ries have expressed towards those princes, or people whom they had conquered.

But such as are not capable of sense in their pate, nor pen, may be held excused, if they fall short in their apprehension of humane suffering, nay, of common sense; they whose incom passionate hearts are so congealed, as their eyes know not how to resolve into tears, when they see real professors of valour exposed to immerited censures, especially when a good cause was the object of their resolution, partake too much of savage to retain the stile of men. Seeing, as the Comick well observed, nothing that is humane should be estranged from humanity."

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"To the living Memories of those two heroick Knights, Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle. Whose approved Valour renown'd them living, and impal'd them dying with

honour.

AN ELEGY.

Brave loyal pair, whose active worth was such,
No pen nor pencil can perform too much
To crown your mem'ries: this it was to gaine
Fame by your prowess, though you mist your aim
At long-beleagred-famish'd Colchester;
Expecting aid that ne're approached there.
Your noble thoughts did ever set their rest
On princely ends, no private interest.
Your care was how to cure, and to restore
This phrentick state to th' wits it had before.
Your task was how your Cæsar might be shewn,
Not in a grate, but on his royal throne.

You could not hugg the time as many do,

Whose cringing garbe may work their overthrow.
You scorn'd perfidious juntos, who do make
Use of the State to whim* away the stake.

* Qu, Editor.

Your conscientious wayes abjur'd such men
As wish an end to treaties, God knows when :
And such sly spinning rooks, we have no doubt,
Who seek nought less than what they go about.
Your hearts were sweetly temper'd with pure zeal
To your endeared Prince and Common weale;
This made death your advantage; and struck fears
I' th' bosomes of your executioners
With such compassion, they could scarce forbear
From rinsing their death bullets with a tear.
Hear thou, insulting Senate, whose desire

Is with fresh fuel to increase a fire

In this imbroiled state! Hear what a brand

Thy quenchless rage has brought upon this land,
When Loyalty must suffer, and become

A law-convicted person by thy doom!

When awfull fury must suppress the good;

Wrath censure worth, and guilt shed guiltless blood!
When just allegiance must at bar appear,

And stand condemn'd because a Cavaliere !
Who is he then values his vading breath
At such a rate as not to court pale death,
Rather then groan in this tyrannick age,
Where Innocence's a sacrifice to rage;
Where Mercy becomes Cruelty: and Shame
Hath lost both native colour and her name?

O gallant, loyal Souls, thrice blest be you,
Who have pay'd Nature and your Cæsar's due!
From our state stalkers ye secured are,
And with a land of peace exchang'd your war.
The Lord of Hoasts will on his hoast bestow
This peacefull plot, while rebels march below.
For if rebellion safely get a shore,

It is a passage never known before."

"Ane Admonition to the trew Lordis. M. G B."

"It may seme to your Lordschippes, that I mellyng with heigh materis of gouerning of commo" welthis, do pas myne estait, beyng of sa meane qualitie, and forgettis my dewtie, geuyng counsall to the wysest of this Realme. Not the les seyng the miserie sa greit apperyng, and the calamitie sa neir approchyng, I thoght it les fault, to incur the crime of surmountyng my priuate estate, then the blame of neglecting the publik danger. Thairfor I chesid rather to vnderly the opinion of presumptioun in speiking, the of treason in silece, and specially of sic thingis, as euin seme presently to redound to the perpetuall schame of your Lordschippis, distructioun of this Royall estate, and ruyne of the hole co moun welth of Scotland. On this consideratioun I haue takin in hand at this tyme to aduertise your honours of sic thingis as I thoght to appertene baith to your Lordshippis in speciall, & in generall to the hole communitie of this Realme, in punitioun of tratouris, pacificatioun of troublis ama gis your selfis, and continuatioun of peace with our nighbouris. Of the quhilk I haue takin the trauell to write: and do remit the iudgement to your discretioun, hopyng at leist, that althogh my wit and forsight shall not satisfie you, yit my gud will shall not displeis yow, of quhilk aduertisement the summe is this.

First to consider how godly the actioun is quhilk you haue in hand, to wit, the defence of your King, an Innocent pupill, the stablisching of Religioun, punitioun of theifis and traitouris, and mantenance of peace & quietnes amongis your selfis and with forrane natiounis.

Item remeber how yow haue vindicat this Realme, from the thraldome of stra geris, out of domestik tyrannie, and out of a publik dishonour in the sight of all forrane natiounis, we beyng altogidder estemid a pepill murtherars of Kingis and impacient of Lawis and ingrait, in respect of the murther of the late King Hery, within the wallis of the principal towne, the greatest of the Nobilitie beyng present with the Quene for the tyme: and by your power one part of the chief Tratouris tried from amo gis the trew subiectis, quhair by stra geries wer costrainid afterwart as mekle to praise your iustice, as of befoire they wra gfully condempnid your iniustice.

Item remeber how far in doing the same you haue obliged your selfis befoir the hole warld, to continew in the same vertew of Iustice, and quhat blame ye shall incur, if ye be inconsta ̊t: For all men can belief na vtherwise, if the time following be not conforme to the tyme past, that nouther honour nor commoun welth stirred you vp then, but rather sum particulair tending to your private commoditie.

Also remember how many gentill and honest meanis yow haue socht, in tymes past, to caus the King be ackpawledgid, and the contrarie put at rest, and how vnprofitabill hath ben your honestie in treityng, your vailyeant curage in werr, your mercyfulnes in victorie, your clemencie in punisching, and facilitie iu reconsiliatioun.

Quhilk thingis witnessis sufficiently, that ye estemit na man enemie that wald live in peace, vnder the Kingis authority, that ye wer neuer desirous of blude, geir, nor honour of sic as wald not, rather in making of troubill and seditioun, declair tham selfis enemies to God and the Kingis Maiestie, than liue in co cord and amitie with thair nightbouris vnder the correctioun of Iustice.

And sen ye can nouther bow their obstinate hight with paciece, nor mease their stubburne hartis with gentilnes, nor satisfie their inordinate desyris, vtherwyse then with the Kingis blude and youris, the distructioun of Religioun, banisching of

Justice, & fre permissioun of crueltie and misordour, your wisdomes may easely considder quhat kind of medicine, is not only mete, but alswa necessair, for mending of sic a Maladie.

And to the effect that ye may the better cosidder this necessitie of Medicine, remember qubat kynd of pepill thay ar, that professis thame selfis in deid, and dissemblis in worde to be enemeis to God, to Iustice, and to yow, becaus ye maintene the Kinges actioun.

Sum of them ar conseillaris of the King his fatheris slauchter, sum conueyaris of him to the schambles, that slew his Grandschir, banisched his father, and not satisfyid to haue slayne him self, murtherit the Kingis Regent, and now seikes his awin blude, that they may fulfill their crueltie and auarice being Kingis, quhilk they begonne to exercise the tyme of thair gouerning.

Vthers ar, that being alliat nor neir of kyn to the Hamiltounis, thinkis to be participant of all their prosperitie and suc

ces.

Vthers being gyltie of King Henryis death, in the first parliament halden in the Kingis regne that now is, could well accord, that the Quene should haue bene put to death also.

And seing thay could not obtene that point, the next schift: of thair impietie was to put downe the King, that he should not rest to reuenge his Fatheris death, quhilk thay thocht could not be mair easilie done, then by bringing home the Quene with sic a husband, that other for auld haitred, or for new couatice, wald desire the first degre of succession to be of his awin blude.

Sum vthers ar practisid in casting of courtis, and reuoluing of estatis, by raising of ciuile werr, and ar becum richer than euer they hopid, and becaus they haue found the practise sa gude in tyme past, now they seik all wayis to continew it, & hauing ones gustid how gude fisching it is in drumly waters, they can by no maner leaue the craft..