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Being fear’d by all, both great and fr(illegible text)
I liv'd most joyfullie:
O! curse ⟨upon⟩ this fate of mine,
to hang ⟨upon⟩ a tree.
As for my life. I do not care,
if ⟨justice⟩ would take place,
And bring my ⟨fellow⟩-plunderers
unto the same disgrace.
⟨For Peter⟩ Brown, that notour loon,
⟨escap'd⟩, and was made free;
O! curse upon ⟨that⟩ fate of mine,
to hang ⟨upon⟩ a tree.
⟨Both⟩ law and justice buried are,
and fraud and guile succeed,
The guilty pass unpunished,
if money intercede.
The Laird of Grant, that Highland saint
his mighty majestie,
He ploads the cause of Peter Brown,
and lets Macpherson die.
The dest'ny of my life contriv'd,
by those whom I oblig'd,
Rewarded me much ill for good,
