympathy, cure by, 197 n.

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Taylor, William, esq. his version of 'Le- Walker, J., C. esq. 217.
noré, 238.

Terry, Mr., comedian, 426.
Theatre. the, 10.

Thomas of Erceldoune, or The Rhymer:
account of him, 246; his prophecies, 247;
author of 'Sir Tristrem,' 309. See also,
5, 6, 9.

Thomas the Rhymer, a ballad in three
parts, 246.

Tickell, Mr., his ballad poetry, 231, 233 n.
Tinchell, the, 239.

Torfæus, legends from, 208, 245.
Transformation, 208 n.

Traquair, Earl of, (temp. Car. I.), 245, 244.
Tribunal, the Secret, or Invisible, of Ger-
many, 474, 493.

Tristrem, see Sir Tristrem.'
Trouveurs, or Troubadours, 3.
Turnbull, clan of, 16.

Tytler, A. F. esq. (Lord Woodhouselee,)
his collections of ballads, 14, 35; his ver-
sion of 'The Robbers,' 236.

Tytler, P. F. esq., his History of Scotland,'

5 n.

-William, esq. 35.

V.

Venetian general, anecdote of a, 421 n.
'Vision,' the, a poem, 12.

'Wamphray,' the Lads of, 408.

WAR-SONG of the Edinburgh Light Dra-
goons,' 275.
Water Kelpie,' the, 297.

Watson, James, publisher of some ancient
poetry, 7.

Weber, Henry, 325.

Welsh Dictionary, 314, 325.
Wharton, Lord, (1547,) 19.

"Wharton and Stuart, the duel of, 172.

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Wife of Usher's Well, the, 244.

Willich, Dr., teacher of German, 235.
Willie's Ladye,' 191.

'Will Jones,' 241, 242.

Wilson, author of 'Clyde,' a poem, 445 n.

127.

, Professor. 13 n.

Witchcraft, 141, 245 n. 307 n.
Wolcott, Dr., 198.
Wolfian hypothesis, 2 n.

Woodhouselee, Lord. See Tytler, A. F. esq.
Wordsworth, William, esq. His stanzas on

Helen of Kirconnel, 178 n. His poems
on the Yarrow, 186 n. His imitations of
the ballad style, 233.
Worms, or serpents, 205.

Y.

'Yarrow,' the Dowie Dens of, 185.
'Young Benjie,' 459.
'Young Tamlane,' the, 152.

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