Original sentence: The 12th Earl of Eglinton, a third cousin of the 11th Earl, originally lived at Coilsfield House near Tarbolton, where Burns's 'Highland Mary', probably Mary Campbell, had been a byrewoman and mistress of the Earl's brother, Captain James Montgomerie of Coilsfield.The Earl subscribed for 12 copies; more copies than most subscribers who were not in the book trade.This stanza was suppressed in Burns's first editions, even though it was well known that Sodger Hugh found it easier to do a thing than to talk about it
Edited sentence: The 12th Earl of Eglinton, a third cousin of the 11th Earl, originally lived at Coilsfield House near Tarbolton, where Burns's 'Highland Mary', probably Mary Campbell, had been a byrewoman and the mistress of the Earl's brother, Captain James Montgomerie of Coilsfield.The Earl subscribed for 12 copies; more copies than most subscribers who were not actually in the book trade.This stanza was suppressed in Burns's first editions, even though it was well known that Sodger Hugh found it 'easier to do a thing than to talk about it'