Chapter 98 No.98

First came the trumpets, at whose clang

So late the forest echoes rang;

On prancing steeds they forward pressed,

With scarlet mantle, azure vest;

Each at his trump a banner wore,

Which Scotland's royal scutcheon bore:

Heralds and pursuivants, by name

Bute, Islay, Marchmount, Rothsay, came,

In painted tabards, proudly showing