Ane compendious and breue tractate concernyng ye Office and Dewtie of Kyngis spirituall pastoris, and temporall iugis. Laitlie compylit be William Lauder, for the faithfull instructioun of Kyngis and Prencis. Edited by Fitzedward Hall |
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 | Ane compendious and breue tractate concernyng ye Office and Dewtie of Kyngis |  |
Merk, heir, how I haue schawin ȝow cleir
The way, the fassoun, and maneir,
Hov ȝe ȝour spiritual hirdis suld chuse;
And how yai hirdis yar lyffs suld vse;
And how thay suld Instruct thare floke
That ar subiectit to thare ȝoke;
And, als, quhow God sall ȝow correct,
Geue ȝe vnqualifeit hirds Elect.
The way, the fassoun, and maneir,
Hov ȝe ȝour spiritual hirdis suld chuse;
And how yai hirdis yar lyffs suld vse;
And how thay suld Instruct thare floke
That ar subiectit to thare ȝoke;
And, als, quhow God sall ȝow correct,
Geue ȝe vnqualifeit hirds Elect.
Now followis nyxt, and, first of all,
To chuse ȝour Iugis temporall;
To quhilk my pen I sall prepare,
With helpe of God, for to declare
How ȝe sulde cheis thame faithfullie,
And of quhat fassonis thay suld be;
And quhat gret Maledictionis,
Quhat plagis and sore afflictionis,
Sall fall wpon the realmes and kyngis
Quharin no faithfull Iugis ryngis.
To chuse ȝour Iugis temporall;
To quhilk my pen I sall prepare,
With helpe of God, for to declare
How ȝe sulde cheis thame faithfullie,
And of quhat fassonis thay suld be;
And quhat gret Maledictionis,
Quhat plagis and sore afflictionis,
Sall fall wpon the realmes and kyngis
Quharin no faithfull Iugis ryngis.
| Ane compendious and breue tractate concernyng ye Office and Dewtie of Kyngis | |