And ravish'd was that constant heart, Amid those unrelenting flames 65 She bore this constant heart to see; But when 'twas moulder'd into dust, Now, now, she cried, I'll follow thee. My death, my death alone can show The pure and lasting love I bore : Accept, O heaven, of woes like ours, And let us, let us weep no more. 70 The dismal scene was o'er and past, The lover's mournful hearse retir'd; The maid drew back her languid head, And sighing forth his name expir'd. 75 Tho' justice ever must prevail, The tear my Kitty sheds is due ; For seldom shall she hear a tale So sad, so tender, and so true. END OF THE THIRD BOOK. 80 A GLOSSARY OF THE OBSOLETE AND SCOTTISH WORDS IN Such words as the reader cannot find here, he is desired to look for in A deid of nicht, s. in dead of Azein, agein, against. night. Aboven ous, above us. Advoutry, Advouterous, adul- Aff, s. off. Ahte, ought. Al, p. 5, albeit, although. Aplyht, p. 10, al aplyht, quite Argabushe, harquebusse, an old- Attowre, s. out over, over and Azont the ingle, s. p. 64, beyond the fire. The fire was in the B. Bairded, s. bearded. Bairn, s. child. * Bale, evil, mischief, misery. Ban, curse, banning, cursing. the old romances. The horse Be, s. by, Be that, by that time. *In the west of Scotland, at this present time, in many cottages they pile VOL. II. T Bed, p. 9, bade. Bede, p. 18, offer, engage. Belive, immediately, presently. Ben, p. 12, be, are. Bene, p. 12, bean, an expression Ber the prys, p. 8, bear the prize. Besprent, besprinkled. Bi mi leautè, by my loyalty, Birk, s. birch-tree. Blan, blanne, did blin, i. e. lin- ger, stop. Blink, s. a glimpse of light the Boist, boisteris, s. boast, boasters. Bonny, s. handsome, comely. Bot, s. but sometimes it seems moreover. Bot, s. without. Bot dreid, Bowne, ready. Braes of Yarrow, s. the hilly banks of the river Yarrow. Brade, braid, s. broad. Braifly, s. bravely. Brayd, s. arose, hastened. bent, S. hasted over the field. haps be the same as a fire- Brouch, an ornamental trinket: Gloss. vol. iii. Brozt, brought. Buen, bueth, been, be, are. Burgens, buds, young shoots. But, without, but let, without Bute, s. boot, advantage, good. C. Cadgily, s. merrily, cheerfully. *" BUT o' house" means the outer part of the house, outer-room, viz. that "BEN o' house," is the inner room, or more retired part of the house. The daugh- |