the aisles and vaults of the chapel, and a rushing confusion and the clashing of arms roused anxiety into terror. 66 Finish, finish!" exclaimed Southennan, unable to control his emotion. Knockwhinnie stood listening, as if all ear, heedless of the solemn rites in which he had so profound an interest. The noise was now so audible that the voices of those on the outside who were engaged in the tumult could be recognised, although muffled as it were with a hoarse vehemence. The confessor abruptly and with an agitated voice pronounced the benediction; at the conclusion of which, George Douglas was heard exclaiming, on the outside, "Be silent! It is done. He is dead!" And presently, as it were in spmpathy, the great bell of the Abbey began to toll; a fearful trumpet shattered the air; and the sound of a multitude gathering, rose louder and louder. The dissonance of many tumultuous sounds soon, however, subsided; and instead of bustle and altercation, a low solemn murmuring, the churm of dread and communion gradually succeeded and deepened around. Such were the circumstances in which the nuptials of Southennan and Adelaide were concluded. The terrific tragedy of Rizzio's murder at the same time stained the Palace with indelible blood. It is unnecessary to describe his catastrophe, but History has not yet surpassed the crime. When the crowd which the alarm collected around the Palace began to disperse, Southennan conducted his bride from the chapel, and Knockwhinnie led the trembling Lady Mary Livingstone back to her royal mistress, whose misfortunes from that era trode fatally fast upon the heels of each other; but it is no part of our task to describe them, nor to illustrate the mysteries which followed. Fiction, over the doom of Darnley and the fortunes of the Scottish Queen, acknowledges the superior wonders of Truth. On the dismal morning after the death of Rizzio, Southennan, with his bride and her father, left Edinburgh for ever. They hastened to his residence in the West country, where after a few needful preparations, they embarked with his mother and household for England; and the home of his fathers gradually fell into decay. The memory of its original inhabitants faded in the recollection of the neighbourhood; and all that is preserved concerning their story is a vague tradition, that, being the last of Queen Mary's Papists, they went to France, after her dismal execution, and were heard of no more. 195 GLOSSARY. B. Bailie, a magistrate, second in rank in Beer mell, mallet for bruising bere or Beglammour, to use a charm. Bicker, a wooden bowl for containing Bide a wee, wait a short time. Birkie, a lively young man. Birsling his shins, warming his shins. Blethers, nonsense. Blink o' favour, a gleam of favour. Bodle, a copper coin, value the third Bolls, (pronounced bows), dry mea- Bonny, bonnie, beautiful, comely. Bowly-legs, crooked legs. Breeks, breeches. Broo, I hae nae, I have no good opinion. Buckie, a refractory noisy person. Buckie is a shell of spiral form, which, held to the ear, seems to have a continual sound within. Buirdly, broad shouldered, athletic. Bye, past. But and ben, the outer and inner rooms of a house. Chap, chappie, a smart fellow, and a Dodge, to jog, to follow, to watch any little smart fellow. Chap aff, chop off. Chappit, knocked. one. Doited, stupid. Dominie, a pedagogue. Chappin, a quart; and a chappin stoup Doo, a pigeon. is a quart pot. Chield, a fellow. Clavering, gossiping, idle talking. Claes, clothes. Clash o' mire, handful of mud. Douce, sedate, gentle, mild. Dour, dure, obstinate, stern, severe. Drap, drappie, drop, a small drop. Dule, grief; to thole the dule, is to suffer the grief. Dunkle, a hollow. Clash, tittle tattle, the nine days won- Dwamed, swooned. der of a village. Cleck, to hatch. talk. idle discourse, silly Ee, eye. E. "And maun I still on Menie doat, Eerie, superstitious timidity. Embro, Edinburgh; the Scotch generally pronounce it so. Ends and awls, pack up your, an expression used for informing a person that his absence would be good company. Erles, a piece of money given for con- Ewie, ewe, a female sheep. F. Fairings, present given at fairs. Faurt; weel faurt is good-looking, Furthy, frank, affable. Fye gae rin and fye gae ride, make haste, run and ride. Grange, farm-buildings.' choly. Horn, put to the horn, a Scotch law expression. A horning is a writ running in the King's name, on which a defendant is charged to make payment of his debt; failing payment, in ancient practice, a messenger at arms, an officer belonging to the herald court, went to the cross of Edinburgh, and having "winded his horn" thrice, declared the defendant a rebel for having disobeyed the King's order to pay the debt, and thereupon a writ of imprisonment was issued. A writ of imprisonment still proceeds upon this fiction, but the messengers do not now a days actually perform their sounding functions, they, however, return a certificate that they have done so. Hout, tout, tut, tut. Houf, haunt, Greenin, longing-green and melan- Jalouse, suspect. Greeting, crying. Gruesome, frightful, grim. Guisart, morice-dancer. Guising, masking. Gumption, understanding. Ha', hall. H. Haddie, a rizard, a dried haddock. Hae, have. Haena, have not. Haffit, the side of the head. Haggis, one of the six national dishes of Scotland. Haggit aff, chopped off. Haimsucken, the technical name in Scotch law, for the crime of assaulting or beating a person in his own house; derived from haim, home, and socken, to seek, or pursue. Handlings, doings. Havers, foolish, or nonsensical talk. Hech, the act of breathing hard, or panting; used as an expression of wonder. 1.J. Jenny-wi'-the-mony-feet, centipede.-Extract from the speech of Lord Pt, in delivering his opinion on the case, Cunningham v. Russel, to be reported. Fac. Coll. vol. 1296, p. 345: "It should be observed, my Lords, that what is called a beetle is a reptile well known in this country. I have seen mony a ane o' them on Drumsherlin muir. It's a wee black beastie, about the size o' my thumbnail. The country people ca' them cloks, and I believe they ca' them also jenny-wi'-the-mony-feet." Jiffey, a moment. Jimp and genty, neat, slender, elegantly formed. Ilk, each, every, the same. Jooked, an evasive motion, deceitful Just, a Scotch reason; because it is fit and reasonable. Laird, a country gentleman, generally applied to those under the degree of knights. Lang-nebbit, having a long nose; Leddy, lady, or rather gentlewoman. Link and gallant, to walk arm-in-arm and beau the ladies. Links o' Leith; links as here used means the sandy ground lying among the windings of the water of Leith, between that place and Edindurgh. Lippy, voce bolls. Lith, joint. Lodovie, brandy. Loof, palm of the hand. Loon, cunning person. Loup, to leap. Lucky, a designation given to an elderly woman, and also to the mistress of an alehouse. Lug, ear. to De De farm or house. M. P. Painchey, paunchy. Palmy, a stroke, or blow on the palm of the hand. Pannel, the name of a prisoner wher placed at the bar. Parten, a crab. Pawkie, sly, artful, cunning, shrewd. Peck, voce bolls. Pendicle, attached; generally applied to a small piece of ground attached to a greater piece. Peremptors, from peremptory. Pingle, strive, toil eagerly and narrowly. Place, the, the manor-house on an estate. Plack, a small copper coin, value onethird of an English penny. Plottie, a plot. Pock neuk, the bottom corner of a bag. Pree, taste. Mail, rent in whatever way paid for a Precognition, a law phrase, the first Mair, more. Maist, most. Marrow, an associate, one of a pair. Maun, must. Maunna, must not. Megsty, an interjection. Meikle, much. step in a criminal matter. The culprit and all the parties who know any thing of the offence, are examined, and this examination is used in framing the indictment. Prejinct, precise. Prent, print. Provost, the Mayor of a Royal Burgh. |