'The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The farrow followed free.' line 20. For Saint Hilda, see below, note on line 244. Stanza II. line 33. sea-dog, the seal. line 36. still. Cp. above, I. 430. line 44. A Novice is one under probation for a term extending to at least a year, and it may extend to two or three years, after which vows are either taken or declined. Stanza IV. line 70. Benedictine school. St. Benedict founded his order--sometimes, because of their dark garb, called Black Friars-- in the beginning of the sixth century. Benedict of Aniana, in the eighth century, reformed the discipline of the order. line 74. Cp. Chaucer's Prioress in the Prologue:-- 'And sikerly sche was of gret disport, And ful plesaunt, and amyable of port.' Stanza V. line 90. Cp. Spenser's Una, 'Faery Queene,' I. iv:-- 'A lovely Ladie rode him faire beside. * * * As one that inly mournd, so was she sad, And heavie sat upon her palfrey slow.' Stanza VI. With this 'brown study,' cp. Wordsworth's 'Reverie of Poor Susan.' Stanza. VII. line 114. Reference to the lion of 'Faery Queene,' I. iii:-- 'Forsaken Truth long seekes her love, And makes the Lyon mylde.' line 124. bowl and knife. Poisoning and stabbing. Stanza VIII. Monk-Wearmouth. A monastery, founded here in 674 A. D., was destroyed by the Danes in the ninth century, and restored after the Norman Conquest. For Tynemouth, see below, 371, Seaton-Delaval, the seat of the Delavals, who by marriage came into possession of Ford Castle. Widderington. It was a 'squyar off Northombarlonde, Ric. Wytharynton,' that showed notable valour and persistent endurance at Chevy Chase:-- 'For Wetharryngton my harte was wo, That ever he slayne shulde be; For when both his leggis wear hewyne in te, He knyled and fought on hys kne.' Butler, fully appreciating this doughty champion, uses him in a descriptive illustration, 'Hudibras,' I. iii. 95:-- 'As Widdrington, in doleful dumps, Is said to fight upon his stumps.' Widderington Castle, with the exception of one tower, was destroyed by fire. Warkworth Castle is about a mile from the mouth of the Alne, and is the seat of the Duke of Northumberland. Bamborough, the finest specimen of a feudal castle in the north of England, is said to have been founded by King Ida about the middle of the sixth century. Lord Crewe, Bishop of Durham, purchased the Bamborough estates between 1709 and 1720, and left them for charitable purposes. This charity maintains, inter alia, a national school in the village of Bamborough, and an officer to fire a cannon from the dangerous rocks every fifteen minutes in foggy weather, besides providing for the education of thirty girls within the castle walls. Stanza IX. line 164. battled. See above, I. 4. Stanza X. line 173. Pointed or Gothic architecture came in towards the end of the twelfth century.