6 BATTLE OF HARLAW
IX.
Then he a proclamation maid
all men to meet at Inverneſs,
Throw Murray land to mak a raid,
frae Arthurſyre unto Spey-neſs.
and further mair, he ſent expreſs,
To fchaw his collours and enſenzie,
to all and ſindry, mair and leſs,
Throchout the boundis of Boyn and Enzie.
X.
And then throw fair Strathbogie land,
his purpoſe was for to purſew,
And quhaſoevir durſt gainſtand,
that race they ſhould full fairly rew.
then he had all his men be trew,
And him defend by forſs and ſlicht,
and promiſt them rewardis anew,
And mak them men of mekle micht.
XI.
Without reſiſtans as he ſaid,
throw all theſe parts he ſtoutly paſt,
Quhair ſum war wae, and ſum war glaid,
but Garioch was all agaſt.
throw all theſe feilds he ſped him faſt,
For ſic a ſicht was never ſene;
and then, forſuith, he langd at laſt
To ſe the bruch of Aberdene.
