Keppoch song

SUPPLEMENT. 201
at the expence of me, who never injured
you? Well. Against him will I stand
alone, whatever may be the force. No man
of Clan Chattan race shall be seen in my
ranks. My children, alone of my own soil,
shall support me, and protect the dust of
their fathers. On thee, and on thy tool
Tosh, be the blood of the innocent, and
may God be the shield of the just!
Cockatrice of Huntly what are now thy
thoughts? The Amighty hath been pleased
to smile on my arms, and to grant me vic-
tory. Toshach is humbled, and hath been
permitted to return home in peace, on pro-
mise never more to molest me or mine.
Such terms would not have been granted
to me, had I been the aggressor, and had
been conquered. An ignominious death
would have been my lot! Cockatrice of
Huntly, dost thou, presuming on the fa-
vour of a besotted king, denounce me re-
bel, because I did not tamely surrender
my coat to a thief, because I did not meanly
deliver my purse and my property to rob-
bers? Thy pride may soon have a fall.
The career of the king, thy supporter, by