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 T H E       B A T T L E  OF  H A R L A W,

Foughten upon Friday, July 24. 1411, againſt DONALD of the ISLES.

I.    FRae Dunideir as I cam throach, doun by the hill of Banochie, Allangſt the lands of Garioch; grit pitie was to heir and ſe the noys and duleſum hermonie, That evir that dreiry day did daw, cryand the Corynoch on hie, Alas! alas! for the Harlaw. II. I marvlit quhat the matter meint, all folks war in a fiery fairy: I wiſt nocht quha was fae or freind; zit quietly I did me carrie. but ſen the days of auld King Hairy, Sic ſlauchter was not hard nor ſene, and thair I had nae tyme to tairy, For billineſs in Aberdene. III. Thus as I walkit on the way, to Inverury as I went, А                I met