[9] Publication begun 1761: 2d edition 1768. Chatterton's letter was dated March 25 [1769].
[10] See ante, p. 346.
[11] "Poems supposed to have been written at Bristol by Thomas Rowley and others in the fifteenth century. The greatest part now first published from the most authentic copies, with engraved specimens of one of the MSS. To which are added a preface, an introductory account of the several pieces, and a glossary. London: Printed for T. Payne & Son at the Mews Gate. MDCCLXXVII."
[12] "Observations upon the Poems of Thomas Rowley," 2 vols. 1781.
[13] Poems supposed to have been written at Bristol in the fifteenth century by Thomas Rowley, Priest, etc. With a commentary in which the antiquity of them is considered and defended.
[14] "Essay on the Rowley Poems:" Skeat's edition of "Chatterton's Poetical Works," Vol. II. p. xxvii.
[15] For a bibliography of the Rowley controversy, consult the article on Chatterton in the "Dictionary of National Biography."
[16] "Ah, gentle dames! It gars me greet." —Tam o'Shanter
[17] Ante, p. 350.
[18] "Chatterton. A Story of the Year 1770," by David Masson London, 1874.