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Witnefs Largs and Loncartie,
B it nke i and Aberlemny,
Dunkel and Aberlemny,
Rojline and Bannockburn,
The Chlvlots ■ all the border,
Where bowmen in brave order,
Told enemies, if furder
They mov'd, they'd ne'er return;
Sound, found the mufick, found it,-
Let hills and dales rebound it,
Let hills and dales rebound it,
In praife of archery.
Us'd as a game it pleafes;
The mind to joy itraifes,
And throws of all difeafes
Of lazy luxury.
Largs, where the Norwegians, headed by their vafiatfl
King Ha co, ware, Anno 1 263 , totally defeat by Al e x-
ander It J. King of Scots; the heroickALEx anbe r$-
great-fteward of Scotland, commanded the right wing.
Lone ar tie, near Perth, where King K e n n e t h III.
obtained the victory over the Danes, which was prin-
cipally owing to the valour and refolution of the firil
brave Hay, and his two fons.
Dunkel, here, and in Kyle, and on the banks oi
Tay, our great King Co rb re pus Galdus in three
battles overthrew 30000 Romans in the reign of the
Emperor Domitian.
Aberlemny, four miles from Brechin, where King
Malcolm II. obtained a glorious victory over the
united armies of Danes, Norwegians and Cumbrians,
Sec. commanded by Sue no King of Denmark, and
his warlike fon Prince Canute.
Rojline, about five miles fouth of Edinburgh •; where
10000 Scots, led by Sir John Cumin and Sir Simon
F r a z e r, defeat in three battles in one day 30006 of
their enemies, Anno 1303.
The battles of Bannockburn and Chlviot, Sec. are fb
well known, that they require no notes.
K 3 Nowj

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