Julius
Caesar took the place of Alexander, and Charlemagne caught a white hart
at both Magdeburg, and in the Holstein woods. In 1172 William [Henry]
the Lion is reported to have accomplished a similar feat, according to
a Latin inscription on the walls of Lubeck Cathedral. Tradition says
the white hart has been caught on Rothwell Hay Common, in Yorkshire,
and in Windsor Forest.
This reference I owe indirectly to Professor J. M. Manly, of Chicago.
77 4 OR, BEING UPON THE MARCHES OF FRANCE, A MARQUIS: _Marquis_ is
derived from _march,_ and was originally the title of the guardian
of the frontier, or march.
77 13 AGREED WITH SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY THAT A GOOD DEAL MIGHT BE SAID
ON BOTH SIDES: This expression, as has been pointed out to me, is from
the middle of _Spectator_ No. 122, where Sir Roger, having been
appealed to on a question of fishing privileges, replied, "with an air
of a man who would not give his judgment rashly, that much might be
said on both sides." It is likely, however, that De Quincey may have
connected it in his mind with the discussion of witchcraft at the
beginning of _Spectator_ No. 117, where Addison balances the
grounds for belief and unbelief somewhat as De Quincey does here.
78 7 BERGERETA: a very late Latin form of French _bergerette,_ "a
shepherdess."
78 15 M. SIMOND, IN HIS "TRAVELS": The reference is to _Journal of a
Tour and Residence in Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811,_
by Louis Simond, 2d ed.
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