Volume 2 / Part 3 — THE WITTY AND ENTERTAINING EXPLOITS OF GEORGE BUCHANAN.
Reading edition
[The following pages have been reprinted from an edition having the following on the title-page:—‘The Witty and Entertaining Exploits of George Buchanan, who was commonly called, The King’s Fool. In six parts. Stirling: Printed and Sold by C. Randall, MDCCXCV.’ Some stories to be found in an edition ‘printed in Falkirk’ in 1799, and not in the edition which has been followed here, have been inserted in the text, and the fact noted. In addition to the Falkirk edition, the text has been collated with—(1) An edition published by G. Angus, Newcastle; one by J. Morren, Cowgate, Edinburgh, 1809; and undated Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Newcastle-on-Tyne editions. Many of the stories are drawn from a variety of sources, and Buchanan is made their hero.]
THE WITTY AND ENTERTAINING EXPLOITS OF GEORGE BUCHANAN.