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(At the commencement of the last century, Colonel Sinclair, a Scotsman in / the service of the King of Sweden, landed upon the coast of Norway, at the / time war was raging between the Danish and Swedish crowns, with a band of / Scots which he had levied in his native country. After committing much / havoc and cruelty, the invaders were destroyed to a man in a conflict with / the peasantry, who had assembled in considerable number. Many of the / broad-swords lost by the Scots in this encounter are to be seen in the / Museum of Copenhagen, trophies of a victory achieved in a hallowed cause -- / the defence of the father-land against unprovoked aggression.)
Sir Sinclair sail'd from the Scottish ground, / To Norroway o'er he hasted; / On Guldbrand's rocks his grave he found, / Where his corse in its gore is wasted.