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Excerpt from The Lives and Characters of the Most Eminent Writers of the Scots Nation, Vol. 3: With an Abstract and Catalogue of Their Works, Their Various Editions; And the Judgment of the Learn'd Concerning Them
Since the puhii/hin of my II. Volume, I ha'vefeen the'aceounts that me yournait/is given of it: The Br¿ it Monfieur de la Roche, in the II. Volume of his Memoirs of Literature (a) for the Month of February, 1712. And the Other is by the duites oftre vaux, in their Memoirs for the Month 0 March (5) 1712. Pirji of theft has given juch an impartia Account of m Deg and Performance, that I have not [0 much as the Shadow 0 an gettion to makeragam¿ it but on the contrary, I think my filf here bouili to make my outmo Acknowledgment to that Learn'd Gentleman forethe great Honour t at he has done me. But the Jefuites of Trevahx bfivt not given the Public fuch a favourable Impreftion of my Underta lung 'ihey have indeed gift/en a 'very obliging Account ofmy Conl'e {lure concerning the Pecoy mg of Scotland from Scandinavia anal, of Ireland, from Scorlan wind here I muji acquaint the Reader, That I lately found in the Scaligerana (c) a weryfrong'nument fbr firengthning of this Conjel'lure; for this Pro igy of Lti'rnjng.
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