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 Cubbin and Gordon near Hall-Hill,

He took their life, their blood to spill,

And left them hanging on a tree,

For disobedience unto me.

John Bell of White-side, he did slay,

And would not give them time to pray;

And other four in that same hour,

He shot upon Kirkconnel Muir.

Mayfield, Clement, and Irlington,

Macrabet also he brought down;

And made them all a sacrifice,

His hellish fury to appease.

Two men in Twingham some did find,

And with hair tethers did them bind,

Like sheep for slaughter there they lay,

George Short, and David Haliday.

Till Lag came up, and gave command,

To kill them quickly out of hand;

Against them he had such despite,

He would not let them live one night:

So in that posture they were shot,

Most cruelly upon the spot.

Lachland and Wilson in the sea

He drown'd, 'cause they obey'd not me;

Tho' they were of the weaker sex,

No favour they of him did get;

Unto a stake he did them tie,

Because they did my laws deny.

And cruelly he took the life

Both of a young maid and a wife.

Thus Lag did conquer in the field,

Such as to me would no ways yield.

When persecuting did delay,

He serv'd as well another way: