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Lives and Characters

Of the most Eminent

WRITERS

OF THE

SCOTS NATION;

WITH

An Abstract and Catalogue of Their WORKS,
Their Various EDITIONS;

AND

The Judgment of the LEARN'D concerning
Them.

BY

GEORGE MACKENZIE, M. D.
Fellow of the Royal College of Phyficians in Edinburgh.

VOL. I.

Mibi pulchrum imprimis videtur, non pati occidere, quibus Eternitas debeatur.

C. Plinius Cæcil. Secund. Lib. V. Epift. 8.

Cum Scotis animus fit, in quæcunque inclinant ftudia; nam nunquam Mufe de-
licatiùs babent, quam cum in Scotos inciderint.

Joan. Barclaius Icon. Animarum.

EDINBURGH

Printed by James Watfon in Craig's-Clofs, on the North-fide of the

Crofs. M. DCC. VIII.