William Creech to James Beattie from Edinburgh Thanks to Beattie for bill of £60. Is in no hurry about the payment. Does not want to interefere with Dilly about the 50 guineas due payment. He has behaved unhandsomely in supposing Creech intended any exclusive advantage to himself from the subscription. Beattie's friends Arbuthnot, Forbes and Andrew Erskine advised against Creech printing the poem 'Vicissitude' though it has a great deal of merit. Except the Minstrel, Creech never printed a small poem separately that paid the expence. All the presentation copies of Beattie's book were delivered 8 April 1777