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For there was fuch hafhing,
And broad fwords a claming,
Brave Forfar * himfelf got a cla', man.
And <we ran, and they ran, &c .
Lord Perth f flood the ftorm,
eaforth % but lukewarm,
Kilfyth || and Strathallan § not fla,' man ;
And Hamilton fl pled
The men were not bred,
For he had no fancy to fa' man.
And <we ran, and they ran, 13 'c.
His fervant who lay on the field watching his dead body,
being aflced next day who that was, anfwered, He was *
man yefterday. Bofwells Journey to the Hebrides, p. 359.
* Archibald (Douglas) earl of Forfar, who commanded a
regiment in the dukes army. He is faid to have been /hot
in the knee, and to have had 10 or 12 cuts in his head
from the broad fwords. He dyed a few days after of his
wounds.
+ James marquis of Drummend, fon of James (Drum-
mond) duke of Perth, was lieutenant general of horfe, and
*• behaved with great gallantry." He was attainted, but
efcaped to France, where he feon after dyed.
X William (Mackenzie) earl of Seaforth. He was at-
tainted, and dyed in 1740*
|| William (Livingfton) vifcount Kilfyth: attainted.
§ William (Drummond) vifcount Strathallan; whofe
fenfe of loyalty could fcarcely equal the fpirit and activity
he manifefted in the caufe. He was taken prifoner in this
battle, which he furvived to perifh in the ftill more fatal
one of Culloden-muir.
^[ Lieutenant general George Hamilton, commanding
ander the earl of Mar.
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