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4 “Then, those that are behind them maun

Gi’e shot, baith grit and sma’;

And so, between your armies twa,

Ye may make them to fa’.”

“O were ye ever a soldier?”

Sir David Lesly said;

“O yes; I was at Solway flow,

Where we were all betray’d.

“Again I was curst at Dunbar,

And was a pris’ner ta’en:

And many a weary night and day,

In prison I ha’e lien.”

“If ye will lead these men aright,

Rewarded shall ye be;

But, if that ye a traitor prove,

I’ll hang theetheo [sic] on a tree.”

“Sir, I will not a traitor prove;

Montrose has plundered me;

I’ll do my best to banish him

Away frae this country.”

He halv’d his men in equal parts,

His purpose to fulfil;

The one part kept the water side,

The other gaed round the hill.

The nether party fired brisk,

Then turn’d and seem’d to rin;

And then they a’ came frae the trench,

And cry’d, “The day’s our ain!”