"Thus, as they strove, each better hand
Grasped for the dagger or the brand."
786. I hold, etc. Scott has the following note on the last page of the
1st ed.: "The author has to apologize for the inadvertent appropriation
of a whole line from the tragedy of Douglas: 'I hold the first who
strikes my foe.'"
789. His daughter's hand, etc. For the ellipsis of that, see on 703
above. Deemed is often misprinted "doomed."