Patronus redux: OR, OUR PROTECTOR Is returned safe again. An Historical POEM; CONTAINING The EARL of CALANDER'S Departure, his stay in England, and the Effects thereof upon the Town of FALKIRK: Congratulating his Return; and Describing his Virtues, with their Profits Communicated unto the said Town. Composed by M. L. — Non si malé nunc, & olim Sic erit, etc. Hor. lib. 2. od. 10. Paraphrased thus by S. W. Though 'tis bad now, 'twill soon be spent, Apollo's Bow's not always bend; But sometimes he'll the Muse bid sing, And touch a better string. Edinburgh, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to His most Sacred Majesty, Anno DOM. 1682. To the Right Honourable, THE EARL OF CALANDRE. My Lord, WHEN I reflected upon the propitious Aspects of your honourable Countenance, leveled perpendicularly at your Religious Observer, and upon the growing Profits, daily accrueing, from the enjoyment of your Favour, unto me, allowed, through the Impulse of your Piety, to have ready access thereto; your Lordship thus adding Honours to a Wit, of purpose it might be improven, and bestowing Favours, that the Receiver might be made capable to deserve them; I thought it the least part of my Duty to confess the Receipt; and humbly to offer to your Lordship, this homely POEM, not as a competent Retribution, but as an ingenuous acknowledgement of the Debt how you, and speaking Emblem of my duteous Gratitude, since as Cicero sayeth, Mullum officium referendâ gratiâ magis necessarium. But your Lordship, as Protector and Favourer of the Muses, may challenge a just Propriety in the Oblation; 'tis but equitable the Nine, often Watered with the Refreshing Showers of your Bounty, and taken care of, that they might Fructify, should refound something answerable to that Industry, and by a dutiful acknowledgement of their Patron, let you taste of the Fruit of your pains; so the well manured and fattened Ground, as't were by a thankful Requital, yields a Fertile and Hope-answering Crop, to the industrious Labourer: Yet, though the returns of the Muses are far disproportionable to the Provisions, 'tis like, they'll scarcely be welcome to your ordinary Modesty, being unwilling to be Illuminated with the reflected Beams of your own Virtues, and displeased to have their Curtain drawn, that others may have Admittance to behold you Act; so that I have nothing to make the Fruit of the Muses acceptable unto you, but this, that they come undesired, hence Livius Writes, dec. 1. lib. 4. Gratia atque honos interdum non cupientibus opporiuniora sunt. But if your Lordship be chafed to be praised openly, who is to be blamed? Or how was I admitted a Spectator, when some of your Virtues were Acted privily? Verior famaè domesticis emanat. Moreover 'tis granted, that open Praises, besides the Influence they have on others, in prompting them to Emulation, and to Transcribe the Copy, redound seasonably to the advantage of the Patient, while they Cultivate and make the Ground, thus Prepared and Seasoned, more Pliant and Fertile, inflaming the Mind with a desire to appropriate the Accessions, and deserve (if it were not otherwise due to the praised) the ascribed Character. Hence Silius, Arripuit traxitque virum fax mentis honestae Gloria— Others of your Virtues presented unto the view of the world, in behalf of the Republic and your own People claim not unjustly a public Register; only I do them this injury, that if I had not too ambitiously intruded upon the Office of Recorder, it might have been performed by a better hand, and they had received a more glorious, and authentic Signature. 'Twas, My Lord, your placable Disposition, and my officious Zeal, which were insinuating Solicitors, for the Undertaking; 'twas the inestimable Talon of your Favour, given to, and deposited with me, which cherished and hatched this POEM; and nothing will raise the Value thereof further, so that your Lordship's Favours may seem to be improven, nor will any thing Gratify the Author more, then to receive it with your wont Aspect, whereby the Cruicks will attempt in vain to undermine the Work, while stayed upon the solid Rock of your Heroic Verives, and seek in vain to disseise the Author of your Favour, while secured within the Precinct of your Benevolent Thoughts, and indulgent Oversight. And that your Dominions may be enlarged, and your Graces increased and Crowned with immortal Glory, shall be the Breath which extinguisheth the small Taper of my obsequious Poesy, and continueth the course of my serious Oratory, both flowing from My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble and most devoted Servant and Vassal, M. L. An Account of the ensuing Poem, to his Honoured, and most ingenious Friend, Mr. Alexander Cuninghame, Professor of Humanity, in the College of EDINBURGH. SIR, IT is not the first time I have disturbed you with the Correction of my Poems; your willingness to assist others, and accurate Judgement upon such Undertake, seem to prevent the Apology for this Address. I know you use not to be refractory to Illuminate another's Understanding, when it may be done without detriment to your own, and as Ennius consults, Nihilominus ut Ipsi luceat. I ingeniously confess, that this Poem owes much of its Perfection to your controlling hand; and, as much of its Lustre was borrowed from your qualifying Converse, so asuitable proportion of the praise (if there be any thing landable therein) ought to be sequestered unto you, and so much the rather, because the Errors that have escaped me in the Composition, are only to be appropriated to myself. In this kind of Verse, viz. Stanzas or Quatrains, of four in alternate rythme I have imitated Dryden's Annus Mirabills, where, in the account of his Poem, he shows us both the Dignity, of this kind above all other Verse in fashion amongst them, and the difficulty thereof beyond the couplet Verse; for, in Quatrains, the troublesome meaning of four Lines together, fall under the care and recognition of the Poet, in the last of which, he is not Licenced to make digression from the quality of the first; Whereas in coupiet Verse, two Lines soon terminate the Work, and facilitat the Labour of the Poet, who may assume the liberty of supplying a part of the Verse, only for the sake of Rythme. I have called my Poem Historical not Epic; for the same reason Dryden gives for his, viz. the abruptness and dissimilitude of the Action, and the brevity of the Poem, being little longer than the half of his. Altho' the principal Actors and Actions in mine be Heroic enough, yet, these which belong to Dryden's sphere, have the advantage by militating under the Standard of Mars, from whom Virtue itself (as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉) seems to be derived, and consequently Military preferable to Moral Virtue, which requires not to be imaged with such bright colours of Speech, and elevated Thoughts, as are necessary for the raising of Martial Actions to their due proportion and altitude. I have therefore endeavoured to Portrait this Hero with such colours as are most consonant to Moral Virtues, rendering the Poem as much Ethical as poetical, being composed of the sublimity and mastership of Maro, and Gravity of Seneca; Of the Delicacy of Ovid, and Divinity of Plutarch, etc. All concurring to make it— Exemplum imitabile morum. What cat be more persuasive than Morality, or amiable then Virtue, to the imitation whereof, if the love of the thing, (according to that of Horace, Od●runt peceare boni virtutis amore) be not a saffitient incentive; yet the praise of the Action (which Fabius made the discoverey of his hopeful youth) may probably entice. 'Tis true, tho' neither the habit of Virtue with the Stoics, nor its Action with the Peripatetics, be available to entitle their Possessor to Beatitude; yet the exercise of good Actions, acknowledging their original from the Fountain of true Virtue, God Almighty, and levelling at the right Scope, His Glory, is, no doubt, profitable as the Antecedent and Way, th● not as the Cause and Merit of Salvation. Besides the estimate of this Hero's Virtues is raised, by his not being too much affected with popular applause, nor transported with Fame and Commendation conferred upon ●im by othe●s, as Claudian aptly expresses it, to the praise of his Theodorus thus— Nec fa●cibus ullis _____ Erigltur, pla●suve petit clarescere vuigl; Choosing Socrates' compendious way to Glory, by being such indeed as be would seem and be accounted to be; so that, he needs not regard what prejudice, Fame can d● h●s Ve●●ue, which, ●●●ough the obscure Clouds of Envy (virtue's waiting shadow) wherewith it has been overcast, hath appeared, the more radiant, and his Spirit, by the outward violence, and various assaults it hath encountered, become the more Herolek; of whose Virtue, that of Furnius is Verified— Virescit vulnere virtus. It will also accresce to the extent of his Praise, that his Virtues are Illustrated by the splendour of a noble Parentage, from whom, albeit N●bil●●● shadowed with Virtue, might seem to have been derived, and propagated to the several branches, properly sprung from the same, as Horace alludes unto lib. 4 od. 4 thus Forts c eantur, fortibus, & bonis: Est in juvencls, est in equis patrum Virtus, nec lmbellem feroces Progenerant aquilae columbam. Nevertheless he hath always esteemed his claim unto his Birthright, Nobility, to be frivolous and slight, unless it had been founded upon the merit of his own purchase, Virtue; as if he had concluded to have forefeited his interest in the celebrity of his progenitors, if he had been unable to acquire, and challenge the same, as the due reward of his own, which gives him a just Title (without having recourse to the Sanctuary of his Ancestors merits) unto thereverse of true honour; albeit it may be Problematical, whether it be more commendable, to have Virtue and Honour entailed upon him, as the effect and quality of the Original, or to become himself the active and free Cause of the progress and continuation of the same. From all which, every Christian may copy, what Virgil prescriv'd to young Saloninus, Ecl. 4. At simul Hero●m laudes, & facta p●rentis Jam lege●e, & quae sit poteris cognoscere Virtus. But to give you a further account of my Poem from which the warm Celebration of my Hero's Virtues made me a little digress, know that I auspicate (as a sure and noble Foundation to the succeeding Work) with the pious erogation of an illustrious Fountain, flowing from my Hero's native Generosity, towards his observant Town Falkirk. In this manner of Exordium Scallger doth Patronise me, teaching in an Heroic Encomium, at first view to introduce the Hero (the subject of the Poem) adorned with the Trophies of some of his most laudable Actions; Next I inveich against Diseases, the cause of his departure, whereby Falkirk was not only deprived of the benefit of several Virtues, viz. Temperance, Justice, Friendship, Charity &c altemanently exemplified in his Presence, but also sustained numerous and great losses in their privileges, Estates and Credits; and the damnage, which, through the death of some of thei● 〈◊〉 Friends and Benefactors, accrued unto them, seemed even to be extenuated and compensed by his Presence, of which being deprived, they were extremely afflicted, till (now sensible of their low estate) they become Supplicants to the Throne of Grace; which Affliction (as Gregory well Observes) aims to conduct men unto; And lo their Address (a motive to excite others to Devotion in the like condition) seems not to have been unseasonable, for their Petitions are returned endorsed with a fiat ut petitur; and the glad return of their Lord and Patron, proven now to be their best Tutelar in Adversity, and fittest Superscription of my Poem doth soon constitute the wished effect of their prayers, which completes the first part of my Poem. The second part of my Poem contains Calander's Return, which the Town and others solemnly congratulate; and the Rendezvous of all these Virtues again, which, at his departure, forsook their Residence in the Town; making up a part of the Retinue which attended him home. In this Collection, I do not muster up any new Virtue, di●●ering from these mentioned as Concomitants of his departure; but only condescend upon the several Streams and numerous Issue, that may be drained from these prefixed Heads, and appositely referred unto the same. It were improper to conceive that these Virtues, accompanying him, should be reduced unimproved, seeing Activity is supposed to be essential to Virtue, which, unoccupied, must forgo its property, and degenerate into an ignoble habit: For example, under Temperance, that general Head, are comprised Frugality, Liberality, and Sobriety, all tending to moderate the passions of the mind, and subjected to temperance, not improperly termed the modus in Rebus, which Horace speaks of, Sat. 1. lib. 1. From Loyalty (the duty which all Subjects owe to their Sovereign) I took occasion to speak of the gallantry and dignity if the Family he descended from, much celebrated for their obedience to their Prince; As also, to reflect upon public and private Business, praevious to the consideration of Court and Country; his own private Dwelling laying before him all the Charms imaginable, to engage his suffrage for the latter. From Trade, it followed not impertinently to Treat of his Care and Oversight of the Inhabitants; of the several Virtues employed by him, in Ruling over them, having influence upon their manners; And, lastly, of his good Turns done to, and Favours bestowed upon the Town, contributing much to the advancement of Trade, to the conciliating the Affections of the Inhabitants, signified by their zealous Prayers, for the promoting of their Patron's present and future Felicity. Thus I have given you an Account of my Poem, and method thereof I doubt not but you'll approve the Argument, which, I confess, is but ill managed; The advantage of the easiness, and pleasantness of the Subject (insinuated before in the comparison of Military and Moral Virtue) will certainly prove matter of Indictment against the Author, culpable in not performing what the Fertility of the Argument might have ministered unto me; But I am so zealous of your Reputation, that I should not have written any thing unworthy of my Master, if it could not securely pass under the venerable notion of your Scholar. Albeit your Modesty hath hitherto restrained your own appearance in public; yet you have not failed, to lend me as much Light, as might give me confidence to appear for you; but whether out of too much indulgence to my Muse, and forbearance to check my rash forwardness, (for nothing can relish worse with a Poet tho' never so bad, then to debase his Works) or out of the just sense of your own sufficiency to defend my failings, you have emboldened me to face the Light, I shall not determine: But whatever way I am enfranchised. I have learned so much discretion, as not to question the Authority of my Patron, and acquired so ●uch courage, as not to be scared, by all the Sophisms of our snarling Critics, from asserting the equity of my Cause, and soundness of my Positions, if once passed the Test of your Judgement. It's like the growth of my years may give you ground to expect from me now a Valedictory to Poesy; and indeed, upon the same account, I have but small encouragement to frustrate your Expectation; For, tho' Poesy be no improper study and divertisement to Youth, pregnant with Humour and Luxuriant Fancy, the Soil in which Verse thrives best, yet it becomes unlucky and barren, when the Imagination is sensibly drained, and impaired of these copious provisions, by supervenient Manhood, shooting forth the nobler Blooms of Reason and Memory; which, as 'twere by the natural course, succeed to be Occupied. Considering the contumelit and harsh censures Poets are obnoxious unto, for, as the E. of Rosecommon on Horace's Art of Poetry, sings, Now lunacy that's past the cure of Art, With a long Beard and ten long dirty Nails, Pass currant for Apollo's Livery. And considering the difficulty, now, to reconcile the opinion of Wise men to the person of a Poet, for tho' some stand well affected to Poesy, they will hardly allow a grain weight of favour to the Poet; I need not be solicitous to preserve the Title; Nor stick for any preferable Claim to the Possession, or seen advantage in the enclosure, to renounce my Infestment in Parnassus. Wherefore I freely surrender my Poetical Priesthood, only I desire that, when I have resigned the Badge of that whinling profession, none would be so injurious as to detain from me the pledge of my Reputation, nor object to me the Style, when I have abandoned the Benefice And now seeing I must give you the trouble of Correcting my Poem, I shall also give you encouragement to dispense with it, by acquainting you, 'tis the last: And as the Patron of a posthumous Work, might expect a thankful acknowledgement from the Author, if it should happen he were revived again, so, methinks, you ought not to be disappointed of the like measure of gratitude from the surviving Author of this Poem, who is thus engaged unto you, and shall ever study to acquit himself, as Sir, Your most humble and obliged Servant. M. L. THE PREFACE TO THE READER. WHen on this Poem, Kind Sirs, ye reflect Both of a frowning, and benign aspect, Ye need not seek in its cross form, to Dig For the new Stamps of To●ie, and of Whig. Nor from their nice Distinctions, Rich, and North, Conclude, absurdly, such men to be worth. For I bewitched to Harmony by Rhimes Dare not indulge the Discords of the Times. Nor, simply, vaunt to either hand t'ave played, When in the mean time Virtue is betrayed. When Star-Divines, agreed in Notes, presage The Ills, which are, next year, to fill the Stage: When secret Fate may that to Life recall, On which time had bestowed a Funeral. The Fable of the Lion and the Fox M●y now be applied, since on the Pox Men are as apt to splite, as Ships on Rocks. He who desires to shun the Sirens Charms, And to hug Labouring Virtue in his arms; Let him Ulysses trace, that Man of Fame, Or Read this Hero, our well-chosen Theme, And if he grow not wise, he can't the Poet blame. Patronus redux: OR, OUR PROTECTOR Is returned safe again. 1. WEre ever people happier than were we? Plenty and Peace bound long unto our Shore; From the † The drought which happened in June and July, 1681. hot Plague of Summer's Fever free, When fresh ‡ The Well brought in to the Town by the E. May 29. was then serviceable unto the Inhabitants. Springs were conveyed unto our Door. 2. These, under Calandre, we did enhanse, Of the * K. C. 2. first mover's Reign the blessed Effect, Tho' the near Stars seem t'ave great radiance, And with strong influence on us to reflect. 3. we'd tasted scarce the Fruits of his abode, The Summer of his Presence scarce enjoyed, When Critic Health him quickly called abroad, And his Departure our Delights destroyed. 4. Even so from † These dwelling in Greenland, and Island, situate between the Polar Arctic Circle and the North Pole. those placed in the frigid ●one, The Sun withdraws his all-refreshing Light, And the fresh Pleasures of their Day anon, End in the sable weed of a long Night. 5. Did we not fully prise your influence? That you, so soon, t'eclipse your splendour chus'd, Thus to displace your Virtue, and drive hence The happiness, which we, it seems, abused. 6. So men, when sound and strong, ne'er reckon more Health's value, than did Aesop's Cock the Gemm; † Homines non prius intelligunt sua bona, quam cum ea amiserunt, quae habuerune in potestate. Plaut. & Soph. Till once thereof deprived, than they adore, What they before, possessed of, did contemn. 7. What cursed † Diseases are the effect of sin. Jo. 5.14. Diseases still this Clime infest? And drive men in pursuit of health abroad; These ‡ The Serpent the first enticer to sin. Gen. ch. 3. Serpents sure are brooding in the West, While undevoured by great Mon●rose his Rod. 8. Sin was the thing which Mankind did defile, And, since, Rebellion hath the Earth o'rrun; Sure the Black * The Box sent from Jupiter, with Pandora to Epimetheus, out of which, being opened all kind of evils flow, and filled the Earth with Diseases. Box was oped in this Isle, If where the sin increased these Ills begun. 9 In his aspect, enough t'ave made us proud, More than the Indian wealth we did engross, While under it the Virtues all did shroud, And nothing could our thriving Labours cross. 10. Lo ' it no sooner in black Clouds was wrapped, But, sensibly, we felt our state decline, Each Virtue shrunk away, as Thunder-clapt, And every thing our ruin did design. 11. Justice ‡ 'Tis taken from Theognis. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. (1) Justitia i● se●e virtutes continet omnes. which all the rest doth represent, With an offended eye asquint did look; The one to us, his Creatures, was but lent, Th' other fixed on him, her † The three Precepts of the Civil Law, viz. Honest vivere, Alterum non laedere, Jus suum cuique dare. threefooted Book. 12. Grave Temperance, when we her Bridle held, Was, from the * Temperance is called from the Hebrew, Dober. (1) the mean of a thing Hence Cic. Temperantia est moderatio cupiditatum rationi obediens. mean, turned into lose excess, The Reins, like Phaeton, we could not wield, And, without Guide, the way but only guests. 13. Sweet Friendship * Aurum igne, amicitia rebus adversis probatur. Embl. N. Chytr. which adversity doth prove, As if grown peevish, strait forsaken our road; She, without him, could not find mutual Love, Nor we trace her, but where he made abode. 14. Lo! Christian Charity, as wounded, bled, Its Objects seemed by meager Cheeks to mourn, The poor by no religious Marie fed, And all the Land, , seemed to turn. † The Christian Name of the Countess of Calandre: These are recorded in Scripture for their Piety and Charity. 15. * (1) These on whom he used to confer favours. The instances of his indulgent Heart, And sumptuous Well grief, diversly, did show; While these dissolved in tears, unforced by Art, And this, grown feav'rish, did † The Pipe sometimes was stopped, sometimes the water fled through the secret little bo●es in the Pipe. forbear to flow. 16. True Loyalty, the A. B. C. of our Youth, Departed not, but lay as't were asleep; Occasion called us not t' assert the truth, Loath, without Shepherd, to disturb the Sheep. 17. The Muses, since Maecenas he retired, To whom, tho' absent, they paid due respect; * They wanted a Bowl of the French Nectar's; wherewith, at a set hour in the afternoon, he used to exhilarate them. Were no more with the generous grapes inspired, Nor got a † A Mistress in the Intellect: (1) Ens rationis; for so the E. designed the Author's Mistress. Mistress in the Intellect. 18. Religion, which was wont to lead the Van, Came up, like tired Soldiers, in the Rear, All then, be * Scilicet in vulgus manant exempla regentum. Claud. example drawn, to Service ran, Such is th' advantage of an † In the Greek 'tis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, Episcopus. Hector was so designed by Homer. because he had a care of, and defended Troy. Overseer. 19 Trade, which before here constantly did flow, And made the Town of foreign Wealth to boast, Robbed of its Noble Patron, fell as low; The Town its Traffic, Trade its Freedom lost. 20. Our foe's occasion catcht us to distress, And every petty foe appeared too strong; To him, our Guardian, we could not address, Ourselves unable to repair a wrong. 21. To every stroke our Body open lay, And what was aimed against us did not miss: But, like his absence, none did so dismay, ‡ From Virgil, Quisque suos patimur Manes. Aeneid. 6. Each suff' red a peculiar blow by this. 22. * Normand Livingstoun of Milnhills, who had been Sheriff-depute and Baille of the Regality of Falkirk, dieth. Normand, our temper who exactly knew, And could a Salve apply to every sore; Soon from our Helm the awful Powers withdrew, When our affairs required a double Oar. 23. The Powers were angry still, there yet remained † John Livingstoun of Kirkland, Tacks-man of the Excise of the Parish, and My Lord Calander's Trustee, is burnt in his own House, within the Wood (while a cutting) by an accidental Fire, firing and destroying the House; his death and loss being much regretted by the Earl, Town, and others. A pious Hostie, to appease their ire; So massy Gold, for better use ordained, Must thus be tried, and purified by Fire. 24. The blood of Beasts, it seems, the Gods deride, Man, harmless man, both Priest and Victim is; He, able only th' fiery Test t'abide, Must expiate our guilt, procure our Bliss. 25. ‡ Humano autem sanguine placari defanctorum animas credebant. See Farnabius his Notes on the Tragedy of Seneca, called Troas. chor. 115. Or are the Defunct's Souls, by humane Blood, As th' Heathens fancied, now to be appeased? Nay rather he, who courted shades and woods, A living Tree in * Elysium, it signifieth, in the Hebrew, Dei nemus. Paradise is placed. 26. Our trial was not o'er, until the † John Brown of Seabegs, Town-clerk dies. Clerk Had a surcease unto our Worthies signed; Fate knew that if the writing bore his mark, IT would pass ‡ What he wrote and signed was still counted Authentic; his honesty being notour in the place. unquestioned by the rest behind. 27. * Columen patriae, mora fatorum, they were ascribed to Hector; See the Chorus of the first Act of Seneca's Tragedy, called Troas. These were the Pillars of our Loyal Town, And chiefest remora of the Fates below; Whom Secret Fate no sooner had overthrown, But we received th' impendent Fatal Blow. 28. In this our Triple loss, he also shared, But, by his care and bounty, 'twas supplied, His cheering Presence then our grief impaired, Now when the cause is given, the cure's denied. 29. So when the † The great Fire in London, Anno 1666. Flames proud London's Beauty stained, And made her Lovers to dissolve in grief; The Royal Arm on it his Bounty reigned, And from his succouring looks each fetched relief. 30. To crouching thoughts at home we were enslaved, And the assaults of future fear did kill; Lo! distant comfort there our hopes deceived, When here were present 8 Many evil; and calamities, such as happened at the Siege of Illum or Troy, which lasted ten years. Iliads of ill. 31. † Ut nulla dies moerore caret, sed nova fletus causa ministrat ite ad plan●●us. Sen. in Trod. chor. lin. 76. A mass of sorrow each day is engrossed, For fresh Tears yielding matter, time, and place: As if the curses of that ‡ Tantalus. bloody Ghost, Had fallen on us, and missed * Atreus & Threstes. See the first Act of Seneca's Thyestes. his own Son's race. 32. What Love, dear Patron, hath us dispossessed, Your promised return, what fates retard? Tho' Love should cool, while we are sore distressed; Yet Honour bids you your own words regard. 33. Make haste t'expel our foes, and bear the shock, ‡ Quam longa Danais semper in portu mora. Sen. in Tro. act. 2. O linger not, like th' Grecians, in the port; Return as Victor to his vanquished Flock, Or, to your unfenced people, a strong Fort. 34. It seems the Gods did in this Kingdom fix Their plagues, and nothing could our sin atone; Thus * The Poet Laureate in England, who wrote a Poem, entitled, Annus Mirabilis or, Year of Wonders, 1666. etc. Dryden's year of wonders, sixty six, Was but accomplished in eighty one. 35. O thou whose pleasure ord'reth every thing, And nothing done escapes thy piercing Eye; A speedy period to my sufferings bring, And let me next the † Fortiter malum qul patitur idem post potitur bonum, Plaut. good implied espy. Falkirk's Prayer. 36. Grant, while I hope my troubles to escape, And of ill Men and Dev'ls the subtle Plot; That I may the surviving profit reap, * Quae fuit durum pati, meminisse dulce est. Sen. in Herc. fur. The sweet remembrance of my former lot. 37 Make me thus by affliction grow more wise, And like th' oppressed Palm, ascend more high, Out of their mournful Ashes make me rise The more Renowned, by a new progeny. 38. Renew my Patron's health, too long bereft, But the dear purchase safe at home transplant, Wherein, to's Welcome, during life infeft He may ne'er it, nor we the Owner want. 39 Grant us Remorse, and this thy Doom restrain, Thy Judgements, Lord, on us do not entail; And if our Pastor can no respite gain, Lord let the Bishop of our Souls prevail. 40. To thaw our Frosts make our warm Sun appear, And our eclipsed Horizon repossess; Grant the Land-Frigate homeward 'gain may steer, That we may yet retrieve our happiness. 41. Our prayers were heard, thus th' easy Gods soon are, By pious Airs of the afflicted, pleased; As soon as Jonah made his mournful Prayer He from the scaly Prison was released. 42. As † Marcus Tullius Cicero, v. Epist. Fam. lib. 2. Ep. 11. & lib. 7. Ep. 3. Tully to the City 'gain to high His covetous desire could not withstand; Even so our Patriot cast a longing eye, Far back reflected on his native Land. 43. Yet here always, tho' distant far from this, be ubiquity of care, he present was; So Ovid his dumb * Sine me liber ibis in urbem, etc. Trist. lib. 1. Eleg. 1. Legate did dismiss To Rome, when there the Master could not pass. 44. As soons he had surveyed it in his mind, He was transported hither by desire; His winged fancy could sweet footing find, Where he from cares of Court wont to retire. 45. No wonder he preferred this Plot of ground To th' English Dales, which tempted but his Eyes; Here all these Pleasures, without price, abound, Planting at home his Earthly Paradise. 46. He pays, afar, a Visit to the Town, On which he ample Ben'fits did bestow; Obscure and low, bereft of Patron, grown, Whose rise again to him alone must ow. 47. Nor Law, nor Order did amongst them thrive, As if they had been under Pupillage; But whose free course his presence will revive, †— ac cuncto surget gens aurea civi; Virg. Ecl: 4. And bring on them again the Golden age. 48. As when Aurora draws away the Screen From Earth, and with Vermilion paints the Sky, The Sun in our Horizon strait is seen, Impatient till her Beauties he espy. His Lady first returns. 49. So our Lord's way was with chaste Beauty strowed, His Ladie's Graces, of magnetic force; Which, when first viewed by our expecting Crowd, Gave notice, he would soon begin his Course. 50. Lo! how her Glorious Presence cheered the Fields, And made the Journey seem exceeding sweet; The Pleasures which she brought, the way but yields, And every thing kind welcome seemed to Greet. 51. The Birds, the feathered Muses of each place, To welcome her by sweetest † Stanza is a staff or number of Verses, (nor or less, according to the diversity of Stanzas) whose Lines or Rhimes still return in the same order. Stanza's strove, And wearied not her moving Court to trace, As if with some bright object fallen in love. 52. Wind only failed, to set him off from shore, His restless thoughts already home confined, Which, as his Harbingers dispatched before, Foretold himself would not stay long behind. 53. It took effect, the weather strait grew fair, A gentle Gale sprung from its Earthly womb, The Sun both guilt the Sky and warmed the Air, And all did club for to dispatch him home. 54. The Sea-leagues seemed to be abridged in walks, And all the Seasons to be changed to May; While his †— varioque viam sermone levabat. Virg. Aeneld. 8. enriched and time- beguiling talk, Then the swift pinnace, did discuss more way. 55. First, at the † 'Tis said to be flitting; because the privilege of a Staple-port is sometimes removed thence to Blackness; this Port is like the unfixed Isles in the Aegaean Sea: hence Virgil.— credas innare revulsas Cycladas. flitting Port, the Land he pressed, Where he his Votive Table satisfied; Thus to do good his purposes were blest, And did forestall a thankful Wind and Tide. 56. A ‡ The Laird of Dechmond. Friend near by, such such in absence found, To's welcome did the compliment first pay; And while the sundry christened Healths went round, He, but with * The E. his Health and Welcome home was only remembered by him, through the whole day of his Arrival. one, would terminate the Day. 57 The parted twain, in their Embraces sweet, Here match again, and distance reconcile; So Rivers seem with closer Hugs to meet, After Divorce made by some justling Isle. My Lord and My Lady meet again in Dechmond's House. 58. And their Reunion quite expels the fear, Their parting bred, and better hopes succeed; So ill, apart when † Castor & Pollux. Leda's Twins appear, Good luck, when joined, to Sailors is decreed. 59 From thence, like Lovers, longing to improve The mutual Pleasures, home they quickly drive, Where they unlock not former knots of Love, But th' holy flame, and nuptial sweets revive. 60. At home? but yet he scarcely home hath win; When him, unrested, business calls away; Thus he must use his dwelling as an Inn, Only to bait in, but not long to stay: 61. For at the Maiden-City he arrived, Often refreshed by his Golden Showers; Nor yet, by absence, of these Drops deprived, Such Influence she hath on her Paramours. 62. The Lawyers, for their Client's interest, Their † As the Chrmists extract Gold out of other Metals, so their Counsel draws the Silver and Gold out of their Clients Pockets. Chemic Counsel lavishly disburse, The Merchants woo him too to take their Test, And both agree to milk and share his Purse. 63. A Welcome Home each pay, a gainful Debt, Knowing on whom to work, and how to move, His generous Soul will not let him forget, Each to requite with Pledges of his Love. 64. Thus, nobly their allegiance he repaid; Him none for kindness, nor for Debt can crave: And while we long for's coming hither stayed, Of the unwilling City he took Leave. 65. The distance, 'twixt his Palace and the Town, Was swallowed in the compend of a thought; He, by warm puffs of speedy triumph blown, Hither, without Geometry, was brought. 66. The ten-years-wandring * Ulysses, who, after the Siege of Troy, lasting ten years, strayed other ten on the Sea, before be came home to his Wife, Penelope. Greek, upon the main, Arrived, was not more welcome to his Spouse, Then was our hon'red Master come again, Untoh is people, and his lonelie House. 67. His Palace seemed, the * A glade and honourable way of Reception, for when the Roman Emperors went in Triumph, as the Procession advanced, the doors were all opened. Doors and Windows open, With † By a metaphor, allading to humane Laughter; hence Ovid.— risu laxare labella. laughing front, its Landlord to receive; Thus to the Bvilder's praises they gave scope, And seemed his stay, and oversight to crave. 68 The people proud of their restored Lord, Soon by diffusive joy were overcome; And at his Entry poured out of their hoard, A shower of blessings to his. Welcome home. 69. The Mother's frame the Children understand, And show such joy as with their age can suit, And while the elder run to Kiss his Hand, With silent Eyes the younger him salute. 70. Lo as he passed each Heart new vigour took, And strait forgot that they erstwhile did mourn: Even so the Flowr's, fred from their Prison, look, When the new Sun to Aries doth return. 71. All while the Flagg of Duty is displayed, Their Persons, power, and Wishes under't bring, And while the Tribute of their Lips is paid, † From Virgil.— studiisque faventum consonat omne nemus.— colles clamore resultant Aeneld. 5. Th' adjacent Hills with his loud Praises ring. 72. So to a new Play, by the † Dryden Esq. The Poet Laureate in England. Laureate spun, Acted on a new Theatre, or Stage; Many, led by an amorous humour run. And with their Plaudits, the whole Club engage. 73. * To his return, etc. (1) Falkirk promising themselves the victory over Fate, and an issue from their troubles, through his return, will gladly commemorate the same, as the Thebans did their Victory, obtained at Leuctra by Epominondas. To his return, Falkirk will take delight To found an Holy day, and feast in State; So the brave Thebans from their signal fight Their yearly Ceremonies used to date. 74. The Graces now on the ascendent are, The † From Virgil. Jam redit & Virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna. Virgin, and old Saturn come again; Wars Gates are shut, and they such Fortune share, As Rome did under its first Founder's Reign. 75. ‡ From Virgil.— imperioque iterum paremus ovantes. Aeneid. 4. Again they gladly to his Reign submit, The Powers obeying from the Sacred got; Whom, if, by right, he had not wedded it, They would call hither to preside, by Vote. 76. And now their Well with a full Pipe abounds, And doth its Way by Tides of Joy extend; The measured falls of whose glad Streams will sound The Donour's Welcome home, world without end. 77. The Fabric of this Monument of Fame, At stately height arrives, by fair degrees; And each, by higher Notes, as't were Proclaim The Founder's praise, and hold spectators eyes. 78. The Shire with circling mirth receives its † In the Saxon language 'tis the Governor of a Manor, or Lordship; hence Sheriff, is the Reev of a Shire the Guardian of a County. Reeve Sheriff, on just and hon'rarie account: Whose Chief and Loyal Town its grief reprieves, Turning the Dolorous, to a Joyful Mount. * Sterling was formerly called in the Latin, Mons Dolorosus. 79. Their former state, his Presence doth reduce, And raise their Pleasures from the fatal Urn; His looks do Soul in every thing infuse, † From Horace— Et neglecta redire virtus Audet— Epod. ult. And Virtue scorned dares, with its Lord, return. 80. Religion, which of Faith and Life's composed, Grew fresh again, and a new courage took, Within the Kirk the Parish is enclosed, And his Devotion is the Laics Book. 81. His Zeal unto the Church is well diffused, Flowing through all its Pastors, Levi's race; By him his own is † 1 Thessaly, 5.12, 13. honourably used, Striving to found his Patronage on Grace. 82. The lustre of whose Grace the † 'tis called in Latin, Varlum facellum. (1) The particoloured Chappeed or Church: tho' now called Fall-kirk. Chapel Paints, And th' exercise of others Grace excites. So th' English Church is Beautified by Saints, And to the Heavens raps its Proselytes. 83. His Conscience, laid unto the sacred Line, Is found exact, and worthy to get trust; His Honesty his Honour doth Define, And the exactness of the ruled adjust. 84. As Theseus did the Labyrinth deride, By th' help and train of Ariadne's Thread; So he, the Sacred Rule being still his guide, From the dark Mazes of the times is freed. † See Ovid Metamorph. lib. 8. 85. Justice, observing him, on us did throw At once both Eyes, dispensing looks by Rules; Thus she, who looked before Regardant, now † Is with our Lion, etc. (1) As the red Lion sitting upon the top of the well, which the E. erected in Falkirk, supporting his Arms, in that posture seems to look strait; So Justice now doth not incline to one side nor other with her Eyes. Is, with our Lion, Sejant, full-faced gules. 86. As his true Honesty, meant by the * 'Tis Sable; which Heralds make to denote honesty and prudence. Shield, Is firmly propped by the proud Lion's Paw: † So may etc. Thus Rome and Lacedaemon flourished most under Numa Pompilius, and Lycurgus, famous Lawgivers. So may our Town be safe, while 'tis upheld By this great Atlas of the Civil Law. 87. When doubtful Cases in the Law occur, The practics of his Life we need but scan; Scarce one foul Act that Volume seems to blur, * But each Page (1) Universal justice; when we give to God the things that are Gods; to Caesar the things that are Caesar's. But each page gives the due to God and Man. 88 Nor Rich nor Poor, through preference, are heard, Nor the first speaker, can bribe his applause; Like Alexander, th' other Ear unbarred, Is always free reserved unto the Cause. * Alexander Magnus in judiclis & causis litigantium alteram aurem rel integram servat. Plut. 89. † As a good Poet, etc. 'tis the Apophthegm of Themistocles to Slmonides. Plut. As a good Poet doth not 'gainst measures sing, But hath to Laws of Art a due respect; Even so his Acts in equal balance hang, And of strict Justice make him * Justitiae Architectus. from Pindar. Architect. 90. Who would obedience to his Laws refuse? When the extremes are so well interlaced, Which would be, if † Rogation of the Laws among the Romans was thus; The Magistrates having made and published a Law, convened the people in the field of Mars, and asked them whether or not they would have that Law Established, and according to their Suffrages, 'twas either abrogated, or approven and confirmed. v. Antiq. Rom. leg. Rog. Rogation were in use, By all the people's suffrages embraced. 91. His Debtors to indulge he's eas'lie bribed, Yet most precisely purgeth his own Debt, His life in † See Olympius Nemesianus Ecl. 1. His description of just Melibaeus. Melibaeus is described, To calm the Country, and Landmarks to set. 92. The man, by him to sit in Judgement called, Must Justice weigh with an impartial hand, * Plut: in his Apophthegms of Kings, etc. So those, by the Egyptian Kings installed, Were tied to Law, tho' th' King should countermand. 93. † The worthy etc. Romanorum imperium ad viros bonos, vel exteros saepe delatum, nam ubi fores, etc. Natal Com. lib. 7. The worthy still commence his substitute, And such, tho' strangers, here give only price; Whereas that Citie's Gates 'gainst Virtue shut, Are necessarily open unto Vice. 94. Friendship, which, with the * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉; As between the Head and the Members, so there is a near conjunction, and Sacred Tie betwixt Friends; Hence Horace, Animae dimidium meae: Englished, my better half. Head, our bounds had fled, Now by a closer Union is begun, Thus She doth his uniting Presence wed, And woo him as the Marigold the Sun. 95. His Friendship knows no treach'rie, nor by path, Nor can the knot be easily untwined, The pious relics of the † Attica fides, 'tis a proverb, from the City of Athens, famous for their unfeigned affection to their Friends; Hence 'tis said, that at Athens there was a Temple built to the Goddess of Faith, Plut. Attic Faith, Are on the Table of his Heart enshrined. 96. His Friendship, the † Virtue, pleasure, profit. three requisits unloades, Which he, deep-fraughted, doth to's Friends import, * From Lucan-dignare tuos aperire penates. ad Pisonem; That is, he bountifully opens his store, or store-house to his Friends, hence Cic, says, rem famillarem aperit beignitas 2. Offic. To whom he deigns to shows familiar Gods, And give sufficient share of every sort. 97. He chooseth Friends by worth, and not by weight, The honest, tho' but poor, enhance his Voice, And those who fit his humour, are upright; Such sympathy is 'twixt his Friends and choice. 98. Although his Genius † Homo naturâ est appetens socij. Cic. in Lael. sociable is, Yet likes not Leagues with many to contract; For scattered Love becomes too soon remiss, And many Friends too many cares exact. 99 The fewer Branches that the stock foments, The body's sap is not so soon decayed; And a great River deeper water vents, Where Streams through fewer Channels are conveyed. 100 † Ne cuivis Dexteram injeceris. Adag. Pythag. To all the Right-hand 'tis unsafe to reach, Or any, rashly, our near Friend to make: * In Philosophy 'tis called materia prima. defined, an incomplete substance variously determinated by the different forms. So the first matter, as the Physics teach, Is any form made capable to take. 101. Their Room all blanche, yet without Charter hold, ‡ Novos parans amicos ne obliviscere veterum. Adag. Hermol. Barb. Nor by the new, the old are justled out; And these, in the * In the Register of Friendship there were certain Classes, and these of the first Table and admission, were preferred to these of the second Table and admission. vid. Sen. de benef. lib. 6. cap. 33. first Table once enroled, Stand fast, tho' Fortune's wheel should turn about. 102. His Friendship with their Fortune won't expire, † From Ovid. Turpe laborantem deseruisse ratem. lib. 2. de Ponto, The labouring Ship abhorring to forsake: *— Dum medicinam vulnera poscunt, is jocus officio. Sil. And when their wounds due medicine require, Duty and pity place together take. 103. These timely and discreetly he reproves, Not fearing, for reproof, his Friends to lose; * Morbi interdum amarulentis potionibus potius sanantur, quam si dulciora adhibeas. Pythag. So sometimes to the Patient, whom he loves, Th' expert Physician gives a tarter Dose. 104. His favours, secretly, he makes them taste, Which are more welcome, when they thus surprise; So that * Arcesilaus. Philosopher's conveying cast, Seemed more enam'ring in the Painter's Eyes. † Apelles. See Plat. Mor. 105. He won't cement with these who palliate Truth, And † Ut monere & moneri est verae amicitiae, sic etc. Cic. in Lael. From Homer. Iliad. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. mutual admonition do repel; * He, whose mind is belied by's fawning mouth, Is unto him as odious as is Hell. 106. † From Terence. Postremo imperavi egomit mihi omnia assentari. These, who to what he speaks, strain their assent, And to his humour can their own adapt, The subtle Fowler fitly represent, When by his mimic voice the Bird's entrapped. 107 By honeyed words he'll not be preyed upon, When under such the lurking * Habet enim suum venenum blanda oratio. Sen. venom stays; † Bonum enim est laudari, sed praestantius est esse laudabilem. idem. And tho' smooth-tongued applause hath Honour won Yet better 'tis to claim deserved Praise. 108. * Temperantia cernitur in praetermittendis voluptatibus. Cic. 5. de Fin. 67. Now Temperance began their Hearts to wean From tickling pleasures which they had pursued; † A metaphor taken from the Sun, who not only ruleth the day, and keeps a measure himself, but likewise moderates the course of the Planets. Hence Cic. 5. Tuscul. 42. Temperantia est more deratrix omnium commotionum. As soon's he ruled the day, the Golden mean Was in the motions of their minds renewed. 109. His Temperance hath influence upon us, Persuasive by its modest Dialect: When he superfluous cost abandons thus, We, needless excess, must, for shame, correct. 110. Frugality, his humour thus doth fit, Being thereto from his budding youth inur'd; † From Horace odd 2. lib, 3. Angustam, amici, pauperiem pati, Robustus acri militia puer Condiscat. So by the youth, in wars taught well t' acquit His age, Want will be patiently endured. 111. Good Education is a kind of spell, Whereby the Child, in's spring, is lulled asleep, Until his pliant mind be seasoned well, † Quo semel est imbuta recens servabit odorem Testa diu. Hor. Epist. 2. lib. 1. Which will the scent, through all its seasons, keep. 112. * Liberalis dabit propter honestatem, & rectè, quibus oportet & quando oportet. Arist. lib. 4. Eth. Yet, when his Honour at the stake is laid, He can in liberal offerings even transgress; Deserving works, by him are doubly paid, His Bounty rather tending to excess. 113. † Si deos imitaris, da etiam ingratis, nam & sceleratis Sol oritur, etc. Sen. de benef. And while he strives to imitate the Gods, The man ingrate of his Benev'lence shares; So, with ill men the Sun lives not at odds, But to their roofs indiff'rently repairs. 114. He might, by Fortune, be to riot moved, Yet hugs Sobriety the Friend of Health, So Life may be prolonged, Estate improved, * From Ausonius. Et misceret opes pauperitmque simul lib. Epigram. Mingling together Poverty and Wealth. 115. † From Claud. l. 1. Vivitur exiguo melius;— si quis cognoverit uti. Little sufficeth Nature best, if such We knew aright to use, and not to waste, He thinks it meet, * Minimum decet lubere, cui multum licet. Sen. whose power can compass much, To be contented quietly with least. 116. Our Loyalty, the Subject's natural Test, His happy advent from its † Virtue is apt to slumber, if it be not stirred up by exercise, Hence Virg. Aen. l. 10. Nunc prece, nunc dictis virtutem accendit. See number. 16. slumber roused, By his obedient mouth we are confessed, Although before, through want of tongue excused. 117. This seems t'ave been an an Heritage entailed Upon the * Buchanan & Burnet's unjust Characters of this Family are to be imputed to their serving a Party. Fam'lie, still to be improved; Nay thro' this breath, long from the stock exhaled, The † (1) Branches of the Family; whereof Calandre is the first. arms will still be honoured, and beloved, 118. A Race so stamped with Loyalty and Wit, Digression. That it should ever tend to the ascent, Not only in the * Several of the Lords of Linlithgow were Privy Counselors. Senate, raised, to sit, But to enhanse the Reins of † Sir Alexander Livingstoun, thereafter Lord Livingstoun, was made Governor of Scotland in King James the Second 's minority. Government. 119. What † See the Edinburgh Edition (A. 1582.) of buchanan's History, fol. 119. Tongue, the Index of th' abounding Heart, Hath greater Love to their great Lord expressed? I pray, whose † James late Earl of Calandre was portrayed with a Batton in his right hand, above which was this Superscription, Haec dextera vindex, Principis & patriae. hand was abler to assert His Prince and country's mutual interest? 120. With what a courage did † James Livingstoun Son to the Governor, See Leslies History, l. 8. pag. 289. he brave his fate, Who fell by too too powerful fees oreborn. And with his dying breath pronounced it great, Court grandeur and all earthly pomp to scorn. 121. What Courtier, 'midst vicissitudes of State, Hath longer stood unhinged, or tumbled down? As if true merit aimed to consecrate Brave † George present Earl of Linlithgow, hath continued to be Colonel to the King's Guard of Foot, since His Majestle's Restauration, and his last breath is likely (if desert avail) to date his Exauctoration. George, the surest Atlas of the Crown. 122. * George present Lord Livingstoun, is inclined to encourage the Name; whereof he is the noble Chief. He who succeeds to lead the Fam'lie's van, Is like to'inherit too their lasting Fame; If they the Nation of that Tribe began, He'll prove the chief promoter of the same. 123. And lo a † Alexander second Son to the Earl of Linlithgow, looked upon, by all men, as the most hopeful Gentleman in the Name. graffsprung from that verdant stem, Early gins fair Blossoms to send forth, Making the lustre of that sparkling Gemm To be best seen, through his own living worth. 124. None can him, for Disloy'ltie to his Prince, Without injuring innocence, impeach, The Legends of his Faith and Life evince The practice, of what Law and Gospel teach. 125. For he, in th' old stock of † See Act 1. and 11. Sess. 1. Parl. 1. Car. 2. Allegiance ' graft, The right of the Supreme can ne'er explode, By Faith, on whatsoever pretext, he's taught Not to resist the Ordinance of God. 126. In state affairs his hands were not imbrued, And yet his Loy'ltie is no whit the less; This in his private station hath been showed Not yet being called to public business. 127. And he, whose temper jumps not with the time, A more retired course of Life should drive; Thus † Tiberius. Hence Tac. Annal. 1. Alla Tiberio morum via. he, who with the public could not chime, Did not in men's eyes, like Augustus, live 128. If we the Court and Country would compare, Reckoning with that, the † Stet, quicunque volet, potens Aulae culmine lubrico etc. Sen. in Thyeste. changes, cares, and strife: One, but half-witted, sure would this prefer, And damn the greatness of a Courtly life. 129. The Country life effectually promotes True *— Exeat aulâ, qui volet esse pius. Luc. lib. 8. piety, and innocence abetts; Unto sublimer thoughts it us devotes, And frees us from the Art of counterfeits. † And frees us, etc. For the Country simplicity requires not that policy which is studied in Courts. Hence. Sen. Fraus sublimi regnat in aulâ. in Hippol. 130. Here he enjoys what wish can e'er pursue, Hugging comentment under's shady grove; The powers, as'twere, allow him here to † See Deuter. ch. 34. v. 1, 2, 3, 4. view, And to foretaste the sweet that are above. 131. Here is the shade of a well peopled wood, Where Nature's choristers have pleasant , A Garden where the * Hieradiant flores, Claud; glittering flowers do bud, † Aspice labentes jucundo murmure rivos. Ovid. And a Spring talking, musically, loud. 132. Lo here are * Quem florea vallis paverit, Petrar: flowery Walks, and † Aspice curvatos pomorum pondere ramos. Ovid. laughing meads, These feed the body, and the eyes their Feast; With ponderous Fruit, here each Tree hangs its head, Able to tempt the eye, and please the taste. 133. His Palace, bordering with the common Road, Seems, hospitably, for its guests to call; And, by his pains, repaired alamode, Outbraves the Shadow of the † The Rampire built by the Emperor Severus, betwixt Abercorn and Dumbarton or Alcluich, to keep back the Scots and Picts from invading their new Province there: 'tis called otherwise Grahame's Dyke, either because it was razed to the ground by one of that name; or because Graems, in our old Language, and Severus in the Latin signify the same thing. The Earl made this Dyke levelly with the ground, upon which his Palace is built; about 200. and odd pates distant upon the south side of the Wall. Roman wall. 134. The ancient Tower, which was by th' English stormed, And by them suffered an * This fell out on the 15th. of July 1651. Sixty two persons were killed in the Garrison nobly resisting. unbribed death; Behoved, by levelling, to be reformed, And to be purged from the Usurper's † It is reported in his life and death that he stunk horribly after he expired. breath. 135. He means his Dwelling publicly to show, Removing lets, which might obstruct the eye; So † Julius Drusus a Senator of Rome, See Plut. Moral. Drusus House was built in open view, That all the City might his life survey. 136. Yet, Hermit-lik, he courts not Solitude, † Tho never less'alone, but when he's so; A civil life he leads for * Non solum nobis natisumus, ortusque nostri partem patria vendicat, partem parents, partem amici. Plato. for others good, Which is the best and noblest of the two. 137. Lo Charity of its wounds freely cured, Retrives the Revenues it had before, Others are by his Charity allured, † Cor viduae consolatus sum, pater etiam pauperum. Job 29.31. See Number: 14: While he the widow cheers, and feeds the poor. 138. Within his breast the naked Graces meet, And, christianly, their Offices exerce; † The Grace's Temple was built in the midst of the Streets, that all passers by might be put in mind of Benevolence. There is their Temple reered, as in the street, Ne'er meaning to cut off the poor, their ‡ Terces, as to wives, are taken away, by Act 10: Par: 3: K: Changed 2: terce. 139. If Charity its traffic can enrich, Then he might soon a wealthy Merchant grow, † From Claud: Nil negat, & sese vel non poscentibus offered. For he refuseth not an Alms, and which, Often unasked, he largely doth bestow. 140. The needy, daily entering at his Gates, Return supplied with a most willing loan; And lest the † (1) such as are fit objects of Charity wingless be meet with hard fate, He oft, with honey, feeds the * (i.e.) these who seem to claim our pity, but deserve not. See Quarl. Enchir. cent: 2: ch: 2: and cent: 3: chap: 71: yawning drone. 141. His wealth thus is for ends, by God designed, And not for worldly bias ends employed; And tho' the payment here should be declined, Yet 'twill; with * interest, after be enjoyed. See Prov: 19: 17: and Mat: 19; 21: 142. The Muses, in their Patron's presence safe, Recover their † See notes upon Number: 17: Collation is a little Banquet, or Contribution. collation, cashiered long; Glad to have made their first Love's Epitaph, And kindly tuned the Reals nuptial song. * Ens real, in opposition to Ens ratlonis, their first Mistress. 143. He still refresheth with the early dew, Of his free favour, the ingenious Bards: * Nihil ille Deos, nil carmina curate: Virgil: Eclog: 8: de Daphnide. Maro's reproach to him will ne'er accrue, While he the Gods, and Sacred Verse regards. 144. To pay them honour he's no whit a shamed; Nor thinkest ' disparagement to nourish Art: † Moecenae was the proper name of a noble Roman, the favourite of Augustus, to whom he recommended Virgil and Horace; he was a special friend to all Poets, hence 'tis said. De Poet. sort Solns' Maecenas verus amicus erat. Virgil wrote his Georgics in his honour, and dedicated them unto him, hence in the beginning of the last Book of the Georgics, he says— Hanc etlam Moecenas adspice partem. Several Odes, Epodes & Epistles of Horace bear the inscription Ad Moecenatem. From him all friends and Patrons to the Muses are called Moecenases: though the name and occasion thereof be grown much out of fashion. Maecenas by Posterity is famed, Who did much favour to the Tribe impart. 145. The Nine, from * 'tis clear from Homer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. in Hymno. Jove, their pedigree derive, But their well-being much to this Hero owes; 'Tis just his † Dignum laude virum, Musa vetat mori. Hor. lib. 4. odd: 8: praises should his fate survive, If such advantage from the Muses flows. 146. To count his Virtues o'er, and trace their tracks, They'll take delight, enam'red with his Name; Nay they, † From Virgil: Et dubitamus adhuc virtut●m extendere factis Aeneid: 6: if Glory can but match his Acts. Will write them in the Calendar of fame. 147. Why should a drop of his Renown be spilt, While by the Muses, it may be intercept, Or, on such Chapel as the * Marcellus. who caused a Chapel be builded, bearing the name Virtutis & Honorls Plut. Roman built, IT may be engraven, and from falling kept. 148. Through his departure, Trade, shipwrecked almost, Discov'reth nigh a long expected Port; Now Riches will be driven on our Coast, And Commerce will choose hither to resort. 149. The Town's dear purchased freedom he'll defend, Which some had ta'en occasion to invade; Thus from the Duke, the Merchant's noble friend, Our Peers may be moved to encourage Trade. 150. The old unjust * That the Bairns of Falkirk die before they thrive. reproach is now defaced, While all the fruit of their Industry taste, His frugal steps, now by his people traced, Make't seem a paradox to lose, or waste. 151. But might the ‡ Scandal bear a new Record, That, of Renown, it might a new income bring, If so we prove more duteous to our Lord And, with our Lord, more Loyal to our King. † The foresaid Scandal, That the Bairas etc. it is here set down in Latin Verse, as it was elsewhere described by the Author thus. Scillcet hic genitum, vetus est injurla, prolem Quamve facit rem, vel profidt, ante morl: Nempe quòd urbs Regl cives tulit usque fideles, Qui malè-fidorum nè vel in ore vigent. Englished. Fame, feigning Children, here begotten, died, they began to thrive, too long belied; 'Cause this Ground still a Loyal Crop did yield, Which thrives not, sown in a disloyal Field. 152. O'er them his Power, gently exercised, With their consent, hath him obedience won; Tohim the People's hearts are sacrificed, While he is pleased to make their case his own. 153. The Sun when near to make the brightest hour, And reach the highest point, appears most slow; So, he exalted both in Place, and Power, Becomes more moderate, and nobly low. 154. To purchase reverence, he doth not affect By coy and swelling looks, and seem too high, When he, who meets with such squint eyed neglect, Into his life, too curiously, will pry. 155. Nor yet remarked, on suppliants to have frowned, His † Nihil est laudabilius, nihil magno & praeclaro viro dignius placabilitate & clementiâ. Cic. lib: 1. Offic. Clemency being by such Voice alarmed, So * Plut. Caesar's ears were by the zealous sound Of Prayers and Supplications strangely charmed. 156. Strange! how a kind Superiour's look or word Charms the warm heart, and makes th' affection spring; So † Cleomenes King of Sparta. Plut. he, who easy access did afford, Was only worthy thought, to be a King. 157. Here Vertue's Tree appears to grow and spread, And stand, unshaken, fixed by a deep root; And tho' the Tree is hid, as was * Nile's head, Yet 'tis known to his People by the Fruit. † 'Twas said of old that Nile concealed its spring, for the Ancients were ignorant of its original; but 'tis now said to arise from the mountains, called Lunae montes, in Ethiopla: the length of this River is about 900 Germane miles. 158. As that cold * Mandragoras, or Mandrake. Plut. herb, when growing near the Vine, Transmits' its healing Virtue to the Grape; Even so his active Virtues theirs refine, And by his † Ipsise homines in reges, velut unici exemplimores formant. Liv. de●● 1. like. 1. Courtly Manners theirs they shape. 159. By him that subtle † Machiavels precept. Precept's not transcribed For the appearance, not the thing to care; He, only by Moralities, is bribed, Not by Politics, which vain Titles bear. 160. Can Sacred Virtue humane shape invest, Sure it would his assume, as most Divine; Lest th' Inns should be mistaken by her Guest, Here are hung up all * Plutarch mustreth up ten signs, which he makes to be the discoverers and touchstone of Virtue. See his Morals, of proccieding in Virtue. Plutarch's speaking signs. 161. Thus he the toils of Virtue first o'er come, May † Honour est virtutis praemium. Hence Virgil. Ipsis praecipue ductoribus addit honores. l. 5. Aeneid. Honour's Trophies, not unjustly claim; So all through Vertue's Temple, at old Rome, Were wont to pass, they to Honour's came. 162. As Caesar did his waiting Friends engage, To seal his last breath with a joyful cry, So he, his part once acted on the Stage, Will sure deserve a solemn Plaudite. 163. His former benefits, among them sown, (Tho yet the later he upon them heaps) † Twice blaefied, etc. from Virgil Bis quae , bis frigora sensit. Twice blasted, now by's * By his second heat, etc. (1) their Gratitude, blasted twice before, through his departure, seems now by his second Presence to be revived, and warmed again; and they become thankful for his benefit. second heat are grown Mature, and he a ‡ From Virgil: Illa seges demum votis responder. thankful Harvest reaps. 164. † Beatius est dare quam accipere, Act. 20. The better part he chooseth, to Bestow, To take with thankful hearts, they make't their work, Ne'er to be changed into the * Cuculus matrem vorat: ingratus Benefactorem. Adag: ex Cosmoscopiâ Christianâ. N. Chytrael. male Cuckoo, But hatched, as't were, under the ‡ Ciconia pietatis erga parentes magistra est. Idem. grateful Stork. 165. They pray he may, at home, sound Health enjoy, Where th' * The air is here more cold, whereby the natural heat is more united and kept in the body, which renders the people more strong, and longer lived. air less than the English † The soil is there more fat; which, as Cyrus said, makes men more soft and effeminate, than the sharp and hilly Countries; hence Cic. Ad juvenilem libidinem copia voluptatum gliscit illa, nt ignis oleo. Besides the marish ground doth exhale many vapours, which rendereth the air more thick, and unwholesome. soil offends; Where he can better his ‡ (le) Honesty. Hence the similltude of Thalasius. Sicut anima corpus secundum naturam vivisicat; ita & animam virtus. Soul's Health employ, And sway the Bodie's, if't on that depends. 166. May these hot Baths thus prove medicinal, To purge away all pain, and pamper Health; So Aesons youth the † Medes: who restored youth to old Aeson, the father of Jason, who, by Medea's art, stole the Golden Fleece from Colchos. See Ovid. Metamorph. lib. 7. Sorc'ress did recall, And made him Grat'late in the stolen wealth. 167. May his sweet mate, thus wat'red, pregnant grow, And, landed safe, her masculine fraught unlade; So while Nile doth the Pharian Lands overflow, Fruits are produced, and † Plurima cultores versis animalia glebis Inveniunt, etc. Ovid. Metam. 1. living creatures made. 168. After the fall of calm and balmy showers, Which to be welcomed, by the Fields are seen; The smiling spring sends forth her plants and flowers, And paints the teeming earth with white and green. 169. O may this Treasure not long here be couched, But drained, as streams, from this delicious source, † Fama est in Delo nasci olivam & palmam, quibus tactis Latonam subitò partum edidisse cum ante id facere non potuisset. Aelian: in variâ historiâ. The Palm and Olive, by Latona touched, Did the straight passage, long obstructed, force. 170. The fruitful Womb is now to Scotland sent, To make the number up in CHARLES his wain; Can Nature then be so improvident, As t' introduce a Prince, without a Train. 171. This doubtful Guest, Health, at dear rate repaired, To treat aright, the men of skill advise, Not to be tossed by cares, nor passions snared, But th' * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, mensura in omnibus optima. Pyth. mean to keep in food, and exercise. See Plutarch's precepts of health. 172. And to recruited Health may † Of old they attributed much unto Fortune, making it the Governess of their, lives and estates; hence Juven: sat: 10:— sed te Nos faclmus, Fortuna, Deam coeloque locamus. And though Poetlcallie, the word Fortune be made use of now; Yet the success and event of every thing is to be ascribed to God only; hence Homer, (tho' he assigns the power to the wrong god, ' out of mere ignorance) sings well— 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. (1) Jovi suerint haec omuia curae. Fortune add Increase of Lordship, equal to her own; On whose retail may no co-heir be glad; But, without Rival, that you Reign alone. 173. † From Homer: Iliad: 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. (i e) Haud expedit unquam Multorum imperium, nobis Rex unicus esto. As 'tis more safe one bear supreme Command, Than it 'mongst many differing heads should fall; So, under Charles, we'd have our spot of Land (Unlike the Echo) know but one man's Call. 174. This this shall be the scope of all our Vows That Both, in honour, long together live; While to Subjection's yoke each calmly bows, And under them, be Chronicled to Thrive. 175. † Serus in Coelum redeas: Hor: lib: 1: odd: 2: Alexander and Marie the Christian Names of the E. and Countess of Calandre, both famous in Sacred, and profane History, to whom that verse of Strozius pater, may be fitly applied. Omnibus his celebrem virtus dedit incluta famam. Till Heaven, first of their Virtues th' Earth possessed, And filled with fame, late to receive them deign, Where Marie, with the worthies, shall be blest, And Alexander, more than Monarch, reign. 176. The EPILOGUE. His lucky aspect, when from us estranged, With lofty buskins did the stage befriend; Th' unlucky Scene its Restitution changed, And made the Play with Comic show to end. FINIS. Illustrissimo HEROI, ALEXANDRO Calanderiae Comiti, Almondiae Regulo, etc. Cum ditissimâ Munificentiâ Monumentum exstruxisset fontale Varij Sacelli 4ᵒ Cal. Jun. 1675. Gesta sua Carmine pro Urbanis Gratulabundo consecrat M. L. OVID. Nunquam pigra fuit nostris tua gratia rebus. Sit piger ad poenas Princeps, ad praemia velox. Lo thine Indulgence unconstrained came, When e'er our drooping State required the same. Peers should be swift to give and to reward, Whom Clemency to punish should retard. SPlendet amor donis; Lymphas ubi cogis in urbem, Debita muneribus Gratia quanta tuis! Instar aquae saliet tua fama è fonte perenni, Nommis insculptas rupe tenente notas. Cedite j●m Vario, Mundi Miracla, Sacello? Cedite Pyramids, clarius extat opus. Fonte Calanderio mergat, versetur Apollo, Usque sit Aonio lympha sacrata choro. Ut Leo vestra ruber palmis Insignia tollit, Sic populus laudes sustinet ore tuas. Gloria te decorat, cevaurata Corona Leonem, Nectare quae meritum Carminis usque vehet. Hebdomadem Versus erexi haud laudibus aequam, Pleïas in vestro, quae sit honore micans. ENGLISHED. 1. YOur pious love beheld in Beauty's glass Doth Love surpass, Viewed in the Fount Reared in your ancient Town; it doth amount To sumptuous charges, which with cheerful heart You did impart. Each trickling drop shall sound your Fame, Each Stone engraven bear your lasting name. II. Thesev'n rare Monuments of humane pride Are here descried; Nay straight give place To this exalted Pyramid of Grace; For lo our noble Patriots frame His Gifts proclaim. Let Phoebus ne'er from it retire But still be hallowed to Apollo's Quire. III. As th' Lion Sejant Gules his paws advance Your cognizance, So, as in fort, The people's duteous tongues your praise support. And as the generous Lion's temples round With Gold are crowned: So yours with Fame, which shall rehearse Your merit in a never dying Verse. iv In lien of a proud fabric to make even The Wonders (seven) My Muse appears, And to your Shrine a Week of Distiches rears; Not on this sev'nfold Theatre to raise Nor reach your praise; But to b' as seven Stars in your Honour, Set up t' acquaint Spectators with the Donour. Ad Cives Festivos, Aqua fontanâ in urbem 4ᵒ Cal. Jun. primum introductâ. Exhortatio. DUm CAROLI reducis memor, Auctorisque salutis Pocula verte; locus, lympha, Diesque vocant. Laetitiam testare; novo neu parce Liquori Usque est, insignis bis, celebranda dies. ENGLISHED. SInce Fountain, Day and Place to drink invite Our sovereign and free Patron's health; come, pray Fill up to th' brim; and in a merry fit Let's solemnize this twice auspicious Day. Alexander Livingstonius. Anagr. Si ingratus, inde lex nova. Carmen Nil, reor, ingratis, nisi lexnova, plaudere possit; Quam tua, ritè, minàs mens generosa probat. Englished Nothing, me thinks, can handsomely allow Of base ingratitude, condemned by you, Unless it be some glozing piece of frand, Which thou, most generous soul, will ne'er appland. Alexander Calanderii Comes. Annagr. Ex animi calore (h) erclè dona das. Carmen Cùm doni pretium frigus persaepe remittat, Auxerat usque animi munera vestra Calor. Englished. While a faint heart, in open hand reclused, Another's largess hath ofitimes abused, The value of your liberal gifts are still Raised by the heat of your concurring Will. In Mariam, Comitissam De Calandre, EPIGRAMMA. Juno, Minerva, Venus, Charites, Cybeleque Camoena, Optima, contendunt, quae tibi dona daret: En Majestatem vultûs Regina recludit, Front perillustrem significante domum. Imbuit ingenio doctissima Pallas acuto, Indole vel sexum condecorante suum. Cum splendore modum formae Venus indidit aequum, Roar pudicitiae perpoliente genas. At Virtutis apem Charites fecere, sonante Praeter Virtutem voce manuve nihil. Te Cybele, turrita caput, Pietate coronat, Unde Rosam verae Relligionis oles. Dona Deum repetens te Laude Camoena notavit, jusuper at dona haec usque vigere dabit. ENGLISHED. Madam, the Goddesses litigious grow, Which should confer the noblest gift on you; The a Juno Queen discls seth a majestic front, Which of your high extraction gives account. The b Minerva laureate Dame a pregnant Wit doth vent, And a choice genius, the She's ornament. Love's Queen shows as much beauty as is fit, And with the chastest colours brightens it. The Graces make your good works to abound, While Voice and Hand can nought, but Virtue sound: The c Cybele. Turbaned Dame your pious orgies Crowns, Hence your Devotion is so savoury grown. And while the Muses all these gifis recount, Their own Donations all the rest surmount. For these, which, with their owner, might decline, To all Posterity they will enshrine. Maria Hamiltona. Anagr. 1. Amor animi halat. (1) Hearty affection breath's out. Car. Quod tibi dilecti sint proximus & Deus, insto, Vestri quandò Animi suaviter halat amor. (1) Love, as the two Decalogue-objects due, God, and our neighbour, will to both accrue; For't scents so sweetly, thus exhaled from you. Anagr. 2. O Ara miti in mala. (1) O sanctuary to the meek against troubles. Car. Improbus hic nullo, durusve potitur asylo, In mala quum solum mitibus ara pates. (1) The lewd, and rude need not expect to share In your Protection, when, 'gainst galling care, A rampire to the meek you only are. Anagr. 3. At arma animi alo. (1) But I maintain the armour of the mind. Car. Exultent artes talem reperisse Patronam, Quae ferat, arma animi convenienter alo. (1) Let Arts exult, that they have found, in need, Such noble Patroness, by name decreed The working mind, in season, thus to feed. FINIS. On the preceding POEM, Patronus Redux. Here Maro's loafty, and immortal strains, Here Seneca's Diviner raptures flow; Here Ovid's fancy in this Mirror shines, Plutarch's Moral'ty here itself doth show. Here Learning burnished with Pegasian fire, And Love with Wit these mighty Lines Inspire: Which Lines, to give my judgement of the whole, Will Burnet and Buchanan both control. To the Learned and ingenious Gentleman, M. L. the Author. Sir (tho' unto my grief) I must confess, I know you not so much as by the Face, Yet by your other Writtings which I saw, And by the Portraiture which here you draw, Both of yourself and Patron, not to smother My thoughts, you both are happy, each in other. So let the Patron's love and Poet's be Bounded with nothing but eternity. N. P. TO Michael Livingstone OF Pantasken, Upon his Panegyric on the Earl of Calandre. Tho' Poets now, in this malicious age, Infactions join, and indamned Clubs engage; Plotting to by't in mercenary Rhimes, And with vile Satyrs to lampoon the times: Yet here such paths our Author seeks to shun, And can't, with pleasure, in these footsteps run, Scorning to build the Trophies of his Fame, Upon the ruins of some nobler Name: Neither will he the sensual Creature please, Our huffing Gallants, or such Fops as these, By Writing bawdy; or, with placquet Rhimes, Nick all the itching Wenches of the Times. These easier Ways, he, with contempt, doth view, And not the Many, but the Virtuous, few, He strives to please, and set that goddess forth Virtue, adorned with all her native worth Such as she was, e'er common made by Fame, Who christened Vice with her usurped Name. Will. Scot ADDENDA. SEe pag. 18. num. 23. to which Notes upon the said number, add, that John Livingstoun of Kirkland, died June 11. 1681. about 2. a cloak in the morning; what way the House, wherein he was burnt, was fired, is yet unrevealed. See p. 27. n. 61. Now at the Maiden City, etc. This name of the Town is derived from the Castle, called in Latin; Castra Puellarum; it is conveniently Situated upon a Rock, overlooking the whole Town, His Majesty keeps a strong Garrison therein, under whom the right Honourable, the Marquis of Queensberry is Governor, as also, Lord high Thesaurer; For, In one man's hand the Castle and the Purse, Will best each other Fortify and Nurse. See pag. 42. n. 124. where, for Without injuring innocence, etc. understand, Wîthout 'Tis a Law in England, called, Scandalum magnatum, whereby any, injuring the reputation, or Person of a Nobleman, are punished. Peer's scandal, legally impeach. ERRATA. TO answer to this mark, † pag. 44. numb. 132. there is omitted in the Notes, this Latin phrase, prata rident. As also, p. 45. n. 136. to answer to the mark, † there is omitted in the Notes, Noinquam minus solus quam cum solus, the saying of Scipio maj. Asri. There are several literal errors which have escaped the Printer, to be amended thus: For ingeniously p. 7. l. 5. read engenuously. For be, p. 11. l. 16. read b'. For given, p. 20. l. 4. read given. For que, p. 21. l. last, read, quod. For cast, p. 23. l. 3. read casts. For, from earth, p. 24. l. 6. read from th' earth. For show, p. 55. l. last, read, shoot. Any like faults that occur, the Reader may help them accordingly.