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From others he did take their gear;
He neither mercy had, nor fear.
Yet this did not his wrath allay,
For others he did seek to ſlay.
Cubine and Gordon, near Hard-hill,
He took their life, their blood to spill;
And left them hanging en a tree,
For disobedience to me.
John Bell of Whiteside he did ſlay,
And would not give him time to pray;
And other four, in that same hour,
He ſhot upon Kirkconnel-muir.
Mayfield, Clement, and Irlingtown,
Macrabet he brought also down;
And made them all a sacrifice,
His heliiſh fury to appeaſe.
Two men in Twingham ſome did find,
And with hair-tethers did them bind,
Like ſheep for ſlaughter there they lay,
George Short, and David Halliday;
Till Lag came up, and gave command
To kill them quickly out hand.
Againſt them he had ſuch deſpite,
He would not let them live one night;
So in that poſture they were ſhot
Moſt cruelly upon the ſpot!
Lacblane and Wilson in the ſea
He drown'd, 'cauſe they obey'd not me!
Tho' they were of the weaker ſex,
No favour they of him did get:
Unto a ſtake he did them tie,
Because they did my laws deny,
And cruelly he took the life
Both of a young maid and a wife.
