Ane sempill man but[383] warldly force or aide,
Aganis quhome Kings and Princes did confidder[384]
How he suld fend[385] from furie and thair fead,[386]
Syne leaue this lyfe with list for all thair plaid,[387]
He had ane surer gaird we mon confes,
Nor ony warldly strength that can be maid,
Quhilk was nathing but only vprichtnes.
Bot sum may say quhairto suld thow prefer
This vprichtnes quhilk thow extolls sa hie
Vntil all warldly strenthis that euer wer?
Sen that the contrair daylie we may se,
How upricht men ar murtherit mischantlie, Gene. 4.
As first was Abell with greit cruelnes, Matth. 14.
Gude Iohne the Baptist, and als Zacharie, 2. Chro. 24.
Zea, Christ him self for all his vprichtnes. Matth. 27.
Peter and Paull with mony may sensyne. Euseb. To. 4.
And of lat zeiris in Ingland as we knaw, fol. 7.
How mony piteously was put to pyne. Vide Sleidanum.
And now in France that schame is for to schaw.
Iames our gude Regent rakkin in that raw,[388]
Quha had rung zit wer not his richteousnes.
{442} Sa, I can se nathing sa sone ouirthraw
Man in this eirth as dois this vprichtnes.
To this I answer into termis schort,
Quhen warldly strenth is vincust and maid waist, Prouer. 11.
With it man tynis baith courage and comfort,
Quhen it is tynt quhairin he pat his traist:
Bot quho that deith in vprichtnes dois taist, Prouer. 11.
Sall haue the lyfe that lests with joyfulnes, Matth. 16.
Sa they ar sure, becaus they ar imbraist
Be the Eternall for thair vprichtnes.
Bot this sa lichtly we may not pass by:
I grant indeed quha preissis vprichtlie
To serue the Lord mon first themselfis deny, Matth. 16.
And na wayis dres to daut[389] thame daintelie
Bot thame prepair for troublis Identlie[390], 2 Timo. 3.
For troublis ar the bage they mon posses, Psalm. 34.
Sen Sathan ceisis not continuallie 1 Pet. 5.
To troubill thame that followi vprichtnes. Iob 1.
Quhylis harling[391] thame befoir Princes and
Kings, Luc. 21.
As rauing Rebalds rudelie to be rent, 1. Reg. 10.
Accusing thame of troubling of all things, 1. Reg. 17.
As cankerit Carlis that can not be content,
Except all things be done be thair consent:
Now scornit, now scurgeit, now bād with bitternes, Matth. 27.
Imprissonit, and sindrie fassiounis schent[392], Ieremi. 38.
And sum tymes dreuin to deith for vprichtnes. Act. 12.
This is thair lote oftymes I will not lane[393]
Into this eirth that vse to be vpricht,
Bot quhat of this? my purpois zit is plane:
That is, that they are surer day, and nicht, Psalm. 91.
{443} For all this wo, nor ony warldly wicht: Psalm. 118.
For in thair conscience is mair quyetnes
In greitest troublis, nor the men of micht
Hes in thair Castells, without vprichtnes.
For quhen Belshazzer greit King of the Eist, Dani. 5.
Ane thousand of his Princes had gart call,
Drinkand the wyne befoir thame at the Feist,
Intill his prydefull Pomp Imperiall:
Euin in the middis of this his mirrie hall
He saw ane sicht that sank him in sadnes,
Quhen he persauit the fingers on the wall,
Wryting his wrak for his vnvprichtnes.
Quhat sall I say? I neid not till insist,
To schaw how thay to God that dois Rebell,
In thair maist micht can not be haldin blist,
For in this warld they do begin thair hell,
As Cain did that slew the iust Abell: Gene. 4.
Within thair breist thay beir sic bailfulnes, Esai. 66.
That toung of men can not the teynd part tell, Prouer. 15.
Of inwart torments for vnvprichtnes.
Bot thay that walks vprichtly with the Lord, Prouer. 14.
In greitest troublis wantis not inwart rest,
As the Apostillis doung[394] for Godds word, Act. 5.
Reioysit that for Christ sa thay were drest;
Peter in prisone sleipit but molest; Act. 12.
Paull in the stocks and Sylas with glaidnes, Act. 16.
Did sing ane Psalme at midnicht, sa the best
Surenes that man can haue, is vprichtnes.
Sa be this surenes now I do not mene,
That Godds seruands ar neuer tane away,
Be cruell men, for the contrair is sene,
For God oftymes of his Iudgements I say,
{444} Letts thame so fall, as thocht befoir the day:
To plague the warld for thair vnthankfulnes,
Quhilk is not worthie of sic men as thay. Esai. 3.
Bot I mene this be strenth of vprichtnes. Heb. 11.
That quhen it plesis God to let thame fall,
Thay haue sic inwart comfort without cair, Act. 7.
That thay depart with ioy Angelicall, 2 Timot. 4.
Of lyfe assurit that lestis for euer mair.
And zit sum tyme he dois his seruands spair, Esai. 41.
To let the Tyrannis se his michtines, Ierem. 1. 4. 5.
In spyte of thame, that he can his alquhair,
Preserue maist surely intill vprichtnes.
Quhilk we haue sene as we can not deny,
Into Iohne Knoxis michtie preseruation,
Quhilk till our comfort we suld all apply,
I mene that ar the Faithfull Congregatioun.
Sen he departit with sic consolatioun
Euen as he leuit, he deit in Faithfulnes,
Being assurit in Christ of his Saluatioun,
As in the end he schew with vprichtnes.
Sa is he past from pane to plesure ay,
And till greit eis doubtles vntill him sell,
Bot for ane plague till vs I dair weill say,
As sair I feir we sall heir schortly tell,
Schir wink at vice[395] beginnis to tune his bell.
Bot on this heid na mair I will digres,
That gude men hes mair rest in all perrell
Nor wickit in thair welth bot vprichtnes.
Then sen alwayis we se that men ar sure
Throw vprichtnes quhidder thay liue or die, Psalm. 37.
Let all gud Cristianes Imploy thair cure,
In thair vocatioun to leif vprichtlie;
{445} And cheifly let all preicheouris warnit be,
That this day God and the gude caus profes,
Na wayis to wink at sic Impietie
As cheifly dois withstand all vprichtnes. Tit. 1.
Taking exempill of this Propheit plane,
Quhome heir befoir we breuit in this bill[396],
Quha Godds reuelit will wald neuer lane,
Quhen men begouth for to delyte in ill,
He wald not wane ane wy[397] for na mānis will
For to rebuke Erle, Barrone, or Burges,
Quhen in thair wickit wayis thay walkit still.
Follow this Lamp I say of vprichtnes.
Let nouther lufe of friend, nor feir of fais,
Mufe zow to mank[398] zour Message, or hald bak
Ane iot of zour Commission ony wayis: Psalm 40.
Call ay quhite, quhite, and blak, that quhilk is
blak, Esai. 5.
Ane Gallimafray[399] neuer of them mak:
Bot ane gud caus distingue from wickitnes, 2. Timot. 2.
This kynd of phrais sumtymes this Propheit spak,
Quhen he saw sum not vsing vprichtnes.
In generall do not all things inuolue,
Thinking zour selfis dischargeit than to be, 2. Timot. 2.
Thocht na manis mynd in maters ze resolue:
For (zit till vse this same manis Elogie)
To speik the treuth, and speik the treuth trewlie, Num. 23. 24.
Is not a thing[400] (said he) brethren doutles.
Thairfoir speik trewly but Hypocrisie,
Gif ze wald haue the praise of vprichtnes.
Let vice ay in the awin cullouris be kend, 2 Timot. 4.
But beiring with, or zit extenuatioun,
{446} Schawing how heichly God it dois offend, Act. 17.
Spairing na stait that maks preuaricatioun: Esai. 58.
Let it be sene till all the Congregatioun, 1 Timot. 5.
That ze sic haitrent haue at wicketnes,
That ze mon dampne their greit abhominatioun,
Quha planely fechtis aganis all vprichtnes.
Quhilk tred of doctrine gif ze anis begin Psalm. 38.
I grant the Deuill and warld will be agane zow; Psalm. 41.
The feid of fremmit, and craibing of zour kin,[401]
First ze sall find, syne terrour to constraine zow
To syle the suith[402], and sunze[403], I will plane[404] zow.
The Zock is not sa licht as sum dois ges; Nahum. 1.
Bot zit haue ze na dreid quha do disdane zow, Psalm. 31.
Sen that zour fortres sure is vprichtnes. Psalm. 34.
For pleis it God zour lyfe to lenthen heir,
Thocht all the warld aganis zow wald conspyre,
Thay sall not haue the power zow to deir[405],
Albeit thay rage and rin wod[406] in thair Ire,
And gif that God thinks gude be sword or fyre
To let zow fall, be ay in reddynes:
Being assurit that heuin salbe zour hyre, 2 Timot. 4.
Because ze endit sa in vprichtnes.
Let not the lufe of this lyfe temporall,
Quhilk ze mon lose, but let, quhen ze leist wene[407],
Stay zow to cois[408] with lyfe Celestiall.
Quhen euer that the chois cumis thame betwene,
Christis sentence in zour garden keip ay grene,
Quha sauis his lyfe shall lois it not the les. Matth. 16.
{447} Quhilk euin into this warld hes oft bene sene,
Quhat gaine is than to deny vprichtnes?
Than to conclude, sen in thir dangerous dayis
Sa mony terrours Tyranis casts befoir zow,
Call vpon God to strenthen zow alwayis,
That with his haly Spreit he will decoir zow,
As he hes done his seruands ay befoir zow,
That ze may neuer wink at wickitnes, Esai. 51.
With Gun & Gainze[409] thocht thay boist to gor zow,
Sen that zour Towre sa sure is vprichtnes.
¶ FINIS. M. I. D.
* * * * *
ANE SCHORT
DISCVRS OF THE ESTAITIS
quha hes caus to deploir the deith of this
Excellent seruand of God.
THOW pure contempnit Kirk of God,
In Scotland scatterit far abrod,
Quhat leid[410] may let the to lament:
Sen baith the Tyger and the Tod,
Maist cruellie cummis the to rent.
Thow wants ane watcheman that tuke tent,
Baith nicht and day that nocht suld noy the,
Allace thow wants the Instrument,
That was thy Lanterne to conuoy the.
Thy lemand[411] Lamp that schew sic licht,
Was gude Iohne Knox, ane man vpricht,
Quhais deith thow daylie may deploir.
His presence maid thy bewtie bricht,
{448} And all thy doings did decoir:
He did him haillie indeuoir,
Thy richteous actioun to mantene,
And libertie to the restoir,
Pleading thy caus with King and Quene.
He neuer huntit benefice,
Nor catchit was with Couatice,
Thocht he had offers mony one
And was als meit for sic office
As outher gellie[412] Iok or Iohne,
His mynd was ay sa the vpon,
Thy only weilfair was his welth;
Thairfoir lament sen he is gone,
That huikit nathing[413] for thy helth.
Lament Assemblie Generall,
At thy Conuentionis, ane and all,
For thou wilt mis ane Moderatour,
Quhais presence mufit greit and small,
And terrifeit baith theif and tratour,
With all vnrewlie Rubiatour,[414]
Thair ionkers durst not kyth thair cure,
For feir of fasting in the frateur,[415]
And tynsall of the charge thay bure.
But now I feir that thow sall se
Greit missing of that man to be,
Quhen craftie heidis sall na mair hyde
The hurde[416] of thair hypocrisie,
Bot all sinceirnes set asyde,
With policie will all things gyde,
{449} Thir Balamis birds sair may thow feir:
Thairfoir be Godds buke abyde,
And to sic bablers giue na eir.
Giue strange opiniounis enteris in,
Tak tent quha sic thingis dois begin,
And with sic matteris mynts to mell;[417]
For Sathan ceisis not fra sin,
The Kirk of Christ seiking to quell.
Sic foly faill not to refell:
For when the reik[418] beginnis to ryse,
The fyre will follow as thay tell,
Be it not quencheit be the wyse.
Bot cheifly murne and mak thy mane,
Thou Kirk of Edinburgh allane,
For thow may rew by[419] all the rest,
That this day thow wants sickin ane,
Thy speciall Pastour, and the best
That ony Kirk had eist or west.
He did comfort the in all cair,
And the foirwairnd of thy molest,
Quhairby thow micht thyself prepair.
There was na troubill come to the,
Bot he foirspak it oppinlie,
Thocht sum the mater than did mock,
Gif he spak suith now thow may se,
This day thy held is in the zock,
God send the blyithnes of this block,
And freith the from thy fais aboue the;
For thow art the maist feruent flock
That Scotland beiris, as deid dois proue the.
{450} And giue God sa handills the best,
Allace what sall cum of the rest,
Except repentance rin and red:
It is ane mirrour manifest,
Of dule and dolour to be dred,
To fall on thame this barret[420] bred.
Bot till our purpois to returne,
Thocht of this feir thow salbe fred,
Zit hes thow mater for to murne.
Becaus that watcheman thow dois want,
That the in puretie did plant,
And comfortit thy congregatioun:
Bot zit thocht he be gane I grant
The Lord can send the consolatioun,
Gif thow giue him dew adoratioun,
He will not leaue the comfortles,
As alreddy thow hes probatioun.
God grant thy Preicheours vprichtnes.
¶ Ze Lords also that dois frequent
The loft in Sanct Geills Kirk lament,
That Bogill[421] thair that ze hard blaw,
With quhome quhyles ze wer small content,
For the schairp threitnings he did schaw:
Zit thay maid zow sumquhat stand aw,
Thocht not so muche as neid requyrit.
This day in graue he lyis full law,
Quhilk langtyme was of him desyrit.
For seing all things not go weill,
He said thair suld not mis ane reill
That suld the cheifest walkin vp.
Gif he said suith this day ze feill,
{451} Luke gif God hes begun to quhup,
Bot thair byds zit ane sowrer Cup,
Except zour maners ze amend,
The dreggs but dout als ze sall sup:
From whilk danger God zow defend.
Sanctandrois als not to leif out,
His deith thou may deploir but dout,
Thow knawis he lude the by the laue,[422]
For first in the he gaue the rout
Till Antechrist that Romische slaue,
Preicheing that Christ did only saue.
Bot last, of Edinburgh exprest,
Quhen he was not far fra his graue,
He come to the by all the rest.
God grant that thow may thankfull be,
For his greit graces schawin to the,
In sending the his seruands trew,
Amen. Thow heiris na mair of me.
Bot Kyle, and Cuninghame may rew
Als sair as ony that I schew,
To quhome this darling was maist deir;
And vther gentill men anew,
Quhome I haue not reheirsit heir.
Than last of all to turn to zow,
That wer our brethren, bot not now:
God grant agane ze may cum hame,
For we suld wis zour weill I vow,
As also did this man be Name,
Thocht sum said he did zow defame,
He prayit to God that ze micht turne,
That ze micht schaip Eternall schame;
Thairfoir zour part is als to murne.
{452} For doutles he was mair zour freind,
Nor thay that winkit, or manteind
Zour fulische factioun and vnfair.
In deid that ze suld not susteind,
He thunderit threitnings to the air,
To terrifie zow mair and mair,
And rug[423] zow back that ze micht rew;[424]
For he knew perseueird ze thair,
Ze wer bot schipwrak but reskew.[425]
Than all this land thow may lament,
That thow lacks sic ane Instrument,
Till sum not plesand, zit, sa plane,
That all the godly was content.
Allace his lyke he left not ane,
Nor I feir sall not se agane:
Bot zit let vs nawayis dispair,
For quhy our God dois zit remane,
Quha can and will for his prepair.
For thocht his deith we do deploir,
Zit is he not our God thairfoir:
As wickit wardlings wald obtend,
Gone is zour God quhairin ze gloir.
The leuing God we mak it kend,
Is he, on quhome we do depend,
Quha will not leaue vs in distres,
Bot will his seruands till vs send,
Till gyde vs throw this wildernes.
Thairfoir letting thir Bablers be,
Quhais chief Religioun is to lie,
And all Godds seruands to backbyte,
Traducing this man principallie:
{453} Let thame spew out in thair dispyte,
All that thay will be word or wryte.
Lyke as him self is into gloir,
Sa sall all ages ay recyte,
Iohne Knoxis Name, with greit decoir.
¶ FINIS.
* * * * *
QVAM TVTVM
SIT PROPVGNACVLVM, DEO SINE
fuco inseruire, ex mirifica eximii Dei serui IOANNIS
KNOXII, in tranquillum vitæ exitum, illusis omnibus
impiorum conatibus, conseruatione, & eius exemplum
sequi, monemur.
QVEM petiere diu crudeles igne tyranni,
Sæpius & ferro quem petiere duces.
Occubuit (mirum) nullo violatus ab hoste,
Eximius Christi KNOXIVS ille sator.
Nam pater Æthereus Regum moderatur habenas,
Electosque potens protegit vsque suos.
Muniat hinc igitur nostras fiducia mentes,
Ne mors nos tetricis terreat vlla minis.
Quóq; minus trepidi sistamus tramite recto,
Huius ne pigeat viuere more viri.
¶ FINIS. Quod M. I. D.
* * * * *
{454}
EXCERPTA E POEMATIS
JOHANNIS JONSTONI;
QUIBUS TITULI
ΠΕΡΙ ΣΤΕΦΑΝΩΝ
SIVE
DE CORONIS MARTYRUM IN SCOTIA;
NECNON
PECVLIVM ECCLESIÆ SCOTICANÆ.
MS. IN BIBL. FACULT. JURID. EDIN. A. 6. 42.
* * * * *
PATRITIUS HAMILTONVS,[426]
Martyr, Andreapoli xxviii. Febr. An. Christi 1527.
E Cælo alluxit primam Germania lucem,
Qua Lanus, et vitreis qua fluit Albis aquis.
Intulit hinc lucem nostræ Dux prævius oræ.
O felix terra! hoc si foret usa duce!
Dira superstitio grassata tyrannide in omnes,
Omniaque involvens Cimmeriis tenebris,
Ille nequit lucem hanc sufferre. Ergo omnis in unam,
Fraude, odiis, furiis, turba cruenta coit.
Igne cremant. Vivus lucis qui fulserat igne,
Par erat, ut moriens lumina ab igne daret.
* * * * *
{455}
JOANNES MACHABÆVS,[427]
Alpinus, Christianismi in Dania Instaurator, Hafniæ Theol.
Professor; floruit 1550, teste Balæo.
I.
Qvae tulit in lucem me Scotia, luce frui me
Non tulit. Haud mirum: sprevit et ipsa Deum.
Anglia vix cepit. Subeuntem Teutonis ora
Suscipiens fovit L. . onis in gremio.
Lvtheri hic tetigisse datum dextramque Philippi:
Cernere et hic Christvm lucidiore die.
Me doctore dehinc amplexa est Dania Christvm;
Hafnia dat patriam, datque eadem tumulum.
Huc vitæ cursus: supremi hic meta laboris.
Hinc vehor exilii liber in astra metu.
Havd jactura gravis, patria tellure carere:
In patria gravior posse carere Deo.
II.
De Joh. Machabæo Patre, et Christiano,
Filio Patris simillimo.
Excedens terris Machabævs liquerat vno
Unius in nato pectoris effigiem.
Filius hanc solam potuit tibi promere: at illvm
Mors habet. Ecquis eam reddere nunc valeat?
* * * * *
ALEX. ALESIVS,[428]
(Obiit Lipsiæ xx Junij 1565.)
Lipsiæ Theol. Professor, de se et Joh. Machabæo.
Sors eadem exilii nobis, vitæque laborumque,
Ex quo nos Christi conciliavit amor.
{456} Una salus amborum, unum et commune periclum;
Pertulimus pariter præstite cuncta Deo.
Dania te coluit. Me Lipsia culta docentem
Audiit, et sacros hausit ab ore sonvs.
Qui mea scripta legit, Machabævm cernat in illis.
Alterutrum noscis, noscis utrumque simul.
* * * * *
JOHANNES ROCHIVS[429] et THOMAS GULIELMIVS,[430]
Uterque a sacris Jac. Hamiltono Scotie Gubernatori, uterque Christi
nomine Exul; et ille postea Martyr in Anglia, 22 decemb. 1557,
Londinj.
Postquam iterum premitur redivivi gloria Christi,
Et crudelis adhuc omnia Presul agit,
Cessimus inviti Invidiæ, et crudelibus iris.
Ah! facilis nocuit Principis ingenium.
Doctores nuper quæ nos adscripserat Aula
Deficit: et nostræ spes cecidere simul.
Redditur exilium Christi pro munere. Christvs
Exul erat: nobis sitne probro exilium?
Quid si mors adeunda sit? O mors illa beata!
Qua vitæ melior parta corona foret.
* * * * *
GEORGIVS SOPHOCARDIVS,[431]
Sive Wys‑hartus, Martyr, Andreapoli, Kal. Martii an. 1546.
Quam bene conveniunt divinis nomina rebus!
Divinæ hic Sophiæ corque oculusque viget.
Qui Patris arcanam Sophiam, cælique recessus
Corde fovens, terris Numina tanta aperit.
Vnus amor Christvs. Pro Christo concitus ardor
Altius humanis Enthea corda rapit.
{457} Præteritis aptans præsentia, jvdicat omnia;
Et ventura dehinc ordine quæque docet.
Ipse suam mortem, tempusque modumque profatur,
Fataque Carnifici tristia Sacrilego.
Terrificam ad flammam stetit imperterritus. Ipsa
Quin stupet invictos sic pavefacta animos,
Vt vix ausa dehinc sit paucos carpere. Tota
Ilicet innocui victa cruore viri est.
* * * * *
JOHANNES WEDDERBVRNVS,[432]
Pulsus in exilium, an. 1546. Exul in Anglia moritur 1556.
I.
Non meriti est nostri, meritas tibi dicere grates,
Aut paria, aut aliqua parte referre vicem.
Quæ meruisse alii vellent, nec posse mereri est:
Hæc velle, hæc posse, hæc te meruisse tuum est.
Sic facis atque canis sacra: sic agis omnia, nil ut
Sanctius, et nusquam purior ulla fides.
Hinc nullum magis invisum caput hostibus: hinc et
Nemo umquam meruit charior esse bonis.
Grandius hoc meritum, nil te meruisse fateris,
Humanis meritis nec superesse locum.
II.
DE JOHANNE, JACOBO, ET ROBERTO WEDDERBVRNO, FRATRIBUS.
Divisvm imperium, per tres, tria Numina, Fratres,
Infera quæque vides, quæque superna, canunt.
Vos miror potius tres vero nomine fratres,
Vosque supra veneror, Numina vana, Deos;
Concordes animas, clarissima lumina gentis,
Tres paribus studiis, tres pietate pares.
{458} Felices qui vos tales genuere parentes,
Quæque orbi tellus pignora rara dedit.
Progenitos Cælo Alectum[433] dedit inclyta terris:
Inde DEI‑DONUM nomen habere putem.
* * * * *
JOHANNES KNOXVS.[434]
Primus Evangelii Instaurator in Scotia, post superiora cruenta illa
tempora, obiit placide Edinburgi XXIV. IXbris, hora noctis undecima,
1572.
I.
Hic ille est Scotorum Knoxus Apostolus olim,
Cui prior hos ingens Beza dedit titulos:
Interpres cæli, vero qui Numine plenus,
Plurima venturi præscia signa dedit.
Facundum pectus. Libertas maxima fandi.
Totus inexhausto flagrat amore Dei.
Quam pia cura Poli, tam humani meta furoris:
Tanto plus victor, quo furit iste magis.
Post varios hostes aggressa Calumnia tandem
Hoc didicit, nulli nec sibi habere fidem.
Herovm Pietas odio est mortalibus. Unum hoc
Arguat Heroem hunc cœlitus esse datum.
II.
Cvra Dei: Romæ pestis: Mundi horror: et Orci
Pernicies: cæli fulmen ab arce tonans.
Limite in hoc modico tanti jacet hospitis umbra:
Vmbra silet; tamen est hostibus horror adhuc.
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JOHANNES WILLOCVS.[435]
Obiit in Anglia.
Cum Patriæ implessem donis cœlestibus urbes,
Mille olim obiiciens mortibus hanc animam,
Ipsa adeo exultat cæli sic luce sereni,
Pene sibi ut cælum, et lux queat esse aliis:
Excessi patria lætus tellure, libensque:
Vt vicina istis crescerat aucta opibus.
Hic etiam sevi cælestia semina verbi;
Gensque pia hic nostram plurima sensit opem.
Hæc et opes mihi, cumque opibus cumulavit honores;
Nec secus ac Patria me Anglia civem habuit.
Bis civis gemina in patria: mihi tertia restat;
Possidet hæredem tertia sola suum.
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CHRISTOPHORVS GVDMANNVS,[436]
Anglus, Ecclesiastes Andreapolitanus: moritur in Cestrensi provincia
Angliæ an. 1601.
Non Ego, ceu credis, Scotis peregrinus in oris:
Publica nec rerum cura aliena mihi.
Hic geniti Christo, hic geritur Republica Christi:
Christi Ego sum. In Christo his sumque ego congenitus;
Quin genui hic partem Christo. Patremque Ducemque
Et licet, et gaudent me vocitare suum.
Queis patriam peperi: non hanc: sed quæ altera cælo est,
Hac prior; his dicar qui peregrinus ego:
Alterutra jactent se alii regione profectos,
Nomine se jactat utraque terra meo.
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JOHANNES ARESKINUS,[437]
Dunius, Equestri familia ortus, Religionis gravis et constans assertor,
concionator nobilis, natus annos LXXX, moritur XII Martij, 1590.
Post tot avos veteres, et tot decora inclyta rerum
Surgit Areskino gloria major adhuc:
Scilicet illa Crucis Christi, quæ sola perennis:
Quæ regit una homines, quæ facit una deos.
Robora consiliis, pietatem miscet utrisque;
Et faciendo docet, atque docendo facit.
Heroem nullum huic æquarint secula. Nullus
Inter avos veteres fama et honore prior.
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JOHANNES BRABNERVS,[438]
Aberdonensis, Ecclesiastes Celurcanus[439] et Dunensis,
moritur an. 1564, postr. Kal. Novembris.
Nascendi primam dedit Aberdonia lucem:
Ille renascendi munera rettribuit.
Vtrum ergo debet Patriæ plus, an Patria illi?
Mutua sic rerum gratia rite coit.
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JOHANNES VIN‑RAMVS,[440]
Cænobii Augustinianorum olim Præfectus apud Andreanos, postea
inter Christi Ministros: obiit senex XXIIX. Septemb. 1581.
Quo te censu hominum, quo te, Vin‑Rame, reponam
In numero? hic multum est anxia mens animi.
{461} Se prodit Pietas, neque turbida lucis imago est:
Spargit enim de se lumina clara sui.
Quin te aperi tandem manifesto in lumine. Pelle
Turbidulos sensus, cumque pudore metus.
Cum pietate etenim postquam se nubila miscet
Mens hominum, lucis deperit ille vigor.
Gaudet agens Pietas manifesta in luce. Nec illa
Sit Pietas, quæ haud pro scit Pietate mori.
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JOHANNES ROWIVS,[441]
Ecclesiastes Perthensis, obit xvi. VIIIbris an. 1580.
Consilio præstans, rebus gravis auctor agendis,
Præcipuos inter, Lumina prima Patres.
Cognitio varia: immensa experientia rerum.
Omnigenam linguam mens præit ingenii:
Exactor disciplinæ, vindexque severus,
Ipse sibi censor, seque ad amussim habuit:
Sancta domus, castique lares, frons læta, severa:
Larga manus miseris, mensa benigna bonis.
Vrbis delicium: sancti pia copula amoris:
Una fides, fidei publica cura simul
Clara viris, cultuque decens, pulcherrima Pertha:
Rowivs at Perthæ haud ultima fama fuit.
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JACOBVS LAUSONIVS,[442]
Ecclesiastes Edinburgensis, obiit xii. Octobris an. 1584.