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The Works of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount

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Lindsay, David (fl. 1490-1555)

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[Habitare fratres in unum]
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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

Habitare fratres in unum
Is a blesfull thyng,
One God, one faith, one baptisme pure,
One lawe, one lande, and one kyng.
Clappe handes together, brethren dere,
Unfained truce together make,
And like freendes dooe ever accorde,
But French and Romaine doe first forsake.
You are without the continent,
A sole lande of auncient fame,
Ab origine a people olde,
Bold Britaines ecleped by name.
Sicut erat in principio.
Graunt, oh God, it maie bee
In saecula saeculorum,
That we maie haue peace in thee.
Then we shall feare no forein power
That againste vs shall advaunce,
The Tartre cruell, the curse of Rome,
Ne yet the power of Fraunce, &c.
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