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VIII. IN PRAISE OF HIS MAJESTIE.
Support me, sacred Sisters, for to singHis praise, vhilk passis the antartik pole,
And fand the futsteppe of the fleing fole,
And from Parnassus spyd the Pegase spring.
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Quhais knichtlie curage, kindling lyk a cole,
Maks couarts quaik, and hyde thame in a hole:
His brand all Brytan to obey sall bring.
Come, troup of tuinis, about his temple tuyn
Ȝour laurell leivis with palmis perfytly plet,
Wpon his heid Cæsarean to sett.
Immortaliȝe ane nobler nor the Nyne—
A martiall monarch, with Minervas spreit,
That Prince vhilk sall the prophesie comp[leit.]
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