Author: MACNEILL (Hector):
Title: Scotland's Scaith; or, The History of Will and Jean: owre true a tale! Together with The Waes of War; or, The Upshot of the History o' Will and Jean. A New Edition, embellished wiht Engravings.
Description: Edinburgh: Printed by D. Willison, for A. Guthrie, Manners & Maller, and Ar. Constable, 1800. 8vo, pp. [viii], 52, engraved frontispiece, 2 other engraved plates, half-title bound after title-page; text a little browned, disbound. This work was first published in 1795, as Scotland's Skaith; this edition carries MacNeill's dedication to David Doig, thanking him for his assistance is preparing the poem for publication. "Sk[c]aith" means harm, and the poem is a ballad against drink.

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