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 ( 4 ) expecting that fhe was, their commander for to be, With everlafting pleafures they fell into each others arms, With everlafting pleafurs, they riff'd each others'charms, Now they are married, without care or ftrife, She ventur’d life and fortune, all for to be his wife.

The Flowes of Strathblain.

Fareweel my dear comarade fince you are all gone for here I muft ftay and make my fad moan, You’r all gone to travel, but here I’ll remain, and figh, moan and grive in place call’d Strathbiain.

But there is one thing that’s wounded my heart, a beautiful Lady Pin ftruck with her deart, I’m wounded fo foar, I cannot reveal. and I’m fear’d this fair creature will be my down fall.

The firft time I faw her I thought her fo fine, and for to embrace her my heart did inclin; She always proved fcornfull and thowed me deldain, She's the fairest of creatures, and the flower of Strathblain.

But as for her head drefs ther’s few can compare, with the fineft of Hollands and cambricks fo rair, Her bonny blask hair it bings dandly down, over her broad fhoulders and foft as the downs, Her checks are like chirreys and as for her eyes,