His dear loved son why didst thou kill,
For he had done to thee no ill.’
If Jermy had but kindness shown,
And not have trod misfortune down,
I ne’er had fired the fatal ball
That caus’d his son and him to fall.
My cause I did defend alone,
For learned counsel I had none;
I pleaded hard and questions gave,
In hopes my wretched life to save.