CALEDONIA'S FAREWELL To the most Honourable JAMES, Earl of PERTH, etc. LORD High CHANCELLOR; AND WILLIAM, Duke of QUEENSBERRIE, etc. Lord High THESAURER of SCOTLAND, When Called up by the King in March 1685.  
GO on, My Lords, and prosper: Go, repair  
To Court; and Kiss the Hands of the TRUE HEIR  
Of Fivescore Kings and Ten, Four Diadems,  
And Kingdoms Three: an Heir, whose Royal Stems  
From British, Saxon, Danish, Norman Blood;  
With Scots and Irish, makes His Title good  
'Gainst all Seclusion. And whose Entry's blessed  
With an auspicious Peace, and He possessed  
O' th' Thrones of His Ancestors, without stir  
From any discontented snarling Cur.  
An Heir refused (but by no Builders) strange,  
Is now Chief Cornerstone! O happy change,  
And ne'er a Sword Unsheathed! Lo, Slighted He,  
Seems strangely by the Pares, ordained to be  
The Basis of Our Rest: Let those go pry,  
Who hidden Virtues say, in Numbers lie,  
What Speaks the 
* The number of an hundreth and eleven, when Ciphered, is but the first Figure in Arithmetic, by position thus thrice repeated (III) and which, by advancing of the middlemost, after this manner disposed III makes, when handsomely in right angles conjoined, a strait cornered aequilateral Triangle ▵ and such is reckoned to be the first Figure in Geometry (parallel Lines without some closing Ligament, never being looked upon as any denominated Figure) and this Triangle is said to be in Architecture, of all adisicial Superstructures, the first truest and firmest Basis whence the Grecians denominated a King 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. Again, tick me but here the Arithmetical Figure abovementioned, and what made just now an hundreth and eleven (III) shall by virtue of the numerical Letter I, thus dwindle down to three (iii) which multiplied by itself, makes 9 and that so multiplied by itself also, gives the quadrat 81. whereunto add its root, the first quadrat 9, and the product is 90. Which being in like manner added to the former hundreth and eleven, there comes forth 201. where casting away the interjected cipher, the two significant Figures remaining, do by addition return back to the first Root aforementioned 3. (iii) Come then, and count me from Hengist, by Egbert, to the Conqueror down, and you'll find of Saxon Monarches, and Kings of England 35. add the three interposed Danish Kings, with all from the Conqueror to His present MAJESTY (which makes 26.) so you have in all, of Saxons, Danes and Normans, 64. for England. Then waft but over with Hendry the Second to Ireland, where you may find of Lords and Kings thereof, before our SOVEREIGN 22. which added to the former 64. swells in all for both England and its Conquered Ireland, to 86, Add again this to the Scots III you have 197. then state me here our LEIDGE-LORD, who now Reigns, Still one in the Catalogue, aswell of the Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Irish Princes (for all SECLUSION must be now out of Doors) and you cannot miss to make 4. add this to the List of the Princes departed 197. and you have upon a just Calculation, exactly adaequated the former mentioned number of 201. and if you can but in this cryptick way of counting, allow the three ticks to pass for Crowns, see then but, reflect, and consider, by what strange and mysterious Algebra, this our Hundreth and eleventh KING, may be said, and is found to be, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, these his three Kingdoms of 
ENGLAND. IRELAND. SCOTLAND.  
III.   HUNDRETH and ELEVENTH; since HE  
Stands such from FERGUS, in the Royal Tree.  
Consult but Euclid, take the Architect  
Alongst; try, what One Figure doth direct  
Those Arts of Kin; see, what supports the All  
Of the Cementing Trade: You need not call  
For SPENSE, or others, to unfold the thing;  
Eye but the Margin, you'll guests such a KING,  
May (without Book) Teach docile Boys to Speak  
What's true, and Bearded-men what's Loyal Greek.  
A Riddle, opened with a thinking Skill,  
Might well have made the COMMONS cast their BILL  
Then, tell this Mighty Monarch; tell, My Lords,  
In plain, unfeigned, and with hearty Words;  
That CALEDONIA was His before,  
But His now more than formerly: She bore  
Respect for Fergus, and his Race She hopes,  
Shall (maugre Asaph) flourish still for Propes  
Of Bliss and Peace to the whole Isle. Tell JAMES,  
She nourished Six before of the same Names;  
And knows that He, a Nursing-father will  
Prove to His old, kind CALEDONIA still.  
Tell Him, and tell but Truth, that She Condoles  
There be wild Rogues, who skulk from Holes to Holes,  
And call Her Mother; whom She doth disclaim  
For Bastard-brood: with all who dares defame,  
Or Him, or 〈…〉 break their 〈…〉  
Such, and all such, She holds and deems as Foes.  
But as the fairest Face may have some Wren;  
So these black Spots, those cursed unhallowed Men,  
She hopes Her JAMES, by Your most prudent Care,  
Will soon wipe off, that She more bright and fair  
May in His sight appear; since She can tell,  
That CALEDONIA loves the STVARTS well.  
Nay, tell Him all Her Thoughts; tell, what is fit  
For Him to know of Her: So shall You knit  
His Love to Her, and Her's to You, which Tie,  
Of twisted Duty, Love and Loyalty,  
'Twixt Him, and You, and Her, shall make a Name,  
In the long Annals, of embalming Fame.  
Since CALEDONIA, can scarce Sing choicer Themes,  
Then Praises to Yourselves, and Blessings to KING JAMES.   

Edinburgh, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to the Kings most Sacred Majesty, anno DOM. 1685.