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T H E

       B A T T L E  OF  H A R L A W,

Foughten upon Friday, July 24. 1411, againſt

           DONALD of the ISLES.

                    I. 
   FRae Dunideir as I cam throach,
      doun by the hill of Banochie,
   Allangſt the lands of Garioch;
     grit pitie was to heir and ſe
     the noys and duleſum hermonie,
   That evir that dreiry day did daw,
     cryand the Corynoch on hie,
   Alas! alas! for the Harlaw.
                        II.
   I marvlit quhat the matter meint,
     all folks war in a fiery fairy:
   I wiſt nocht quha was fae or freind;
     zit quietly I did me carrie.
     but ſen the days of auld King Hairy,
   Sic ſlauchter was not hard nor ſene,
     and thair I had nae tyme to tairy,
   For billineſs in Aberdene.
                           III.
   Thus as I walkit on the way,
     to Inverury as I went,
                          А                 I met