Himself most wrongfully he swore; For conscience he regarded not, Himself he wholly did devote To serve king Charles and myself, And to advance his wordly pelf Persisting in these courses still, Did grieve and anger one Cargil; So Charles, York, Monmouth and he, Were all deliver’d o’er to me; Rothes, M’Kenzie and Dalziel, Unto my lot each man they fell, A company of as brave men, As ever minister did send By such a sentence unto me; Whom I embrac’d most willingly, ’Cause formerly I did commend In many things these worthy men. Now those brave heroes I must leave, And some few instances I’ll give Of these brave actions which Lag did, That ought no longer to be hid. In Galloway he was well known His great exploits in it were shewn. He was my general in that place, He did the Presbyterians chase, Through moss and muir, and many a bog, They were pursu’d by my friend Lag. Saint’s monuments that’s here and there, If any will to them repair, ’Mongst others there you’ll read his name, And know he was a man of fame. On many there he forc’d the test, By perjury them sore opprest. And when he brought them to disgrace, He mocked them unto their face. From others he did take their gear, He neither mercy had nor fear, Yet this did not his wrath allay, For others he did seek to slay Cubine and Gordon, near Hallhill, He took their life their blood to spill, And left them hanging on a tree, For disobedience to me. John Bell of Whiteside he did slay, And would not give him time to pray And other four in that same hour He shot upon Kirkconnel Muir. Mayfield, Clement, and Irlingtown, Macrabet he brought also down; And made them all a sacrifice, His hellish fury to appease. Two men in Twingham some did find, And with hair tethers did them bind. Like sheep for slaughter there they lay, George Short and David Halliday; Till Lag came up and gave command To kill them quickly out of hand. Against them he had such despite, He would not let them live one night, So in that posture they were shot Most cruelly upon the spot. Lachlane and Wilson in the sea He drown’d cause they obey’d not me, Though they were of the weaker sex, No favour they of him did get: And cruelly he took the life Both of a young maid and a wife. The kirk by excommunication Did banish him out of their region; Because he would not satisfy, Them for his vile adultery: For he knew well that I could thole His vices all, without controul, That he should have both peace and ease, In doing things that I do please, He clave as close unto my law