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This Conference being fully ended,
And yet the matter nothing mended;
The Gen'ral call'd a Buchan laird,
The Captain of the Clergy's guard.
To march, with all his chosen force
Which he had brought, both Foot and Horse,
Who came on purpose, I suppose,
The adverse Party to oppose,
Since thrawn Trees do always splinder
Best with a Wedge of their own Timber.
Then, in obedience to command,
He marched up with Sword in hand;
But to the Guard 'ere he had spoken,
By chance his Honour's head was broken;
Which so disordered his Skull,
That his attempt was rend'red null,
Yet from the Kirk he got applause,
For losing Blood in the Old-Cause.
And yet the matter nothing mended;
The Gen'ral call'd a Buchan laird,
The Captain of the Clergy's guard.
To march, with all his chosen force
Which he had brought, both Foot and Horse,
Who came on purpose, I suppose,
The adverse Party to oppose,
Since thrawn Trees do always splinder
Best with a Wedge of their own Timber.
Then, in obedience to command,
He marched up with Sword in hand;
But to the Guard 'ere he had spoken,
By chance his Honour's head was broken;
Which so disordered his Skull,
That his attempt was rend'red null,
Yet from the Kirk he got applause,
For losing Blood in the Old-Cause.
The Poetical Works of the Ingenious and Learned William Meston | ||