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appear that Anderson had not been more than a 

 year or so in his new charge, for his final settle- 

 ment in Glasgow did not take place till 1720. 

 The following list of John Anderson's writings, as 

 complete it is believed as can now be made up, 

 will illustrate his life more exactly than any ver- 

 bal account could do : — 



" Dialogue between a Countryman and a Curat, con- 

 cerning the English Service, or Book of Common Prayer 

 of England. 4to., Glasgow, 1711, pp. 24. 



A Second Dialogue between a Curat and a Country- 

 man, concerning the English Service. Glasgow, 1711, 

 4to., pp. 43. 



The Countryman's Letter to the Curat, wherein, be- 

 sides a Historical View of the English Liturgie, the As- 

 sertions of the Author of the Fundamental Charter of 

 Presbytery, concerning its Universal Usage in Scotland 

 at the Time of the Reformation, are examined and proved 

 to be false. Glasgow, 1711, 4to., pp. 95. 



Curate Calder Whipped, 1713. 



A Sermon preached in the Church of Air on the First 

 of April, 1712. Glasgow, printed by Hugh Brown, 

 4to., . 



Two Sermons preached at Hamilton, upon the late 

 Communion, by Mr. J. A., Minister of the Gospel, 1713. 

 (Probably by Mr. Anderson. ) 



Defence of the Church-Government, Faith, Worship, 

 and Spirit of the Presbj'terians, in Answer to Mr. Thomas 

 Ehind's Apology. Glasgow, printed by Hugh Brown, 

 1714, 4to. ; reprinted in 1820, 8vo. 



Letter from Mr. Anderson, Minister of Dumbarton, to 

 Walter Stewart of Pardovan. Glasgow, 1718, 4to. 



Mr. Anderson's Letters (six), on the Overtures con- 

 cerning Kirk-Sessions and Presbyteries. Glasgow, 1720, 

 8vo. [Writing of this controversy, Mr. Anderson re- 

 marks, 'I must needs confess that it is the most melancholy 

 subject I ever wrote upon. There was pleasure as well 

 as duty in contending with our prelatic adversaries ; but 

 alas, — 



* In civil war, to lose or gain's the same. 

 To gain's no glorj', and to lose a shame.' 3 



Works relating to John Anderson. 



The Answer to the Dialogue between the Curat and 

 the Countryman concerning the English Service, or Com- 

 mon Praj'er Book of England, examined ; in a familiar 

 Letter to the Author of the Answer. 1712, 4to., pp. 68. 



Robert Calder's Return to the Answer, folio, 1712. 



Animadversions upon Mr. John Anderson, Minister of 

 Dumbarton, his Charge of Heretical Doctrine, &c., on 

 Mr. James Clerk, Minister of Glasgow. Edinburgh, 1718. 



Two Sermons against Treacherous and Double-dealing, 

 with an Answer to Mr. Anderson, Dumbarton, by Wil- 

 liam Smart, Edinburgh. 1714. 



Earl of Cromarty's Vindication of his Gowrie Con- 

 spiracy from Mistakes of Mr. J. A. 1714, 4to. 



The Nail struck on the Head ; or an Indictment drawn 

 np against Mr. Anderson, Incumbent at Dumbarton, by 

 R. Cald«r, folio. Edinburgh, 1712. 



Answer \>y Walter Stewart of Pardovan, to the Com- 

 plaint given against him by Mr. Anderson, now under 

 Consideration of the General Assemblj'. 8vo., 1718. 



Verses Sacred to the Memory of the Rev. John Ander- 

 son, Minister of Glasgow; ob. anno 1721." 



If these facts regarding the career of a local 

 celebrity, in which I cannot but feel interested, 

 are of any use to those who have been making 

 inquiries on the subject, my design in putting 

 them together will be fully accomplished. 



J. Ikvinq. 



PERCY society's EDITION OF " SYB TRYAMOURE. 



(2°* S. viii. 225.) 



Be pleased to accept an attempted explanation 

 of all the eleven passages (except the first) for- 

 warded by your correspondent E. S. J. 

 1. " Y may evyr after thj's," &c. 



This line I for the present pass by, not being 

 able to suggest an explanation without proposing 

 a new reading. 



2. " The fyrste that rode noghtfor thy, 

 Was the kyng of Lumbardj'." 



'■^Noghtfor thy"=noi for they, i.e. not for them, 

 or, not on their side. Syr Tryamoure rode at the 

 justyng " on his fadur's syde " (for the Kyng of 

 Arragone," lines 735—6.). The fyrste that rode 

 " not for them," or on the opposite side, was the 

 kyng of Lumbardy. 



3. " And yf hyt so betyde, 



That the knyght of owre syde 

 May sle yowrys he wyth chawnce." 



" May .... be " seems here to be a poetical 

 division of the old word mayhe, signifying perhaps. 

 " May sle yowrys be wyth chawnce "=" Maybe 

 slay your's with chance." That is, " If it so be- 

 tide. That the knight of our side i?erhaps chance 

 to slay yours," let that settle it. 



4. " In every o/londe of moste renowne." 



Two instances where of is thus used after every 

 are cited by Richardson : — 



" Of everich of tho theoves." — Piers Plouhman, 



(Of each of those thieves.) 



" Everich o/hem doth other gret honour." — Chaucer. 



5. " And sche answei-yd them there on hye." 

 " On hye" in haste, as suggested by your cor- 

 respondent. So " in hye :" — 



" Tryamowre kyssed his modur iii hye." — 1. 907. 

 " In hie, on hie, in haste." — HalUwell. 



6. " Syr Asseryn, the k3'nges son of Naverne, 

 Wolde nevyr man hys body warne." 



" Warne, to denj', to refuse." — Wright. 

 Syr Asseryn would never deny any one, would 

 never refuse any man a meeting. To warne, or 

 refuse, his body corresponds to the military phrase 

 still in use, " the enemy refused his right," " re- 

 fused his left," &c. 



7. " Then swere the fosters alle twelve, 

 They wolde no wedd but hymselfe, 

 Other we he hyi noght." 



" Be "=&ie, to sufier. (Wright.) Then sware 

 the foresters (fosters) all twelve, they would ac- 

 cept no pledge but himself; "Other we suffer it 

 not " (we permit no other). 



8. " The palmer for hym can grete." 



" Grete" to cry, to weep, still used in Scotland. 

 " Can," here, as often, nearly equivalent to 'gan 



