part iii

. stanza 37._

Scott says, "This expression is a kind of common property, being the motto, we believe, of a Scottish family."--_Review of Gertrude, Scott's Miscellanies, vol. i. p. 153._

[184-1] See Bacon, page 165.

[184-2] Naught so sweet as melancholy.--BURTON: _Anatomy of Melancholy. Author's Abstract._

[184-3] The following well-known catch, or glee, is formed on this song:--

He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober, Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October; But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow, Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow.

[184-4] Three merry men be we.--PEELE: _Old Wives' Tale, 1595._ WEBSTER (quoted): _Westward Hoe, 1607._

[184-5] See Shakespeare, page 49.

[185-1] Deeds, not words.--BUTLER: _Hudibras,