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Notion or Sentiments the Low Country notion
or sentiments the low country people may entertain of our highlanders
Highlanders this day there were many proofs to a diligent
spectator amidst all the blood shed bloodshed this
day (which at the first shock was unavoidable) there were
many proofs of their humanity & Mercy!
and mercy; for I can with the strictest truth &
and sincerity declare that I often heard our peo.
people call out to the Soldiers soldiers if
they wanted Quarters. And
quarters, and we the officers exerted our utmost pains to
protect the Soldiers soldiers from their first fury,
when either through their stuboness stuborness or
want of Language language they did not cry for Quarters.
And quarters, and I knew observ’d observed
some
Some of
our private privat men run to P. Seton for
Ale &
ale
and other liquors to support the wounded wonded and
. And as one proof for all, to my own particular observation,
I saw a highlandman
Highlander supported
apoor supporting a
poor wounded Soldier soldier
by the arms till he should ease Nature nature,
and afterwards carry him on his back into ahouse a
house, and left him aSixpence a sixpence at parting. In all which we followed not only the Dictates
of Humanity dictates of humanity but the Orders of
our Prince, orders of our P. in all, like the true Father
of his Country father of his country.
(Para break in Lockhart)
In the afternoon having taken ashort a
short repast of Cope’s provisions on the field of Battle,
his battle, His R. H. march’d marched
back to Musselburgh Musleburgh all Night
at night, leaving the Laird of Mclauchlen McLauchlen
& and some other Gentlemen gentlemen
to take care of the wounded prisoners & and the
baggage, & and to get the dead buried. He himself lay at Pinky house all night,
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Lockhart makes a minor change to word order "there
were many proofs…."
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