Now, mind, lads, this is a great and honourable mission.
You must be discreet as well as brave, and ready all of you to give your lives, if need be, for that of Scotland's champion.

Your work as messengers and scouts will be arduous and wearisome.

You must be quiet and well behaved--remember that boys' tricks and play are out of place among men engaged in a desperate enterprise.

Mingle not much with the others.

Be active and prompt in obeying orders, and be assured that you will have opportunities of winning great honour and credit, and of having your full share of hard knocks.
You will, as before, be divided into two companies, William Orr and Andrew Macpherson being your lieutenants in my absence.