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And now the Scots in Valour ſtill the ſame,
Worthy the Race, and equal in their Flame,
With the ſame Fury, gain the ſame Applauſe,
The ſame the Courage, and the ſame the Cauſe:
The ſame the Circumſtance, the ſame Succeſs,
That great [1] Guſtavus ſaw, great Marlbro' this.

Let future Poets Blenheims Trophies ſing,
And Ramellies to Chime, with Leipſick bring;
There Orkney, Campbell, Hamilton, and Hay,
Shall match the Hero's, and ſhall match the Day.
To Times laſt Period hand their Nations Fame,
And ev'ry Ages Glory ſhall the next Enflame.


  1. Gustavus saw. The Bavarians Complemented Gustavus Adolphus, on the taking the Intrenchments at Schellemberg, as a thing they thought im|practicable; and the People of the Danawert say, it has been thirteen times Attack'd, and never was taken till then; which I take to be an equal Honour to the Scots Troops under the Duke of Marlborough, as to their Ancestors under the King of Sweden, these having a great share in the late Attack under the Command of Lord Orkney, as the other had under Col|lonel Hepburn.