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his birth. Perhaps I may be permitted to refer for a more lengthy discussion of the subject to a paper of mine published in the last volume of the Proceedings of the Dorset Nat. Hist, and Antiquarian Field Club, vol. xxxi. pp. 71-84 (1910).

JAS. M. J. FLETCHER. The Vicarage, Wiraborne Minster.

THESES BY MR. SECRETARY THOMAS REID.

(See 7 S. iii. 427.)

MY account in the ' D.N.B.' of "this elegant scholar and acute philosopher " (as he is styled by Sir William Hamilton) great-great-grand-uncle of his better- known namesake gives the names of seven metaphysical theses sustained under his presidency, while he was a docent at the University of Rostock in 1609-10. Three of these are known to me only from their appearing in a reprinted collection :

Thomae Rhaedi | Britanni | Philosophi acutis- simi | Pervigi- | lia metaphy- | sica desidera- | tissima. Rostochi. | Prostant apud loannem Hallervordeum Bibliopolam. [1616 : date of Preface].

The ' Pervigilia ' are five in number, and of two in their original form copies are preserved in this library (with a third lacking the title-page), presented by Reid himself, and annotated in his handwriting. The Rostock University Library has the reprint of 1616, but none of the separate * Pervi- gilia ' in their original form. I wish to discover the exact dates of the three unseen theses, and the names of their respondents. Both dates and names are omitted in the reprint. I append a note of the titles, so far as known to me :

1. Pervigilium Lunae, De Oojecto Metaphysics.

2. Pervigilivm | Mart is, | Sev | Lucubrationum Metaphy sicarum II. | De Ente, | In qua evoluta ejus essentia non minus vera & san- | eta, quam nova & paradoxa ex mysticis Empedoclis re- sponsis, & | mentis Aristotelicse abysso cruitur ; contra Platonem & Pythagoraeos, &, qui illis | in hoc dogmate adhaesere, Scholasticos, partim demonstratipne, | partim Adversariorum confess- ione stabilita ; CuL appendix | de communi Cosmographorum & Nautarum | errore in tabulis hydrographicis an- | nexa est, | In alma Rosarum Academia ad examen | publicum exhibita | Preside | M. Thoma Rhaedo Scoto, | Respondente

I loanne Lavrenbergio | Guilielmi F. Rostoch. | In Auditorio majore, IV. Eid. lanuar. 1610, sub j horam matutinam. [ Rostochii | Typis Reusneri- anis, Anno 1610.

3. Pervigilium Mercurii, De Proprietatibus Entis.

4. Pervigilium Jovis, De Veritate et Bonitate Entis.

5. Pervigilium Veneris | Sev | Lucubrationum Metaphysicarum V. | De | Diversita- | te Entis,

pla- | citis ratione prseeunte ostenditur, qua re, quae ratione differant ; & | Monachorum, (qui ex falsis principiis absonas opinipnes, quas ne | ipsi quidem intellexerunt, de distinctione reali & formal! acciden- | tium primi intriyere, & ratione quaedam differre, qua vere non differunt, ab- | surde finxere) incerta dogmata, qua? inde usq' a, Scholasticae Phi- | losophiae primordiis passim invaluerunt, discutiuntur, | & convelluntur, | In alma Rosarum Academia pub lice examinanda I Praeside | M. Thoma Rhaedo, | Respondente | Heinone Voglero Hamb. | In Auditorio majorl horis post | septimam matutinis 14 lulij. |. Rostochii | Typis Reusnerianis, Anno MDCX.
 * Seu de distinctionibus rerum ; In qua Veterum

Of the other two theses, not included in the ' Pervigilia,' the titles are :

6. De Accidente Proprio | Theore- | mata Philo J sophica, | Quibus essentia breviter de- clarata quaestipnes etiam dubise | enodantur, & rationes Philosophical contra Pro- | priorum Communicationem a Bel- | larmino, Keeker* manno, Gocle- | nio, Timplero, aliisque ex- cogitatse diluuntur. | In inclyta Rosarum Acade- mia | Prseside | M. Thoma Rhaedo Scoto | publice defendenda | a | loanne Brandes Sonderburg- | Holsat. | In auditorio majore hora sexta matu tina inchoabitur disputatio | 5 Nonas Maij. | Rostochii | Literis Reusnerianis Anno 1600.

7. De | Obiecto | Metaphysicae j Dissertatio elenctica; | In qua Clarissimi Viri, | Henningi Arnisaei | In Illustri Academia Francofurtensi Professoris | & Doctoris Medici, | quee contraj primam nostram lucubratipnem Meta- | physi- cam per saturam congessit, argumenta ra- I tionis luce dissipantur, veritatis prius assertse [ fundamenta confirmantur : | In alma Rosarum, Academia | Publice exammanda | Praeside | Thoma Rhaedo Scoto | Respondente | Jodoca Rupenio Hannovera-Saxone | 6 & 9 Septemb., 1610. | In auditorio majore horis post | septimam, matutmis. | Rostochii, Typis Reusnerianis, Anno' 1610.

The attack by Arnisaeus, to which No. 7; was a reply, is entitled

De Subiecto Metaphysicae Veram sententiam, A Calumniis & Erroribus, quos autor Pervigilij, Lunae, vigilans somniavit vindicatam Publicse. Eruditorum censurae & examini In Illustri Aca- demia Viadrina subijcit Henningus Arnisa3us. . ., Typis Friderici Hartmanni Bibliopola3 [1610J.

To Reid's criticism Arnisaeus responded 1 in a volume of 258 pages :

Vindiciae Secundum Veritatem pro Aristotele & Sanioribus quibusque Philosophis Contra Acutissimi Philosophi M. Thomae Rhsedi Scoti Pervigilia & dissertationem Elencticam De Subjecto Metaphysicae & natura Entis assertge ab Henningo Arnisaeo .... Francof urti Excudebat Andreas Eichorn, Sumtibus Johannis Thymii ; Anno 1611.

All these prints are so rare that it seems, desirable to put their titles on record. Any references to Reid will be welcome.

P. J. ANDEBSON,

Aberdeen University Library.