Keppoch song
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*0 A KEPPOCH SONG. canto hi
Hopes to better his condition,
By adding some new partition.
Both parties wink at his encroaching,
Just as if it was not poaching.
But when the King grows strong for war,
He from him takes the Earldom of Mar:
This prey he now is forc'd to quit*,
But farther north does spread his netf .
The reign of Mary next presents
To him more dire and sad events £.
But I was feeble, weak, and worn,
By grief, depression, sadly torn;
During this time my own home keep,
Until, at last, extinct, I sleep;
My estate convey'd to a grandson
Of illegitimate extraction,
"Who, dying next without an heir,
The court for mischief does prepare.
Th' crown with my estate interferes,
With arbitrary will and sheers;
Against the ancient laws of the realm,
Which always ought to steer the helm,
* Dr. Robertson's History of Scotland.
t Ibid. % Holinslied-.
Hopes to better his condition,
By adding some new partition.
Both parties wink at his encroaching,
Just as if it was not poaching.
But when the King grows strong for war,
He from him takes the Earldom of Mar:
This prey he now is forc'd to quit*,
But farther north does spread his netf .
The reign of Mary next presents
To him more dire and sad events £.
But I was feeble, weak, and worn,
By grief, depression, sadly torn;
During this time my own home keep,
Until, at last, extinct, I sleep;
My estate convey'd to a grandson
Of illegitimate extraction,
"Who, dying next without an heir,
The court for mischief does prepare.
Th' crown with my estate interferes,
With arbitrary will and sheers;
Against the ancient laws of the realm,
Which always ought to steer the helm,
* Dr. Robertson's History of Scotland.
t Ibid. % Holinslied-.
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| Description | A poem in five cantos: being the origin and history of the family, alias Donald, Lord of the Isles, carried down to its extinction, with a continuation of the family of Keppoch; the whole combined with the history of Scotland, with notes and references, and concluding with an analysis of the Scotch acts of Parliament, relative to the Douglas association; and an address to His Royal Highness the prince regent. By John Paul Macdonald. Montrose : Printed for the author by J. Watt, 1815. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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