308. Wert christened man. Scott says: "The Elves were supposed greatly to envy the privileges acquired by Christian initiation, and they gave to those mortals who had fallen into their power a certain precedence, founded upon this advantageous distinction. Tamlane, in the old ballad, describes his own rank in the fairy procession: 'For I ride on a milk-white steed, And aye nearest the town; Because I was a christen'd knight, They give me that renown.'"
Loading...