Of WIFE OF BEITH I make an end, And do these lines with this conclude, Let none their lives in sin now spend, But watch and pray, be doing good, Despondent souls do not despair, Repent, and still believe in Christ, His mercies, which last for evermore, Will save the souls that in him trust.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Use of ‘Mr’ and ‘Mr.’, ‘St’ and ‘St.’ is sometimes inconsistent even within a Chap-book. This has not been changed.
Several missing opening quotation marks have been inserted; many missing closing quotation marks have been inserted.
Four occurrences of the French word _mele_ have been replaced by _mêlée_.
Except for those changes noted below, all dialect in the text, all misspellings, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
The Life of John Knox. Pg 5: ‘and licentions lives’ replaced by ‘and licentious lives’. Pg 12: ‘neqhew of’ replaced by ‘nephew of’. Pg 13: ‘I require I of your’ replaced by ‘I require of your’. Pg 18: ‘and Dominician’ replaced by ‘and Dominican’. Pg 21: ‘throughtout all’ replaced by ‘throughout all’. Pg 24: ‘professsor of’ replaced by ‘professor of’.
The Life of Alexander Peden. Pg 20: ‘of the visons’ replaced by ‘of the visions’. Pg 20: ‘I tell the, woman’ replaced by ‘I tell thee, woman’. Pg 24: ‘was buired in’ replaced by ‘was buried in’.
The Life of Mr Donald Cargill. Pg 3: ‘chapter of Ezekial’ replaced by ‘chapter of Ezekiel’. Pg 11: ‘are will- to quit’ replaced by ‘are willing to quit’. Pg 20: ‘motion buing put’ replaced by ‘motion being put’. Pg 23: ‘interpersed among’ replaced by ‘interspersed among’.
The Battle of Drumclog. Pg 4: ‘deal of Aven’ replaced by ‘dale of Aven’. Pg 12: ‘born by his men’ replaced by ‘borne by his men’. Pg 12: ‘was born along’ replaced by ‘was borne along’. Pg 18: ‘the plumb of’ replaced by ‘the plume of’. Pg 21: ‘born upright by’ replaced by ‘borne upright by’. Pg 23: ‘was born off’ replaced by ‘was borne off’.
An Elegy in Memory of Sir Robert Grierson. Pg 14: ‘The Caneronians’ replaced by ‘The Cameronians’. Pg 19: ‘to the revoluton’ replaced by ‘to the revolution’.