[NOTES ON WALLACE.]
NOTES ON THE FIRST BOOK.
His forbearis, quha likis till wndrestand,
Of hale lynage, and trew lyne of Scotland, &c.—V. 21.
Of auld linnage, &c. Edit. 1594; olde, 1620; old, 1648, 1673, and 1714.
Go reid the fyrst rycht lyne of the fyrst Stewart. MS.—V. 34.
But both the rhyme and sense point out the word in Roman characters as an error of the copier. It also disagrees with all the copies I have seen, except that of 1714.
Till hald of hym the toun.—V. 64. MS.
This is obviously another error, and opposed to all the copies.