4 DEDICATION. 



invariably and indiijirioufly piirfued every meafure tending to 

 fiipport the decaying honour^ and promote the real intereft 

 of your country ? ' , ' 



Accept then, my Lord^ thefe humble ejfays, as the only 

 means in my power moft exprejfive of that true efleem which 

 I fenfhly feel, and which every hone ft con fi derate Scots- 

 man muji, for fo noble and hold an ajferter of his country's 

 rights and liberties, I am, with the utmofl deference and 

 refpeB, 



My Lord Duke, 



Yovir Grace's moft obedient ^ 



And moft humble Servant, 



Comely-Garden, 

 July 10. 1775. 



WILL. BOUTCHER. 



