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The works of Alexander Pennecuik

of New-Hall, M.D.; containing the description of Tweeddale, and miscellaneous poems. A new edition, with copious notes, forming a complete history of the county to the present time. To which are prefixed, memoirs of Dr Pennecuik, and a map of the shire of Peebles, or Tweeddale

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COPY OF A LETTER FROM MR W. CL. ADVOCATE, TO D. P. THE AUTHOR, May, 1714.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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COPY OF A LETTER FROM MR W. CL. ADVOCATE, TO D. P. THE AUTHOR, May, 1714.

Most noble Doctor, glory of our time,
Parnassus' prince, protector of our rhyme,
Receive this compliment from honest Will,
Who's just returned from our kind Cowie's Mill,
With troops of gypsies who molest our plains,
Raze Spittlehaugh, most charming of our swains;
But now all's calm, serene as you may think,
Since Will's turned poet with Lady Effie's drink.