The Theatre of the Scotish Kings By Alexander Garden, Done from the Original Manuscript |
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James IV. 105. King,
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James IV. 105. King,
Rang the Yeer of Christ 1489, fra the begining of the Kingdome 1819, and Rang 25 Yeers.
A prince, of all the most Renovn'd that Ragne,
Or euer Dominerd before his Dayes:
A matchles Mirror, Magestrats amang,
That past all Princes in this Poynt of Prais:
Ne're better Justice, had the Poor Mans Cause,
Nor neuer better Execute the Laws.
Or euer Dominerd before his Dayes:
A matchles Mirror, Magestrats amang,
That past all Princes in this Poynt of Prais:
Ne're better Justice, had the Poor Mans Cause,
Nor neuer better Execute the Laws.
THE præappointed Providence Divine,
By Mariage Right, decreed he should acquire:
Once to the most Illustrious of his Line,
(As now appears) the Southpart of th'Impire.
And yet that Band, not such a Concord breeds,
That could prevent the Sorrows that succeeds.
By Mariage Right, decreed he should acquire:
Once to the most Illustrious of his Line,
(As now appears) the Southpart of th'Impire.
And yet that Band, not such a Concord breeds,
That could prevent the Sorrows that succeeds.
IN Floddon-Feild, betwixt the Tweed and Tine,
This Great King JAMES with mony Lords was lost:
Inconstant Forton be a fault of Thine,
An best of Kings, thare but compare wes crost:
Whose Mausole, must, be all the Earth and aer,
For Fame to Sing, and Circome-sound him there.
This Great King JAMES with mony Lords was lost:
Inconstant Forton be a fault of Thine,
An best of Kings, thare but compare wes crost:
Whose Mausole, must, be all the Earth and aer,
For Fame to Sing, and Circome-sound him there.
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