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<HEAD>The Lord of <HI>DUNDEE'</HI>s Speech to his Soldiers before the late Battle in <HI>SCOTLAND,</HI> and his LETTER to King <HI>JAMES</HI> after the VICTORY.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>July 27th,</HI> 1689.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>GENTLEMEN,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>YOU are come hither to Day to Fight, and that in the be&s;t of Cau&s;es; for it is the <HI>Battle</HI> of your <HI>King,</HI> of your <HI>Religion,</HI> and of your <HI>Countrey,</HI> again&s;t the <HI>Foule&s;t</HI> of U&s;urpations and Rebellions; Having therefore &s;o good a Cau&s;e in your hands, I doubt not but it will In&s;pire you with an equal Cou|rage to maintain it; For there is no Proportion betwixt <HI>Loyalty</HI> and <HI>Trea&s;on,</HI> nor &s;hould there be any between the <HI>Valour</HI> of <HI>good Subjects</HI> and <HI>Traytors.</HI> Remember that to Day begins the Fate of your King, your Religion, and your Countrey. Be|have your &s;elves therefore like true <HI>Scotch-Men,</HI> and let us Redeem by this Action the <HI>Credit</HI> of our Nation, that is laid low by the <HI>Treachery</HI> and <HI>Cowardize</HI> of &s;ome of our Countrey-men; In which I Ask nothing of you that you &s;hall not &s;ee me do before you; And if any of us &s;hall happen to fall upon this Occa&s;ion, we &s;hall have the Comfort of <HI>Dying</HI> in our <HI>Duty,</HI> and as becomes true Men of Honour and Con&s;cience; And &s;uch of us as &s;hall Out-live and Win the Battle, &s;hall have the <HI>Reward</HI> of a Gra|cious King, and the <HI>Prai&s;e</HI> of all Good Men. In God's Name then, let us go on, and let this be your Word, <HI>King</HI> James, <HI>and the Church of</HI> Scotland; which God long Pre&s;erve:</P>
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<HEAD><HI>The Lord of</HI> DUNDEE'<HI>s LETTER to King</HI> JAMES <HI>after the VICTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>IT has plea&s;ed God to give your <HI>Forces</HI> a great <HI>Victory</HI> over the <HI>Rebels,</HI> in which 3 <HI>Fourths</HI> of them are fallen under the Weight of our Swords. I might &s;ay much of the <HI>Action</HI> if I had not had the Honour to Command in it; But out of 5000 Men, which was the be&s;t Computation I could make of the <HI>Rebels,</HI> it is certain there cannot have e&s;cap'd us above 1200; and of our Body that Con&s;i&s;ted of near 6000 Men, we have not lo&s;t full out 900. This Ab&s;olute Victory made us <HI>Ma&s;ters of the Field and the Enemy's Baggage,</HI> which I gave to your <HI>Soldiers,</HI> who to do them all Right, both <HI>Officers</HI> and <HI>Common-Men, Highlanders, Lowlanders,</HI> and <HI>Iri&s;h,</HI> behaved them&s;elves with an equal Gallantry to what I ever &s;aw in the hotte&s;t Battles Fought abroad by <HI>Di&s;ciplin'd Armies,</HI> and this <HI>Mackay</HI>'s old Soldiers felt in this Occa&s;ion. I cannot now Sir be more particular, but take leave to A&s;&s;ure your <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> the King|dom is generally di&s;po&s;ed to your Service, and impatiently waits your Coming, and this <HI>Succe&s;s</HI> will bring in the re&s;t of the <HI>Nobility</HI> and <HI>Gentry,</HI> having had all their <HI>A&s;&s;u|rances</HI> for it, except the Notorious Rebels; And therefore Sir, for God's Sake ha&s;ten to us, tho' it be but with &s;uch another <HI>Detachment</HI> of your <HI>Iri&s;h Forces</HI> as you &s;ent us before, e&s;pecially of <HI>Hor&s;e</HI> and <HI>Dragoons,</HI> and you will Crown our beginnings with a Compleat Succe&s;s, and Your Self with an <HI>Entire Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion</HI> of Your Ancient and Here|ditary Kingdom of <HI>Scotland.</HI></P>
<P>My <HI>Wounds</HI> forbid me to Enlarge to Your <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> at this time, tho' they tell me, <HI>they are not Mortal;</HI> However Sir, I be&s;eech Your Maje&s;ty to believe that I &s;hall <HI>Live</HI> and <HI>Die</HI> Entirely</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Yours,
<HI>D&V;NDEE.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE><DATE><HI>July,</HI> 28, 1689.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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