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Two men in Twingham some did find,
And with hair tethers did them bind,
Like sheep for slaughter there they lay,
George Short and David Halliday;
Till Lag came up and gave command
To kill them quickly out of hand.
Against them he had such despite,
He would not let them live one night,
So in that posture they were shot
Most cruelly upon the spot.
Lachlane and Wilson in the sea
He drown'd 'cause they obey d not me,
Though they were of the weaker sex,
No favour they of him did get:
Unto a stake he did them tie
Because they did my laws deny;
And cruelly he took the life
Both of a young maid and a wife.
Thus Lag did conquer in the field.
Such as to me would no ways yield.
When persecuting did delay
He serv d me well another way.
He ever loyal was and true,
And his allegiance did renew;
And for my sake did hatred bear
To many a person far far and near.
The kirk by excommunication.
Did banish him out of their region;
Because he would not satisfy
Them for his vile adultery:
Of this sentence he was content,
He never play'd the penitent;
For he no ill in it could see,
Since they delivered him to me.
For he knew well that I could thole.
