TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Footnote [49] has nine references (anchors) marked with a *. Footnote [56] has three references also marked with a *.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

Pg iii: ‘Acts of the Genera’ replaced by ‘Acts of the General’.
Pg 81 Footnote [12]: ‘vol. ii. p. 54o’ replaced by ‘vol. ii. p. 548’.
Pg 92: ‘31. Anent’ probably meant to be ‘13. Anent’ but has not been changed.
Pg 150: ‘[15]73-74' replaced by ‘(15)73-74' to avoid confusion with Footnote numbering.
Pg 170: ‘was decern   to be’ replaced by ‘was decerned to be’.
Pg 340: ‘Patrick Simpso’ replaced by ‘Patrick Simpsone.’.
Pg 396: ‘in   he end’ replaced by ‘in the end’.