the Glossary informing us that “A coppin is a certain quantity of worsted yarn wound on a spindle, and the spindle then extracted,”—which may be true, though it does not explain the passage. Some game must be alluded to. v. 59. _Hob Lobbyn of Lowdean_] So again our author in _Speke, Parrot_; “_Hop Lobyn of Lowdeon_ wald haue e byt of bred.” v. 74. vol. ii. 5. Perhaps there is an allusion to some song or ballad: _Lowdean_ is, I apprehend, Lothian. v. 60. _what good ye can_] See note, p. 190. v. 23. v. 61. _Locrian_] i. e. Loch Ryan—a large bay in Wigtonshire, which by approximating to the bay of Luce, forms the peninsula called the Rinns of Galloway. It is mentioned by Barbour; “And at _Lochriane_ in Galloway He schippyt, with all his menye.” _The Bruce_, B. xi. v. 36. ed. Jam. In the poem _Howe the douty Duke of Albany_, &c. Skelton speaks of the Scots “Of _Locryan_, And the ragged ray Of _Galaway_.” v. 21. vol. ii. 68. and in his verses against Dundas, he calls him “Dundas of _Galaway_.” v. 29. vol. i. 193. See too v. 109 of the present poem. Our author uses Scottish names at random. Page 184. v. 62. _sence_] i. e. cense. v. 63. _Saint Ionis towne_] i. e. Perth. Compare Langtoft’s _Chronicle_, p. 333. ed. Hearne; Minot’s _Poems_, p. 6. ed. Ritson; and Barbour’s _Bruce_, B. ii. v. 53. ed. Jam. It is said that the Picts, after their conversion to Christianity, or the Scots, after their king had succeeded to the Pictish throne, consecrated the church and bridge of Perth to St. John the Baptist; and that hence in process of time many persons gave to the town the name of St. Johnston: see Jamieson’s note on the passage last referred to. v. 72. _tragedy_] See note, p. 194. v. 155. v. 79. _enbybe_] i. e. wet. v. 83. _Irysh keteringes_]—_Irysh_, i. e. Highlanders and Islesmen: “Than gert he all the _Irschery_ That war in till his cumpany, _Off Arghile, and the Ilis alsua_,” &c. Barbour’s _Bruce_, B. xiii. v. 233. ed. Jam. —_keteringes_ (see Jamieson’s _Et. Dict. of Scot. Lang._ in v. _Cateranes_), i. e. marauders who carried off cattle, corn, &c. Page 185. v. 86. _armony_] i. e. harmony. v. 89. _me adres_] i. e. apply myself. v. 90. _proces_] i. e. story; see notes, p. 143. v. 735. p. 146. v. 969. p. 194. v. 157. p. 211. v. 231. v. 91. _Jocky my jo_] Perhaps a fragment of some song or ballad. In Scotch, _Jocky_ is the diminutive of _Jock_, the abbreviation of _John_: _jo_ is sweetheart, dear, (_joy_.) v. 92. _summond_] See note on v. 53, preceding page. v. 97. _to_] i. e. too. v. 98. _harrold_] i. e. herald: see note on v. 53. v. 100. _pye_] i. e. magpie. v. 101. _Syr skyrgalyard_] So again our author in his _Speke, Parrot_; “With, _skyregalyard_, prowde palyard, vaunteperler, ye prate.” v. 427. vol. ii. 21. and in his poem _Howe the douty Duke of Albany_, &c.; “Suche a _skyrgaliarde_.” v. 168. vol. ii. 73.