Or else they would discover all,
To which they swore, by all that’s Good,
They’d rather spend their dearest blood,
So faithfully they did conceal it,
And did not in the least reveal it.
Now were they come unto the place,
Where Malcom’s sister married was
To John MacKinnon, who’d captain been
Along with Charles in armour keen;
But had got clear by Proclamation,