C

THE

WORKS

OF

WALTER SCOTT, Esq.

VOL. I.

CONTAINING

THE MINSTRELSY

OF

THE SCOTTISH BORDER.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by James Ballantyne and Co.

FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, LONDON; AND
A. CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH.

1806.

ΤΟ

HIS GRACE

HENRY,

DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, &c. &c. &c.

THESE TALES,

WHICH

IN ELDER TIMES HAVE CELEBRATED THE PROWESS,

AND

CHEERED THE HALLS,

OF

HIS GALLANT ANCESTORS,

ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

HIS GRACE'S MUCH OBLIGED

AND

MOST HUMBLE SERVANT,

WALTER SCOTT.