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( 22 ) From others he did take their gear; He neither mercy had, nor fear. Yet this did not his wrath allay, For others he did seek to ſlay. Cubine and Gordon, near Hard-hill, He took their life, their blood to spill; And left them hanging enon [sic] a tree, For disobedience to me. John Bell of Whiteside he did ſlay, And would not give him time to pray; And other four, in that same hour, He ſhot upon Kirkconnel-muir. Mayfield, Clement, and Irlingtown, Macrabet he brought also down; And made them all a sacrifice, His heliiſh fury to appeaſe.<br /d> Two men in Twingham ſome did find,<br /d> And with hair-tethers did them bind,<br /d> Like ſheep for ſlaughter there they lay,<br /d> George Short, and David Halliday;<br /d> Till Lag came up, and gave command<br /d> To kill them quickly out hand.<br /d> Againſt them he had ſuch deſpite,<br /d> He would not let them live one night;<br /d> So in that poſture they were ſhot<br /d> Moſt cruelly upon the ſpot!<br /d> Lacblane and Wilson in the ſea<br /d> He drown'd, 'cauſe they obey'd not me!<br /d> Tho' they were of the weaker ſex,<br /d> No favour they of him did get:<br /d> Unto a ſtake he did them tie,<br /d> Because they did my laws deny,<br /d> And cruelly he took the life<br /d> Both of a young maid and a wife.