Keppoch song

2 «56 SUPPLEMENT.
In 1784, thou didst restore the forfeited
properties, but didst thou rescind thy com-
promise, and hath Keppoch's rights been
restored? In that year thou didst clothe
the representative of the th — f of Enner-
lochy castle, with the title of an English
earl; was my property destined to conti-
nue to support this new decision of honour,
and does this English earl continue to visit
and pay his court to thee at my expence,
and is it thus I am to account for its non-
restitution? Hath not the 42d regiment
carried the renown of the British arms to
every quarter of the globe, and was not
that regiment originally raised, as it hath
since been chiefly supported, by my blood?
Say thou, moon of H--n--v~ r, who is colo-
nel of that regiment? Hath he, by the gift
of a regimental service of plate, sought to
corrupt and vitiate the minds of my officers
and soldiers? Are not the several articles
of such a gift, indications of crimes, memo-
rabilia of former perfidy and infamy, and
must my blood ever be subjected to double
servitude, and galling debasement of mind ?
Are theft, robbery, pillage, murder, and