The first Booke of THE FAMOVS HISTORIE OF THE Excellent & most valiaunt PrinceRobert Surnamed the Brvce King of Scotland corrected and enlarged by Patrik Gordon Gentleman.
Caput. 1
Argument.
The Douglas hears his Countries shame her fall
And back returns from France with wofull Heart
Vewing herwoes her ruine wrak and all
He muche laments her lose in eurie parte,
When lo a Kinght from dumps doeth him recall
With whome he fights with valour strength and arte
When each of life dispaires and death attends
They other knoe, the fight in friendship ends,
Of Martiall deeds of dreadful warres I sing
Of Potentates, firce Knightes, & Champions bold
Who to mantaine, o’re threw a valiant King
Most brave atchieuments well perform’d of old
What flamming swords, blood, terror, death can bring
Love, tyme, and fortuns wheele that still is rold.
My vrigine Muse doeth laboure to bring forth
Crownd with the golden starrs which grace the North
Those Heroese old whose glory seems obscure,
Of which in Fames steel tables nought remains,
I offer on your sacred shrines most pure,
whose strength my labours weighty swey sustains,
Those antients worth in you doth liue secure,
which once may be the subiect of my paines,
wherewith my Iaies adornd shal flie a long
And make the earth enamored of my song.
Why heau’ns powrd out such a deludge of woes
which to the world my weeping muse doth sing,
And how those sad tumultuous broiles arose,
O who can tell since heauens eternal King
After his wil earths Empires doth dispoese,
And fatal periods to all Rengs doth bring,
Who shakes the earth assunder in his wrath,
And melts the heau’ns with his consuming breath
But
(Patrick Gordon)
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