[882] Nimmo’s History of Stirlingshire, edited by the Rev. Macgregor Stirling, p. 564.
[883] Dougal Graham’s Metrical History, p. 15.
[884] Lockhart Papers, vol. ii. p. 487.
[885] Dougal Graham, in his Metrical History of the insurrection, as quoted by Chambers, thus alludes to the conduct of the Highlanders on the present occasion:—
“Here for a space they took a rest,
And had refreshment of the best
The country round them could afford,
Though many found but empty board,
As sheep and cattle were drove away,
Yet hungry men sought for their prey;