to conclude He 's Wisdom Strength He`s Just and Good But when we fixedly Consider How to bring Heaven and Earth together Wrapt in a Vail of Ahram's seed GOD came himself and Crushed their feed The first advances disappear Angels bless'd spirits and Saints draw near In through that Vail the place to enter Where Holyness and Glory Center Where Seraphims themselves see more Of his blessed nature them before But here its fit I hide my Face I stop my mouth and pant for Grace With Adoration to admire Untill he wholly me retire Where Elect Souls and Angels strong Consoris the Lambs and Moses long An Answer to a Letter from a Souldier Comerad while in the Camp I have Received thy Line thy Heart With a thrice sad adiew Which so my Marble Breast did smart That makes me to avow Tho hard it be in Friendship true And still Resolveâ—… to be That hates to lose but still Renew Especially with thee Thy Heart of Gold I do append To this my Marble Breast There to Remain till Death shall send It`s Breathing to arrest Tâ—…en I 'm content that she or he That shall the same â—…nloose In this sucâ—…eed to me and thee Iâ—… Heart and Brâ—…asts dispose But since these Fates thou`rt mind to try In Sympathy with thee These severall riâ—…ks I`m mind to run But sure our Company Would help full sweet and gratefull â—…e These leaden showers beâ—…ore But let`s not blame out Destiny But rather hope the more Our meeting I do not Despair But till it chance to come No other Musick I will care But shot â—…nd tuck of Drum My â—…eeble Meeter up I`le summ No muse I`le more implore But rather wish they may sing dumb And hear the Cannon Roar No Venus smile notwinkling eyes No specious Graceful port Which weâ—…kly mortals ofâ—… surprise Shall Lines from me extort I`le me demâ—…ne in such a sort That nought but Languid Prose My Souls iâ—…tentions shall Report Thrice thrice adiew I close The Popish Party after the defeat of Monmouth and Argyle published an Insulting Ballad To the Tune of Hey Boyes up go we which coming to the hands of Leiutenant Col Cleland â—…e made the second part tâ—… the same Tune and Strain holding forth the Language of their â—…ayes Anno 1685. NOW down with the Confounded Whiggs let Loyaltie take place Let Hell possess their Damn`d intrigues â—…nd all that cursed Race Let Oaths abound and Cups go round and Whoores and Rogues go free And Heaven it Self â—…toop to the Crown For Hey Boies up go Wee Come let us Drink a Health about unto our Holy Father His sacred Maxims without Doâ—…bt we will Embrace the rather Because they are fram`d with Wit and Sense and favours Monarchy And can with all ouâ—… Sins Dispense so Hey Boyes up go we There we shall Ramble at our case and still enjoy the best And all our wild affections please in a Religiâ—…us Vest And yet keep Heaven at our Dispose if such a tâ—…ing there be And Dâ—…ag the people by the Nose so Hey Boyes up go we Our Mâ—…nastries they will provide and store above all Measure And spacious Nunâ—…eries beside where we may take our pleasure The English Ladiâ—…s when â—…hey â—…ind restraint in Liberty Will prove to us Excessive kind sâ—… Hâ—… Boies up gâ—… we There`s some who do for Vertue plead and Glory do miscarry Assert we serve a Parricide or an Incendiaâ—…ie Buâ—… we will murder Sham and Trick of such to make us free Weâ—…ll burn alive and 〈◊〉 Quick so Hey Boyes up go we The Paâ—…liament these poor sham Sots we`l make them well contenâ—… To give supplies to cut their Throats and when they do consent We`ll kick these Villans on the breach no more of them will we But Britain better manners teach for Hey Boâ—…es up go we But if they Câ—…ance to Temporize and foster fond Suspicions And tell King James of their Franchees their Charter and Conditions He`ll piss upon them and their Laws they`re blind that cannot see The longest Sword decides the Cause thus Hey Boies up go we The siâ—…s of the long Parliament he`ll visiâ—…e them upon Their oâ—…her Crimes and Heinous faults which since are come and gone Of Westminster and Oxfoord too the Damned Memorie He hath an Jrish Job to do so Hey Boies up go we And that he may Faeilitat his work he`l work a while By Toleration Lull asleep the Rogues and them beguile Some subtile potions he 'll compose of Grace and Clemencie To blunt all those who him oppose so Hey Boyes up go we Some few Lines made upon the sight of Printed Papers of Mr. William Houstouns To die obscure must be a dismal Fate Since Mortals purchase Fame at such a rate As burning Cities razing Regal seats Destroying Temples overturning States But meaner sp'rits whom Destiny contracts Not to aspire unto such Glorious Acts Yet Phaetons in conceit will be content E`re Fame be wanting to be Fools in Print FINIS Follows some Verses made by diverse Hands upon Leiutenent Col William Cleland after his Death An ELEGIE upon the Death of the much Honoured Leiutenent Colonel WILLIAM CLELAND IS Cleland gone And is there any Breath Will not bemoan this galant Hero`s death Yea Clelands gone who after him can be A Cleland to compose his Elegie His Pen wherewith he did immortalize The death of others for a hand now cries To be employed to publicat his Fame In his own Stile who can exhaust this Theam Some praise the Liberal Soul and some do prize The Mind that`s stedfast others magnifies The Tongue that 's eloquent others admire A Breast not subject to nor toucht with fear Some praise the Learned some think the Prudent be Above the common Fate and Destinie Of other Mortals some think the Devote Are persons blessed in their hardest Lot â—…or Poesie some have a Veneration â—…ith some the Sedulous in their Vocation Are in esteem How to be praised is be In whom these Vertues in a high degree Did burn and blaze in a most lofty strain Who from his Praises can himself refrain Come Poets all supply my lake of skill To write his praises bring each one his Quil From wings of Pegasus and do not spare To celebrate in Verse his Vertues rare Mourn ye Inhabitants of Helicon Your Captain now lyes dead at Galedon Come Philosophick wits imploy your Arts To find out what perfections and parts The Learned do aceomplish which he wanted And what they have which to him was not granted Mourn all ye Learn'd and his death bemoan Who was the Muses eldest dearest Son Come all ye Lovers of the Mathematicks Students of politicks and Laws or practicks Ye that the Divine Mysteries of Truth Profess to search admire this excellent Youth Deplore his death whose great Soul did aspire To all the highest secrets you admire Come all Religions Lovers who for duty And for your Zeal for Reformations beauty Were persecute by treacherous Tyrants hands Chas'd in your own
this season â—…sham ploâ—… and putative Treason And Whiggs had need to learn to think They sleep not all that seem to wink It 's folly with Kail Wives to flyte Some Dogs baâ—…k best after they bâ—…te Some snaâ—…ch the Heels and Taile about And so get all their Harns dung out A well train'd Royster fast will close His Jawes upon a mad Bull 's Nose Some Cowlies murders more with words Than Trowpers do with Guns and Swords The sore brunt Client makes Complaint Of those Pick pockets with consent Callingâ—…um more exhausting Thieves Thâ—…n High-way men that stealls and reaves Lawyers Advocats and Clerks May give their Thoughts and their Remarks On Laws who ever to this hour Gave them a Legislative Power Enough of this therefore I 'll had Lest all the Polland Dogs go mad Bâ—…fore their wonted time of Year When such poor Cowish Sâ—…ust they hear Juries should know how Matters stands Lest they with Pilate wash their hands Pomantick fellows should not be Advanc'd to too much Dignitie Some places Celia in a shrine And she for that makes them be seen With browes adorn'd witâ—… long dilemmas Which some repute no pleasant gemmas It 's like some think another thing If they be gifâ—…ed by a King â—…y horned Logicks I concludâ—… And very Pithily make good That thoâ—…e who for the Test give votes Are very Ignorants and Soâ—…s Either they this confession knew Or not And if the first be true They 're men of round spuâ—… noddle fictioâ—… Who understood not contradictions But if the second must hold foot I will affâ—… they 're â—…kant of wit Who in a Supream Court like that Will â—…umph and vote they wot not 〈◊〉 These Hornes pricks piâ—…hily the sideâ—… Of Ghostly Fathers our Church guides Buâ—… like these Sainâ—…s are in a 〈◊〉 Unto the mother of 〈◊〉 Without demurâ—…ing I will say it They are for order peace and quieâ—… Who 〈◊〉 would be content With a 〈◊〉 Form in Parliament The matters clear no more debâ—…e A vote 〈◊〉 all a speech in Sâ—…ate There are some persons I suâ—…one Would swime with all but sink with none Who darres to trust such snakeing slaveâ—… Are greater fools theâ—… they are knaves Some may be courted for a while Whom yet the Gallowes may beguile Corrupters have ground to suspect Corrupted persons and their neck Is very fair to bide a stresse When they have done their business They 'll bury us when we are dead Without a stipend at our head My talking wants top main and tail And my Concep ives seem to fail These have scarce Time and little Reason Would see they do not pâ—…atle Treason He set him down the Sophee rose With face so firie that his Nose Might have endangered Corn stacks And fired Powder Lint or Flax. And cryes Good Fellows ye may ken that Quos Jupiter perdit dementat He set him down And so I end Whom I have wrong'd let others menâ—… If any ask for the Conclusion Let them conclude it was Confusion Altho there wants not Inquisition If other Kirkmen did petition Whether they be exempt by paction By secret emption or transaction Or if there 's powder at its root I choose at present to be mute If Circumstances call to clear it Its like hereafter you may hear it Follows the Tenour of the Oath of the TEST To be taken by all Persons in Publick TRUST I A. B. Solemnly Swear in Presence of the Eternal GOD Whom I invocat as Judge and Witness of my sincere Intention of this my Oath That I own and sincerely profefs the true Protestant Religion contained in the Confession of Faith recorded in the first Parliament of King James the sixth And that I believe the same to be founded on and agreeable to the Written Word of GOD. And I promise swear that I shall adhere thereto during all the dayes of my Lifetime and shall endeavour to Educat my Children therein And shall never consent to any Change or Alteration contrar thereto And that I disown and renounce all such Principles Doctrines or Practises whether Popish or Phanatical which are contâ—… unto and inconsistent with the said Protestant Religion and Confession of Faith And for Testification of my Obedience to my most Gracious Soveraign CHARLES the Second I do affirm and Swear by this solemn Oath That the King's Majesty is the Only Supream Governour of this Realm over all Persons and in all Causes as well Ecclesiastical as Civil And that no Forraign Prince Person Pope Prelate State or Potentat hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superioritie Pre heminencie or Authoritie Ecclesiastical or Civil within this Realm And therefore I do utterlie renounce and foresake all Forraign Jurisdictions Powers Superiorities and Authoiries And do promise thaâ—… from henceforth I shal bear Faith and True Allegiance to the King's Majesty His Heirs and lawful Successors And to my power shall Assist and Defend all Rights Jurisdictions Prerogatives Priviledges Preheminâ—…ncies and Authorities belonging to the King's Majesty His Heirs and Lawful Successous And I farther affirm and swear by this my solemn Oath That I judge it unlawful for Subjects upon pretence of Reformation or any other pretence whatsoever To enter into Covenants or Leagues or to Convocat Conveen or Assemble in any Councils Conventions or Assemblies to Treat Consult or Dâ—…termine in any matter of State Civil or Ecclesiastick without His Majesties special Command or express Licence had thereto or to take up Arms against the King or those commissionated by Him And that I shall never so rise in Armes or enter into such Covenants or Assemblies And that there lyes no obligation on me from the National Covenant or the Solemn League and Covenant so commonly called or any other manner of way whatsoever to endeavour any change or alteration in the Government either in Church or State as it is now established by the Laws of this Kingdom And I promise and swear that I shall with my utmost power defend assist and maintain His Majesties Jurisdiction foresaid against all deadly and I shall never decline His Majestie 's Power and Jurisdiction As I shall Answer to GOD. And finallie I affirm and swear that this my solemn Oath is given in the plain genuine Sense and meaning of the words without any equivocation mental reservation or any manner of evasion whatsoever And that I shall not accept or use any dispensation from any Creature whatsoever So help me GOD. VERSES made upon the Death of that famous Gospel Minister Mr. ROBERT M KW AIRD. Who died in Holland after 18 years Banishment from Scotland his Native Countrey WAS it for nought that blustering sparkling Rayes Of strange stupendious Comets did the eyes Of Earths Inhabitants so long detain In dayes but lately past who can refrain Considering our stroak so great so sad Heightn`d with Circumstances dark and bad From saying sure these Portants did presage Some future Tragidie to this poor Age Which new`s begun so shrewdly for to think On
what may follow may make Spirits shrinke In drouâ—…e grief and sorrow since he`s gone Who with a Spirit Seraphick his allone Resisted Truths Opposers who did stand Throwing their Darts at him at every hand Yet not allone for the great Soveraign The King of Kings whose Glorious splendent Train Did fill the Temple was his strength and stay In whom he Liv'd in whom he clos`d his day With whom he now Triumphs with whom he sings The Lambs and Moses song he drinks the Springs Of Joy and Consolation in a kind Not heard nor seen nor entred in the minde Of Mortals to conceive while now above In full Fruition of that Matchless Love Tho he Triumphs yet we may mourn and Weep Since in such Cloudie dayes is fallen a sleep So great a Seer such a shining light Whereby our day is almost turn`d to night For Truth a Champion both by Tongue and Pen Regardless of the wrath and rage of Men. What Pen can write or what Tongue can express His Choicest parts his worth his usefulness Some praise the Liberal Soul â—…aud some do prize The mind that 's stedfast others magnisies The Tongue that`s eloquent others admire A breast not subject to nor toucht with fear Some praise the learn`d some think the prudent be Above the Common fate and destiny Of other mortals some takes the devote For persons Blessed in their hardest Lot For Poesy some have a Veneration With some the Sedulous in their Vocation Are in esteem how to be praised is he In whom these Vertues in a high degree Did burn and Blaze Let all who do esteem These Choicest Vertues of a Heavenly strain Come joyn and mourn with me O let them come And help me to express or sitting dumb In Melancholious muteness and in Tears Regrait our present loss and ground offears He did Survive the rest of these great lights Discharged their native Lands by cursed Wights Which makes our stroke more misty sad and dim For while he liv`d they seem`d to live in him As if the rest who did before ascend In loves thrice burning Chariot to attend Their high and loftie One their Mantles dropt And he the same receiv`d where with he stopt Defections current he himself on dry And solid ground went to Eternity Yet e`re he went prepar`d to leave behind Such Fragrant Writings from his candid mind Such strengths and Bulwarks for the Truth that he Thereby remains to teach posteritie His famous works serves to transmit his Fame From Age to Age and Eternize his Name Some few Lines composed by him for Divertisement from Melancholick Thoughts when traveling abroad To the Tune of Fancy free O'Re Hills o're Mountains scâ—…ogie woods O're Heaths o`re Desarts dry Oâ—…re dusky Marishes and Floods where Tritons Company So wantonly skipt here and there within these â—…aterie Vawes Unâ—…anton`d by that caâ—…cking care which Human Wights inslaves 2 O`re stony hights o`re champine ground where Ceres bows her head O`re ragged Rocks where Ecchoes sound and bearded people feed O`re walled Cities frightsome forts o`re waterie sinking sands Retrenched Villages and Boges where Neptouns Castle stands 3 Through wounding woods of glistering spears prepared for Humane Death Through sudden Showers of leaden Spears that quickly cut the breath Through armed troups where horses prance as if they would incite Their roaring Riders to advance their Counter part to meet 4 Where Trumpets sound and Drums do beat as in a solemn way They were ordain`d of Soveraign fate a Triumph to convey Great Souls of Heroes as they flie at wounds of Bteast and Brain And then bass forth their Elogie iu mournfull groaning strain 5 5 Through Razing rage of cursed Kings whom vitious Souls admire Through unjust sentences which springs from avarice or fear Or some such like infernall cause hence guiltless people quake Before his face whose Sword whose Laws should their opposers shake 6 6 Through firie Feavers wasting Wounds through Melancholious want Through sad disastures which abound to such as long and pant Even for true vertue which sure the weakly spirit faints Who forced troubles to Endure must die in discontent Through Calumnies through frauds and slights that moveth mortals mind Through slandering tongues of bruttish wights to pevishness inclin`d They must adventure who intends in Vertues camp to warr Abhoring mean penurious ends that brave exploits do marr 8 If when travers`d by all such fates honour and vertue be Both proof against Enchanting bates and frowning destiny A Soul may have a sure solace when stormed on every side And look proud Tyrants in the sace with scorn to be dismay`d 9 Contentment with a present case to praise I`le not forbear Sure it deserves the highest place amongst these vertues rare By Heathen people so much sought but never yet obtain`d Its Heaven`s great gift not to be bought nor by Industrie gain`d Some Lines made by him upon the Observation of the Vanity of Worldly Honours after he had been at several Princes Courts To the Tune of Come let us walk and veiw the Spring HOw mean a thing is it to stay On praising Emperours of Clay While He who being Life and Breath To every Mortall granted hath Doth us invite to Praise and Sing The Trophies of his Glorious Reign Hosts of strong Angels to express His pow`r and perfect Blessedness Their spacious thoughts extended have Since Times first morning yet perceive Their notes so low they shade with Wings Their blushing Countenance and Sings Heaven Earth and all that in them is Eehoes their notes and addeth this We't but thin shaddows of that light That Wisdom Goodness Truth and Might Which from noughts Bowells us Extracted By which we`re ordered and acted The whole Creation doth accord To Adam`s Sons they will affoord Constraining maters to concert With them for acting of a part That so conjoyned with those above They may advance in light and Love The splended Sun by subtile Rayes Preacheth his Glory to our eyes The Seas and Thunder do declare His Might and tertour to the ear His Milk and Hony Corn and Wine Taste of a Goodness that`s Divine In Heats we feel his Cooling Gales His Florid fields of Bounty smells He sends his Ministering Spirits Who Man protects Instructs incites In their blessed Chore to take a place And sing albeit a Feeble bass In Heavenly state from Sinai Hill He published his Sacred will His Fiery Throne surrounded with Thunder And smokie Oceans caused such wonder And fright that those conveened to hear it Had Souls too limited to bear it His shaddow on meek Moses Face Did more than dazle Jacob's Race Which Vail`d he did them declare GOD`s will in sounds which they might bear And did in Aarons hands Consign Books of the manner of his Reign Omnipotence could not sp ak low Enough to make blind Mortals know Much of himself even Mojes eye Though strong his Glory would not see His Trembling ear heard him proclaim The high Abridgement of his Name By all we`re forced