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INTRODUCTION.
those who have helped him in his labour of prepara¬
tion. He is specially indebted to Dr Brotanek for
courteously placing at his disposal an elaborate series
of variant readings from successive issues of “The
Cherrie and the Slae,” which have been used in
framing note, § 6, page 346, and for directing his at¬
tention to the hitherto unnoted Harleian MS. of the
“ Flyting.” For the elucidation of some obscure and
intractable passages in the texts, and the clearing up of
a number of puzzles in the glossary, he has greatly to
thank Dr W. A. Craigie ; and to the Rev. John Anderson,
Curator of the Historical Department of the Register
House, as well as to his colleague, Mr William Angus,
he is under obligations for invaluable guidance in his
search among the Edinburgh records. Mr Angus also
very kindly undertook the transcription of the legal
documents connected with Montgomerie’s lawsuit, printed
in Appendix D ; but responsibility for the accuracy
of these must rest with the editor, since by him they
have twice been collated with the originals.1 To his
friend Mr H. W. Meikle, the editor is also much indebted
for a transcription of Waldegrave’s second edition of
“ The Cherrie and the Slae,” from the unique copy in
the Advocates’ Library, which has been used for purposes
of comparison with the first issue. On behalf of the
Society acknowledgment is also to be made to the
Keeper of the Manuscripts in the British Museum, and to
the Library Committee of the University of Edinburgh,
for the privilege readily granted of printing in full the
Harleian and Laing MSS.; and to Mr Christie Miller of
1 The editor is also responsible for the transcript and collation of the
Laing, Harleian, and Tullibardine MSS.