through whom he and the two men at his back
had to make their way, when there was almost no other on the field of
battle, having, in this last rencounter, stood almost an hour.

Whenever Dalziel perceived him go off, he commanded three of his men to
follow hard after him, giving them marks whereby they should know him.
Immediately they came up with the captain, before whom was a great
slough or stank in the way, out of which three Galloway men had just
drawn their horses. They cried to the captain, What would they do now!
He answered them, What was the fray--he saw but three men coming upon
them; and then caused his horse jump the ditch, and faced about with his
sword drawn in his hand, stood still till the first, coming up,
endeavoured to make his horse jump over also.--Upon which he, with his
sword[208], clove his head in two, and his horse being marred, fell into
the bog, with the other two men and horse. He told them to take his
compliments to their master, and tell him he was not coming this night,
and came off, and got safe home at last.

After this Christ's followers and witnesses were reduced to many
hardships, particularly such as had been any way accessory to the rising
at Pentland, so that they were obliged to resort unto the wildernesses
and other desolate and solitary places. The winter following he and
about twenty persons had a very remarkable deliverance from the
enemy.--Being assembled at Lochgoin, upon a certain night, for
fellowship and godly conversation, they were miraculously anticipated or
prevented by a repeated dream (of the enemies approaching) by the old
man of the house, who was gone to bed for some rest on account of his
infirmity; and that just with as much time as they could make their
escape, the enemy being within forty falls of the house.--After they got
off, the old man rose up quickly and met them with an apology, for the
circumstance the house was then in (it being but a little after day
break), and nothing at that time was discovered.

About this time, the captain sometimes remained at home, and sometimes
in such remote places wherein he could best be concealed from the fury
of his persecutors. He married a second wife, one Janet Millar from
Eglesham (whose father fell at Bothwel-bridge), by whom he had six
children, who continued still to possess the farm of Meadow-head and
Artnock in tack, until the day of his death.

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