. Publications of the Scottish History Society . the subject again, that so Imight know if he remembred all the several parts of it exactlyenough. He kept the appointment accordingly, and I foundupon trial that his memory served him very well. Perhapsthis something may have a place yet in this Collection. Robert Forbes, foi. 881. A Song in praise of 3Iiss Flora MacDonald, tothe tune qf631y Dearie an thou die 1. Flora, virtuous, faithful maid, Thou pointed out by Heavn !To guide the hero in his way ; To thee that trust was was our hope, thy charge and thee, And cruel death the
. Publications of the Scottish History Society . the subject again, that so Imight know if he remembred all the several parts of it exactlyenough. He kept the appointment accordingly, and I foundupon trial that his memory served him very well. Perhapsthis something may have a place yet in this Collection. Robert Forbes, foi. 881. A Song in praise of 3Iiss Flora MacDonald, tothe tune qf631y Dearie an thou die 1. Flora, virtuous, faithful maid, Thou pointed out by Heavn !To guide the hero in his way ; To thee that trust was was our hope, thy charge and thee, And cruel death the fate ;Had not a powerful hand sent down Protection to thy boat. 2. Sure refuge to great Charles and thee, And darkness to those men,Who sought for price the heir to kill, And watchd a time to state that powerful hand exerts Its attributes on high,By secret means works out its ends, Withdrawn from human eye. 3. The mist which blinded Williams fleetTo you gave safety 882. A ray directive shone for you And led you where to 1748] MISS FLORA MACDONALD 83 O happy nympli ! thou savdst the Prince ;x Thy fame be handed name shall shine in annals fair And live from sire to son. FINIS. Tuesday, May 17th, 1748.—Being in the Advocates Library fol Edinburgh, Mr. Walter Goodale, under-keeper of the said 17 MayLibrary, put into my hands a paper which, lie said, he had 1748forgot to deliver to Bishop Keith, as he had promised to perusing the paper, I asked Mr. Goodale who the personwas who had writ it ? He answered, one Mr. James Mackenzie(an Orkney man), Writer in Edinburgh, who knew these matterswell. I then asked Mr. Goodale if he would trust me with thepaper, and I promised to deliver it carefully to Bishop that condition Mr. Goodale gave me the paper, of whichfollows an exact copy: Memorandum for Bishop Keith. While the Highlanders were assembling at Perth, those ofWest Ross (a MacKenzie country) were impatient of the re-strai
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