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To this Lewis or his repre- sentative appends the startling note, “Jimps, due not so much to hopeless ignorance as a lady exclaims :- And wha will lace my middle jimp Wi' a lang linen band? | The natural inference of a mere man from lacing was a portion of wearing apparel, and It is probably similar lyrical bewilderment that presently makes Clerk Colvin exclaim, “Ohan ! and alas !" in the text, and explains pædia Britannica'-Hassall's Stubbs's Historical Intro- credibly informed that things with him “will ever be wae," and the annotator carefully commendable courage and some promise of improvement. But immediately afterwards he lapses wofully. Clerk Colvin, conscious now dree his weird, rides crestfallen to get final solace from his mother :- And dowie, dowie on he rides, Till he has reached Dunallan's towers, And there his mother dear resides. |