“You have no doubt heard before
“now of the visionary Battle with-
“in a few Miles of Aberdeen.
“The Thing is real Fact, attested
“by more than thirty Eye-witnes-
“ses at the same Time. An
“Army in blewishbluish &and dark-coloured
“CloathingClothing, with displayed Ensigns of 1070 (1070)
“of a white Flag, crossed with a
“blewblue StSaint Andrew’s Cross, beat
“twice, on the same Spot of
“Ground, a Red Army with the
“Union-flag, which rallied
“twice; but at the third Time
“the Red Army was so beat, as
“to be quite routed &and scattered.
“There is no momentary Varia-
“tion in the Accounts that the
“different Spectators gave of
“this visionary Engagement. Most
“of them being within little
“more than a Ridge-length of
“the Action, see’d the Colours,
“SmoakSmoke, Arms, &c.etc. but heard
“no Noise. I forgot to mention,
“that four Hours before the
“Battle the same Spectators
“observed (about two in the Af-
“ternoon) in the Sky, three small
“Globes of Light, which they
“took for what we call (in the
“North) a Weather-gall; but
“gradually increased to the
“Magnitude of the Sun; &and that,
“a little before the Appearance
“of the Armies, twelve Men in very 1071 (1071)
“very clean and bright Attire appeared
“to traverse very carefully, &and view
“most accurately, the whole Ground
“where the Action happened, but
“withdrew before the Armies ap-
“peared. This much for Amuse-
“ment, which I would not have
“entertained you with, if the
“Thing were contested or doubt-
“ed of.”