[415] See ff. 485, 526.
[416] These words are not in the other copy. See f. 189.—F.
[417] The faithful MacKechan might have been named here.—F.
[418] Captain O'Neille speaks more respectfully, and is more favourable in his accounts of Colonel O'Sullivan than some other hints that are given in this Collection. (See ff. 496, 519, 528.)—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[419] See the person named and the whole affair cleared up in this vol. f. 644.—F.
[420] A man remarkable for his cruelties. See ff. 192, 216, 257, 309, etc. Even in his younger years he was remarkable for a cruel turn of mind among his school-fellows and companions, and therefore he is the fitter tool for William the Cruel. He was born at Old Meldrum in the shire of Aberdeen.—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[421] See ff. 191, 645.
[422] See f. 189.
[423] See ff. 277-307.
[424] See footnote, p. 50, ante.