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(2) Young Grigor’s Ghoſt. I

ome al ye yourg lovers in Scotland draw near, Unto the ſad ſtroy which ye ſhall hear, Concerning two lovers that liv'd in the North, Among the high mountains that stand beyond forth This maid was the daughter of a gentleman In the name of M'Farlane be of the ſame Clan; But Grigor was born in a Highland iſle And by blood relation her cousin we ſtyle But where riches wanting we oftentimes see, Few men are eſtemmed for their pedigree His father was forced when he was a child, To leave this realm, and when exil'd His lands they were forfeit, I let you to know Becauſe of rebellion, the truth for to ſhow: Bread gold and vaſt riches he with him did give For he education and how he might live. Ard ſolely he to the care of his friend Was left by his father for to be maintain'd: He learn'd him indeed to read and to write. In all rules of arithmetic he made him perfect.

In Latin and French he ad him taught also,

That he thought the world was fit for to go

The King then recruiting all had did employ,

While her fathr as a ſervant uſed this young boy.

In all kinds of drudgey be made him to ſerve,

And ſtill ſo kept him to a corps of reſerve,

Such beautial young man was not in the place,

None could compare with him, in nature and grace

This charming is Miſs Katy we oft in the way:

One day in love's paſſion, ſhe to him did ſay,

dear couſin Grigoo, I've something tell,