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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HOV KYNGIS HES NO ERTHLIE PERMANENCE. |
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HOV KYNGIS HES NO ERTHLIE PERMANENCE.
Thir kyngs yai ar bot kyngs of bane;And schort wyl heir yare tyme be gane:
And schorte is heir thare Ioye, I saye,
And euer schorter daye be daye.
Rycht as the sande hour in the glasse,
Elykewyse dois thare tyme heir passe:
Thay haue no surenes heir to byde,
Bot euer sure that thay mon slyde.
Sen it is so, sulde nocht ane kyng
Be Vigelant to rewle his ryng
In Godlie maner, decentlie;
To hauld his Realme in vnitie,
In Amytie, and in concorde,
Without Diuisioun or discorde?
For, doutles, throuch diuisioun
Proceidis dissolatioun;
And, without Charitie and Peace,
Thare is no Realme that can haue grace:
And kyngs sall geue ane compt tharefore
In presens of the kyng of glore.
At this ilke compt quhat salbe said
To thame, and to thare chargis laid?
It salbe said, vndouttitlie,
Geue thay haif rewlit rychteuslie:
“Cum and resaue for euer more
The place prepaird for ȝow in glore.”
Geue Vitiouslie thay haue thame gydit:
“Go passe vnto the place prouidit
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In the Infernall endles paine.”
Wo be to the, thow euyll seruande,
That wald nocht keip my Iuste commande.
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