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The sixth muse
Extending twixt the two, thence goeth a snout
Of great squair stones, which turnes the streames about;
Two ports with double wals; on either hand
Are fowsies deep, where gorged waters stand,
And flow even as you list: but over all[1]
The Palace kythes, may nam'd be Perths Whithall.
With orchards, like these of Hesperides
But who shall shew the Ephemerides
Of these things, which sometimes adornd that Citie?
That they should all be lost, it were great pitie.
Whose antique monuments are a great deale more
Than any inward riches, pomp or store;
And priviledges would you truely know?
Far more indeed, than I can truelie show;
Such were our Kings good wills, for to declare
What pleasure and contentment they had there:
But of all priviledges this is the bravest,
King Iames the Sixth was Burges made and Provest;
And gave his Burges oath, and did inrole[2]
With his own hand within the Burges scrole
And Gildrie Book his deare and worthie Name,
Which doth remaine to Perths perpetuall fame,
And that Kings glorie, thus was his gratious pleasure
Of his most loving heart to shew the treasure;
Writing beneath his Name these words most nervous,
Parcere subjectis, & debellare superbos.
That is, It is the Lyons great renown
To spare the humble, and proudlings pester down.
Which extant with his own hand you may see:
And, as inspir'd, thus did he prophesie,
Of great squair stones, which turnes the streames about;
Two ports with double wals; on either hand
Are fowsies deep, where gorged waters stand,
And flow even as you list: but over all[1]
The Palace kythes, may nam'd be Perths Whithall.
With orchards, like these of Hesperides
But who shall shew the Ephemerides
Of these things, which sometimes adornd that Citie?
That they should all be lost, it were great pitie.
Whose antique monuments are a great deale more
Than any inward riches, pomp or store;
And priviledges would you truely know?
Far more indeed, than I can truelie show;
Such were our Kings good wills, for to declare
What pleasure and contentment they had there:
But of all priviledges this is the bravest,
King Iames the Sixth was Burges made and Provest;
And gave his Burges oath, and did inrole[2]
With his own hand within the Burges scrole
And Gildrie Book his deare and worthie Name,
Which doth remaine to Perths perpetuall fame,
And that Kings glorie, thus was his gratious pleasure
Of his most loving heart to shew the treasure;
Writing beneath his Name these words most nervous,
Parcere subjectis, & debellare superbos.
That is, It is the Lyons great renown
To spare the humble, and proudlings pester down.
Which extant with his own hand you may see:
And, as inspir'd, thus did he prophesie,
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