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‘Seven, seven sons hae I born unto him,

And the eight neer saw his dady,

And altho I were to have a hundred more,

The should a’ draw their sword for Prince Charlie.’


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Kinloch MSS, V, 106, in the handwriting of James Beattie, and from the recitation of Elizabeth Beattie.

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O gleyd Argyll has written to Montrose