Robert Arbuthnot to James Beattie from Edinburgh Sorry about Beattie's health and vertigo. He must not indulge a disposition to despondency. Arbuthnot very much confined to house, except to visit Forbes twice a week. Forbes' asthma bad, also swelling of legs. Dun's conduct ungrateful, unfeeling, and unnatural, expecially to Beattie who always treated him with more attention than he was entitled to. Refers to an affair which has shocked and confounded him [William Greenfield's disgrace]. Guilt very deeply aggravated by his being a teacher of youth and a clergyman. Will talk to Creech about Beattie's letter to Dilly, to whom Arbuthnot thinks he should write again. A pity if plan to publish poems were neglected or delayed. Warm reference to Mercer. 25 March 1799