FOOTNOTES

In the Perth edition of Wallace, the words in the third line stand thus:—“I Thomas Gray, yan preist to Wallace,” &c. On this reading, the Perth editor, with propriety, founds a very strong argument in favour of the existence of Blair’s work, and of the fidelity of Henry’s translation. The difference in the two editions appeared so very important, as to induce a friend of the writer to refer to the original manuscript in the Advocates’ Library, when it was found that the rendering of the Perth editor was strictly conformable to the original text, “thus affording,” as the above mentioned friend observes, “a triumphant argument in Henry’s favour; for it seems to represent him as in the very act of versifying his “auctor.” What authority Dr Jamieson has for the version he has given, must remain with himself to explain.