The minor poems of William Lauder playwright, poet, and minister of the word of God, (mainly on the state of Scotland in and about 1568 A.D., that year of famine and plague) ... Edited from the unique originals belonging to S. Christie-Miller ... By F. J. Furnivall |
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The Mes, that Idoll,—praysit be God!—is past;
Bot Couatyce, the quhilk is cum in last,
Is the worst Idoll of the twa, be fer;
Gyf that this Idoll Rax, it will all mer,
All will be brocht vnto confusioun,
Gods wourd and Lawis vnto abusioun,
The Ciueill Iustice, sall peruertit be,
Uproris sall ryse, and start vp haistelie,
No man sall leue at rest and peace with vther,
Except this Idoll be banist with the tother;
And wer we quyte of thir fals Idols baith,
The Godlie than micht soundlie sleip but skaith.
Bot Couatyce, the quhilk is cum in last,
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Gyf that this Idoll Rax, it will all mer,
All will be brocht vnto confusioun,
Gods wourd and Lawis vnto abusioun,
The Ciueill Iustice, sall peruertit be,
Uproris sall ryse, and start vp haistelie,
No man sall leue at rest and peace with vther,
Except this Idoll be banist with the tother;
And wer we quyte of thir fals Idols baith,
The Godlie than micht soundlie sleip but skaith.
| The minor poems of William Lauder | |