A specimen of a book intituled, Ane compendious booke of godly and spiritual sangs
Subtitle: collectit out of sundrie partes of the scripture, with sundrie of other ballates changed out of prophaine sanges for avoyding of sinne and harlotrie : with augmentation of sundrie gude and godly ballates, not contained in the first edition, Edinburgh, printed by Andro Hart
Contributors: Wedderburn, Robert, approximately 1510-approximately 1557; Wedderburn, John, approximately 1500-1556; Dalrymple, David, Sir, 1726-1792
Publisher: Printed by W. Ruddiman, J. Richardson, and Company
Published: 1765
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Other titles: Gude and godly ballates.
Work titles: Compendious book of godly and spiritual songs. Selections
Notes: Attributed to James, John, and Robert Wedderburn.  Earliest known edition published in 1567.  Cf. DNB, LX, p. 136.

Caption title: Gude and godly ballates.

DNB attributes this edition to Sir David Dalrymple.

This "speciment" published anonymously by Lord Hailes in 1765.