A journey to Scotland giving a character of that country, the people and their manners. By an English gentleman. With a letter from an officer there, and a poem on the same subject.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.
1699
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A journey to Scotland giving a character of that country, the people and their manners. By an English gentleman. With a letter from an officer there, and a poem on the same subject.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.
Cleveland, John, 1613-1658. Rebel Scot. aut
16 p.
[s.n.],
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printed in the year M DC XC IX. [1699]
"English gentleman" = Edward Ward; attribution from Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints.
Caption title on p. 3: A character of Scotland.
Poem on pp. 14-16 has caption title: "The rebel Scot"; copy cataloged has MS. attribution on p. 14: "By Cleaveland" [i.e. John Cleveland, 17th century poet].
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A
JOURNEY
TO
SCOTLAND
,
GIVING
A
CHARACTER
OF
THAT
Country
,
the
People
and
their
Manners
.
By
an
English
Gentleman
.
WITH
A
LETTER
From
an
OFFICER
there
,
AND
A
POEM
On
the
same
SUBJECT
.
LONDON
:
Printed
in
the
Year
M
DC
XCIX
.
A
CHARACTER
OF
SCOTLAND
.
IF
all
our
European
Travellers
direct
their
Course
to
Italy
,
upon
the
account
of
its
Antiquity
,
why
should
Scotland
be
neglected
,
whose
wrinkled
surface
derives
its
Original
from
the
Chaos
?
The
first
Inhabitants
were
some
Straglers
of
the
faln
Angels
,
who
rested
themselves
on
the
Confines
,
till
their
Captain
Lucifer
provided
places
for
them
in
his
own
Countrey
.
This
is
the
Conjecture
of
Learned
Criticks
,
who
trace
things
to
their
Originals
;
and
this
Opinion
was
grounded
on
the
Devil's
Brats
,
yet
resident
amongst
them
,
(
whose
fore-sight
in
the
events
of
good
and
evil
,
exceeds
the
Oracles
at
Delphos
)
the
supposed
Issue
of
those
Pristine
Inhabitants
.
Names
of
Countries
were
not
then
in
fashion
,
those
came
not
in
till
Adam's
days
,
and
History
(
being
then
in
her
Infancy
)
makes
no
mention
of
the
changes
of
that
Renowned
Countrey
,
in
that
Interval
betwixt
him
and
Moses
,
when
their
Chronicle
commences
,
she
was
then
Baptised
(
and
most
think
with
the
Sign
of
the
Cross
)
by
the
Venerable
Name
of
Scotland
,
from
Scota
,
the
Daughter
of
Pharaoh
King
of
Egypt
.
Hence
came
the
Rise
and
Name
of
these
present
Inhabitants
,
as
their
Chronicle
insorms
us
,
and
is
not
to
be
doubted
of
,
from
divers
considerable
Circumstances
;
the
Plagues
of
Egypt
being
entailed
upon
them
,
that
of
Lice
(
being
a
Judgment
unrepealed
)
is
an
ample
Testimony
,
these
loving
Animals
accompanied
them
from
Egypt
,
and
remain
with
them
to
this
day
,
never
forsaking
them
(
but
as
Rats
leave
a
House
)
till
they
tumble
into
their
Graves
.
The
Plague
of
Biles
and
Blains
is
hereditary
to
them
,
as
a
distinguishing
Mark
from
the
rest
of
the
World
,
which
(
like
the
Devil
's
cloven
Hoof
)
warns
all
Men
to
beware
of
them
.
The
Judgment
of
Hail
and
Snow
is
naturalized
and
made
free
Denison
here
,
and
continues
with
them
from
the
Sun
's
first
ingress
into
Aries
,
till
he
has
passed
the
30th
.
degree
of
Aquary
.
The
Plagues
of
Darkness
was
said
to
be
thick
Darkness
,
to
be
felt
,
which
most
undoubtedly
these
People
have
a
share
in
,
as
the
word
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
(
Darkness
)
implies
;
the
Darkness
being
appliable
to
their
gross
and
blockish
understandings
(
as
I
had
it
from
a
Scholar
of
their
own
Nation
.
)
Upon
these
Grounds
this
Original
is
undeniably
allowed
them
,
and
the
Countrey
it self
(
in
Pyramids
)
resembles
Egypt
,
but
far
exceeds
them
both
in
bulk
and
number
;
theirs
are
but
the
Products
of
Mens
Labours
,
but
these
are
Nature's
own
handy-work
;
and
if
Atlas
would
ease
a
Shoulder
,
here
he
may
be
fitted
with
a
Supporter
.
Italy
is
compared
to
a
Leg
,
Scotland
to
a
Louse
,
whose
Legs
and
engrailed
Edges
represent
the
Promontories
and
Buttings
out
into
the
Sea
,
with
more
Nooks
and
Angles
than
the
most
conceited
of
my
Lord
Mayor's
Custards
;
nor
does
the
Comparison
determine
here
:
A
Louse
preys
upon
its
own
Fosterer
and
Preserver
,
and
is
productive
of
those
Minute-Animals
called
Nitts
;
so
Scotland
,
whose
Proboscis
joyns
too
close
to
England
,
has
suckt
away
the
Nutriment
from
Northumberland
,
as
the
Countrey
it self
is
too
true
a
Testimony
,
and
from
its
opposite
A
—
,
has
calved
those
Nitty
Islands
,
call'd
the
Orcades
,
and
the
Shetland
,
(
quasi
Shite-land
)
Islands
.
The
Arms
of
the
Kingdom
was
anciently
a
Red-Lyon
Rampant
,
in
a
Field
of
Gold
,
but
Ann.
Dom.
787.
they
had
the
Augmentation
of
the
double
Tressure
,
for
assisting
the
French
King
;
but
His
Majesty's
Arms
in
Scotland
is
a
more
Hysteron
Proteron
,
the
Pride
of
the
People
being
such
,
as
to
place
the
Scots
Arms
in
the
dexter
Quarter
of
the
Escutcheon
,
and
make
the
Unicorn
the
dexter
Supporter
,
with
the
Thistle
at
his
Heel
,
with
a
suitable
Motto
,
Nemo
me
impune
lacessit
,
true
enough
;
whoever
deals
with
them
shall
be
sure
to
smart
for
't
:
The
Thistle
was
wisely
placed
there
,
partly
to
shew
the
Fertility
of
the
Countrey
,
Nature
alone
producing
Plenty
of
these
gay
Flowers
,
and
partly
as
an
Emblem
of
the
People
,
the
top
whereof
having
some
colour
of
a
Flower
,
but
the
bulk
and
substance
of
it
,
is
only
sharp
and
poysonous
Pricks
.
Woods
they
have
none
,
that
suits
not
with
the
Frugality
of
the
People
,
who
are
so
far
from
propagating
any
,
that
they
destroy
those
they
had
upon
this
politick
State
Maxim
,
that
Corn
will
not
grow
on
the
Land
pestered
with
its
Roots
,
and
their
Branches
harbour
Birds
,
Animals
above
their
humble
Conversation
,
that
exceeds
not
that
of
hornless
Quadrupedes
;
marry
,
perhaps
,
some
of
their
Houses
lurk
under
the
shelter
of
a
plump
of
Trees
(
the
Birds
not
daring
so
high
a
presumption
)
like
Hugh
Peter's
Puss
in
her
Majesty
,
or
an
Owl
in
an
Ivy-bush
.
Some
Firr-Woods
there
are
in
the
High-lands
,
but
so
inaccessible
,
that
they
serve
for
no
other
use
than
Dens
for
those
ravenous
Wolves
with
two
Hands
,
that
prey
upon
their
Neighbourhood
,
and
shelter
themselves
under
this
Covert
;
to
whom
the
sight
of
a
Stranger
is
as
surprizing
as
that
of
a
Cockatrice
.
The
Vallies
for
the
most
part
are
covered
with
Beer
,
or
Bigg
,
and
the
Hills
with
Snow
;
and
as
in
the
Northern
Countries
the
Bears
and
Foxes
change
their
Coats
into
the
Livery
of
the
Soil
,
so
here
the
Moor-Fowl
(
called
Termagants
)
turn
white
,
to
suit
the
Sample
,
though
the
Inhabitants
still
stand
to
their
Egyptian
Hue.
They
are
freed
from
the
charge
and
incumbrance
of
Enclosures
,
the
whole
being
but
one
large
Waste
,
surrounded
with
the
Sea
:
Indeed
in
many
places
,
you
may
see
half
a
Root
of
Land
divided
with
an
Earthen
Bank
,
into
many
differing
Apartments
,
according
to
the
quality
of
Beasts
that
are
to
posses●
them
.
The
whole
Countrey
will
make
up
a
Park
,
Forest
,
or
Chace
,
as
you
'll
please
to
call
it
;
but
if
you
desire
an
Account
of
particular
Parks
,
they
are
innumerable
,
every
small
House
having
a
few
Sodds
thrown
into
a
little
Bank
about
it
,
and
this
for
the
State
of
the
business
(
forsooth
)
must
be
called
a
Park
,
though
not
a
Pole
of
Land
in
't
.
If
the
Air
was
not
pure
and
well
refined
by
its
agitation
,
it
would
be
so
infected
with
the
Stinks
of
their
Towns
,
and
the
Streams
of
their
nasty
Inhabitants
,
that
it
would
be
pestilential
and
destructive
;
indeed
,
it
is
too
thin
for
their
gross
Senses
,
that
must
be
fed
with
suitable
Viands
,
their
Meat
not
affecting
their
distempered
Pallats
,
without
it
have
a
damnable
hogoe
,
nor
Musick
their
Ears
without
loud
and
harsh
Discord
,
and
their
Nostrils
(
like
a
Jew's
)
chiefly
delight
in
the
perceptible
effluviums
of
an
old
Sir
R
—
.
Fowl
are
as
scarce
here
as
Birds
of
Paradise
,
the
Charity
of
the
Inhabitants
denying
harbour
to
such
Celestial
Animals
,
though
Gulls
and
Cormorants
abound
,
there
being
a
greater
sympathy
betwixt
them
.
There
is
one
sort
of
ravenous
Fowl
amongst
them
that
has
one
web
foot
,
one
foot
suited
for
Land
,
and
another
for
Water
;
but
whether
or
no
this
Fowl
(
being
particular
to
this
Countrey
)
be
not
the
lively
Picture
of
the
Inhabitants
,
I
shall
leave
to
wiser
Conjectures
.
Their
Rivers
,
or
rather
Arms
of
the
Sea
are
short
,
few
places
in
Scotland
being
above
a
day's
Journey
from
the
Sea
,
but
they
are
broad
,
deep
and
dangerous
pestered
,
with
multitudes
of
Porposses
or
Sharks
(
some
of
them
perhaps
amphibious
too
,
that
live
more
on
Land
than
Water
)
which
destroy
their
Salmon
,
the
great
Commodity
of
this
Countrey
,
which
being
too
good
for
the
Inhabitants
,
are
barreled
up
,
and
converted
into
Merchandize
,
&c.
The
Banks
and
Borders
,
of
these
Rivers
(
especially
near
their
Towns
)
are
adorned
with
hardy
Amazons
,
though
inverted
,
their
Valour
being
(
chiefly
)
from
the
waste
downwards
,
which
parts
they
readily
expose
to
all
the
dangers
of
a
naked
rencounter
.
The
exercise
of
their
Arms
,
I
should
say
Feet
,
is
much
about
Linnen
;
Sheets
are
sufferers
,
a
fit
receiver
is
provided
(
not
unlike
a
shallow
Pulpit
to
mind
them
of
their
Idol
Sermons
)
wherein
foul
Linnen
is
laid
to
suffer
Persecution
,
so
they
turn
up
all
,
and
tuck
them
about
their
wasts
,
and
bounce
into
a
Buck-tub
,
then
go
their
Stock
,
and
belabour
poor
Lint
till
there
be
not
a
dry
thread
on
't
.
Hence
came
the
Invention
of
Fulling-Mills
,
the
Women
taught
the
Men
,
and
they
put
in
practice
.
The
Countrey
is
full
of
Lakes
and
Loughs
,
and
they
well
stockt
with
Islands
,
so
that
a
Map
thereof
,
looks
like
a
Pillory-Coat
,
bespattered
all
over
with
Dirt
and
rotten
Eggs
,
some
pieces
of
the
Shells
floating
here
and
there
,
representing
the
Islands
.
Their
Cattle
are
only
representatives
of
what
are
in
other
Countries
,
these
being
so
Epitomized
,
that
it
is
hard
to
know
what
Class
they
relate
to
.
Their
Horses
are
hardy
,
and
not
without
Gall
(
as
some
say
other
Horses
are
)
using
both
Tooth
and
Nail
to
mischief
you
;
that
they
may
not
use
more
state
than
their
Masters
,
they
go
bare-foot
,
which
preserves
them
from
the
Gout
;
and
if
Hudibras's
Horse
had
been
of
this
Race
,
he
had
not
needed
a
Corn-cutter
:
Their
Furniture
or
Harness
is
all
of
the
same
matter
,
all
Wood
from
Head
to
Tail
,
Bridle
,
Saddle
,
Girths
,
Stirrups
and
Crupper
,
all
Wood
;
nothing
but
a
Withy
will
bind
a
Witch
,
and
if
these
be
called
Witches
,
I
shall
not
oppose
it
,
since
by
their
untoward
Tricks
,
one
would
guess
the
Devil
to
be
in
them
;
their
Bridles
have
not
Bits
,
but
a
kind
of
Musrol
of
two
pieces
of
Wood
;
their
Crupper
is
a
Stick
of
a
Yard's
length
,
put
cross
their
Docks
,
both
ends
thereof
being
tied
with
woven
Wood
to
the
Saddle
.
Their
Bed
and
Board
too
,
is
all
of
the
same
dry
Straw
,
and
when
they
have
it
up
,
whip
on
Harness
,
and
away
.
Their
Neat
are
hornless
,
the
Owners
claiming
sole
Propriety
in
those
Ornaments
,
nor
should
I
deny
them
their
Necklace
too
,
for
methinks
that
hoisted
Wood
would
mightily
become
them
.
Their
Sheep
too
have
the
same
preferment
,
they
are
coupled
together
near
their
Master's
Palace
.
Some
Animals
they
have
by
the
name
of
Hogs
,
but
more
like
Porcupines
,
bristled
all
over
,
and
these
are
likewise
fastned
to
the
Free-hold
by
the
former
Artifice
;
all
their
Quadrupedes
(
Dogs
only
excepted
,
in
which
sort
they
much
abound
)
are
honoured
with
Wooden
Bracelets
about
their
Necks
,
Legs
,
or
Arms
,
&c.
Their
Cities
are
poor
and
populous
,
especially
Edenborough
,
their
Metropolis
,
which
so
well
suits
with
the
Inhabitants
,
that
one
Character
will
serve
them
both
,
viz.
High
and
Dirty
.
The
Houses
mount
seven
or
eight
Stories
high
,
with
many
Families
on
one
Floor
,
one
Room
being
sufficient
for
all
Occasions
,
Eating
,
Drinking
,
Sleeping
,
and
Shit
—
The
most
mannerly
step
,
but
to
the
Door
,
and
Nest
upon
the
Stairs
.
I
have
been
in
an
Island
where
it
was
difficult
to
tread
without
breaking
an
Egg
;
but
to
move
here
,
and
not
murder
a
T
—
is
next
to
an
impossibility
;
the
whole
Pavement
is
Pilgrim-salve
,
most
excellent
to
liquor
Shooes
withal
,
and
soft
and
easie
for
the
bare-foot
Perambulators
.
The
Town
is
like
a
double
Comb
(
an
Engine
not
commonly
known
amongst
them
)
one
great
Street
,
and
each
side
stockt
with
narrow
Allies
,
which
I
mistook
for
Common
shores
;
but
the
more
one
stirs
in
a
T
—
the
more
it
will
stink
.
The
other
Cities
and
Towns
are
Copies
from
this
Original
,
and
therefore
need
no
Commentators
to
explain
them
;
they
have
seven
Colleges
(
or
rather
Schools
)
in
four
Universities
;
the
Regents
wear
what
colour'd
Cloaths
or
Gowns
they
please
,
and
commonly
no
Gowns
at
all
,
so
that
't
is
hard
to
distinguish
a
Scholar
from
an
ordinary
Man
,
since
their
Learning
shines
not
out
of
their
Noses
;
the
younger
Students
wear
Scarlet
Gowns
only
in
Term
time
;
their
Residence
is
commonly
in
the
Town
,
only
at
School
hours
they
convene
in
the
College
to
consult
their
Oracle
Buchanan
;
their
chief
Studies
are
for
Pulpit
preferment
,
to
prate
out
four
or
five
Glasses
with
as
much
ease
as
drink
them
;
and
this
they
attain
to
in
their
stripling
years
,
commencing
Masters
of
Arts
(
that
is
meant
only
Masters
of
this
Art
)
before
one
would
judge
them
fit
for
the
College
;
for
as
soon
as
they
can
walk
as
far
as
the
School
(
which
they
will
do
very
young
,
for
like
Lapwings
they
run
with
Shells
on
their
Heads
)
they
are
sent
thither
,
where
they
find
no
Benches
to
sit
on
(
only
one
for
the
Master
)
but
have
a
little
Heath
and
Fadder
strewed
for
them
to
lie
upon
,
where
they
litter
together
,
and
chew
the
Cud
on
their
Fathers
Horn
books
,
and
in
good
time
are
preferred
to
the
Bible
;
from
this
petty
School
,
away
with
them
to
the
Grammar-School
,
viz.
the
College
,
where
in
three
or
four
years
time
they
attain
to
(
their
ne
plus
ultra
)
the
degree
of
A.
M.
that
is
,
they
can
extempore
,
coin
Graces
and
Prayers
for
all
Occasions
;
if
you
crack
a
Nut
,
there
is
a
Grace
for
that
,
drink
a
Dish
of
Coffee
,
Ale
or
Wine
,
or
what
else
,
he
presently
furnishes
you
with
a
Grace
for
the
nonce
;
so
if
you
pare
your
Nails
,
go
to
Stool
,
or
any
other
action
of
like
importance
,
he
can
as
easily
suit
you
with
a
Prayer
,
as
draw
on
a
Glove
;
and
the
wonder
of
all
is
,
that
,
this
Prayer
shall
be
so
admirably
framed
,
that
it
may
indifferently
quadrate
with
any
occasion
,
an
excellency
no
where
so
common
as
in
this
Countrey
.
Thus
you
see
the
young
Man
has
commenced
and
got
strength
enough
to
walk
to
the
Kirk
and
enter
the
Chair
,
where
we
shall
find
him
anon
,
after
we
have
viewed
the
out-sides
of
their
Kirks
,
some
of
which
have
been
of
Antient
Foundations
,
and
well
and
regularly
built
,
but
Order
and
Uniformity
is
in
perfect
Antipathy
to
the
humour
of
this
Nation
,
these
goodly
Structures
being
either
wholly
destroyed
(
as
at
St.
Andrews
and
Elgin
,
whore
by
the
remaining
Ruins
you
may
see
what
it
was
in
perfection
)
or
very
much
defaced
;
they
make
use
of
no
Quires
,
those
are
either
quite
pulled
down
,
or
converted
into
another
Kirk
,
for
it
is
common
here
to
have
three
,
four
,
or
five
Kirks
under
one
Roof
,
which
being
preserved
entire
,
would
have
made
one
good
Church
,
but
they
could
not
then
have
had
Preaching
enough
in
it
:
Out
of
one
Pulpit
now
they
have
thirty
Sermons
per
Week
,
all
under
one
Roof
,
plenty
of
spiritual
Provision
,
which
gusts
much
better
with
a
mixture
of
the
Flesh
;
as
you
may
guess
by
their
Stools
of
Repentance
in
every
Kirk
,
well
furnished
with
Whoremongers
and
Adulterers
of
both
Sexes
.
In
Venice
,
the
shadows
only
of
Curtezans
are
exposed
to
publick
view
only
in
Effigic
,
but
here
the
Whore
in
Person
has
a
high
place
provided
her
in
the
view
of
the
whole
Congregation
for
the
benefit
of
Strangers
,
who
(
some
think
)
need
not
this
direction
,
but
may
truck
for
all
Commodities
,
with
the
first
they
meet
with
.
They
use
no
Service-Book
,
not
Whore
of
Babylon's
Smock
(
as
they
term
a
Surplice
)
nor
decency
,
nor
order
in
their
divine
,
or
rather
contumelious
Service
.
Would
a
King
think
himself
honoured
by
Subjects
,
that
petitioned
him
with
Bonnet
valed
,
but
cockt
his
Cap
the
while
his
request
was
granting
,
while
precious
Mr.
Presbyter
,
grimaces
,
prays
or
houls
,
the
Monster
Rabble
vails
;
but
as
soon
as
Text
is
taken
,
Blew-bonnet
takes
place
again
,
and
this
Pulpit-prater
is
esteemed
more
than
God's
Ambassador
,
having
the
Holy
Spirit
at
his
beck
to
prompt
him
every
word
he
speaks
,
yet
not
three
sentences
of
sence
together
,
such
Blasphemy
as
I
blush
to
mention
.
Their
Christnings
(
as
all
other
things
)
are
without
Form
,
only
Water
poured
on
the
Infant
,
and
such
words
used
as
Sir
John's
Mephistophilus
supplies
him
with
,
and
so
the
Child
commences
Christian
,
as
good
(
or
better
)
than
the
best
of
them
.
Some
think
Marriage
an
unnecessary
thing
amongst
them
,
it
being
more
generous
and
usual
amongst
them
to
take
one
another's
words
;
however
,
't
is
thus
performed
,
the
young
Couple
being
attended
with
Tag-rag
and
Bob-tail
,
gang
to
Kirk
,
where
Mr.
Scruple
(
like
a
good
Casuist
)
controverts
the
point
in
hand
to
them
,
and
schools
Mr.
Bridegroom
in
his
Lesson
,
then
directs
his
Discourse
to
Mrs.
Bride
,
who
being
the
weaker
Vessel
,
ought
to
have
the
more
pains
taken
with
her
;
he
chalks
out
the
way
she
is
to
walk
in
,
in
all
its
particulars
,
and
joyns
their
hands
,
and
then
let
them
fall
to
on
God's
Name
:
Home
they
go
with
loud
ravishing
Bag-pipes
,
and
dance
about
the
Green
,
till
they
part
by
Couples
to
repetition
,
and
so
put
the
Rules
in
practice
,
and
perhaps
Sir
Roger
follows
Mrs.
Bride
to
her
Apartment
,
to
satisfie
her
doubts
,
where
he
uses
such
pungent
and
pressing
Arguments
,
as
she
never
forgets
as
long
as
she
lives
.
When
any
one
dies
,
the
Bell-man
goes
about
ringing
their
Passing-Bell
,
and
acquaints
the
People
therewith
,
in
form
following
,
Beloved
Brouthrin
,
and
Susters
,
I
let
yau
to
wot
that
thir
is
an
fauthful
Broothir
lawtli
departed
awt
of
this
prisant
varld
,
and
thi
plesuir
of
Aulmoughti
Good
(
and
then
he
vails
his
Bonnet
)
his
Naum
is
Volli
Voodcock
,
thrid
Son
to
Jimmoy
Voodcock
,
a
Cordinger
;
he
ligs
aut
thi
sext
door
vethin
thi
Nord
Gawt
,
close
on
thi
Nawthwr
Rawnd
,
and
I
wod
yaw
gang
to
hus
burying
on
Thrusdau
before
twa
a
Clock
,
&c.
The
time
appointed
for
his
Burying
being
come
,
the
Bell-man
calls
the
Company
together
,
and
he
is
carried
to
the
Burying-place
,
and
thrown
into
the
Grave
(
as
Dog-Lyon
was
)
and
there
's
an
end
of
Wolli
.
Few
People
are
here
buried
in
their
Kirks
(
except
of
their
Nobility
)
but
in
the
Kirk
Garths
,
or
in
a
burying
place
on
purpose
,
called
the
Hoof
,
at
the
further
end
of
the
Town
(
like
our
Quakers
)
enclosed
within
a
Wall
,
so
that
it
serves
not
only
as
a
Burying
place
,
but
an
Exchange
to
meet
in
;
perhaps
in
one
part
of
it
their
Courts
of
Judicature
are
kept
;
in
another
are
Butts
to
shoot
at
for
Recreation
.
All
agree
that
a
Woman's
Tongue
is
the
last
Member
she
moves
,
but
the
Latin
Proverb
,
mulieri
ne
credas
,
&c.
seems
to
prove
it
after
death
:
I
am
sure
the
pride
of
this
People
never
leaves
them
,
but
follows
them
to
their
long
homes
(
I
was
about
to
have
said
,
to
the
Devil
)
for
the
meanest
Man
must
have
a
Grave
stone
full
fraught
with
his
own
Praises
(
though
he
was
the
vilest
Miscreant
upon
Earth
)
and
miserable
memento
mori's
,
both
in
English
and
Latin
,
nay
,
Greek
too
,
if
they
can
find
a
Greek
word
for
Cordinger
,
the
Calling
he
was
of
,
and
all
this
in
such
miserable
Scotch
Orthography
,
that
't
is
hard
to
distinguish
one
Language
from
another
.
The
Castles
of
defence
in
this
Countrey
are
almost
impregnable
,
only
to
be
taken
by
Treachery
or
long
Siege
,
their
Water
failing
them
soonest
;
they
are
built
upon
high
,
and
almost
inaccessible
Rocks
,
only
one
forc'd
passage
up
to
them
,
so
that
a
few
Men
may
easily
defend
them
.
Indeed
,
all
the
Gentlemens
Houses
are
strong
Castles
,
they
being
so
Treacherous
one
to
another
,
that
they
are
forced
to
defend
themselves
in
strong
holds
;
they
are
commonly
built
upon
some
single
Rock
in
the
Sea
,
or
some
high
Precipice
near
the
mid-land
,
with
many
Towers
and
strong
Iron
Grates
before
their
Windows
(
the
lower
part
whereof
,
is
only
a
wooden
Shutter
,
and
the
upper
part
Glass
)
so
that
they
look
more
like
Prisons
than
Houses
of
Reception
;
some
few
Houses
there
are
of
late
erection
,
that
are
built
in
a
better
form
,
with
good
Walks
and
Gardens
about
them
,
but
their
Fruit
rarely
comes
to
any
perfection
.
The
Houses
of
the
Commonalty
are
very
mean
,
Mud-wall
and
Thatch
the
best
;
but
the
poorer
sort
live
in
such
miserable
Hutts
as
never
Eye
beheld
,
it
is
no
difficulty
to
piss
over
them
;
Men
,
Women
and
Children
pigg
altogether
in
a
poor
Mouse
hole
of
Mud
,
Heath
,
and
such
like
matter
;
in
some
parts
where
Turf
is
pentiful
,
they
build
up
little
Cabbins
thereof
,
with
arched
Roots
of
Turf
,
without
a
stick
of
Timber
in
it
;
when
the
House
is
dry
enough
to
burn
,
it
serves
them
for
Fuel
,
and
they
remove
to
another
.
The
Habit
of
the
People
is
very
different
,
according
to
the
Qualities
,
or
the
Places
they
live
in
,
as
Low-land
or
High-land
Men.
The
Low-land
Gentry
go
well
enough
habited
,
but
the
poorer
sort
go
(
almost
)
naked
,
only
an
old
Cloak
,
or
a
part
of
their
Bed-cloaths
thrown
over
them
.
The
Highlanders
wear
slashed
Doublets
,
commonly
without
Breeches
,
only
a
Plad
tied
about
their
Wasts
,
&c.
thrown
over
one
Shoulder
,
with
short
Stockings
to
the
Gartering
place
,
their
Knees
,
and
part
of
their
Thighs
being
naked
;
others
have
Breeches
and
Stockings
all
of
a
piece
,
of
Plad-Ware
,
close
to
their
Thighs
;
in
one
side
of
their
Girdle
sticks
a
Durk
or
Skean
,
about
a
Foot
or
half
a
Yard
long
,
very
sharp
,
and
the
back
of
it
filed
into
divers
notches
,
whereie
they
put
Poyson
;
on
the
other
side
a
brace
(
at
least
)
of
brass
Pistols
;
nor
is
this
Honour
sufficient
,
if
they
can
purchase
more
,
they
must
have
a
long
swinging
Sword.
The
Women
are
commonly
two
handed
Tools
,
strong-posted
Timber
,
they
dislike
English-Men
,
because
they
have
no
Legs
,
or
(
like
themselves
)
Posts
to
walk
on
;
the
meaner
go
bare-foot
and
bare-head
,
with
two
black
Elflocks
on
either
side
their
Faces
;
some
of
them
have
scarce
any
Cloaths
at
all
,
save
part
of
their
Bed
cloaths
pinn'd
about
their
Shoulders
,
and
their
Children
have
nothing
else
on
them
but
a
little
Blanket
;
those
Women
that
can
purchase
Plads
,
need
not
bestow
much
upon
other
Cloaths
,
these
Coversluts
being
sufficient
.
Those
of
the
best
sort
that
are
very
well
habited
in
their
modish
Silks
,
yet
must
wear
a
Plad
over
all
for
the
Credit
of
their
Countrey
.
The
People
are
Proud
,
Arrogant
,
Vain-glorious
Boasters
,
Bloody
,
Barbarous
,
and
Inhumane
Butchers
.
Couzenage
and
Theft
is
in
perfection
amongst
them
,
and
they
are
perfect
English
haters
,
they
shew
their
Pride
in
exalting
themselves
and
depressing
their
Neighbours
.
When
the
Palace
at
Edenburgh
is
finished
,
they
expect
his
Majesty
will
leave
his
rotten
House
at
White
Hall
,
and
live
splendidly
amongst
his
nown
Countrey-men
the
Scots
;
for
they
say
that
Englishmen
are
very
much
beholden
to
them
that
we
have
their
King
amongst
us
.
The
Nobility
and
Gentry
Lord
it
over
their
poor
Tenants
,
and
use
them
worse
than
Gally
Slaves
;
they
are
all
bound
to
serve
them
,
Men
,
Women
,
and
Children
;
the
first
Fruits
is
always
the
Landlord's
due
,
he
is
the
Man
that
must
first
board
all
the
young
married
Women
within
his
Lairdship
,
and
their
Sons
are
all
his
Slaves
,
so
that
any
mean
Laird
will
have
six
,
or
ten
,
or
more
followers
,
besides
those
of
his
own
Name
,
that
are
inferiour
to
him
,
must
all
attend
him
(
as
he
himself
must
do
his
Superiour
,
of
the
same
Name
,
and
all
of
them
attend
the
Chief
)
if
he
receives
a
Stranger
,
all
this
Train
must
be
at
his
beck
,
armed
as
aforesaid
;
if
you
drink
with
them
in
a
Tavern
,
you
must
have
all
this
Rubbish
with
you
;
and
if
you
offend
the
Laird
,
his
Durk
shall
soon
be
sheathed
in
your
Belly
,
and
after
his
,
every
one
of
his
Followers
,
or
they
shall
suffer
themselves
that
refuse
it
,
that
so
they
may
be
all
alike
guilty
of
the
Murder
:
Every
Laird
(
of
note
)
hath
a
Gibbet
near
his
House
,
and
has
Power
to
condemn
and
hang
any
of
his
Vassals
;
so
they
dare
not
oppose
him
in
any
thing
,
but
must
submit
to
his
Commands
,
let
them
be
never
so
unjust
and
tyrannical
.
There
are
too
many
Testimonies
of
their
Cruelty
amongst
themselves
in
their
own
Chronicles
,
Forty
of
their
Kings
have
been
barbaroufly
Murdered
by
them
,
and
half
as
many
more
have
either
made
away
themselves
for
fear
of
their
torturing
of
them
,
or
have
died
miserably
in
streight
Imprisonment
.
What
strange
Butcheries
have
been
committed
in
their
Feuds
,
some
of
which
are
in
agitation
at
this
day
,
viz.
Argile
with
the
Macclans
,
and
Mac
Donnels
about
Mula
Islands
,
which
has
cost
already
much
Blood
,
and
is
likely
will
cost
much
more
before
it
be
decided
;
their
Spirits
are
so
mean
,
that
they
rarely
Rob
,
but
take
away
Life
first
,
lying
in
Ambuscade
,
they
send
a
brace
of
Bullets
on
Embassy
through
the
Traveller's
Body
;
and
to
make
sure
work
,
they
sheath
their
Durks
in
his
liveless
Trunk
;
perhaps
,
to
take
off
their
fire
Edges
,
as
new
Knives
are
stuck
in
a
Bag
pudding
.
If
an
Highlander
be
injured
,
those
of
his
own
Name
must
defend
him
,
and
will
certainly
have
satisfaction
from
the
Offenders
:
A
late
instance
whereof
was
at
Inverness
,
(
a
considerable
Town
)
where
one
of
the
Macdonnels
was
slain
,
but
shortly
,
the
chief
of
the
Name
came
down
against
the
Town
with
1500
Men
of
his
own
Name
,
and
threatned
to
fire
the
Town
,
but
the
Inhabitants
compounded
with
them
for
2000
l.
Their
Cruelty
descends
to
their
Beasts
,
it
being
a
Custom
in
some
places
to
feast
upon
a
living
Cow
they
tie
in
the
middle
of
them
,
near
a
great
Fire
,
and
then
cut
Collops
of
this
poor
living
Beast
,
and
broil
them
on
the
Fire
,
till
they
have
mangled
her
all
to
pieces
;
nay
,
sometimes
they
will
only
cut
off
as
much
as
will
satisfie
their
present
Appetites
,
and
let
her
go
till
their
greedy
Stomachs
calls
for
a
new
supply
;
such
horrid
Cruelty
as
can
scarce
be
parallel'd
in
the
whole
World
!
Their
Theft
is
so
well
known
,
that
it
needs
no
proving
,
they
are
forc'd
to
keep
Watch
over
all
they
have
,
to
secure
it
;
their
Cattel
are
watch'd
day
and
night
,
or
otherwise
they
would
be
over-grown
by
morning
.
In
the
High-lands
they
do
it
publickly
before
the
face
of
the
Sun
,
if
one
Man
has
two
Cows
,
and
another
wants
,
he
shall
soon
supply
himself
from
his
Neighbour
,
who
can
find
no
Remedy
for
it
.
The
Gentry
keep
an
Armory
in
their
own
Houses
,
furnish'd
with
several
sorts
of
Fire
Arms
,
Pikes
and
Halberts
,
with
which
they
Arm
their
Followers
,
to
secure
themselves
from
the
Rapine
of
their
Neighbourhood
.
The
Lowland
Language
may
be
well
enough
understood
by
an
Englishman
,
but
the
Highlanders
have
a
peculiar
Lingua
to
themselves
,
which
they
call
Erst
,
unknown
to
most
of
the
Lowland
Men
,
except
only
in
those
places
that
border
on
them
,
where
they
can
speak
both
:
Yet
these
People
are
so
currish
,
that
if
a
Stranger
enquire
the
way
in
English
,
they
will
certainly
answer
in
Erst
,
and
find
no
other
Language
than
what
is
forc'd
from
them
with
a
Cudgel
.
If
Cornelius
Agrippa
had
travelled
Scotland
,
sure
Cookery
had
not
been
found
in
his
Vanity
of
Sciences
,
such
is
their
singular
Skill
in
this
Art
,
that
they
may
defie
the
World
to
rival
them
;
King
James's
Treat
for
the
Devil
,
that
is
,
a
Poll
of
Ling
,
a
Joll
of
Sturgeon
,
and
a
Pigg
,
with
a
Pipe
of
Tobacco
for
digestion
,
had
been
very
compleat
,
if
the
ordering
thereof
had
been
assigned
to
a
Cuke
of
this
Countrey
,
who
can
sute
every
Dish
with
its
proper
Hogo
,
and
bring
Corruption
to
your
Table
,
only
to
mind
Men
of
Mortality
:
Their
Meat
is
Carrion
when
't
is
kill'd
,
but
after
it
hath
been
a
Fortnight
perfuming
with
the
aromatick
Air
,
strained
through
the
calmy
Trunks
of
Flesh-flies
,
then
it
passes
the
trial
of
Fire
under
the
Care
of
one
of
those
exquisite
Artists
,
and
is
dish'd
up
in
a
Sea
of
sweet
Scotch
Butter
,
and
so
covered
and
served
hot
up
to
the
Table
:
O
how
happy
is
he
that
is
placed
next
to
it
,
with
a
privilege
to
uncover
it
,
and
receive
the
hot
steams
of
this
dainty
Dish
,
almost
sufficient
to
cure
all
Distempers
.
It
will
be
needless
to
instance
in
particulars
so
plain
and
evident
to
all
that
have
travell'd
through
the
Countrey
,
that
they
may
certainly
bear
away
the
Bell
from
all
their
Neighbouring
Nations
,
or
indeed
from
the
whole
World.
Their
Nobility
and
Gentry
have
Tables
plentifully
enough
furnish'd
,
but
few
or
none
of
them
have
their
Meat
better
order'd
:
To
put
one's
Head
into
their
Kitchen
doors
,
is
little
less
than
destructive
;
to
enter
Hell
alive
,
where
the
black
Fairies
are
busied
in
mangling
dead
Carcases
,
and
the
Fire
and
Brimstone
,
or
rather
stew
and
stink
,
is
ready
to
suffocate
you
,
and
yet
(
which
is
strange
)
these
things
are
agreeable
to
the
humours
of
the
People
.
The
poorer
sort
live
on
Haddock
,
Whiting
,
and
sour
Milk
,
which
is
cryed
up
and
down
the
Streets
(
Whea
buyes
sawer
Milk
)
and
upon
the
stinking
Fragments
that
are
left
at
their
Lairds
Table
.
Prodigious
Stomachs
,
that
like
the
Gulon
,
can
feed
on
their
own
Excrements
,
and
strain
their
Meat
through
their
Stomachs
,
to
have
the
pleasure
of
devouring
it
again
!
Their
Drink
is
Ale
made
of
Beer-Malt
,
and
Tunned
up
in
a
small
Vessel
,
called
a
Cogue
;
after
it
has
stood
a
few
hours
,
they
drink
it
out
of
the
Cogue
,
Yest
and
all
;
the
better
sort
,
Brew
it
in
larger
quantities
,
and
drink
it
in
wooden
Queighs
,
but
it
is
sorry
stuff
,
yet
excellent
for
preparing
Birdlime
;
but
Wine
is
the
great
Drink
with
the
Gentry
,
which
they
pour
in
like
Fishes
,
as
if
it
were
their
natural
Element
;
the
Glasses
they
drink
out
of
,
are
considerably
large
,
and
they
always
fill
them
to
the
brim
,
and
away
with
it
;
some
of
them
have
arrived
at
the
perfection
to
tope
Brandy
at
the
same
rate
:
sure
these
are
a
Bowl
above
Bacchus
,
and
of
right
,
ought
to
have
a
nobler
Throne
than
a
Hogshead
.
Musick
they
have
,
but
not
the
Harmony
of
the
Spheres
,
but
loud
terrene
Noises
,
like
the
bellowing
of
Beasts
;
the
loud
Bag
pipe
is
their
chief
Delight
,
stringed
Instruments
are
too
soft
to
penetrate
the
Organs
of
their
Ears
that
are
only
pleased
with
sounds
of
substance
.
The
High-ways
in
Scotland
are
tolerably
good
,
which
is
the
greatest
Comfort
a
Traveller
meets
with
amongst
them
;
they
have
not
Inns
,
but
Change
Houses
(
as
they
call
them
)
poor
small
Cottages
,
where
you
must
be
content
to
take
what
you
find
,
perhaps
Eggs
with
Chucks
in
them
,
and
some
Lang
Cale
;
at
the
better
sort
of
them
,
a
Dish
of
chopp'd
Chickens
,
which
they
esteem
a
dainty
Dish
,
and
will
take
it
unkindly
if
yon
do
not
eat
very
heartily
of
it
,
though
for
the
most
part
you
may
make
a
Meal
with
the
sight
of
the
Fare
,
and
be
satisfied
with
the
steam
only
,
like
the
Inhabitants
of
the
World
in
the
Moon
;
your
Horses
must
be
sent
to
a
Stablers
(
for
the
Change
Houses
have
no
Lodging
for
them
)
where
they
may
feed
voluptuously
on
Straw
only
,
for
Grass
is
not
to
be
had
,
and
Hay
is
so
much
a
stranger
to
them
,
that
they
are
scarce
familiar
with
the
Name
of
it
.
The
Scotch
Gentry
commonly
travel
from
one
Friend's
House
to
another
,
so
seldom
make
use
of
a
Change
House
;
their
way
is
to
hire
a
Horse
and
a
Man
for
two
Pcnce
a
Mile
;
they
ride
on
the
Horse
thirty
or
forty
Miles
a
day
,
and
the
Man
who
is
his
Guide
,
foots
it
beside
him
,
and
carries
his
Luggage
to
boot
.
The
best
sort
keep
only
a
Horse
or
two
for
themselves
and
their
best
Friend
,
all
the
rest
of
the
Train
foot
it
beside
them
.
The
Commonalty
are
so
used
to
worship
and
adore
their
Lairds
,
that
when
they
see
a
Stranger
in
any
tolerable
Equipage
,
they
honour
him
with
the
Title
of
Laird
at
least
,
An
't
please
you
my
Laird
such
a
one
,
or
an
't
please
you
my
Laird
Dr.
at
every
ba●e
word
forsooth
.
The
Nobility
shew
themselves
very
great
before
Strangers
,
they
are
conducted
into
the
House
by
a
many
of
his
Servants
,
where
the
Lord
with
his
Troop
of
Shadows
receives
them
with
the
grand
Paw
,
then
enter
into
some
Discourse
of
their
Countrey
,
till
you
are
presented
with
a
great
Queigh
of
Syrup
of
Beer
,
after
that
a
Glass
of
White-Wine
,
then
a
Rummer
of
Claret
,
and
sometimes
after
that
a
Glass
of
Sherry
Sack
,
and
then
begin
the
round
with
Ale
again
,
and
ply
you
briskly
,
for
it
's
their
way
of
shewing
you'r
Welcome
by
making
you
Drunk
;
if
you
have
longer
time
to
stay
,
you
stick
close
to
Claret
,
till
Bacchus
wins
the
Field
,
and
leaves
the
conquer'd
Victims
groveling
on
the
place
where
they
received
their
overthrow
;
at
your
departure
you
must
drink
a
Dongha
Doras
,
in
English
a
Stirrup
Cup
,
and
have
the
satisfaction
to
have
my
Lord's
Bag-pipe
(
with
his
loud
Pipes
,
with
his
Lordship's
Coat
Armor
on
a
Flag
)
strut
about
you
,
and
enchant
you
with
a
Loth
to
depart
.
Their
Money
is
commonly
Dollars
,
or
Mark
pieces
,
coined
at
Edenbrough
,
but
their
way
of
Reckoning
is
surprising
to
a
Stranger
;
to
receive
a
Bill
of
a
Hundred
Pound
in
one
of
their
Change-Houses
,
when
one
would
not
suppose
they
had
any
of
the
value
of
a
Hundred
Pence
;
they
call
a
Peny
a
Shilling
,
and
every
Twenty
Shillings
,
viz.
Twenty
Pence
,
a
Pound
;
so
the
proportion
of
their
Pound
to
ours
,
is
Twelve
to
One.
Strangers
are
sure
to
be
grosly
imposed
upon
in
all
their
Change
Houses
,
and
there
is
no
redress
for
it
:
If
an
Englishman
should
complain
to
their
Magistrates
,
they
would
all
take
a
part
against
him
,
and
make
sure
to
squeeze
him
.
The
Conclusion
of
the
Abridgment
of
the
Scotch
Chronicle
,
is
the
rare
and
wonderful
things
of
that
Countrey
;
as
in
Orkney
,
their
Ews
bring
forth
two
Lambs
apiece
;
that
in
the
Northermost
of
Shetland
Islands
,
about
the
Summer
Solstice
,
there
is
no
Night
;
that
in
the
Park
of
Cumbernaule
,
are
white
Kine
and
Oxen
;
that
at
Slanes
there
is
a
putrifying
Water
in
a
Cove
;
that
at
Aberdeen
is
a
Vitriolin
Well
,
that
they
say
is
excellent
to
dissolve
the
Stone
,
and
expel
Sand
from
the
Reins
and
Bladder
,
and
good
for
the
Colick
,
being
drunk
in
July
,
&c.
These
prodigious
Wonders
in
one
Countrey
are
admirable
,
but
these
are
not
half
of
them
.
Loughness
never
freezes
;
in
Lough
Lommond
are
Fishes
without
Fins
:
And
2dly
.
The
Waters
thereof
rage
in
great
Waves
without
Wind
in
calm
Weather
:
And
3dly
.
and
lastly
,
Therein
is
a
floating
Island
:
In
Kyle
is
a
deaf
Rock
twelve
Foot
every
way
,
yet
a
Gun
discharged
on
one
side
of
it
,
shall
not
be
heard
to
the
other
.
In
another
place
is
a
Rocking-stone
of
a
reasonable
bigness
,
that
if
a
Man
push
it
with
his
finger
,
it
will
move
very
lightly
,
but
if
he
address
his
whole
Force
,
it
availeth
nothing
;
with
many
more
marvels
of
like
nature
,
which
I
would
rather
believe
than
go
thither
to
disprove
.
To
conclude
the
whole
bulk
and
selvege
of
this
Countrey
,
is
all
Wonder
too
great
for
me
to
unriddle
,
there
I
shall
leave
it
as
I
found
it
,
with
its
agreeable
Inhabitants
in
A
Land
where
one
may
pray
with
curst
intent
:
Oh!
May
they
never
suffer
Banishment
.
FINIS
.
A
Description
of
Scotland
,
in
a
LETTER
from
an
Officer
in
the
Army
,
to
his
Friend
in
London
.
SIR
,
YOU
may
be
sure
it
goes
hard
with
a
Soldier
,
when
he
is
brought
to
his
Prayers
,
and
that
is
my
Case
and
all
with
me
,
and
would
defire
my
Friends
to
join
with
me
in
them
,
that
God
would
put
it
into
His
Majesty's
Heart
to
call
us
out
of
this
Kingdom
,
and
to
send
us
to
any
other
part
of
the
World
;
for
we
can't
lose
by
the
Change
,
for
here
is
neither
Meat
for
Man
nor
Horse
;
here
is
great
store
of
Fowl
,
indeed
,
as
foul
Houses
,
foul
Sheets
,
foul
Linnen
,
foul
Dishes
,
Pots
,
Trenchers
,
Napkins
,
&c.
They
have
good
store
of
Fish
too
,
and
good
for
those
that
can
eat
it
raw
;
but
if
it
comes
once
into
their
hands
,
it
is
worse
than
if
it
was
three
days
old
.
For
their
Butter
and
Cheese
,
I
will
not
meddle
withal
at
this
time
,
nor
no
Man
else
at
any
time
that
loves
his
Life
.
The
Country
,
I
confess
,
is
good
for
those
that
possess
it
,
and
too
bad
for
others
to
be
at
the
Charge
to
Conquer
it
.
The
Air
might
be
wholsome
but
for
the
stinking
People
that
inhabit
it
;
the
Ground
might
be
fruitful
,
had
they
Wit
to
manure
it
.
They
have
good
store
of
Deer
,
but
they
are
so
far
from
the
Place
where
I
have
been
,
that
I
had
rather
believe
than
go
to
disprove
it
;
all
the
Deer
I
met
withal
,
was
dear
Lodgings
,
dear
Horse-Meat
,
dear
Tobacco
and
English
Beer
.
Fruit
,
for
their
Grandsire
Adam's
sake
they
never
planted
any
,
and
for
other
Trees
,
had
Christ
been
betrayed
in
this
Countrey
(
as
doubtless
he
should
,
had
he
come
as
a
Stranger
)
Judas
had
sooner
found
the
Grace
of
Repentance
,
than
a
Tree
to
hang
himself
on
.
They
have
many
Hills
,
wherein
they
say
is
much
Treasure
,
but
they
shew
you
none
of
it
,
Nature
hath
only
discovered
to
them
some
Mines
of
Coal
,
to
shew
to
what
end
he
created
them
.
There
is
little
Grass
to
be
seen
but
in
their
Pottage
;
and
Hay
is
Heathen
Greek
to
them
,
neither
Man
nor
Beast
knows
what
it
means
.
As
to
their
Religion
,
it
is
such
a
Hodge-podge
,
there
is
no
describing
it
.
Their
Sabbath
Exercise
is
a
Preaching
in
the
Forenoon
,
and
a
Persecuting
in
the
Afternoon
;
they
go
to
Church
in
the
Forenoon
to
hear
the
Law
,
and
to
the
Craggs
and
Mountains
in
the
Afternoon
to
Louze
themselves
.
They
hold
their
Noses
,
if
you
talk
of
Bear-baiting
,
and
stop
their
Ears
,
if
you
speak
of
a
Play.
Fornication
they
hold
but
a
pastime
,
wherein
Man's
Ability
is
approved
,
and
a
Woman's
Fertility
discovered
;
at
Adultery
they
shake
their
Heads
.
Theft
they
rail
at
,
and
think
it
impossible
to
lose
the
way
to
Heaven
,
if
they
can
but
leave
Rome
behind
them
.
The
Ointment
they
use
,
is
Brimstone
and
Butter
for
the
Scabs
.
To
conclude
;
The
Men
of
old
did
not
more
wonder
that
the
great
Messias
should
be
born
in
so
poor
a
Town
as
Bethlehem
,
than
the
World
may
wonder
at
,
that
England
should
have
a
Race
of
Kings
from
such
a
cursed
Countrey
as
Scotland
.
Yours
.
THE
Rebel
SCOT
.
HOW
!
Providence
!
and
yet
a
Scottish
Crew
!
Then
Madam
Nature
wears
black
Patches
too
,
What
shall
our
Nation
be
in
bondage
thus
Unto
a
Land
that
truckles
under
us
?
Ring
the
Bells
backward
;
I
am
all
on
fire
,
Not
all
the
Buckets
in
a
Country-Quire
Shall
quench
my
rage
.
A
Poet
should
be
fear'd
When
angry
,
like
a
Comet
's
flaming
Beard
.
And
where
's
the
Stoick
can
his
wrath
appease
To
see
his
Country
sick
of
Pym's
disease
;
By
Scotch
Invasion
to
be
made
a
Prey
To
such
Pig-Widgin
Myrmidons
as
they
?
But
that
there
's
Charm
in
Verse
,
I
would
not
quote
The
Name
of
Scot
without
an
Antidote
;
Unless
my
head
were
red
,
that
I
might
brew
Invention
there
that
might
be
Poyson
too
.
Were
I
a
drowzy
Judge
,
whose
dismal
Note
Disgorgeth
Halters
,
as
a
Jugler's
Throat
Doth
Ribbands
;
Could
I
in
Sir
Empericks
tone
Speak
Pills
in
phrase
and
quack
destruction
,
Or
roar
like
Marshal
that
Geneva
Bull
,
Hell
and
Damnation
a
Pulpit
full
:
Yet
to
express
a
Scot
,
to
play
that
prize
,
Not
all
those
Mouth
Granados
can
suffice
.
Before
a
Scot
can
properly
be
curst
,
I
must
like
Hocus
,
swallow
Daggers
first
.
Come
,
keen
Iambicks
,
with
your
Badgers
feet
,
And
Badger-like
bite
till
your
Teeth
do
meet
:
Help
ye
tart
Satyrists
to
imp
my
rage
With
all
the
Scorpions
that
should
whip
this
Age.
Scots
are
like
Witches
;
do
but
whet
your
Pen
;
Scratch
till
the
blood
come
,
they
'll
not
hurt
you
then
.
Now
as
the
Martyrs
were
enforc'd
to
take
The
shapes
of
Beasts
,
like
Hypocrites
at
Stake
I
'll
bait
my
Scot
so
,
yet
not
cheat
your
eyes
;
A
Scot
,
within
a
Beast
,
is
no
Disguise
.
No
more
let
Ireland
brag
,
her
harmless
Nation
Fosters
no
Venom
since
that
Scot's
Plantation
:
Nor
can
our
feign'd
Antiquity
obtain
;
Since
they
came
in
,
England
hath
Wolves
again
.
The
Scot
that
kept
the
Tower
might
have
shown
Within
the
Grate
of
his
own
Breast
alone
,
The
Leopard
and
the
Panther
,
and
ingross'd
What
all
those
wild
Collegiats
had
cost
.
The
honest
High-shoes
in
their
termly
Fees
,
First
to
the
Salvage
Lawyer
,
next
to
these
.
Nature
her self
doth
Scotchmen
Beasts
confess
,
Making
their
Country
such
a
Wilderness
;
A
Land
that
brings
in
question
and
suspence
God's
Omnipresence
,
but
that
Charles
came
thence
;
But
that
Montross
and
Crawford's
Royal
Band
Atton'd
their
Sin
,
and
Christned
half
their
Land.
Nor
is
it
all
the
Nation
hath
these
Spots
,
There
is
a
Church
as
well
as
Kirk
of
Scots
.
As
in
a
Picture
where
the
squinting
paint
Shews
Fiend
on
this
side
,
and
on
that
side
Saint
.
He
that
saw
Hell
in
's
melancholy
Dream
,
And
in
the
Twy-light
of
his
Fancy's
Theme
Scar'd
from
his
Sins
,
repented
in
a
fright
,
Had
he
view'd
Scotland
had
turn'd
Proselite
.
A
Land
where
one
may
pray
with
curst
intent
,
Oh
may
they
never
suffer
Banishment
!
Had
Cain
been
Scot
,
God
would
have
chang'd
his
Doom
,
Not
forc'd
him
wander
but
confin'd
him
home
;
Like
Jews
they
spread
,
and
as
Infection
fly
,
As
if
the
Devil
had
Ubiquity
.
Hence
't
is
they
live
at
Rovers
and
defie
This
,
or
that
place
,
Rags
of
Geography
.
They
'r
Citizens
o'
th'
World
,
they
'r
all
in
all
,
Scotland's
a
Nation
Epidemical
.
And
yet
they
ramble
not
to
learn
the
Mode
,
How
to
be
drest
,
or
how
to
lisp
abroad
;
To
return
knowing
in
the
Spanish
Shrug
,
Or
which
of
the
Dutch
States
a
double
Jug
Resembles
most
in
Belly
,
or
in
Beard
,
(
The
Card
by
which
the
Mariners
are
steer'd
)
No
,
the
Scots
Errant
fight
,
and
fight
to
eat
,
Their
Ostrich
Stomachs
make
their
Swords
their
Meat
.
Nature
with
Scots
as
Tooth
drawers
hath
dealt
,
Who
use
to
string
their
Teeth
upon
their
Belt.
Yet
wonder
not
at
this
their
happy
choice
,
The
Serpent's
fatal
still
to
Paradise
.
Sure
England
hath
the
Hemorrhoids
,
and
these
On
the
North
postern
of
the
Patient
seize
,
Like
Leeches
;
thus
they
Physically
thirst
After
our
Blood
,
but
in
the
Cure
shall
burst
.
Let
them
not
think
to
make
us
run
o'
th'
score
To
purchase
Villenage
,
as
once
before
When
an
Act
past
to
stroak
them
on
the
Head
:
Call
them
good
Subjects
,
buy
them
Ginger-bread
.
Not
Gold
,
nor
Acts
of
Grace
,
't
is
Steel
must
tame
The
stubborn
Scot
,
a
Prince
that
would
reclaim
Rebels
by
yielding
,
doth
like
him
,
or
worse
,
Who
saddled
his
own
back
to
shame
his
Horse
.
Was
it
for
this
you
left
your
leaner
Soil
,
Thus
to
lard
Israel
with
Egypt's
Spoil
.
They
are
the
Gospel's
Life-guard
;
but
for
them
(
The
Garrison
of
New
Jerusalem
)
What
would
the
Brethren
do
?
The
Cause
!
The
Cause
!
Sack-Possets
,
and
the
Fundamental
Laws
?
Lord
!
what
a
godly
thing
is
want
of
Shirts
!
How
a
Scotch-Stomach
,
and
no
Meat
converts
!
They
wanted
Food
and
Rayment
;
so
they
took
Religion
for
their
Seamstress
,
and
their
Cook.
Unmask
them
well
,
their
Honours
and
Estate
,
As
well
as
Conscience
,
are
sophisticate
.
Shrive
but
their
Title
and
their
Moneys
poize
,
A
Laird
and
twenty
pence
pronounc'd
with
noise
,
When
constru'd
but
for
a
plain
Yeoman
go
,
And
a
good
sober
two
pence
,
and
well
so
.
Hence
then
you
proud
Impostors
,
get
you
gone
,
You
Picts
in
Gentry
and
Devotion
.
You
Scandal
to
the
Stock
of
Verse
,
a
Race
Able
to
bring
the
Gibbet
in
disgrace
.
Hyperbolus
by
suffering
did
traduce
The
Ostracism
,
and
sham'd
it
out
of
use
.
The
Indian
that
'
Heaven
did
forswear
,
Because
he
heard
some
Spaniards
were
there
;
Had
he
but
known
what
Scots
in
Hell
had
been
,
He
would
Erasmus-like
have
hung
between
.
My
Muse
hath
done
.
A
Voyder
for
the
nonce
,
I
wrong
the
Devil
should
I
pick
their
Bones
;
That
Dish
is
his
;
for
when
the
Scots
decease
Hell
like
their
Nation
,
feeds
on
Bernacles
.
A
Scot
when
from
the
Gallow
tree
got
loose
Drops
into
Styx
,
and
turns
a
Soland
Goose.
FINIS
.