) OF MICHAEL SCOT CONCLUSION 219 



e to the knowledge of these stoyent 

 .talian and Scottish form. That tiply 

 y period become part of the rorna' the 

 >tland seems very certain. An anehen 

 mpplies us with the Italian 

 en he says that the great 

 ;ots his art to such a degree ' iand 

 take a step without some mag and 

 idds that he introduced into Scotlnd- 

 ' white hose, and gowns with pre- 

 together.' l inal 



O 



.e best known of these Scottish timp 

 . relates how Michael Scot ha ells 

 it as his familiar, and describes the 

 3lt in discovering new tasks fort to 

 ervant. Sir Walter Scott says land 

 made so deep an impression, tha3d. 

 ncient work of unknown origin aich 

 j country people either to Sir Willitch 

 lei Scot, or the devil himself. 2 lood 

 told, the legend refers to cer.an's 

 matures of the country which itch 

 )t artificial ; a fact which may ]l in 

 for its persistence and survival his 

 not in the others. Michael is f her 

 landed his spirit to divide Eil he 

 ?. 3 The feat was accomplished i:sed 

 at, the magician's instructions bi, he 

 and the spirit finding one of his 

 formed greater, and another iace. 

 n, accommodated the matter \ngh 



and 



ne alia prima Cantica della Dwina Cbmmnrst 



p. 114. 



Minstrel, Note W. 3 Ibid, Note 2 



