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When they had beir'd like baited bulls, and brain-wood brynt in bails; They were as meek as ony mules, that mangit are with mails; for faintreſs thae for foughter fools fell down like ſlaughter'd ſails; Freſh men:carne in, and hail'd the dools and dang them down in dails, Bedeen that day. When a' was done, Dick with an ax, Came forth to fell a finder, Quoth be, Where are you hangit ſmaiks, that wad a ſlain my brither? His wife had him gae haim Gib Glaicks and ſae did Meg his mither; He turn'd and gave them baith their paiks for be durſt ding nae ither, But then that day.

C A N T O II.

BUT there had been mair blood & ſkaith fair hardſhip and great ſpoulzie, And mony a ane had gotten his death by this uſontie toulzie; But that the Band  good wide of Braith, arm'd with a great kail gully, Same belly-ſlaught, and foot an aith, ſhe'd gar them a' be hooly, Fou tall that day.