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5 Who did my laws and ways oppose.

Like Saul, who David did pursue,

He rais'd on them the cry and hue,

And cruelly he did oppress,

Such as religion did profess.

Doeg the Edomite did slay,

Fourscore and five priests in one day;

But if you'll take the will for deed,

Brave Lag did Doeg far exceed.

He of the blood royal was come,

Of Ahab he was a true son;

For he did sell himself to me,

To work sin and iniquity.

Herod for me had great zeal,

Though his main purpose far did fail,

He many slew by a decree,

But did not toil so much for me,

As Lag, who in his person went,

To every place where he was sent,

To persecute both man and wife,

Who he knew led a pious life.

Brave Clavers flourish'd in his day;

And many lives did take away,

He to Rome's cause most firmly stood,

And drunken was with the saint's blood,

Which in abundance he did shed,

Of those who from his presence fled,

In moss and mountain, cleugh and glen,

Were slaughter'd by his Highlandmen.

That where he came none might remain,

Who in the least did me defame,

He rifled houses, and did plunder,

In moor and dale many a hunder:

He all the shires in south and west,