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And Hamilton pled the men was not bred, For he had no fancy to fa’ man, And we ran, and they ran, &c,

Lord Rollo not fear’d Kintore and his beard, Pitfligo and Oglive a’ man, And Brother Balfours they flood the firft fhours, Clackmannan and Burleigh did claw man, And we ran and they ran, &c.

But Cleppan acted pretty, and Strowan the witty, A poet that pleafes us a’ man, For mine is but rhyme, in refpect of what’s fine Or what he is able to draw man, And we ran and they ran, &c.

For Huntly and Sinclair they both plaid the tink lair, With confciences black like a craw man, Some Angus and Fife men, the ran for their life man, And ne’er a lot’s wife there at a’ man, And we ran, and they ran, & c.

Then Lowrie the traitor, who betrayed his mafter. His King and his Country, and a’ man, Pretended Mar might give over to fight, To the right of the army awa’ man, And we ran, and they ran, &c.