Page:Elegy in memory of that valient champion, Sir Robert Grierson, late laird of Lag, or, The Prince of Darkness.pdf/4

 Like Saul, who David did pursue,

He rais'd on them the cry and hue,

And cruelty he did oppress

Such as religion d d profess.

Doeg the Edomite did slay

Fourscore and five priests in one day;

But if you'll rake 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 inquity.

Herod for me had great zeal,

Though his main purpose far did fail,

He many slew by a decree,

Bu 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 presencrpresence [sic] fled.

In moss and mountain, cleugh and glen,

Were slaughter'd by his Highlandmen.

He was a terror where he came,

To all the followers of the Lamb.

With great industry and fatigue,