For ambuscades were hard to trust,
So the pursuit he did delay,
Till near about the break of day:
Brave men and horse lay on the field,
Tho’ both the sides did flee and yield:
Yet this check Charles’ end did gain,
For he that night wou’d been o’erta’en:
Lord Elcho and Murray form’d that plan,
And did the party here command,
Not without loss, I truly say;