Series 1 > Loyall dissuasive

INTRODUCTION
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To Sir George Macpherson Grant of Ballindalloch and
Invereshie, Bart., the Society is indebted for the loan of his
valuable ms. copy of the Dissuasive. His volume also con¬
tained many other pieces (see Notes on the Manuscripts), which
were not found in any complete or reliable form elsewhere.
To Mr. George Macpherson, Edinburgh, the editor records
his thanks for so long putting at his disposal the large collec¬
tion of mss. gathered by his late brother, Mr. James Macpher¬
son. Through him also came the Manuscript D, lent by Mr.
J. A. M‘Lean, Union Bank, Forfar, whom the editor desires
to thank.
For a very long loan of the Record Edition of the Acts of
the Parliament of Scotland and of Douglas’s Peerage, without
ready access to which the work could not have been under¬
taken by the present editor, we have to thank the Right
Honourable A. Graham Murray, the Lord Advocate of Scot¬
land. The Rev. H. H. Flower, Pittodrie House, Edinburgh,
was also generous in lending his books. Professor Lawlor,
of Trinity College, Dublin, kindly gave assistance, and his
learned friends, Professor Gwynn, and the Rev. T. Olden of
Ballyclough, Mallow, lent their aid in a difficult question still
awaiting solution.
The Rev. John Anderson, Assistant Curator in the
Historical Department H.M. Register House, has rendered
valuable aid, and for collation of the Cluny Copy of the
Decreet, pp. xxxviii to xl, with the Compend of Privy Council
Records at Halkshill we have to thank Mr. John Scott, C.B.,
its owner. The librarians of the Advocates’ and Signet
Libraries and their officials have met every troublesome
demand with the utmost readiness.
To Mr. D. Cameron Swan the thanks of the editor are
accorded for the photographing of the dim original of our
Frontispiece, and. for his generosity in presenting to the
Society the full number of copies of the photogravure required
for our volumes. The history of the picture we have not