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 This Edward in the centre saw, and grieved at the sight,

To find no other safety left, but in a speedy flight.

On a hill it little distance unarmed swains beheld

The huge devastation and carnage of the field.

Exulting they gave a shout, which made the hills resound,

And enemy did totally confound;

then prevail’d, inglorious flight

with light armed horse,

most vigorously pursu’d,

Till Edward reached to Dunbar, where joyfully he saw

A scurvy fishing boat, in which he meanly sneak’d awa’.

Thus ended the dread campaign of Edward the Great;

Thus vanish’d into smoke every formidable threat;

While the riches of his camp did repay the victor’s toil,

Who gloriously expos’d their lives to guard the Scottish soil:

The generous love of liberty, our country, and our laws,

Thus fir’d our noble ancestors to fight in Freedom’s cause;