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THE author of this
history is not so certainly known; some name Sir James Balfour, Lyon
King at Arms, in King Charles I. time, for the author of it, because the
original manuscript in the lawyers library at Edinburgh, seems to be the
same hand with his annals, which unquestionably is an autograph. But
others more probably think that Mr. Henry Maule of Melgum is the author,
since he subscribes his name to the copy of verses which is subjoined to
this. ’Tis true, they are very general, and little could be inferred
from them, if it were not that they run in the same strain with the
author’s
preface.
But the truth is, it is
of no great importance which of them was the author, since they were
both very learned and worthy gentlemen. I have taken care to compare it
exactly with the original, and do not question but that it will meet
with kind entertainment, since it bears so near a relation to our Scots
history, and may be of use to any who would do some thing more full on
the subject.
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