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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04932	Moristonus martyr to the glorious memory of the much renowned gentleman, Andrew Ker of Moristoun, who was slain at Buda, July 19. 1686. A funeral elegie. / By Ninian Paterson.	Paterson, Ninian, d. 1688.	1687 (1687)	Wing P694; ESTC R181519	6,066	8

MORISTONUS MARTYR TO THE Glorious Memory of the much Renowned Gentleman ANDREW KER of MORISTOVN Who was Slain at Buda July 19. 1686. A Funeral Elegie Moristonus obit quanquam victoria parta est Vix Mahumet tanti totaque Buda fuit Omnis Christianus Christo militat cui quicunque in hoc bello sanguine litat Martyr est Tertull. By NINIAN PATERSON Printed in the Year 1687. To the much Honoured the Land of More●●●● SIR I● 〈◊〉 Holy War against those ●arbarous and Blasphemous Infidels your now both in Heaven and Earth most glorious Brother hath had the honour to Sacrifice his Life There was indeed n● fairer way to engrave the Glory of your Fame and Family in the Immortall Annals of all ensuing Ages I doubt not but his Death wi●● shortly be the sad Joyfull-theam of a more skilfull and accomplisht Pen The cruel and fretting afflictions I have unfortunatly encountered whic● I hope shall prove all but ●ed-●ea to my Cana●● to which Age now hast me have so li●● 〈…〉 a● my senses that am like one gone along journey from himself where the excess of Sorro● fearce gives way to the relief of Words The evident tokens whereof a that formerly knew me will quickly perceive in the following Poem Being alas wholly destitute of the delicaces of an acut Invention and th● politness of a transporting expression but what is sometimes a mans Fa● is not always his Fault as by a dear bought Experience I have too mu●● learned now to know I am not altogether of his mind that lately w● the Life of the Grand Vizier Cara Mustapha that it was only an amo●ous pique that hath rumbled the World into these Grand Transactions to me they carry the ting and tincture of an higher Source And thou that now all Caresses and Liberalities to the ●uses be banished this part of 〈◊〉 World yet could I have the happiness to animat any to that degree of Z● to avenge the Injury and Quarrel of our blasphemed Saviour I doubt 〈◊〉 but my now naked Muse would quickly grow Pen-feathered and learn to s● with such a touring Wing as would render th●m the celebrated Models Religion Virtue and Honour I have fo born in this Address to h● expatiated on your own Person 〈◊〉 ●nd Gallantry lest it should s● an attack upon your modesty 〈◊〉 Winter-day I shall make ame●● for my unpleasantness by my b● 〈◊〉 ●●en I have only told you so g● an esteem I have for your 〈◊〉 ●●at unto what extremity of adv● Fortun I am so ever reduce● 〈◊〉 always preserve the profound ●spect and Passion of SIR Your most Devouted and Humble Servant NINIAN PATERSO● To the Reader THe disastrous Discords that have miserably infested and almost harassed Great-Britain and many other parts of Europe this long time by past have diverted our Illustrious Princes and Magnanimous Hero's from the least thought of this Holy War till our blessed GOD in his just Judgment stirred up the insolent Spirit of that fierce bloody and barbarous Robber the great Turk to blaspheme our Saviour and threaten all Christendom with Ruine and Destruction The Titles he that appropriat to himself and his very Name will justifie these Characters for the Word Mahumet is derived from the Hebrew Machach quod percutere ferire caedere vel delere delendo perdere significat so the Devils name and his Appolyon and Mahuamet are Synonims his other Title Sultan though properly Arabick derived off the Hebrew Shall●t and Sh●l●●●n which signifies Dominion and Power That same word which we find Genesis 42. and 6th translated the G●vernour a Title wherein the chief Rulers of Egypt and Babylon did much glory and stoln from them by this Thief These his opprobrious insolencies did awaken the religious Courage and inflame the sacred Z●al of not only the crowned Heads and Scepter-swaying Hands of Imperial Majesty these earthly Dieties but also the Heroick Hearts of some of minor Rank though not directly interessed in this War from Spain Italy France and England and some also of the Low Countries to contribute their Aid to this Villans Destruction for the honour of their Saviour whom thi● Monster had impiously and excerably blasphemed and to signalize their Honour and Courage in so glorious an interprize against the Excrements of Mankind and the Spa●● of Hell. And now by the permission of GOD the Scourge of Christendom whom we cannot by the way omit to tell you how Octavianus M●ni●us describes Perfidus hic praedo cul nec fas nec pudor ●llus Nec pietatis honos nec d●lois pignora pacis Sed tantum imperii caedis scelerata cupido Amongst whom this brave young Gentleman the Laird of Moristoun made no small figure being of a very honourable Birth and descended of the most ancient Familsies of the Mers and ●●viotdale and of an Estate though in the West yet not much estranged from the Bowels of the East While we speak of him it must be observed that the Reader will find him though honourably yet with a great mistake of both Name and Title mentioned page 30 in the Historical Description of the Seige of Buda it being written by a French-man though an exact Recorder and Eye-witness of all these bloody Transactions yet utterly unacquaint with our Moristoun with him went along from Scotland known to be the Mother of Magnanimity her Children in most parts of Christendom being known by the Title of valiant and adventerous Scots persons of good Birth and Quality whose names and honour without wrong done to Posterity must not be omitted Duke of Berwick Lord George Savill Son to the Marquess of Hallifax the Lord Mountjoy Collonel Barrage Mr. Smith Esquire Mr. Couts Esquire Captain Rupert Mr. Wiseman Esquire and the Laird of Dalmany our Country-man who on this same account ought never to be mentioned without Honour I hope none will be so peevish to be offended because I call the Turk Antichrist it 's done by many hundreds before me and these Divines of no mean esteem Montague 〈◊〉 App●llo C●sarem hath made it evident as with a Sun-beam and Zanchius too in many of his Writings Tom. 7. ●e perseverant sanctorum and also in Tractatu de 〈◊〉 saeculi and To●● respon ad Ar●ia●u● by such Arguments as these that he exalts himself against all that is called GOD and most blasphemously denyeth GOD neither acknowledging the Trinity not yet that Holy One the Power of GOD denys also that Christ is God and affirms that he shall only be a Witnes of the Judgment and not a Judge of the World as we read in Alcoran● Az●●● ● Quod Jesus Christus circa temp●● judicij sit moriturus sicut alij homines resurrecturus Az●●● 49. Christum non judicem sed testem judicij ●acit Damas●●●s in libro de Heresibus in h●resi Is●aelitarum sive Aga●●n●●um P. ●86 And for ●his Paradise it is nothing but a luxurious Banquet in a brutish Baudi-house It 's he that