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⟨The⟩ most dire crimes on record never can vie
⟨With⟩ the bloody misdeeds o' doom'd Richmond the Spy.
⟨He⟩ kens a' the courses o' fraud and deceit,
Whilk has lately been proved by a chiel they ca' TAIT;
Whase name now in history never shall die,
⟨For⟩ o'erwhelming that traitor—doom'd Richmond the Spy.
Oh, had you but seen how he quiver'd while stan'in',
And heard the assertions of Stewart Buchanan,
Wha boldly stood forth there and gave him tho lie,
Proclaiming aloud he was Richmond the Spy.
Oft he questioned, and try'd, wi' his venomous art,
To baffle the witnesses out o' their part—
Vain! vain every effort! for all he did try,
Still stamped him the deeper-doom'd Richmond the Spy.
The reptile stood paralyzed—stiff—in a phrenzy.
On beholding the writing of Peter McKenzie;
Sent forth to the world—admired far and nigh,
Exposing the deeds of this ex'crable Spy.
Who is it that can think on poor Hardie and Baird,
Or old greyheaded Wilson who their awful fate shared,
Whose murders doth yet to the earth loudly cry,
For revenge on that miscreant-Richmond the Spy.
Yes, the friends of those martyrs who suffered and died,
In fair liberty's cause, oft for vengeance have cried,
