nd over and above decerned for expence.

However of our cause not being asham'd,
Unto the whole Lords we straightway reclaim'd;
And our petition was appointed to be seen,
Because it was drawn by Robbie Macqueen.[5]

The answer of Lockhart[6] himself it was wrote,
And in it no argument or fact was forgot;
He is the lawyer that from no cause will flinch,
And on this occasion divided the Bench.

Alemoor,[7] the judgment as illegal blames,
'Tis equity, you bitch, replies my Lord Kames;[8]
This cause, cries Hailes,[9] to judge I can't pretend,
For Justice, I see, wants an _e_ at the end.

Lord Coalston[10] expressed his doubts and his fears,
And Strichen[11] then in his weel weels and O dears;
This cause much resembles that of M'Harg,
And should go the same way, says Lordy Barjarg.[12]

Let me tell you, my Lords, this cause is no joke;
Says with a horse laugh my Lord Elliock[13]
To have read all the papers I pretend not to brag,
Says my Lord Gardenstone[14] with a snuff and a wag.

Up rose the President,[15] and an angry man was he,
To alter this judgment I never can agree;
The east wing said yes, and the west wing cried not,
And it carried ahere by my Lord's casting vote.

This cause being somewhat knotty and perplext,
Their Lordships not knowing what they'd determine next;
And as the session was to rise so soon,
They superseded extract till the 12th of June.

PART SECOND

Having lost it, so now we prepare for the summer,
And on the 12th of June presented a reclaimer;
But dreading a refuse, we gave Dundas[16] a fee,
And though it run nigh it was carried to see.

In order to bring aid from usage beyond,
The answers were drawn by quondam Mess John;[17]
He united with such art our law the civil,
That the counsel, on both sides, would have seen him to the devil.

The cause being called, my Lord Justice-Clerk,[18]
With all due respect, began a loud bark;
He appeal'd to his conscience, his heart, and from thence,
Concluded to alter, but give no expence.

Lord Stonefield,[19] unwilling his judgment to podder,
Or to be precipitate agreed with his brother;
But Monboddo[20] was clear the bill to enforce,
Because, he observed, 'twas the price of a horse.

Says Pitfour[21] with a wink and his hat all agee,
I remember a case in