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For conscience he regarded not,
Himſelf he wholly did devote
To ſerve King Charles, and myſelf,
And to advance his worldly pelf.
Perſisting in these courses ſtill,
Did grieve and anger one Cargil.
So Charles, York, Monmouth, and he,
Were all deliver'd o'er to me;
Rothes, McKenzie, and Dalziel,
Unto my lot each man they fell,
A company of as brave men,
As ever Minister did ſend
By such a sentence unto me.
Whom I embrac'd most willingly,
Cause formerly I did commend,
In many things these worthy men.
Now these brave heroes I must leave,
And some few instances I'll give
Of these brave actions which Lag did.
That ought no longer to be hid.
In Galloway he was well known,
His great exploits in it were ſhown.
He was my general in that place;
He did the Preſyterians chace:
Thro' moss and muir, and many a hag,
They were pursu'd by my friend Lag.
Saints' monuments that's here and there,
If any will to them repair,
'Mongst others there you'll read his name,
And know he was a man of fame.
On many there he forc'd the Teſt;
By perjury them sore opprest:
And when he brought them to disgrace,
He mocked them unto their face.
