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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08075	The lamentatioũ of Lady Scotland compylit be hir self speiking in maner of ane epistle, in the moneth of Marche, the zeir of God. 1572..	P. R.	1572 (1572)	STC 22011; ESTC S95134	7,402	26

thyne scho did hir self exerce The Reider wald thame think maist Insolent Bot I thame leif becaus thay ar Recent For quhilks scho was thocht vnworthy to King Ane Crowne to bruik or ony Royall thing Sa all my Children with hir awin consent Deposit hir in oppin Parliament Than wald scho that thay suld hir awin sone crowne Quhilk thing thay did sa Syce vp and Sink to downe God saue his grace for quhy the same is he In me that hes the trew authoritie Praisit be God I haue ●re at command That fair ȝoung Prince in Stirling my richt hand ▪ Wer not in hope I leif to se that day That he sall purge thir foull humburis away And me restoir agane vnto my helth Ȝea caus my Children flurifche in all welth Wer not he is brocht vp in all gude thing Affeiring to ane Godly Prince and King Be gude Lord Deddy my trew faithfull freind Cum of ane race of men to me maist Kynd For Lady Minnie I dar ●ak in hand Happy is he hes sic ane Gouernand Wer not thir things that maks me leif in hope At I ●…ertie to se this Lyonn scope One day to Rore and Ramp vpon his fois To bring thame law that now sa proudly gois Wer not thir thingis I say and otherrs mo I wald dipair and die for pane and wo. To ȝow Vapouris and watters in the air And sey is sa ●eip I downe my plaint declair Ȝe sey is I say gif passage and ȝe can Till sum Faithfull to bring hame my gude man ¶ And ȝe my Kirk my Faithfull Mother deir That purgit art of Channoun Monk and Freir Of Papist Preist Papist and Papistrie Bot not assace clene of Hypocrasie Of auarice pryde and ambitionn Thocht ȝe haue left all Superstitioun I grant the word of God is trewlie Preichit And in the schuills Exercise trewlie teichit Ȝit sayis the Commounis ȝe do not ȝour office For vpaland thay haue not dew seruice The rowmis appointit pepill to confidder To heir Gods word quhair thay suld pray togidder Ar now conuertit in scheip Coits and Fauldis Or ells ar fallin becaus nane thame vphauldis The Parische Kirks I mene thay sa misgyde That nane for wynd and rane thairin may byde Thairfoir na plesure tak thay of the tempill Nor ȝit to cum quhair nocht is to contempill Bot Crawis and Dowis cryand and makand beir That nane throuchly the Minister may heir Baith Fedders Fylth and Doung dois ly abrod Quhair folk suld sit to heir the word of God Quhilk is occasioun to the aduersaryes To mok and scorne sic things befoir ȝour eyes Thus to disdane the hous of Orisoun Dois mak folk cauld to thair Deuotioun And al 's thay do disdane to heir Gods word Thinking the same to be ane Iesting bourd Thay go to labour drinking or to play And not to ȝow vpon the Sabboth day Sa thay prouoke the wraith of God allace Quhilk hes maid me to fall in this distres Ȝit suld I not blame ȝow that sic dois perische Bot Lords and Lairds Cōmouns of ilk Parische The quhilk wer wont for to caus euerie pleuch In vphalding the Kirk to pay aneuch To do the same ȝe suld thame ȝit exhort Togidder that thay suld the pure support The Prouerb is of Palice Kirk and brig Better in tyme to beit nor efter to big Ȝe Collegis and Vniuersitie That to all vthers suld exempill be I se ȝour tempills cassin downe and reuin The maist part ar bot theikit with the heuin This quhilk to ȝow I do sa planely wryte The Commounis speiks of ȝow and dois bakbyte Amend sic things I humblic ȝow beseik And dit the mouths of thame that sa dois speik Making ȝour lyfis and Conuersatiouns To preiche and teiche lyke vnto ȝour persouns It suld be ȝe Mother suld me Instruct It suld be ȝe to Christ suld me conduct It suld be ȝe suld schaw me the richt way How I suld serue my God baith nicht and day It suld be ȝe that suld do diligence For to aggre this Ciuile difference It suld be ȝe throw Preiching suld me mufe To Cheritie and freindly Nichthour lufe It suld be ȝe that suld gif gude exempill Of lyfe and warks to thame dois ȝow contempill It suld be ȝe that suld be at all tyme Clene without spot and purgit of all cryme It suld be ȝe Mother it suld be ȝe To quhome the pepill suld giue eir and Ee It suld be ȝe schortly I say no moir That to all vertewis suld ȝow Indeuoir ¶ And ȝe my Barrouns and Nobilitie That dois oppres my pure Communitie Quhair i● ȝour wit ȝour ressoun sence and feill To fle away my husband Commoun weill Quhat haue ȝe wyn sensyne lat se ȝour ganis Gar pryse ȝour proffeit esteme ȝour panis The panis I wait the proffeit will surmont A greit daill moir nor ȝe can mak ȝour compt I find sensyne the Ȝow hes borne the bell Wyfis Maisters bene in geuing haill Counsell To Lords and Lairds I speik generallie As may be sene allace ouir weill on me Hwine Huntly Grange and all ȝe of that syde Behald now how ȝe do the mater gyde To caus my Sisters France Ingland scorne ȝow That walterars of Courts ȝe lat suborne ȝow Ȝit ȝe and thay did sweir with aithis conding And did sybscryue to be trew to the King In takin quhairof with all ȝe did aggre To Crowne and place him in authoritie Gif ȝe wirk weill ȝour deids aue day will schaw For raising fyre aganis my actis and law In halding towns and strenths ȝour King aganis Hutting the rest of ȝour brether to panis Quhome I excuse not as I said befoir For I persaif ambitioun and vane gloir And gredynes to reule dois blind ȝow baith Quhilk dois redound to my greit hurt and skaith Ȝour tennents pleuȝeis that thay ar opprest Be ȝow and ȝours that dois thame soir molest Ȝe hicht yair maills yair pleuchs ȝe dowbil onyame Thay tyne thair tyme at sic things to opone yame For na rest will ȝe get into ȝour raggs Gif sum sect knaw that thay haue geir or baggs Ȝour Nichtingaills will sing sa in ȝour cir●● That ȝe sall nichtly haue Domestik weiris Ȝone Carle quod scho my Ioy dois beinly dwell And all prouisioun hes within him sell In barne in byre in hall Girnell and Seller His wyfe weiris weluot vn hir Gowne and Coller Thay ar sa riche that thay do vs misknaw Than better sone to drug nor lait to draw Sone is his Gersum hichtit and his Maillis Him self growis waik his geir and houshald faillis Quhair sic wer wont to haue Guse Cok and Hen Breid drink and bedding to treit honest men Now drink thay Mylk and Swaits in steid of Aill And glaid to get Peis breid and watter Caill Quhair sic wer wont to ryde

furth to the weir With Iak and Sword gude hors Knapscall speir Quhair sic wer wont brauely to mak thame bowne With Lord or Laird to ryde to Gurrdwis towne Quhair sic wer wont at all Games to be reddy To schuit or loup for to exerce thair body Now mon thay wirk and labour pech and pant To pay thair Maisters Maillis exhorbitant Ryue out the Mures the bestialls gers inrak Thay ar sa waik thay dow not beir a Iak And gets waik bairns euill nureist in distres Sa be sit wayis my Commouns dois dicres My torment sair constrynis me this to speik Na merwell quhy for I am wondrous seik Gefeiking ȝow my feiknes to remerd Quhilk may be done ceiffing ȝour Ciuile feid To follow Christ and his Commandement Quha said befoir his last department Ilk one lufe other with ●i● freindly lufe That ȝe may be the bairnis of God abufe And cleith ȝow with fair Garments clene quhyte Without malice contentioun or dispyte Aganis my cūming quhilk trewly salbe Quhen ȝe leist wene in twinkling of ane Ee. Thus said the Lord to ȝow and to all men That be thir marks thay fall Gods children ken Heirfoir my Nobills seik peice do that ȝe can To follow Christ and chais away Sathan With his Supposts and all that taks in hand For to diuorse me from my gude husband ¶ Now ȝe my Burges Craftis Merchand men And ȝe my Commounis with my hynd ȝemen To ȝow I haue sum purpois for to say How quhen and quhy my husband fled away First thair come in lurkand vpon ȝour gait Pryde and Inuy with falset and dissait Quhat suld thay seik lang tyme thay lay thairout Till ane Ȝule euin ȝour wyfes to counsall went Than spak ane Lawers wyfe baith trym and gent Cūmers qood scho it is pietie to se Folk in a towne for cauld and hounger die It is mair schame in Burgh for to se beggers Nor it is skaith in Crawmont to want dreggers Quhairof dois serue our greit cheir and fair bigging Bot for to help the pure that gais a thigging Quhairof do is serue our husbands gold and rent Bot to sustene the pure and Indigent Ȝit lar vs ludge ȝone twa that gais befoir Pryde and Inuy gif we will do no moir And gif our husbands speirs quhy did we so Answer we may we left thame vther two Now gif ȝe pleis Cummers I fall begin This same cauld nicht to tak ane of thame in We knaw thame not quod thay hot tak ȝe ane We must not leif the vther bird alane Sa thay did skaill and scho tuke with hir pryde And on the morne scho come furth lyke ane bryde With hir new Baist al 's proud as ane Paycok And in hir hart scho did hir Cummers mok Quhilk quhen thay saw with spcid thay ran in hy And for dispyte amangs thame ludgeit Inuy In counterfuting hir in all kin things Courche Coller Cloik Belt Braissets Rings Than wox the Lawers wyfe richt proude in hart Bot ȝit hir Cummers call it scho apart Saying Cummers quhat is the caus and quhy That in dispyte of me ȝe treit Inny Becaus quod thay that ȝe alone tuik pryde And thocht that we suld not marche ȝow besyde Thairfoir we thocht in that point ȝe did wrang vs Aggre quod scho and ludge thame haith amang vs Quhilk thing thay did and all did condiscend To treit and keip thame to the warlds end Thus hes ȝour wyfis thir twa tane to be thairs And left the vther twa for ȝour affairs Quhilk seing ȝe and ȝour wairs gros and grof And with ȝour wyfis thir two so muche maid of Ȝe gros geir left and went for wynt and spyces Frenche claith and silks for to cleith vp thir vyces Quhilks for to out with dow bill met and mesure The vther tway ȝe ludgeit at thair plesure Quhat wald ȝe moir ȝe wait weilt quhat I mene Disinge thame now and chais thame from yow clene ¶ Ȝe Hammer men ȝe that maks schois claiths Ȝe treit thir twa with mony manesworne aiths And ȝe lykewise all Crafts in Generall Alaik I feill ȝow to thame bound and thrall Mairouir ȝour drinking Extraordinair Maks oft ȝour wyfis and biarns euill to fair Quhen ȝe wald drink in hous ȝe may be bauld To do the same at hame with ȝour houshauld All byganis mend in tyme to cum luik ȝe Begyle na man bot wirk ȝour wark trewlie ¶ To yow my Commouns quhat mait can I say I pietie yow as far furth as I may Now pure ȝe ar ȝit purer wald ȝe be For vsing proud pure Prodigalitie Thair is na Lord nor Laird in all this land Bot ye man counterfait in claiths fra hand Fra top to ta thocht ye suld beg and borrow Iohne ga your way for it will not be forrow Ȝe suld your ground grube with Simplicitie And mak your claiths conforme to your degre Bot ye your wyfe and bairns can tak na rest Without ye counterfait the worthyest Buft brawlit hois Coit Dowblet sark and scho Ȝour wyfe and bairns conforme mon be thairto Leif of and leirne your bairns to saw and teill Sic doings chaist away the Commoun weill All thir foirfalts that I haue done reheirs That Lords Lairds Ladys Lawers dois exerce Kirk Burges Merchand Cōmouns Crafts and all Hes haill the wyte of this my wofull fall Amend heirfoir and call to God for Grace Beseiking him to gif vs rest and peace In our lyfe tyme that we may trewly knaw Ane God Eterne ane Faith ane King ane law And at the last to bring vs to his gloir To King with him in blys for euer moir Amen The Conclusioun be P. R. to all and sum ¶ All that this reids the mater sad will think Sum that this heiris I wait will discommendée Thocht all and sum heir at partly do schrink Ȝit sory I that thay suld be offendit Heirfoir I wald that this wer blythlie endit For to mak all or sum lauch at the last Than all and sum sall heir in tyme by past Quhen Fornicatioun haldin was na cryme How that sum Prelats did walk pray and fast And serue in Kirk according to that tyme. ❧ A Prelat ane day in his bed to sport him Did clap his lufe with kissis soft and sweit In this meane tyme thair was to recomfort him Peirtryks and Pleuers pyping on the speit Than vp he rais and maid him for thame meit With gude quhyte wyne and all the partinence Quhen he had tane this on his Couscience He gaif ane greit pech lyke ane weill fed stitk Och Lord quod he now gif me patience Quhat stres thoill we to serue thy haly Kirk ▪ ☞ FINIS