with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

Brave Harry* retook
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His brother, and laught at them a', man»
And we ran, and they ran, S^c,
Grave Marshallf and Lithgow,f
And Glengary's§ pith too,
Assisted by brave Loggie-man,||
And Gordons the bright
So boldly did fight,
The redcoats took flight and awa' man.
And we ran, and they ran, S^c.
* Honorable Harry Maiile, brother to the earl. The circum-
stance here alluded to is thus related in the earl of Mar's printed
account of the engagement " : The prisoners taken by us were
very civilly used, and none of them stript. Some were allow'd
to return to Sterling upon their parole, &c. . . The few prison-
ers taken by the enemy on our Left were most of them stript
and wounded after taken. The earl of Panmure being first of
the prisoners wounded after taken. They haviBg refused his
parole, he was left in a village, and by the hasty retreat of the
enemy, upon the approach of our army, was rescu'd by his bro-
ther and his servants."
t George (Keith) earl Marischall, then a youth at college. He
died at his government of Neufchatel in 1771. His brother, the
celebrated marshall Keith, was with him in this battle.
J James (Livingston) earl of Calendar and Linlithgow : at-
tainted.
§ Alexander M'Donald of Glengary, laird of a clan j a brave
and spirited chief: attainted.
Thomas Drummond of Logie-Almond ; commanded the two
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battalions of Drummonds. He was wounded.