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The Poems of Alexander Montgomerie

Edited by James Cranstoun
Montgomerie, Alexander (1545?-1598)

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SONNETS.
 I. 
I. [TO THE BLESSED TRINITY.]
 II. 
II. [OF THE WORKS OF GOD.]
 III. 
III. [OF THE INIQUITIE OF MAN.]
 IV. 
IV. TO M. DAUID DRUMMOND.
 V. 
V. [TO THE SAME.]
 VI. 
VI. TO M. P. GALLOWAY.
 VII. 
VII. TO HIS MAJESTIE.
 VIII. 
VIII. IN PRAISE OF HIS MAJESTIE.
 IX. 
IX. IN PRAISE OF M. J. M., CHANCELLER.
 X. 
X. IN PRAIS OF THE KINGS VRANIE.
 XI. 
XI. [OF THE SAME.]
 XII. 
XII. [OF THE SAME.]
 XIII. 
XIII. [OF THE SAME.]
 XIV. 
XIV. TO HIS MAJESTIE, FOR HIS PENSIOUN.
 XV. 
XV. [TO THE SAME.]
 XVI. 
XVI. [TO THE SAME.]
 XVII. 
XVII. [TO THE SAME.]
 XVIII. 
XVIII. TO THE LORDS OF THE SESSION.
 XIX. 
XIX. [TO THE SAME.]
 XX. 
XX. [TO THE SAME.]
 XXI. 
XXI. [TO THE SAME.]
 XXII. 
XXII. TO HIS ADUERSARS LAUYERS.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. OF M. J. SHARPE.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. [OF THE SAME.]
 XXV. 
XXV. TO R. HUDSONE.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. [TO THE SAME.]
 XXVII. 
XXVII. [TO THE SAME.]
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. [TO THE SAME.]
 XXIX. 
XXIX. [TO THE SAME.]
 XXX. 
XXX. CHRISTEN LYNDESAY TO RO. HUDSONE.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. TO M. J. MURRAY.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. TO M. L. RUTHUEN, DUCHES OF LENNOX.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. A LADYIS LAMENTATIONE.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. [THE SAME.]
 XXXV. 
XXXV. [THE SAME.]
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. [THE SAME.]
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. [THE SAME.]
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. [THE SAME.]
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. [TO HIS MAISTRES.]
 XL. 
XL. [TO THE SAME.]
 XLI. 
XLI. [TO THE SAME.]
 XLII. 
XLII. JAMES LAUDER.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. ISSOBELL YONG.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. EUFAME WEMIS.
 XLV. 
XLV. JOHN JHONSONE—JANE MAXWELL.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. HIS MAISTRES NAME.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. TO HIS MAISTRES MESSANE.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. TO M. D.
 XLIX. 
XLIX. [TO THE SAME.]
 L. 
L. OF MY LADY SEYTON.
 LI. 
LI. TO THE FOR ME.
 LII. 
LII. [TO THE SAME.]
 LIII. 
LIII. [TO THE SAME.]
 LIV. 
LIV. [ON HIS MAISTRES.]
 LV. 
LV. [ON THE SAME.]
 LVI. 
LVI. [ON THE SAME.]
 LVII. 
LVII. [ON THE SAME.]
 LVIII. 
LVIII. [ON THE SAME.]
 LIX. 
LIX. OF THE DULEWEID.
 LX. 
LX. [OF THE SAME.]
 LXI. 
LXI. [OF THE SAME.]
 LXII. 
LXII. THE POETS APOLOGIE TO THE KIRK OF EDINBURGH.
 LXIII. 
LXIII. THAT HE WROT NOT AGANSTE THE MADINS OF EDINBURGH.
 LXIV. 
LXIV. TO HIS MAJESTIE.
 LXV. 
LXV. From London
 LXVI. 
LXVI. LADYLAND TO CAP. A. MONTEGOMERIE.
 LXVII. 
LXVII. EȜECHIEL MONTG. ANSUEIR TO LADYLAND.
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII. LADYLAND TO EȜECH. MONTG.
 LXIX. 
LXIX. THE OLD MAISTER
 LXX. 
LXX. AGAINST THE GOD OF LOVE.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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DEVOTIONAL POEMS.
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THE MINDES MELODIE.
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POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE.

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XXXVIII. [THE SAME.]

I wyt myne ee for vieuing of my wo;
I wyt myn earis for heiring my mishap;
I wyt my senses vhilks dissavit me so;
I wyt acquentance that in credit crap;
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I wyt the trane that took me with a trap;
I wyt affectione formest to the feild;
I wyt misluk that suld me [so enwrap;]
I wyt my ȝouth that bot a promeis ȝeild;
I wyt my stomoch wes not stoutly ste[ild;]
I wyt hir looks vhilk left me not alane;
I wyt my wisdome suld haif bene my sheild;
I wyt my tongue that told vhen I wes ta[ne:]
Had I my counsell keepit vndeclairde,
I might haif dred, bot deidly not dispairde.
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