And the dragoons at Stirling town:
A council call’d at his desire,
Held in the house of Arnprior,
With chiefs and heads of ev’ry clan,
Their expedition south to plan.
Some was with Gard’ner for to fight,
And others said, that was not right;
Unless in Glens, or mountain tops,
To fight horsemen they had no hopes.
If field they lost, what could they do,