The life of Thomas Ruddiman A M Author:George Chalmers Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: "IT" gain, fummoned Ruddiman to correct the typographical errors of Gryphius j to give a new pre- isct; and to fubjoin a fketch of the life of Wilfon ; Volufc... more »ni Ortus, Vita et Mors. (e) There was another edition of this book printed at Edinburgh, in 17 j i, with a preface by John Ward, the pro- feffor of Greiham College, who dedicated his work, without any notice of the labours of others, to Wifhart, die principal of the Univerfity of Edinburgh. The various avocations of Ruddiman did not prevent his learned diligence from engaging in greater labours. He publifhed, in 1709, John- Jloni Cantici Solomonis par aphr a/is poettca. Arthur Johnfton, who has had the honour of being placed in competition with Buchanan, was born at Caf- kieben, near Aberdeen, in 1587. Having applied himfelf to the ftudy of phyfic, he obtained at Padua, in 1610, the degree of Doctor in Medicine : and travelling through Europe, he returned to Scotland, in 1632, with a high reputation for Latin poetry. (/) He, about diat time, . ( e ) This new edition was printed by Robert Freebairn, at Edinburgh, in 1707, 8vo. There is a lif.- of Florence Wilfon in Mackenzie's Lives of Scottilh writers, vol. 3. p. 29—34. (f) I have in my collection: " Epigramtnata Arturi " Johr.ftoni, Scoti, Medici Regij. Abredonia:, Excud. Ed. " Rabanns, 1632:" Whence, I am led to fufpeft, that Johnfton muft have returned fooner than 1632, when he was already the King's phyfician. becamebecame phyfician to Charles I. by the intereft of Laud, who was pleafed with bis Pfatms, which were firft completely printed at Aberdeen, in 1637. In this year, he edited the Delias Po- etarum Scotorum, to which he was himfelf a large contributor; and which, fays Doctor Johnfon, would have done honour to any country, (g) This learned phyfician, ...« less