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The Poems of James VI. of Scotland

Edited by James Craigie

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IN PHILIPPI SIDNÆI interitum, Illustrissimi Scotorum Regis Carmen.
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IN PHILIPPI SIDNÆI interitum, Illustrissimi Scotorum Regis Carmen.

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ACADEMIAE CANTABRIGIENSIS LACHRYMAE, 1587.

Thou mighty Mars the Lord of Souldiers brave,
And thou, Minerve, that dois in wit excell,
And thou Apollo who dois knowledge have,
Of euery art that from Parnassus fell
With all your Sisters that thaireon do dwell,
Lament for him, who duelie serv'd you all
Whome in you wisely all your arts did mell,
Bewaile (I say) his inexspected fall,
I neede not in remembrance for to call
His race, his youth, the hope had of him ay
Since that in him doth cruell death appall
Both manhood, wit, and learning euery way,
Bot yet he doth in bed of honor rest,
And euermore of him shall liue the best.