The Lord of DUNDEE's Speech to his Soldiers before the late Battle in SCOTLAND, and his LETTER to King JAMES after the VICTORY.
YOU are come hither to Day to Fight, and that in the best of Causes; for it is the Battle of your King, of your Religion, and of your Countrey, against the Foulest of Usurpations and Rebellions; Having therefore so good a Cause in your hands, I doubt not but it will Inspire you with an equal Courage to maintain it; For there is no Proportion betwixt Loyalty and Treason, nor should there be any between the Valour of good Subjects and Traytors. Remember that to Day begins the Fate of your King, your Religion, and your Countrey. Behave your selves therefore like true Scotch-Men, and let us Redeem by this Action the Credit of our Nation, that is laid low by the Treachery and Cowardize of some of our Countrey-men; In which I Ask nothing of you that you shall not see me do before you; And if any of us shall happen to fall upon this Occasion, we shall have the Comfort of Dying in our Duty, and as becomes true Men of Honour and Conscience; And such of us as shall Out-live and Win the Battle, shall have the Reward of a Gracious King, and the Praise of all Good Men. In God's Name then, let us go on, and let this be your Word, King James, and the Church of Scotland; which God long Preserve:
The Lord of DUNDEE' s LETTER to King JAMES after the VICTORY.
IT has pleased God to give your Forces a great Victory over the Rebels, in which 3 Fourths of them are fallen under the Weight of our Swords. I might say much of the Action if I had not had the Honour to Command in it; But out of 5000 Men, which was the best Computation I could make of the Rebels, it is certain there cannot have escap'd us above 1200; and of our Body that Consisted of near 6000 Men, we have not lost full out 900. This Absolute Victory made us Masters of the Field and the Enemy's Baggage, which I gave to your Soldiers, who to do them all Right, both Officers and Common-Men, Highlanders, Lowlanders, and Irish, behaved themselves with an equal Gallantry to what I ever saw in the hottest Battles Fought abroad by Disciplin'd Armies, and this Mackay's old Soldiers felt in this Occasion. I cannot now Sir be more particular, but take leave to Assure your Majesty, the Kingdom is generally disposed to your Service, and impatiently waits your Coming, and this Success will bring in the rest of the Nobility and Gentry, having had all their Assurances for it, except the Notorious Rebels; And therefore Sir, for God's Sake hasten to us, tho' it be but with such another Detachment of your Irish Forces as you sent us before, especially of Horse and Dragoons, and you will Crown our beginnings with a Compleat Success, and Your Self with an Entire Possession of Your Ancient and Hereditary Kingdom of Scotland.
My Wounds forbid me to Enlarge to Your Majesty at this time, tho' they tell me, they are not Mortal; However Sir, I beseech Your Majesty to believe that I shall Live and Die Entirely