The Scotsmen cried on other to stand,

Frae time they saw John Robson slain—

What should they cry? the king's command

Could cause no cowards turn again.

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Up rose the laird to red the cumber,[[151]]

Which would not be for all his boast;—

What could we doe with sic a number?

Fyve thousand men into a host.

Then Henry Purdie proved his cost,[[152]]