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 lence expressed in such bad language. I select the following characteristic passage from his “Phanaticorum Descriptio:"

In an invective on David Williamson, he refers to a well-known adventure of that covenanter, which is supposed to have given origin to the popular Scotish song of “Dainty Davie:"

The arms and military array of the Covenanters who formed round the standard of Claverhouse, taken at the skirmish of Lowdon-hill, and advanced to Bothwell-bridge, are described in the following passage: