Note A — "THOUGH NARROW BE THAT OLD MAN'S CARES, AND NEAR"
Reading edition
Both these superstitions are prevalent in the midland Counties of England: that of "Gabriel's Hounds" appears to be very general over Europe; being the same as the one upon which the German Poet, Bürger, has founded his Ballad of The Wild Huntsman.—W. W. 1807.