TRADE'S RELEASE: OR, Courage to the SCOTCH-INDIAN-COMPANY.  
Being an Excellent New BALLAD; To the Tune of, The Turks are all Confounded.  

1.  
COme, rouse up your Heads, Come rouse up anon!  
Think of the Wisdom of old Solomon,  
And hearty Join with our own Paterson,  
To fetch Home INDIAN Treasures:  
Solomon sent a far for Gold,  
Let us do now as he did of old,  
Wait but three Years for a Hundred-fold  
Of Riches and all Pleasures.   

2.  
His Throne with Gold was overlaid,  
He hundreds of Shields and Targets had  
Of beaten Gold, and (as is said)  
Gold Vessels all for Drinking:  
Cedars he made as the Sycamore-Tree,  
Silver as Stones abounding to be,  
And TRADE from all Encumbrance free;  
For Reason ruled his thinking.   

3.  
So the wisdom of our Parliament  
Have jointly agreed, with a very good Intent,  
By their ACT together with th' Royal Assent,  
To free TRADE from Taxation:  
Now since our Freedom they did restore,  
We'll quickly visit the Indian-Shoar,  
And thence return with such Cargoes of Ore  
As must enrich this Nation.   

4.  
Saint-Andrew's Flag then without delay  
We'll over all the World display;  
We'll many a River, Crick and Bay  
Find out by Navigation;  
In which ourselves we'll soon Invest,  
As having never been Possessed  
By any that can in the least  
Pretend Preoccupation.   

5.  
And as choice of Plantations abroad we can find;  
To our Undertaking even Nature seems kind,  
In having our Nation disposed and designed  
For TRADE, by its situation:  
For to Portus-Salutis from our Harbour at Leith,  
And round by the Lewis till you come to Roseneath  
There are store of good Bays, where free from all skaith  
Our Shipping may ne'er miss a station.   

6.  
And now while that matter runs fresh in my Head,  
Let us think of our own Home-Subjects of Trade;  
Rare Fishings of all sorts, all-North from the Tweed,  
And plenty of Corns and Provision,  
Our fine Manufactures of woollen and Thread,  
Our Salt, Coals, Marble; our Iron and Lead;  
Pray then what should all us, but to Thrive with all speed,  
If we banish all Seeds of Division.   

7.  
No River by Nature was ever brought forth,  
From the East to the West, or the South to the North,  
More adapted to Trade than our Clyde and our Forth,  
When both shall in one be united:  
We'll make both the INDIES pay Tribute to Clyde,  
From whence we'll diffuse it upon our Forth's side,  
And many more Things which never were tried,  
May at Home to our Trading be fitted.   

8.  
Then come along Lads then, Come, come, come,  
Why should we longer thus linger at home?  
While extending the bounds of Christendom  
Must be Crowned with Riches and Glory:  
But to carry our noble Achievement on,  
Our Purses and Strength we must all Join in One,  
We must never remember the Distinction  
Of Papist, Whig, or Tory.   

9  
Since by Nature and Law we are equally free,  
Wherever true Merit is found, let it be  
Rewarded most nobly in every Degree,  
Without regard to Compactions:  
Let Vice and Oppression be clothed with shame,  
Let brave Undertake our Breasts all inflame,  
Let Liberty, Property, Religion and Fame  
Be mainly the Scope of our Actions.   

10.  
For if ever great things to do we propose,  
We must cherish our Friends, and vanquish our Foes  
By Rules of Justice; but scorn to impose  
Such Tricks as now are in Fashion:  
By regular steps we'll bravely advance  
Till the Trade of all EUROPE to us we enhance;  
Then adieu to the blust'ring Grandeur of FRANCE  
Or any imperious Nation.   

11.  
To SCOTLAND'S just and neverdying Fame,  
We'll in ASIA, AFRICA and AMERICA proclaim  
Liberty! Liberty! nay, to the shame  
Of all that went before us;  
Wherever we Plant, TRADE shall be free,  
In three Years time, I plainly foresee,  
GOD BLESS THE SCOTTISH-COMPANY  
Shall be the Indian-Chorus.   

12.  
No Brawl, no Murmur, no Complaint,  
No Cause of any Discontent,  
Where Patersonian-Government  
Shall once commence a Footing;  
His wholesome Laws being published there,  
Shall harmless keep their Goods and Gear,  
And free their Persons from all Fear  
Of Thummikin or Booting.   

13.  
The Muscovite, Tartar, Turk, and the Pope,  
The Sophi, Mogul, and Morocco, I hope,  
To the Charm of our Laws must yield and give up,  
Their absolute Sway and Dominions:  
Then the Spainiards, and French, and Portugueze,  
Venetians and Dutch, and Genoese,  
And th' English themselves perhaps may please  
To alter their narrow Opinions.   

14.  
The Gospel in the _____ S we'll propagate,  
But not by such Ways as attempted of Late,  
By Jesuits-Guile, nor vain pompous State,  
Nor bloody Inquisition:  
There's one way more yet left fol Us,  
A way Divine and Glorious,  
Which can not fail; and that is thus:  
By Peace, Love, and Contrition.   

15.  
Then Sawny, and Johnny, and Jemmy, and all,  
Whose Names are Enrolled in the INDIAN-HALL,  
Prepare and be ready to answer the Call  
Of our brave Sea-Commanders:  
Come follow me quickly, our Admiral is gone  
On board of SAINT-ANDREW, I've heard a Gun,  
You belong to the NEPTUN, and I to the SUN,  
We'll try who dare withstand us.   

16.  
We'll truckle no longer to Friend or to Foe,  
But be every one's Friend that to Us will be so;  
We'll build our Success wherever we go;  
On the Justice of our Undertaking:  
May evil betid them that evil do think;  
Mean while (praythee Sawny) forget not to Drink,  
Bon-voyage to Our FLEET, I'm resolved to skink,  
One Brimmer or Two at our parting.   

17.  
Now Malice and Envy are rampant with Rage,  
To see Us so frankly our Purses engage,  
Beyond Expectation; from which they presage,  
In TRADE some strange Revolution:  
Since by LAW to suppress Us, none well dare move,  
Gross Lies and new Stories they daily improve,  
As hoping by such to make our Minds rove,  
But we'll show them a firm Resolution.   

18.  
Should our Neighbours still offer, in stead of their Aid  
To crush our Adventurers, (as it is said)  
Or send Us more Coxcombs in grave Masquerade  
To sow and nourish Sedition:  
May they never thereafter taste Pudding or Beef,  
May Poverty seize their Traders in chief,  
May they labour in Streights, and beg our Relief,  
Till we pity at last their Condition.   

19  
And if any unnatural Son of a Scot,  
Has basely against Us engaged to Plot,  
May he live in Disgrace, and at last may his Lot  
Be to dance aloft in a Halter;  
Let his Offspring beg both Abroad and at Home,  
May the Curse of their Parent pronunce their Doom,  
May they never be cherished wherever they come,  
With either Food or Shelter.   

20.  
May the Plague, and the Pox, and the Gravel, & Gout,  
Seize them all over within and without,  
May they never find Ease till their Candle go out,  
Who labour to destroy Us.  
Let nothing disturb Us, come let Us go on,  
And mind the Business which now we're upon;  
If JEHOVAH be for Us, tho' but he alone,  
Who is't that can annoy Us?   

21.  
Tho' Calumny, Malice, and Envy combine,  
To strike at the Root of this noble Design,  
Yet bravely to push it, we'll never decline,  
in spite of all Banter or Bully:  
Come the Work is near ended that well is begun,  
Here's a Cup of Success to the RISING-SUN,  
If any refuse it all over the Town,  
May he sound be kicked for a Cully.   

22.  
We'll Statues of Brass and Pyramids raise,  
We'll drink to the Health, and sing to the Praise,  
Of our Nobles and Worthies, who made no delays  
Our TRADE to free from Disaster:  
Now that those who support it may scorn to relent,  
That such as would crush it may've Cause to repent,  
That Lies may not fully what's honestly meant,  
Is the Prayer of your Poetaster.   
FINIS.