426. ~bandite or mountaineer~. 'Bandite' (in Shakespeare _bandetto_, and
now _bandit_) is borrowed from the Italian _bandito_, outlawed or
_banned_. 'Mountaineer,' here used in a bad sense. In modern English it
has reverted to its original sense--a dweller in mountains. The dwellers
in mountains are often fierce and readily become freebooters: hence the
changes of meaning. See _Temp._ iii. 3. 44, "Who would believe that
there were _mountaineers_ Dew-lapp'd like bulls"; also _Cym._ iv. 2.
120, "Who called me traitor, _mountaineer_."
428. ~very desolation~. Very (as an adj.) = true or real and may be traced
to Lat. _verus_ = true: comp. l. 646.
429. ~shagged ... shades~. 'Shagged' is rugged or shaggy, and 'horrid' is
probably used in the Latin sense of 'rough': see note, l. 38.
430. ~unblenched~, undaunted, unflinching. This word, sometimes confounded
with 'unblanched,' is from _blench_, a causal of _blink_.