483. Bridal. Bridal party; used as a collective noun.

485. Coif-clad. Wearing the coif, or curch. See on 114 above; as also

for snooded.

488. Unwitting. Unknowing. Cf. 367 above. For the verb wit, see on i.

596 above.

495. Kerchief. Curch, which is etymologically the same word, and means a

covering for the head. Some eds. print "'kerchief," as if the word were

a contraction of handkerchief.

508. Muster-place. The 1st ed. has "mustering place;" and in 519

"brooks" for brook.

510. And must he, etc. The MS. reads: "And must he then exchange the

hand."

528. Lugnaig's lake. loch Lubnaig is about four miles long and a mile

broad, hemmed in by steep, and rugged mountains. The view of Benledi

from the lake is peculiarly grand and impressive.

530. The sickening pang, etc. Cf. The Lord of the Isles, vi. 1: "The

heartsick faintness of the hope delayed." See Prov. xiii. 12.

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