Copy of an Answer to said Dr Burton. August 19. 1749.

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Copy of an Answer to the
PreceedingPreceding Letter.

Dear Sir,

I was favoured with your
kind &and obliging Letter by the Hands
of your worthy Friend, Mr Graham,
whom &and the Fellow-traveller I
highly value. O that all Old Eng-
land were of their Sentiments!
Then indeed the Golden Age would
once more return to poor Mortals, &and
fair ÆstræaAstraea would gently guide
the Reins of Government. You may
be thankful that ever the Fellow-
traveller returned to York. You
know Love begets Love; &and as the
Fellow-traveller loves Scotland,
so, I can assure you, Scotland is
much in Love with the Fellow-
traveller.

You could not fail to be pleased
with the Scots Edition of the Jour-
nal, &c.etc. as indeed it was more neatly
done than the English Impression.
How much the Performance is valued
here I leave you to judge from the
following Lines.

By a Gentleman in Abdn on reading yethe Journal, &c.etc.

When Rancour, Malice, Envy, all are dead,

And future Ages shall thy Story read,

Ten thousand Pens shall celebrate thy Fame,

And latest Ages shall thy Worth proclaim.
Nor 1423 (1423)
Nor shall the faithful Flora's Mem'ryMemory die,

Till the last Trump rend the empyreal Sky.

If another Edition of the Journal
should ~~appear~~ ever make it'sits Appearance,
I humbly think, the above Lines should
be printed as a Preface to it.

Mr Robertson, Limner, has promised to
pack up a Hundred of the Prints, &and
send them to you (with a Letter from
his own Hand) by Mr Graham upon
the Conditions you mention. I hope, you
shall have no Difficulty in disposing
of them, especially considering the histo-
rical Part of the Print. It ought to
circulate far &and near as a glaring
Proof of the singular, amazing Fact.

Mr Graham tells me, he has al-
ready sent you a Copy of Haldane's
extraordinary Performance; so that he
has prevented me in giving a chearfulcheerful
Compliance to your Desires, which I
would have gladly done.

If you have not already seen the fol-
lowing Lines, I know, they will prove
an acceptable Present to you.

Anglia, perpetuò, &c.etc. as in Pag: 1383 of this Vol:

I would be as glad as any oneanyone to have
a Copper Plate of old Palinurus, &and have
spoke to Mr Robertson about it; but then
the Difficulty is in such a Case to procure
Purchasers in order at least to defray
the Charges; for a Plate, Paper, &and working
off will cost about 5 or 6 £ sterling. The following 1424 (1424)
following Character of him was print-
ed in the Caledonian Mercury; &and I
wish, it could make it'sits Appearance in
any one of your English Papers as a
Lesson to the venal Age we live in.

July 5th, 1749.
Ære perennius.
Some time last, &c.etc. as in pag: 1384 of this Vol:

If your Pamphlets from Dublin be any
Way valuable or curious, pray, mind
me with some of them as you promise.

With much Sincerity &and Esteem I
ever am,

D:Dear S:Sir
Your most affteaffectionate Friend,
&and very humble Servant,
Duncan Philibeg
Floradale,
AugtAugust 19th,
1749

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Person	Duncan Philibeg
Date	19 Aug 1749
Place	Floradale
Place

Person	John Burton
Place	York

Copy of an Answer to said Dr Burton. August 19. 1749.

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Copy of an Answer to the
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