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The works of Alexander Pennecuik

of New-Hall, M.D.; containing the description of Tweeddale, and miscellaneous poems. A new edition, with copious notes, forming a complete history of the county to the present time. To which are prefixed, memoirs of Dr Pennecuik, and a map of the shire of Peebles, or Tweeddale

Pennecuik, Alexander (1652-1722)

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TO HIS HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF ORANGE,

THE TRAGEDY OF THE DUKE DE ALVA, alias GRAY-BEARD,

A REPLY TO THE SCURVY LINES OF ONE MR GOOL, MINISTER OF KIRKMICHAEL,

ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE, UPON HIS ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND, THE --- DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1714.

PETER MANY's OBLIGATION, GIVEN IN TO KING JAMES VI.

A PANEGYRIC UPON THE ROYAL ARMY IN SCOTLAND,

PERTH's PENITENTIALS; OR THE CHANCELLOR OF SCOTLAND's FAREWELL.

THE CITY AND COUNTRY MOUSE.

THE EXPOSTULATION OF A FAIR LADY WITH HER GALLANT,

THE MOCK MARRIAGE OF CANTSWALS.

CORINNÆ CONCUBITUS,

EPITAPH UPON SIR GEORGE LOCKHART OF CARNWATH,

TO J. W. THE INGENIOUS TRANSLATOR OF L' ECOSSE FRANCOIS, &c.

TO HIS MISTRESS, WHO HE WAS JEALOUS HAD SLIGHTED HIM.

TO HIS MISTRESS, TRANSLATED.

INDIFFERENT ROBIN TO COY MEG HIS MISTRESS.

COPY OF A LETTER FROM MR W. CL. ADVOCATE, TO D. P. THE AUTHOR, May, 1714.

THE ANSWER.

[God hath no shape; no art nor instrument]

A PARAPHRASE UPON THE SEVENTH CHAPTER OF SOLOMON'S PROVERBS.

INSCRIPTION TO BE PUT AT THE FOOT OF JONAS HAMILTON OF COLDCOAT'S PICTURE, DRAWN BY ------.

A LETTER TO ALEXANDER BAILIE OF CALENS,

ELEGY UPON THE SUPPOSED DEATH OF JONAS HAMILTON OF COLDCOAT,

ON THE MINISTER OF NEWLAND's BOLD MASTIFF CALLED TURK, WHOM HIS MASTER IN PASSION SLEW WITH ONE STROKE OF HIS FOOT.

UPON THE MARRIAGE OF AN OLD CRAZY PRESBYTERIAN DIVINE WITH A BRISK YOUNG VIRGIN. EPITHALAMIUM.

INSCRIPTION AT PAISLEY UPON THE TOMBSTONE OF HAMILTON EARL OF ABERCORN, LORD PAISLEY.

EPITAPH UPON THE TOMBSTONE OF OLD MR ROBERT ELLIOT, MINISTER OF LINTON,

THE COMPLAINT OF THE WIDOW AND FATHERLESS,

THE EPITAPH OF ARTHUR HAMILTON, KING CHARLES THE FIRST'S MASTER WRIGHT.

UPON THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER PENNECUIK OF NEW-HALL,

THE AUHTOR's ANSWER TO HIS BROTHER J. P.'s MANY LETTERS,

UPON THE DEATH OF HIS WORTHY FRIEND AND NEIGHBOUR, ALEXANDER BAILIE ELDER OF CALENS.

A TRANSLATION OUT OF GUARINI's PASTOR FIDO, O Mirtillo anima mia, &c.

A TRANSLATION OUT OF THE SAME AUTHOR, Care selve beate.

AN ADVICE TO A PAINTER TO DRAW MY MISTRESS' PICTURE.

ON A GLUTTON.

TWO INGENIOUS GENTLEMEN

A TRIUMPH AFTER ENJOYMENT.

IN IMITATION OF ANACREON.

ANOTHER IMITATION OF ANACREON.

EX GRÆCO.

TRUTH's TRAVELS,

ON THE DEATH OF THAT PIOUS AND POWERFUL PASTOR, MR GEORGE MELDRUM,

A GENTLEMAN'S ANSWER TO HIS RIVAL'S CHALLENGE.

INSCRIPTION FOR MY BEE-HOUSE.

A PARAPHRASE UPON THE LAST SIX VERSES OF THE FOURTH CHAPTER OF THE CANTICLES, OR SONG OF SONGS.

INSCRIPTION FOR MY CLOSET.

ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM DOUGLAS, ESQ. OF DORNOCK, July 1715.

THE LINTOUN CABAL;

A LADY'S CHARACTER OF HER LOVER,

A GENTLEMAN'S ANSWER TO HIS FRIEND,

TO MY FRIEND, INVITING HIM TO THE COUNTRY.

DEDICATIO GEORGII BUCHANANI. .

A SPARK'S PERSUASIVE LETTER TO HIS MISTRESS, DENYING HIM TO LIE WITH HER.

AGAINST PASSIONATE LOVE.

ANE LETTER BY WAY OF CHALLENGE,

THE AUTHOR'S PRAYER IN HIS SICKNESS,

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THE EXPOSTULATION OF A FAIR LADY WITH HER GALLANT,

HE BEING TILL THAT TIME IGNORANT OF HER LOVE.

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A Song to the old Tune of Bonny Dundee.

AMORELLA.
I that was once a day courted by many,
Am now most scornfully slighted by thee,
Others some reason had, thou ne'er hadst any,
Rencount'ring my disdain, thus for to flee.
Slave to affection, and thy sweet complexion,
Too much I've been, but no more I'll be;
O rash election, that walks at direction
Of a weak feminine amorous eye.

CELANDER.
Fair maid, thy modesty has been too rigid,
For to make such mistakes 'twixt me and thee;
Although by Nature our sex be obliged,
To the first onset, when objects we see;
Yet thy superlative virtue, birth, beauty,
Did in such a manner surpass my degree,
That, with a sad heart, I thought it my duty
Far from such fruitless presumptions to flee.

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AMORELLA.
Did not my countenance plead me a lover,
When fortune blest me with thy company?
Did not my blushes a passion discover,
Ev'n in thy absence, when mentioning thee?
Have not I been to my modesty traitor,
What greater symptoms of love can there be?
Be no more then an insensible creature,
But fairly venture and welcome to me.

CELANDER.
Through airy regions to fly I dare venture,
Cupid will lend me wings to follow thee,
Or with some pilgrim I'll round the earth's centre,
Yea, with Leander I'll hazard the sea.
Silent loves scorching flames long I've endured,
What greater torments than these can there be?
All these I'll suffer, and more, when assured,
Dearest soul, that my love's welcome to thee.

AMORELLA.
Celander, blest be the time when I saw thee
Angling so pleasantly by the brook-side;
There wanton Cupid with silk cords did draw me,
To wish Amorella once slept by thy side.
Too long, alas! my love I concealed,
Modesty shut up my sires in my breast,
Now they burst out, and must be revealed,
Celander's my comfort, my joy, and my feast.