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- "To understand many words it is only necessary to pronounce them aloud; and the meaning, which is obscured by the spelling, will be evident from the found. W is often used for u and for v : h is uselessly introduced, as yhe for ye, &c ." #Scots #Scotland #literature #history #epic #archaic
- "The chief obstacle in perusing this work arises from the orthography, which is ſo irregular that no glossary can pretend to explain every disguised word." --- John Barbour's THE BRUCE, p. 181, ed. Pinkerton (1790) #Scots #Scotland #literature #history #epic #archaic
- " ... the oldest monument of the Scotish [sic] language. A monument which may well bear company with the best early poetry which any modern country can boast." p. x --- Preface, John Barbour's THE BRUCE #Scots #Scotland #literature #history #epic #archaic
- John Barbour's THE BRUCE: "the poem now presented to the reader for the first time, in it's genuine ancient dress, has already gone thro' about twenty editions in Scotland since the year 1616" #Scots #Scotland #literature #history #epic #archaic
