The Dedication; 



Heroic Courage is l\p,on?n to all the 

 World, our Nation Jhould be unjufl to 

 Tour CharaUer to expB any thing 

 lefs than that our Crown^ mhich Ton 

 received free and independent from 

 Tour Anceflors, Jhould be tranfmitted 

 by Tou mtb greater Advantages than 

 ever to Tour Succejfors. 



Therefore it is, Cneat Sir, that a 

 • frivat bnbjeB of Tour antient King- 

 dom takes the boldnefs to vindicate 

 the Soveraignty and Dignity of Tour<. 

 Crown as King of Scots, and to fut 

 fuchas are Enemies to it in mind,that 

 when Edward J. and II. of Eng- 

 land invaded it, the Scot'idi Nation 

 did gallantly defend it, advanced 

 Robert Bruce to the Exclufion of 

 Baliol the nsareji Heir, and ac- 

 quainted the Fri?ices of Chiiftcndom 



that 



