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Headed ‘An Imitation of the Latin Poem on the Death of Sir William Scot of Thirlestane.’ First line: ‘Bennet, the Muses Ornament, and Friend’. This imitation is in the same hand as the original.

Headed ‘Ad D.D. Gul. Bennettum de Grubbet, Equitem, De Morte D.D. Gul. Scot de Thirlestane, Equestris itidem Ordinis, qui obiît Edini 8vo Octobris M D CCXXV. Jo. Kerrus.’ First line: ‘Mi Bennette, tuus jacet Sodalis’. Followed by detailed notes in Latin.

First line: ‘Oh! quis te furor aut malignus error’.

First line: ‘What fury, oh, thou wicked Bee’. A translation of Scott’s poem ‘In Apem quæ in E— B— aculeum fixerat’. See f. 16r below.