And of the horsemen left were ten.
This did the Highlandmen revive,
And rais’d their sp’rits for more mischief,
And to the Duke’s men gave a caution,
Where to quarter on like occasion.
His army in three divisions lay,
The first at Strathbogie, they say,
Second at Old Meldrum, half-way between
Strathbogie town and Aberdeen,
The last at Aberdeen still lay,