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To Gavin Hamilton, Esq.
Expect na, sir, in this narration, / A fleechin, fleth'rin Dedication, / To roose you up, an' ca' you guid, / An' sprung o' great an' noble bluid, / Because ye're surnam'd like His Grace- / Perhaps related to the race: / Then, when I'm tir'd-and sae are ye, / Wi' mony a fulsome, sinfu' lie, / Set up a face how I stop short, / For fear your modesty be hurt.