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I6 The REID-SQUAIR.

            Beanjeadart, Hundlie and Hunthill,
              three, on they laid weil at the laſt,
              except the horſe-men of the gaird;
            If I could put men to avail,
              nane ſtoutlier dude out for thair laird.
            Nor did the lads of Liddiſdail.
                                  XIX.
            But litle harniſe had we thair,
              but auld Badrule had on a jack,
            And did richt weil, I zou declair,
              with all the Trumbulls at his back.
              gude Ederſtane was not to lack.
            With Kirktoun, Newtoun, nobill-men;
              thir is all the ſpecials I haif ſpak,
            Forby them that I could nocht ken.
                                   XX.
            Quha did invent that day of play,
              we neid nocht feir to find him ſune.
            For Sr John Foſter, I dare weil ſay,
              maid us that noyſome afternune;
              not that I ſpeik preceiſly out,
            That he ſuppoſd it wald be pernill,
              but pryde and breaking out, but dout,
            Gart Tyndall lads begin the quarrel.


                            F I N I S.