falt Wha can sit still and smoothlie heere Their companie baith banne and swere Which euill custome drawes on also Themselues to swearing or they go Great cause sall sic haue to lament Except in tyme they do repent His other speaches all are pend In prose as after shall be kend He craued one thing feruentlie That he might end this miserie From time he sawe some of the Kirk Not vprightly beginne to wirk Bot Christ his cause for to betray This speach on dead bed when he lay He vttered oft with hart full sare Crauing dissoluing without mare Bot cheiflie sen the Assemblie Halden the date of seuentie thrie And saxt of March where many man In Edinburgh assembled than The double dealing he saw thare Past neuer from his heart but mare Na seiknes could make him forget That last Assemblie as it set Touching the quhilk what he spake thare Now is not needfull to declare Gods iust Iudgements he did foresee Approching fast to this Cuntrie When some said Sir why do ye craue So earnestly this lyfe to laue He sayd Brethren sawe ye I wisse The sight I see of heauenly blisse And contrarewise gif ye did see A blink of that great misery That vnto Scotland fast doth hy Ye wald wish death as well as I So great is our ingratitude Persauing then 〈◊〉 to conclude That he wes to depart this life He sent hame quicklie for his wife Quha but all tarying came thare Fra she got word with heart full sare She raid that wilsome wearie way Neir fourtie myles on Law Sunday Be she had beene there dayes thrie He parted from this miserie Till heauens blisse I am right sure His soule on Thursday next did sure So gude Iohn Knox he followed sone Within a yeare and halfe was gone Then did the Lard of Lochinvar With all the Cuntrie far and naâ—â— In ane litter his corps bring downe On Fryday to Dammellintoune That night fyfteene nights he didly There blyth and glaid as he came by That night his body brought on beir An haâ—stie change we may see heir In earth is na mair constancie Then wherefore pride-full should we be Or in these earthlie things confyde As we were euer heir to byde Sen we see all of women borne Bot this day hâ—ir away to morne Bot ane kennis not another gude On Saterday then to conclude The four and twentie of Aprile The Lairds and Gentil-men of Kyle Yea baith of high and lawe degrie Met him therewith sic Assemblie As was not seene in Kyle before This hundreth yeares and many more Many wette cheaks at that meeting There might be seene with sare sighing It wald haue made anes hart full sare To see the meeting that was thare Though they knewe he was well but doubt Yet their affections bursted out And could not let them to lament For losse of sic an Instrument So they receiued the corps that day From Lochinvar and Galloway And with all honour did it bring Unto the Kirkyard of Machling Where they did burie him but mare And sa I leaue him lyand thare And will speake something of his wife Wha shortly after left this life For as thay were baith ioynd in hart Sa death almost could not them part And as in life thay did agrie So death could not keepe them sundrâ—â— For in Aprill the twentie tway He did depart in Galloway In Iune next she gaue vp the ghost About the midst of it almost In the hote feauer she also Out of this miserie did go In Iames Bannareins house of Air For short before she had past thare Thinking to liue most quietly Among that godly company For the hale race of all that hous Of Kinyeancleugh are right zealous And of lang tyme hes sa bene kend The Lord assist thame to the end For Robert and this Iames of Air Sister and brother barnis ware And sa nane meeter she could finde For to remaine withall behinde Bot God had ordaind what should mair That she should end her life in Air Fra her husband wes brought on beir She had no pleasure longer heir Bot did desire most hartfullie At Gods pleasure with him to be Quhilk she obteined in short space And so was caried to that place In the Kirkyarde where he dois ly Of Machling and layd hard him by Lang may ye seek to finde sic tway As God there nowe hes tane away For what man he was I haue told Of singular graces manifold And as for her the trueth to tell Among women she bure the bell During her daies in her degrie In godlines and honestie Of Iudgement rypest in Gods Law Of any woman that I knaw In Gods buke she was so verse it That scarce wald men trow to rehearse it Of so excellent memorie And al 's of sic dexteritie Gods word to vse to her comfort And theirs who did to her resort That her to heare it was delyte In Scriptures she was so perfyte Quhilk was not words and babling vaine Bot words with knawledge ioynd certaine Quhilk in her life she did expresse By doing as shee did prosesse All Gods true seruants far and neir She did esteeme as Freinds most deir And neuer loued societie With any godlesse companie Baith wise and provident was sho In houshold things she had ado Quhat should I say this woman od Was his great comfort vnder God And doubtles was of God a blessing Of speciall gifts after his wishing So for to end as I began I wait sic ane woman and man Of so many gude properties Of rare and heauenly qualities Is not in Scotland left behind Whais waytaking we be not blind Should make vs clearlie vnderstand That Gods iust Iudgments are at hand To punish the Rebellion Of this maist stubborne nation Who to Gods will dois not attend For no punition he dois send For we may easilie considder The waytaking of thir together Of so excellent behaueours And that almost bot in their flowers For nane of them was past throughlie The age of fourtie yeares and thrie Is not for nought what euer it be That is to followe hastelie For why sic as the Lord God loues Before the plague he oft remoues According as the Scripture sayes Quhilk shortned good Iosias dayes With many others that are past And that great plagues approched fast Gude Robert as we heard before Foresawe and plainly did deplore As all man grant as well as he That hes Iudgment or eies to see Therefore sen they are tane away For to fore warne vs all I say That God is reddy for to come With plagues to punish all and some That dois delight in wickednes In reif murther and filthines And covatyce whereof they grow Quhilk this hale Cuntrie dois ouerflow And all the lang rebellion To God within this Nation Whose Iudgements now we see appeare And their forerunners drawing neere Let vs with all the speed we can Go hide vs with the prudent man That seis the plague while it is far And hydes himselfe or it come nar By turning vnto Christ our King And hyding vs vnder his wing Wha in all tempest wind and preace Is our refuge and hyding place As Isay in the thirtie tway Of that his Prophecie dois say So we of safetie shall be sure What euer plagues euill men endure On whome that great day but releif Shall suddainely come as a theif And turne in twinkling of ane eye Their Ioy and mirth to miserie And we shall passe for evermore To raigne with Christ our King in glore Who saued vs and none but he Bearing our sinnes vpon the tree To whome therefore euer be praise And to the Father eik alwaies And to the holy Spirit most free One onely God and persones three FINIS
A MEMORIAL OF THE life death of two vvorthye Christians ROBERT CAMPBEL of the Kinyeancleugh and his Wife ELIZABETH CAMPBEL In English Meter EDINBVRGH PRINTED BY RObert Walde-graue Printer to the Kings Maiestie 1595. Cum privilegio Regali TO HIS LOVING SISTER IN CHRIST ELIZABETH CAMPBEL of KINYEANCLEVGH Grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Iesus Christ his Sonne with the assistance of Gods holy spirit to the end and in the end Amen FInding this little Treatise Sister dearelie beloued in Christ of late yeares amongst my other Papers which I made about twentie yeares and one agoe Immediatlie after the death of your godlie Parentes of good memory with whome I was most dearlie acquainted in Christ by reason of the troble I suffered in those daies for the good cause wherin God made them chiefe comforters vnto me till death separated vs. As I vewed it over and reade it before some godly persones of late they were most instant with me that I woulde suffer it to come to light to the stirring vp of the zeale of Gods people amongst vs which now beginneth almost to be quenched in all estates none excepted So that the saying of the worthie servaunt of God Iohn Knox among many other his fore-speakings proueth true that is That as the Gospel entred among vs and was receiued with feruencie and heat so he feared it should decay and lose the former bewtie through coldnes and lothsomnesse howbeit as he saide many times it should not vtterly be overthrown in Scotland til the comming of the Lord Iesus to iudgment in spite of Sathan malice of al his slaues Howbeit indeed it is not to be denied but that the prophesie of that worthie Martyr M. George Wishart shal proue as true who prophccying of the victorie of the trueth shortly to followe in Scotland saide but allace if after so great light and libertie of the Gospell in Scotland the people shall become vnthankfull then fearfull and terrible shal the plagues be that after shal follow But to the purpose to their request a length I yeelded although long vnwilling in respect of the basenesse of the forme of writing which yet at the time of the making thereof I thought most familiar according to the old maner of our Countrie to moue our people to followe the example of these godly persones according to their callings and estate And so beeing yet put in good hope that it would profite I was contented it should bee after this manner published committing the issue to our good GOD who worketh sometimes by base meanes to some profit of the Church according to his good pleasure The saying also of Gregorie Nazianzene writing of Basile the great after his death did 〈◊〉 a little incourage me it beeing by Gods providence in my handes when I was about to write this The sense whereof followeth It is a thing of most dutifull affection to commend the memory of holy persones that are departed especially of such as haue bene of most 〈…〉 vvhether it be by friends or strangers I haue directed it vnto you deare Sister by name that yee may make your profite of it in particular for confirming you by the woorthie example of your Parents in these evill and declining daies in that Godlie course of Christianitie wherein it hath pleased GOD to make you succeede vnto them no lesse than to the worldlie heritage proceeding rightly from them to you after the death of their onely Sonne Nathaniel your Brother though not without your crosse your masters loving badge given to you to beare no doubt for your profite The Lord strengthen you to beare it to his glorie and your comfort And so I ende with this sentence of BASILE Take heede to your selfe that ye may take heed to God Farewell in Christ From Edinburgh the 24. of May. 1595. Your assured Friend in Christ I. D. A MEMORIAL OF THE LIFE OF TWO WORthie Christians SEn Poets in all times before Set all their care and endeuore Of worthie persons for to write When euer they saw thē delite In wisdome Iustice or manheid Or any other vertuous deid Yea thogh vertue it had not bene Gif they like vertue had it seene The Poets of all former daies Would neuer cease it for to prayes As of those Camptons most strong The Troianes and the Greeks among Did Homer write and Seneca Virgil Ouid and many ma Renowmed Romanes to rehearse Wants not their worthies put in verse So we finde deeds of vassalage Set foorth by Poets in all age Euen of Gray-Steill wha list to luke Their is set foorth a meikle buke Yea for to make it did them gude Of that rank Rouer Robene Hude Of Robene Hude and little Iohne With sik like Outlawes many one As Clim of the Clewgh and Cliddislie Because of their fine archerie Sen men I say then in those daies Took so great labour for to prayse Men for these vaine and earthly things That small or no true comfort brings Yea oft times hurtfull are and ill To sick as they are granted till Why should we not with all our might Write in thir daies of so great light Of faithfull godly men and wise Who for the trueth durst interprise To hazard at the Lords command Al that they had both life and land As Davids worthies had their prayes Ours should haue theirs al 's in our daies Sik doughtie deeds of Uassalage Should be remembred in all age Not to giue flesh the praise therfore Bot onelie to giue God the glore Who so his seruants doth endue Unto his worke with all vertue That both vertue may praised be And also our posteritie May finde before them put in write Wherein their fathers did delyte Not in the dark deeds of the night But in the comely waies of light In honest godly life and cleane And sa the difference betweene Us that liues now in time of light Professing trulie in Gods sight And them that liued in Papistrie In blindnes and Idolatrie Unto our of-spring shall appeir Whereby the lesson they may leir To flie from vice and vanitie And to embrace the veritie Likewise they that liues in this age Persauing deeds of Uassalage Stowtnes in God and constancie For to be put in memorie And neuer man to be ouerseene That frak in the good cause hes bene Sic as hes spirits heroycall Will be more moued herewithall To be mair valiant stowt and wise In euery godly interprise The lying locusts al 's of Rome That spread their lies through Christendome By their Chronicklers calumnies Whome they hyre to write hystories Of vs and our Religion Shall be brought to confusion When they shall be made to confesse The good liues of some who professe The trueth of Christ spite of their 〈◊〉 Heir aswell as in other partes So shall not we our labours lose That writes our works to this purpose Our Gods Name to glorifie And Neighbours for till edifie Then to beginne but proces more We haue
had worthie men before Of all degries these fyftene yeers As the gude Regent with his feeres Iohn Knox that valyant Conquerour That stood in many stalward stour For Christ his Maister and his word And many moe I might record Some yet aliue some also past Erle Alexander is not last Of Glencarne but these I passe by Because their deeds are alreddy By sundrie Poets put in write Quhilk now I need not to recite But forward to my purpose fare That is to speake without in mare Of twa best liueâ—â— that led life Gude Robert Campbel and his wife Departed baith now of the late To heauens blisse richt well I wate Sic twa I knowe not where to finde In all Scotland left them behinde Of sa great faith and charitie With mutuall loue and amitie That I wat an mair heauenly life Was neuer betweene man and wife As all that kend them can declair Within the shiresdome of Air. But to be plainer is no skaitâ—â— Of surname they were Campbells baith Of ancient blood of this Cuntrie They were baith of Genealogie He of the shirefs house of Air Long noble famous and preclair Scho of a gude and godly stok Came of the old house of Cesnok Quhais Lard of many yeares bygaine Professed Christs Religion plaine Yea eightie yeares sensyne and mare As I heard aged men declare And al 's a cunning Scottish Clark Called Alisius in a wark Written to IAMES the fift our King Dois this man for his purpose bring Quha being to the scaffold led In Edinburgh to haue thold dead For Christs Euangell quhilk he red by Iames the fourth from death was fred Some sayes death was alswel prepard For Priest and Lady as the Lard This storie I could not passe by Being so well worth memory Whereby most clearlie we may see How that the Papists louely lie Who our Religion so oft cald A faith but of fiftie yeare ald When euen in Scotland we may see It hes bene mair than thrise fiftie As by the storie ye may knaw Of Reshby burnt before Paule Craw The thousand yeare foure hundreth fiue In Perth while Husse was yet aliue Sa of thir noble Houses ald Thir twa descended as is tald They had gude heritage in deede Whereto iustlie he did succeede For any Gentleman aneuch Whais cheif style was the Kinyeancleugh Standing be-sowth Machline in Kyle About thre quarters of a myle But to our purpose to proceede And speak of him who was the heede Of her a while holding our toung When that Religion was but young And durst not plainlie shew her face For tyrannie in publict place Some Preachers did till him resort Where mutuallie they gat comfort The trueth on their part was declard No temporall benefits he spard They lacked not gude intreatment In daylie food and nurishment Gif there wes mare necessitie They needed not to craue supplie Ha priuatelie in his lodgeing He had baith prayers and preaching To tell his freinds he na whit dred How they had lang bene blindlins led By shaueling Papists Monks and Friers And be the Paipe these many yeares When some Barrones neere hand him by And Noble men he did espie Of auld who had the truth profest To them he quicklie him addrest And in exhorting was not slak That consultation they would tak How orderlie they might suppresse In thair owne bounds that Idole messe In place thereof syne preaching plant To quhilk some noble men did grant And so their cace did humblie meene Oft to the Counsell and the Queene That this their sute might be effected But seing it meerely neglected They did their minds freelie disclose In counsell set for that purpose Of Queene and whole Nobilitie Protesting in humilitie They sought no alteration Of State but of Religion That Papistrie being supprest Christ might be preached East and West And seeing they were Magistrates As well as other of the States They would not suffer God his glore In their bounds thralled any more Quhilk they did soone performe in deede And made them to the work with speede And had some preaching publictlie Where people came maist frequentlie Whiles among woods in banks and brais Whiles in Kirkyards beside their fais Thir Novells through the Countrie ran Quhilk stirred vp baith wife and man So for to damne that deuillish Messe That Papists could them not suppresse Then Queers and cloisters were puld down In sundrie parts of this Regioun But whether it was night or day Gude Robert was not mist away When thay puld downe the Friers of Air Speir at the Friers gif he was thair The Lard of Carnale yet in Kyle Quha was not sleipand al this while And Robert wer made Messengers Send from the rest to warne the Friers Out of those places to deludge Howbeit the Earls began to grudge Either with good will or with ill The keyes they gaue thir twa vntill After their gudes they had out tane So greater harme the Friers had nane Far vnlike to their crueltie In their massacring houtcherie Resembling well their old Father Who euer was a murtherer Authoritie was hard to bide Quhilk Papists had vpon their side Or rather to speake properlie Cheif persones in authoritie Therefore no time was for to sleuth To them who did professe the trueth Howbeit they wanted not that tyde Chiefe Counsellers vpon their side And greatest Nobles not a fewe And of all other States anewe Who rightly in defence might stand Of Gods owne cause they had in hand Professing aye obedience In ciuill things vnto their Prence In contrare whereof nane can say That they did practise night or day In cause of reformation Quhilk serues for confutation Of all our enemies eche one That blames vs with seditione As by the word of God is plaine But that we may returne againe Then Robert like a busie Bie Did ride the post in all Countrie Baith North and Sowth baith East and West To all that the gude cause profest Through Angus Pyfe and Lawthiane Late iournies had he many ane By night he would passe forth of Kyle And slip in shortly in Argyle Syne to Stratherne and to all parts Where he knew godly zealous harts Exhorting them for to be stoute And of the matter haue no doubt For although said he we be few Hauing our God we are anew So no expenses he did spare Nor trauells to ride late and aire To get concurrance from all partes Which was obtaind with willing hearts So great this wark was first to band To plant Religion in this land And tantae molis wes this gear Religion this way to vprear Though we with ease the kirnell eate The shel was not broken but sweate Thus many mirk midnight raid he And that all for the libertie Of Christis Kirk and the Gospell Sic carefull trauells I you tell Deserues well gude memorie And to be put in Poetrie In English Latine Dutch and Dence To stirre vs vp with diligence When men nowe are become
so cold That it is shame for to be told But to returne vnto our tale When the Cuntrie was moued hale To make to wark with spear and sheild He was not hinmost on the fielde Out of the West had any gane He missed neuer to be ane With wisedome manheid and counsall He comfort thir conventions all Yea no Convention lesse nor mair Of any waight but he was thair Al 's when the Gentlemen of Kyle As they were frakkest all the while In their assemblies would chuse out Some for to ride the post about If he had seene them once refuse By any maner of excuse He would soone say trueth is doubtlesse My Brother hes sic businesse I know at this time he can noght But there shall be nane vther sought I will ryde for him verelie The nixt time he shall ride for me This was not once but almost ay So neuer did their purpose stay For fault of posting late or air Bot yet or I passe further mair I man speak something of his Wife Quha neuer made barrat nor strife Nor this his doing did disdaine Was neuer man heard her complaine As many wiues in the Cuntrie I trow had luked angerlie On her gude-man who at all tyde Was ay so reddy for to ryde For so oft ryding could not misse Bot to procure great expensis He might look as they tell the tail When he came hame for euill cooled kail Ze haue so meikle gear to spend Ze trow neuer it will haue end This will make you full bare there ben Lat see sayes she what other men So oft ryding a field ye finde Leauing thair owne labour behinde This and farre mare had oft bene told Be many wiues yea that we hold Not of the worst in all the Land I speak not of that balefull band That Sathan hes sent heir away With the black fleete of Norroway Of whome ane with her Tygers tong Had able met him with a rong And reaked him a rebegeastor Calling him many warlds weastor Bot latting thir euill wiues alane This gude wife murmuring made nane Bot ay maist gladly did consent To that wherewith he was content Reioysing that he had sic hart For Christis Kirk to take that part Quhilk doubtlesse was ane vertewe rare But to returne to him but mair From ryding he did seldome rest Whiles in the east whiles in the west To drawe the godly in ane band Impietie for to withstand Quhilk doubtlesse did the cause great gude For when al-quhare men vnderstude What was the brethrens minde and will And what purpose they made them till They interprised in all parts More boldly knowing others harts This day I think we may perceaue What missing of sic men we haue When any danger dois appeir To warne the godly farre and neir Our foes now here do vs preuent Who euer are most diligent And slips no time though we be slaw Themselues together for to drawe God steir some vp sen he is gane That cost nor trauell spared nane There was no gathering East nor West Saint Iohnestone raid with all the rest Bot he was euer there for ane The warres so endit then and gane His counsale in the reformation Was well heard be the Congregation At the Assemblies Generale He was aye with his gude counsale What shall I say sen we began I wate well a mair carefull man 〈◊〉 sparing trauels paines nor cost Was not in all the Lords host Because then he was so sincere And feruent baith in peace and weare His Name grew famous in all art The godly loued him with their hart There was fewe but heard well aneugh Of Robert of the Kinyeancleugh But the gude Regent by the rest Of all men loued Robert best He sawe in him sic feruencie Sic stowtnes with sinceritie He might oft gotten great reward But no sic thing he did regard He was voide of all couatyce And was least subiect to that vyce And to the loue of worldly wrake Of any man that euer spake His conscience he would not grieue No worldly goods for to atchieue The half teinds of hale VCHILTRIE He did giue ouer most willinglie Quhilk his forbears had possest For Sacriledge he did dâ—â—est The minister he put therein God grant that as he did begin That all the rest that dois possesse The teinds of Scotland more and lesse Maist wrangouslie wald them restore As gude Robert hes gone before Bot no appearance we can see That they will do it willinglie For all the summoning hes bene By Gods Heraulds these yeares fyftene Though I think they should feare to touch them Because that teinds did neuer rich them That hes meld with them to this day Yet no appearance is I say That euer they shall with them twin While God of heauen himselfe begin With force quhilk no man may withstand To pluck them cleane out of their hand Quhilk shall be to their wrak and wo Because they would not let them go For no fore warning he could send When they had time and space to mend Though nowe this Sacriledge seeme sweet Their of-spring shall haue cause to greet When God shall call them for the wrong Done to him and his Kirk so long Bot to returne againe but more Good Robert did those teinds restore Whereby maist clearly we may see That na wayes couetous was hee Bot gentle kinde and liberall To all that needed great and small And chieflie to the godlie house He liberall was and harberous Ane number of the poore nightlie In Kinyeancleugh gat harberie Whome after supper he gart call To be examined in the hall Of Lords prayer and Beleefe And ten Commaunds for to be briefe Gif that he found them ignorant Unto his place they durst not haunt Unto the time they learned all Also his seruands he did call And euery Sabboth him before To giue a reckoning there but more Of chiefe heades of Religion So they got great instruction Wherefore Iohn Knox that man of God Perceauing Robert to be od In cairfulnes and feruencie In soundnes and integritie And for to be of gifts maist rare With him wes maist familiare For his Religion was not vaine Nor na lip-labor I make plaine Bot it wes baith in heart and deed Quhilk from ane true faith did proceed When gude Iohn Knox for tyrannie At some times was compeld to flie Gude Robert wes ay be his syde Baith night and day to be his gyde In trouble and adversitie They keeped others companie While at the last death did them twin Quhilk at Iohn Knox did first begin From time Robert sawe him depart He thrifted ever from his hart That he might followe haistelie Quhilk wish he did obtaine shortlie For he had not long dayes here Efter Iohn Knox wes brought on bere As afterward I shall make plaine Bot while on earth he did remaine His onely diligence and cair Wes to serue God baith late and air Alswell in weere as tyme
earth he onely at that houre In trouble was my comfortoure The cause at length of all this cace I haue shawen in an other place There were we welcome with the hart Unto that kinde Lord of Cathkart With whome we lodged all that night The nixt day raid to Rusko right Where that most noble Laird foretald Dwelt for the time with his houshald Nowe all that day while there we raid Gude Robert was as blyth and glaid As euer he had bene before So when we were come there but more The Princely house that we sawe there I am not able to declare It wald consume large tyme and space To tell the order of that place What comelie seruice but and ben With the great number al 's of men That do assemble in that Hall At melted tyme as we it call Whereto should I ought of it say For it is like a young Abbay Abundance baith of meat and drinke To man and boy at burde and binke With ordour and ciuilitie That might serue in the in countrie Now Robert at tyme of Supper According to his graue maner Did talke of matters modestlie Quhilk alwaies were to edifie Quhairto the Larde gaue right gude eare The rest with silence al 's did heare So supper done our prayers red We bound vs shortly to our bed For Robert had ane vse al-whare With God to be familiare Be publict prayer Euen and Morne His house and familie beforne And by that when he was at hame Twise in the day he thought no shame To passe vntill his wood neerby Upon his God to call and cry With many sobbe and sigh for sinne That momently he did fall in And for the great rebellion Of this vnhappie Nation So plaine vnthankfull in all places To our gude God for his great graces Gif this gude man sight every day Allace what shall we wretches say Quha twise perchance enters not in In halfe a yeare to sigh for sinne Gif this gude-man wha tuke sic care To serue his God baith late and are Found so great matter of mourning Within and out Morne and Euening What vglie filth and floods of sin Think we wretches is vs within That takes no thought of right or wrang Bot ane day come ane other gang And le ts hale moneths whiles passe by Our selues or we begin to try â—o what hudge heaps growes sinne trow we In vs this time that we oversee I speak not of meere godlesse men That God and all goodnes misken And thinks their onely happinesse In wicked life and filthinesse Bot of our selues now I speak here Professing vs Gods Children deere Alace what cause haue we to murne For sinne Bot now let vs returne On Easter even to beds we past Where all that night he gat gude rest Bot mare rest he gat litle heir While his body was brought on beir For on Pasche day after he rais In tyme of putting on his clais He sayes my head is somewhat sare Quhilk sore sank in minde but mare The prayers done he sayes but lane I trow I man lye downe agane Bot yet I will go forth and see Gif that my head will better be Sa passing forth could not remaine Bot forced till come in againe In naked bed laid him downe thare It was his dead ill what shuld mare Bot twa daies past or any kend What seiknes this was God him send Thairafter we persaued plaine That the hotte feauers brought that paine All meanes 〈◊〉 vsed him to cure With diligence ye may be sure That were thought meet to make him hale Bot mannis trauell cannot avale Against the purpose of the Lord Bot this one thing I man record The Larde and Lady of that place Were wondrous carefull in this cace And visite him baith frequentlie Commanding things abundantlie Be their seruands to be brought there That needfull were and necessere The young Shireff seing the cace How his dear kinsman in that place Wha for his cause was then come thare Sa farre from hame handled sa sare With heauie hart did sigh and mone That he was like to lose sic one Wha was sa louing kind and wise And needfull in all interprise The Shireffs wife with hart full sare Him visited also late and are Though I speak nothing of my sell There had I the strongst battell 〈◊〉 to that day on earth I fand â—uhilk few folk there did vnderstand 〈◊〉 man there bot onely he 〈◊〉 we my state and adversitie 〈◊〉 is not needfull heere to shaw Bot God quha did my trouble knaw 〈◊〉 neuer left me in distresse That time left me not comfortlesse Bot after fighting dayes thrie At length granted sic victorie That I was gladly weill content To God his will far to consent Whether it should be death or life That God would send him without strife For like Heathen we should not be That mournes but 〈◊〉 as we see Sen we know we 〈…〉 againe In Heauen for euer to remaine Whereto gif I had not tane tent I had great matter to lament To me he was so comfortable It to expresse I am not able Alswell in comfort spirituall As in these comforts temporall And that all for the lufe he 〈◊〉 To me in Christ ye may be sure In tyme of this his sicknesse sare He made me read baith late and are The whole Psalmes twise ouer in prose That serued most for his purpose Al 's in the tyme that there he lay The waightie words that he did say And godly sentences 〈◊〉 hie Were worthie of all memorie Gif that the shortnes of our Ryme Had vs permitted at this tyme Yet this may well be mentiond heere He said to me brother â—awe neere I haue bene fighting heere this houre And nowe am standing in the stoure With Sathan that old enemie Obiecting this most earnestly Though I did godlines pretend Gods gloir yet did I not defend When I heard men blaspheme his name In Land and Burgh a Feild at hame Keeping silence and wist nat why This in my care nowe he dois cry Urgeing my great hypocrisie Bot I am sure of victorie In this point as in many other Through my deare Christ yet hereof brother I thought good warning you to giue That while on earth here ye do liue Ye take heed how 〈◊〉 run your race Againe ye come to this my cace God grant heir of I make true vse Where euer I heare sic abuse That faithfull here I may be found Sen God se straightly hes me bound To do my Christian dewitte In staying so great blasphemie Quhilk so aboundeth far and neir That sorrowfull it is to heir Alace gif Sathan durst accuse This feruent man who ay did vse All meanes sic swearers to amend The most of any man I kend How fearfull will his 〈◊〉 be 〈◊〉 many one in this Cuntrie The feare of God wha dois professe Yea mair quhilk I vg to expresse Some that should season with their salt Others ar guiltie of this