The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, with memoir of the author.

LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. 297
favourite dogs, Hlelp and Hold, would kill the deer before she could cross the March-burn. The King instantly caught at his unwary offer, and betted the forest of Pentland-moor against the life of Sir William
St. Clair. All the hounds were tied up, except a few
ratches, or slow-hounds, to put up the deer; while Sir
William St. Clair, posting himself in the best situation
for slipping his dogs, prayed devoutly to Christ, the
blessed Virgin, and St. Katherine. The deer was
shortly after roused, and the hounds slipped; Sir William following on a gallant steed, to cheer his dogs.
The hind, however, reached the middle of the brook,
upon which the hunter threw himself from his horse in
despair. Atthis critical moment, however, Hold stopped
her in the brook; and Help, coming up, turned her
back, and killed her on Sir William's side. The King
descended from the hill, embraced Sir William, and
bestowed on him the lands of Kirkton, Logan-house,
Earncraig, &c., in free forestrie. Sir William, in acknowledgment of St. Katherine's intercession, built
the chapel of St. Katherine in the Hopes, the churchyard of which is still to be seen. The hill from which
Robert Bruce beheld this memorable chase, is still
called the King's Hill; and the place where Sir William hunted, is called the Knight's Field.l —MS. History
1 The tomb of Sir William St. Clair, on which he appears
sculptured in armour, with a greyhound at his feet, is still
to be seen in Roslin chapel. The person who shows it always
tells the story of his hunting-match, with some addition to
Mr. Hay's account; as that the Knight of Rosline's fright
made him poetical, and that in the last emergency he shouted,
" Help, Haud, an ye may,
Or Roslin will lose his head this day."