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The Poems of James VI. of Scotland

Edited by James Craigie
(1566-1625)

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VOL. I. (THE ESSAYES OF A PRENTISE AND POETICALL EXERCISES AT VACANT HOURES)
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VOL. II. (UNPUBLISHED AND UNCOLLECTED POEMS, GLOSSARY, INDEX)
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PSALMES OF HIS MATIE
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All the kings short poesis that ar not printed
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AMATORIA
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MISCELLANEA.
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[13] Ad hoc creaturæ destinatæ sunt, vt in eis glorificetur Creator
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14 A sonnet on Mr Pa. Adamsons paraphrase of Job
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15 A sonnet on Ticho Brahe
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16 A sonnet on Du Bartas
  
SONNET
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17 A Sonnet on Mr W. Fullers translation of Petrarchs triumphe of loue
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18 An Epitaphe on Sr Philip Sidney
  
Sonnet to the authoure.
  
IN PHILIPPI SIDNÆI interitum, Illustrissimi Scotorum Regis Carmen.
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19 An epitaphe on John Shaw
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20 Votum
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21 A Sonnet to Chanceller Maitlane:
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22 An epitaphe on Montgomrie
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23 A Sonnet on the moneth of May
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24 An ænigme of sleepe
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25 A sonnet when the King was surprised by the Earle Bothwell
  
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Another on the same
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26 A Sonnet painting out the perfect Poët:
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27 A Sonnet to the reader prefixed to the treatise of the arte of poesie:
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30 A Sonett: on Sr William Alexanders harshe vearses after the Inglishe fasone
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31 A Sonet against the could that was in January 1616
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33 Vpon occasion of some great disorders in Scotland.
  
[In wandring wealth through bubbling brookes & bewes]
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34 An admonition to the Master poët to be warr of great bragging hereafter, lest he not onlie slander himselfe; bot also the whole professours of the art
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35 Ex Lucano libro quinto
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36 Song. the first verses that euer the King made.
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FRAGMENTA
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UNCOLLECTED POEMS
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DOUBTFUL POEMS

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Shall treason then of trueth haue the rewarde
And shall rebellion thus exalted be
Shall cloked vice with falsehoods fained farde
In creditt creepe and glister in our eye
Shall coloured knaues so malapertlie lie
And shamelesse sowe there poysoned smitting seede
And shall periured infamous foxes slie
With there triumphes make honest harts to bleede
How long shall Furies on our fortunes feede
How long shall vice her raigne possesse in rest
How long shall Harpies our displeasure breede
And monstrous foules sitt sicker in our nest
In tyme appointed God will suirlie haue
Eache one his due rewarde for to resaue.
All kinde of wronge allace it now aboundes
And honestie is fleemed out of this land
Now trumprie ouer trueth his triumphe soundes
Who now can knowe the hart by tongue or hand
Cummes euer iustice at the barre to stande
Where can she be in these our later dayes
Alike in water for to wagg a wande
As speare for her if truelie sundrie sayes
For manie now abroade doe daylie blaize
That iustice hath her hart infected sore
How can she then be cleane in anie wayes
Bot must become corrupted more and more
Sume lockman now hath locked wp apart
Poore iustice martyr'd with a meschant hart.
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