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78 SCOTS SCTNGS.
Prefumeand on thair ilrengtli and pryde,
Without all feir or ony aw, 135
Richt bauldlie battil did abyde,
Hard by the town of fair Harlaw.
The armies met, the trumpet founds.
The dandring drums aloud did tuik,
Baith armies byding on the bounds,
Till ane of them the feild fuid biuik. 140
Nae help w^as thairfor, nane wald jouk,
Fers was the fecht on ilka fyde,
And on the ground lay mony a bouk
Of them that thair did battill byd.
With doutfum viftorie they dealt, 1 45
The bluidy battill laflit lang,
Each man his nibours fors thair felt j
The weakeil aft times gat the wrang :
Thair was nae mov^is thair them amang,
Naithing was hard but heavy knocks, 130
That Echo maid a dulefull fang,
Thairto refounding frae the rocks.
But Donald's men at laft gaif back 3
For they wer all out of array.
The Erie of Marr's rnen throw them brak, i ^5
Purfewing fliarply in thair way,
Thair enemys to tak or (lay,
Be dynt of fors to gar them yield',
Quha w^ar richt blyth to win away,
And fae for feirdnefs tint the fidd, 160