A True History Of several Honourable Families of the Right Honourable Name of Scot In the Shires of Roxburgh and Selkirk, and others adjacent. Gathered out of Ancient Chronicles, Histories, and Traditions of our Fathers. By Capt. Walter Scot, An old Souldier, and no Scholler, And one that can Write nane, But just the Letters of his Name |
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I was once a man, though now I'm none but a poor decript one;
Fifty seven years, Arms I did bear Abroad, or in Scotland,
When I began on the twenty ninth, I was a slender man;
Now when I end on the eighty eight, I am not very strong.
I never was an Hour at School, although these Lines I dite,
I never learn'd the Catechism, and yet I none can Write,
Except the Letters of my Name which I scarcely understand,
These I was forc'd to learn for shame when I was in Command.
Fifty seven years, Arms I did bear Abroad, or in Scotland,
When I began on the twenty ninth, I was a slender man;
Now when I end on the eighty eight, I am not very strong.
I never was an Hour at School, although these Lines I dite,
I never learn'd the Catechism, and yet I none can Write,
Except the Letters of my Name which I scarcely understand,
These I was forc'd to learn for shame when I was in Command.
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