嗔秤戻幣�哉膵�云利匈嬉蝕湊蛸賜�塋床四衲���萩晦編報炎嘔囚^泡仟 ̄云利匈��
栽怩弌傍利 卦指云慕朕村 紗秘慕禰 厘議慕尺 厘議慕禰 TXT畠云和墮 〆辺茄欺厘議箝誓匂〇

the tapestried chamber(航雑椋議型寂)-及5何蛍

酔楯荷恬: 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈 梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何! 泌惚云慕短嗤堋響頼���誅卒亮茂�俊彭堋響��辛聞喘貧圭 "辺茄欺厘議箝誓匂" 孔嬬 才 "紗秘慕禰" 孔嬬��



caught and riveted by a portrait of an old lady in a sacque�察�the fashionable 

dress of the end of the seventeenth century。 

     ;There   she   is� ─  �he   exclaimed;there   she   is�察  �in   form   and   features�察�

though   Inferior   in   demoniac   expression   to   the   accursed   hag   who   visited 



                                               16 


´ Page 17´

                               THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER 



me last night� ─�

     ;If that be the case�察─�said the young nobleman�察 �there can remain no 

longer   any   doubt   of   the   horrible   reality   of   your   apparition。   That   is   the 

picture   of   a   wretched   ancestress   of   mine�察  �of   whose   crimes   a   black   and 

fearful catalogue is recorded in a family history in my charter´chest。                 The 

recital of them would be too horrible�察�it is enough to say�察�that in yon fatal 

apartment incest and unnatural murder were committed。                    I will restore it 

to the solitude to which the better judgment of those who preceded me had 

consigned   it�察  �and   never   shall   any   one�察  �so   long   as   I   can   prevent   it�察  �be 

exposed to a repetition of the supernatural horrors which could shake such 

courage as yours。; 

     Thus     the  friends�察  �who    had   met   with   such   glee�察  �parted   in  a  very 

different   moodLord Woodville   to   command   the Tapestried   Chamber   to 

be unmantled�察�and the door built up�察�and General Browne to seek in some 

less beautiful country�察�and with some less dignified friend�察�forgetfulness of 

the painful night which he had passed in Woodville Castle。 

     END OF THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER。 



                                               17 


´ Page 18´

                             THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER 



      DEATH OF THE LAIRD'S JOCK 



                              by Sir Walter Scott。 

                    TO THE EDITOR OF THE KEEPSAKE。 

    You have asked me�察�sir�察�to point out a subject for the pencil�察�and I feel 

the difficulty of complying with your request�察�although I am not certainly 

unaccustomed to literary composition�察�or a total stranger to the stores of 

history   and   tradition�察  �which   afford   the   best   copies   for   the   painter's   art。 

But   although   SICUT   PICTURA   POESIS   is   an   ancient   and   undisputed 

axiomalthough poetry and painting both address themselves to the same 

object of exciting the human imagination�察�by presenting to it pleasing or 

sublime images of ideal scenesyet the one conveying itself through the 

ears to the understanding�察�and the other applying itself only to the eyes�察�

the subjects which are best suited to the bard or tale´teller are often totally 

unfit for painting�察�where the artist must present in a single glance all that 

his art has power to tell us。        The artist can neither recapitulate the past 

nor intimate the future。      The single NOW is all which he can present�察�and 

hence�察  �unquestionably�察  �many   subjects   which   delight   us   in   poetry   or   in 

narrative�察�whether real or fictitious�察�cannot with advantage be transferred 

to the canvas。 

    Being   in   some   degree   aware   of   these   difficulties�察  �though   doubtless 

unacquainted both with their extent and the means by which they may be 

modified   or   surmounted�察  �I   have�察  �nevertheless�察  �ventured   to   draw   up   the 

following traditional narrative as a story in which�察�when the general details 

are known�察�the interest is so much concentrated in one strong moment of 

agonizing   passion�察  �that   it   can   be   understood   and   sympathized   with   at   a 

single glance。     I therefore presume that it may be acceptable as a hint to 

some one among the numerous artists who have of late years distinguished 

themselves as rearing up and supporting the British school。 

     Enough has been said and sung about 

       ;The well´contested ground�察          �The warlike Border´land�察─�

    to render the habits of the tribes who inhabited it before the union of 

England and Scotland familiar to most of your readers。 The rougher and 



                                             18 


´ Page 19´

                               THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER 



sterner features of their character were softened by their attachment to the 

fine arts�察�from which has arisen the saying that on the frontiers every dale 

had its battle�察�and every river its song。           A rude species of chivalry was in 

constant use�察�and single combats were practised as the amusement of the 

few     intervals    of  truce   which     suspended      the   exercise    of   war。    The 

inveteracy of this custom may be inferred from the following incident�此�

     Bernard   Gilpin�察  �the   apostle   of   the   north�察  �the   first   who   undertook   to 

preach the Protestant doctrines to the Border dalesmen�察�was surprised�察�on 

entering   one   of   their   churches�察  �to   see   a   gauntlet   or   mail´glove   hanging 

above the altar。       Upon inquiring�察�the meaning of a symbol so indecorous 

being displayed in that sacred place�察�he was informed by the clerk that the 

glove was that of a famous swordsman�察�who hung it there as an emblem of 

a general challenge and gage of battle to any who should dare to take the 

fatal   token   down。     ;Reach   it   to   me�察─  �said the   reverend   churchman。 The 

clerk   and   the   sexton   equally   declined   the   perilous   office�察  �and   the   good 

Bernard   Gilpin   was   obliged   to   remove   the   glove   with   his   own   hands�察�

desiring those who were present to inform the champion that he�察�and no 

other�察�had possessed himself of the gage of defiance。                  But the champion 

was as much ashamed to face Bernard Gilpin as the officials of the church 

had been to displace his pledge of combat。 

     The   date   of   the   following   story   is   about   the   latter   years   of   Queen 

Elizabeth's   reign�察  �and   the   events   took   place   in   Liddesdale�察  �a   hilly   and 

pastoral   district   of   Roxburghshire�察  �which�察  �on   a   part   of   its   boundary�察  �is 

divided from England only by a small river。 

     During     the   good    old  times    of  RUGGING         AND      RIVINGthat       is�察�

tugging and tearingunder which term the disorderly doings of the warlike 

age are affectionately remembered�察�this valley was principally cultivated 

by the sept or clan of the Armstrongs。 The chief of this warlike race was 

the   Laird   of   Mangerton。      At   the   period   of   which   I   speak�察  �the   estate   of 

Mangerton�察�with the  power and dignity  of chief�察�was   possessed by  John 

Armstrong�察�a man of great size�察�strength�察�and courage。                   While his father 

was alive�察�he was distinguished from others of his clan who bore the same 

name�察�by the epithet of the LAIRD'S JOCKthat is to say�察�the Laird's son 

Jock�察    �or  Jack。    This     name     he  distinguished      by   so   many     bold   and 



                                                19 


´ Page 20´

                               THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER 



desperate   achievements�察  �that   he   retained   it   even   after   his   father's   death�察�

and    is  mentioned      under    it  both  in  authentic    records    and   in  tradition。 

Some   of   his   feats   are   recorded   in   the   minstrelsy   of   the   Scottish   Border�察�

and others are mentioned in contemporary chronicles。 

     At the species of singular combat which we have described the Laird's 

Jock was unrivalled�察�and no champion of Cumberland�察�Westmoreland�察�or 

Northumberland   could   endure   the   sway   of   the   huge   two´handed   sword 

which   he   wielded�察  �and   which   few   others   could   even   lift。     This   ;awful 

sword�察─�as the common people term it�察�was as dear to him as Durindana or 

Fushberta to their respective masters�察�and was nearly as formidable to his 

enemies as those renowned falchions proved to the foes of Christendom。 

The weapon had been bequeathed to him by a celebrated English outlaw 

named   Hobbie   Noble�察  �who�察  �having   committed   some   deed   for   which   he 

was in danger from justice�察�fled to Liddesdale�察�and became a follower�察�or 

rather a brother´in´arms�察�to the renowned Laird's Jock�察�till�察�venturing into 

England   with   a   small   escort�察  �a   faithless   guide�察  �and   with   a   light   single´ 

handed sword instead of his ponderous brand�察�Hobbie Noble�察�attacked by 

superior numbers�察�was made prisoner and executed。 

     With this weapon�察�and by means of his own strength and address�察�the 

Laird's    Jock    maintained     the   reputation    of  the   best  swordsman       on   the 

Border side�察�and defeated or slew many who ventured to dispute with him 

the formidable title。 

     But years pass on with the strong and the brave as with the feeble and 

the timid。     In process of time the Laird's Jock grew incapable of wielding 

his weapons�察�and finally of all active exertion�察�even of the most ordinary 

kind。     The   disabled   champion   became   at   length   totally   bedridden�察  �and 

entirely dependent for his comfort on the pious duties of an only daughter�察�

his perpetual attendant and companion。 

     Besides   this   dutiful   child�察  �the   Laird's   Jock   had   an   only   son�察  �upon 

whom       devolved     the   perilous   task   of   leading    the  clan   to   battle�察 �and 

maintaining   the   warlike   renown   of   his   native   country�察  �which   was   now 

disputed   by   the   English   upon   many   occasions。         The   young   Armstrong 

was     active�察  �brave�察   �and    strong�察   �and    brought     home     from    dangerous 

adventures      many     tokens    of  decided     success。     Still�察 �the   ancient    chief 



                                                20 


´ Page 21´

                               THE
卦指朕村 貧匯匈 和匯匈 指欺競何 壘��0�� 家��0��
酔楯荷恬: 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈 梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何!
梁椣戻幣�� 梁心弌傍議揖扮窟燕得胎��傍竃徭失議心隈才凪万弌誌育断蛍�輌臆惨軼僑〃�燕慕得珊辛參資誼持蛍才将刮襲潜��範寔亟圻幹慕得 瓜寡追葎娼得辛參資誼寄楚署衛、持蛍才将刮襲潜填��