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 14                           THE

B A L L A T of the  R E I D-S Q U A I R,

Fought on July 7th, 1576.

I.           ON July ſeventh, the ſuthe to ſay. at the Reid-Squair the tryſt was ſet, Our wardens they affixt the day, and as they promiſt, ſae they met: allace! that day I'll neir forzet, Was ſure ſae feird, and then ſae fain, they came ther juſtice for to get, Will never grein to cum again. II. Carmichaell was our warden then, he cauſit the Country to convene, And the Laird Watt, that worthy man, brocht in his ſurname weil be ſene: the Armſtrangs to that ay half bene A hardy houſe, but not a hail; the Eliots honours to mentain, Brocht in the laif of Liddiſdail. III. Then Twidail came to with ſpeid, the Scherif brocht the Douglas doun,