182 GLAMOUTJ. 



CHAP. VIII. 



" Of Scotland well, the friers of Faill, 

 The liminory laiig hes lastit ; 

 The monks of Melros' made gude kaill 

 On Fridays when they fastit." 



Spec. Godly So7tgs, page 87. 



In rambling by Tweedside one never loses sight of the 

 Eildon hills within many mUes of Mekose, which, to- 

 gether with the river and abbey, are the dominant 

 features of the country. 



Of the legend touching them there are two versions ; 

 the poetical one given us in " the Lay of the Last Min- 

 strel," 



" And, warrior, I could say to thee 

 The words that clove Eildon hills in three," 



comes, as all the world knows, from a very high au- 

 thority ; and, besides being extremely probable in itself, 

 has good classical conformity to the magician in Ariosto, 

 who produced marvellous visions in the air which, as- 

 tounded the beholder ; but he having a glass given him 

 by a more powerful enchanter, which enabled him to 

 see things in their true semblance, saw only the 

 magician sitting on a cloud, reading his book ; thus in 

 both these cases wonderful things were done by caba- 

 listical words, wliich art is called Glamour. 



