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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080920.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD><HI>The battell of Bodwell-bridge,</HI> OR, The KINGS CAVILEERS TRIVMPH.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To be &s;ung with a plea&s;ant New Tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>HEarken and take head, I will tell you a thing,</L>
<L>How that the <HI>Whigs &s;ouldiers</HI> all did conveen;</L>
<L>From <HI>Irwin</HI> to <HI>Air,</HI> to <HI>Gla&s;gow</HI> they came,</L>
<L>And marched like men in good order;</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They marched throw <HI>Gla&s;gow</HI> with <HI>pipe</HI> &amp; with <HI>drum</HI></L>
<L>The gallant brave Souldiers they keeped their ground</L>
<L>Thinking the <HI>Kings Cavileers</HI> for to Gain&s;tand,</L>
<L>When they came to the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They marched by day, &s;o did they by night,</L>
<L>And their <HI>Ma&s;ter Wel&s;h,</HI> he led them full right,</L>
<L>Of the <HI>Bodwell-Bridge</HI> they got a full &s;ight,</L>
<L>And planted their tents on the border.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>On <HI>Sunday</HI> at morne when <HI>Phebus</HI> did ri&s;e,</L>
<L>The <HI>Whigs</HI> thought the <HI>Cavileers</HI> for to &s;urpri&s;e,</L>
<L>But ere they wi&s;t well they wakned them thrice,</L>
<L>When they came to the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>That fal&s;e Rebell <HI>Wel&s;h,</HI> a Chiftan not good,</L>
<L>Where into his cau&s;e there was &s;pilt miekle bloud,</L>
<L>But yet the <HI>Kings Caveleers</HI> lited their weed,</L>
<L>When they came to the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They came to the Bridge without a gain&s;tand,</L>
<L>Our noble <HI>Kings-Reed Coats</HI> lay ready at hand;</L>
<L>Their fal&s;e Chiftan left them to flee or to &s;tand,</L>
<L>When they came to the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There was the <HI>Duke-Monmoth</HI> and <HI>Generall-Deyell,</HI></L>
<L>With Canons and Mu&s;kets the <HI>Whigs</HI> for to fell,</L>
<L>The &s;illy poor <HI>Whigs</HI> got many a knell,</L>
<L>When they came to the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<HEAD>The Second Part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>To the <HI>Bodwell Bridge,</HI> the&s;e <HI>Conventicles</HI> yed,</L>
<L>Our noble <HI>Kings Caveleers</HI> came with good &s;peed,</L>
<L>They hew'd down the <HI>Whigs-men,</HI> and &s;pilt miekle bloud,</L>
<L>At the place of the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And when the <HI>Whigs</HI> Cannons began for to &s;tyle,</L>
<L>They thought the brim battell to win by a wyle,</L>
<L>But ere they wi&s;t well, they got a beguile,</L>
<L>At the place of the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Our noble good Chiftan brave <HI>Generall-Deyell,</HI></L>
<L>Commanded his men on their faces to fall,</L>
<L>The <HI>Reed-Coats</HI> e&s;caped the <HI>Whigs</HI> Cannon ball,</L>
<L>At the place of the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The &s;tout <HI>Engli&s;h Caveleers</HI> of great renown,</L>
<L>They &s;tyled their Cannons the <HI>Whigs</HI> to ding down,</L>
<L>The &s;illie poor <HI>Whigs</HI> got many a wound,</L>
<L>When they came to the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Their was not a man &s;lain on our &s;ide at all,</L>
<L>But only two men with the <HI>Whigs</HI> Cannon ball,</L>
<L>And for the&s;e two men two thou&s;and did fall,</L>
<L>At the place of the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The good <HI>Earle of Ligthgow,</HI> and brave <HI>Earle of Marr</HI></L>
<L>Them&s;elves &amp; their <HI>Regements</HI> like brave men of <HI>warr</HI></L>
<L>They dang down the <HI>Whigs-men</HI> &amp; gave them a char</L>
<L>From the place of the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The good <HI>Earle of Athol</HI> and gallant <HI>Montro&s;e,</HI></L>
<L>They pull'd the <HI>Whigs-Piriweegs</HI> over their no&s;e,</L>
<L>Their Captains and Chiftans did &s;leep in their ho&s;e,</L>
<L>When they came to the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The good Captan <HI>Clavers,</HI> with his good <HI>Draguns,</HI></L>
<L>He &s;cattered the <HI>Whigs</HI> through the &s;outh Countrey bounds,</L>
<L>He gave them many &s;ore deadly wounds,</L>
<L>When they came to the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And when the <HI>Whigs</HI> &s;ojors began for to flee,</L>
<L>The good Captain <HI>Clavers</HI> after them would be,</L>
<L>And no man with him but his own Companie;</L>
<L>When they ran from the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But the <HI>good Duke Monmoth</HI> would not let them <HI>gang,</HI></L>
<L>For fear that the <HI>Whigs</HI> had done them much wrong,</L>
<L>The <HI>Whigs</HI> they were &s;cattered through all the land,</L>
<L>When they ran from the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The good <HI>Earle of Mari&s;chall</HI> both valiant &amp; keen</L>
<L>He gathered his <HI>Regement</HI> at <HI>New Aberdeen,</HI></L>
<L>But ere he wi&s;t well the fighting was done,</L>
<L>At the place of the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The good <HI>Earle of Aboyne,</HI> without all delay,</L>
<L>He gathered his <HI>Regements</HI> and &s;o went away,</L>
<L>With all his brave Trowpers in Battell array,</L>
<L>For to fight at the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A gallant <HI>Hor&s;s-Randevouze</HI> their did conveen,</L>
<L>Of <HI>Nobles</HI> and <HI>Gentles</HI> at <HI>New-Aberdeen;</HI></L>
<L>But ere they wi&s;t well the fighting was done,</L>
<L>At the place of the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She &s;tout <HI>Earle of Erroll</HI> of good great renown,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">e drew up his <HI>Regement</HI> at <HI>Aberdeen's Town</HI></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ut ere they wi&s;t well the fighting was done,</L>
<L>At the place of the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The good <HI>Laird of Grant,</HI> with his brave men of wear</L>
<L>Like gallant brave Trowpers well dre&s;t in their gear</L>
<L>They went to the <HI>Whigs</HI> without any fear,</L>
<L>For to fight at the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They marched throw <HI>Brichen</HI> with loud tru~pet &s;ound</L>
<L>Like gallant brave <HI>Troupers</HI> they keeped their ground</L>
<L>But ere they wi&s;t well the fighting was done,</L>
<L>At the place of the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Both he and <HI>Lord Duffus</HI> came in by <HI>Whyte &s;tane,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Lord Duffus</HI> had footmen both valiant and keen;</L>
<L>But ere they wi&s;t well the fighting was done,</L>
<L>At the place of the <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Of all the&s;e good <HI>Chiftans</HI> I'l now make an end,</L>
<L>Hoping all good Chri&s;tians not to offend,</L>
<L>I wi&s;h never &s;uch fighting be &s;een in this land,</L>
<L>As was the brim <HI>Battell of Bodwell.</HI></L>
</LG>
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