Poetry, as it was the first and earliest manner of writing, so it is also the best, ... For these reasons, it hath seemed good unto me, to translate into rhyme the immortal speech of our renouned countryman, ...
[Edinburgh?,
1760?]
Apparently referring to the 'Plan for raising a militia in that part of Great Britain called Scotland' published in 1760, which the author opposes.
Title from first lines of prose text on p. 1; pp. 2-4 contain verses, with the first line: "In this important question, I".
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