The Monarche and Other Poems, Part 2

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by  David Lyndesay (David Lindsey), Fitzedward Hall (ed.)

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Early English Text Society.
The Monarche
AND OTHER POEMS
OF
Sir David Lyndesay.
EDITED BY
FITZEDWARD HALL.
PART II.
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The Poems
of
Sir David Lyndesay.
PART II.
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JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.
THE THRID BVKE OF THE MONARCHE. 129
With A loude crye, he gaifthegaist.
anddied.
3924 Quhenhe wes dede, thay tuke one dart,
And peirst that Prence outthrouch the hart, Hewaspierced.
Fra quham thare ran walter and blude.
The erth than trymblit, to conclude ;
3928 Phebus did hyde his beymes brycht, Thephenomena
thatfollowedHis
That throuch the warld thare wes no lycht; crucifixion,with
respecttothe
The gret vaill ofthe tempyll raue ; earth,thesun,the
vailoftheTemple,
The dede men rais out ofthare graue, andthedead;as
3932 And in the Cetie did appeir, wehearinScrip
ture.
As in the Scripture thow may heir.
Than Ioseph, ofAbaramathie,
Hewasburied,
Did bury hym rychthonestlie :
3936 Bot zit he rose, full gloriouslye,
butroseonthe
On the thrid day, tryumphandlye. thirdday,
With his Disciplis, in certane,
stayed40days
Fourtye dayis he did remane ; withHisdisciples,
andascendedinto
3940 Efter that, to theheuin ascendit. Heaven.
Thir Iowis no thyng thare lyfe amendit,
TheJewsmended
Nor gaifno credens tyllhis sawis, not,
As at more lenth the storye schawis,--
3944 Bot creuellye thay did oppres butcruelly per
All men that Christis name did profes, secutedHis
followers,
And persecutit mony one :
Thay presonit boith Peter and Ihone ;
3948 And Stewin thay stonit to the dede; asSS.Peter,John,
Stephen,and
Frome Iames the les thay straik the hede. James,
This wes the cause, in conclusioun,
totheirown
Offthare creuell confusioun. harm.
3952 The prudent Iow, Iosephus, sayis
Josephustellsus,
That he wes present inthose dayis ; that,
And, in his buke, makith mentioun,
Quhow, efter Christis Ascentioun 42yearsafterthe
Ascension,
3956 The space oftwa and fourty zeris,
Began those creuell mortall weris, . thecruelwars
The secund zeir ofVespasiane, began,
9
130 THE THRID BVKE OF THE MONARCHE.
fataltomany. Quhare mony takin wer and slane.
3960 Iosephus planely doith conclude,
Wes neuer senesic onemultytude,
Affore that tyme, in to the toun,
Thecitywasfull
ofvictims, Quhilk come for thare confusioun.
3964 Thare gret Infortune so befell,
That all the Princis of Israell
assembledagainst
Conuenit agane the tyme ofPace,
thePassover.
Bot tyll returne thayhad no grace.
3968 The bald Romanis, withthare Chiftane,
Titusinvades
Tytus, the Sonne ofVespasiane,
Judea.
Thare Army ouer Iudea spred:
Than all men to the Ciete fled,
TheJewsgathered
togetherin 3972 Beleuand thare to get releif;
Jerusalem.
Bot allthat turnit to thare myscheif.
The Romanis lappit thame about,
That be no waye thay mycht wyn out.
Itwasbesieged
forsixmonths, 3976 Sax Moneth did that Sege indure,
Quhare loste wer mony one creature,
Quhilkis thare in misary did remane,
duringwhich, Tyll thay wer takin, all, or slane.
3980 Duryng the tyme ofthis assailze,
Thare meit, and drynk, and all did failze;
thousandswere
starvedtodeath, Forthare wes sic anemultytude,
That thousandis deit forfalt offude.
3984 Necessitie gart thame eit, perforsse,
afterenduring Dog, Catt, and Rattone, Asse, and horsse.
Ryche men behuffittyll eait tharegold,
Syne deit ofhunger monyfold.
grievouspriva
tion 3988 Sic hunger wes, without remeid
The quik behufit tyll eit the deid :
andextreme The fylth of Closettismony eit;
distress.
To lenth thare lyfe thay thocht it sweit.
3992 The famous Ladyis ofthe toun,
Forfalt offude, thay fell in swoun.
Women,from
hunger, Quhen thay mychtgett none vther meit,
THE THRID BVKE OF THE MONARCHE. 131
Thay slew thare propir Bairnis to eit;
slewtheirown
3996 Bot allfor nocht : dispytfullye, childrenforfood,
which,however,
Thare awin sowldiouris, full gredelye, thesoldiers
snatchedfrom
Reft thame that flesche most misarabyll; them.
And thay, with murnyng lamentabyll,
4000 For extreme hunger, zald the spreit.
Thare wes the Prophesie compleit,
Thuswereverified
As Christ affore maid narratioun, thewordsof
Christ,
The day ofhis grym Passioun.
4004 Quhen that the Ladyis forhym murnit,
Full pietuouslye he to thame turnit, Whobadethe
daughtersofJeru
And said: douchterris, murne nocht for me;
salem mourn,not
Murne on zour awin posteritie: forHim,butfor
theirposterity,
4008 Within schort tyme sall cum the day
That men ofthis Ciete sall say,
Quhen thay ar trappit in the snair,
6•Blyst be the wamb that neuer bair; whoweredestined
bitterlytobewail
4012 The baren papis,than, thay sall blys : theirlot.
That dulefull dayze sallnocht mys.'
This prophesie itcome to pas,
That day, with mony lowdea6llas ! ' Particularsofthe
4016 Sic sorrowfull lamentatioun
Wes neuer hard in that natioun.
Seand those lustye Ladyis sweit
wretchednessof
Deand for hunger in the streit, thepeople,
Thare husbandis nor thare chyldring
4020
Mycht geue to thame naconforting,
Nor zit releifthame ofthare harmis,
andtheirmiser
Bot atheris deand invtheris armis.
ableend.
4024 Efter this wofull Indigence,
Amang thame rose sic Pestilence, Tothesiegesuc
Quhare in thare deit mony hounder, ceededa pesti
lence.
Quhilk tyll declare it wergret wounder.
4028 And, for fynall conclusioun,
Those weirlyke wallis thay dang doun.
Thecity-walls
Prince Tytus, with his Chewalrye, wererazed;
9*
132 THE THRID BVKE OF THE MONARCHE.
With sound oftrompe, Tryumphandlye
andTitusentered 4032 He enterrit in that gret Ciete.
Jerusalem .
Bot tyll declare I thynkpiete
The panefull clamour horrabyll
Shrieks, Offwoundit folk most miserabyll.
killing, 4036 Thare wes nocht ellis bot tak andslay;
For thare mycht no man wyn away.
The strandis ofblude ran throuch the stretis
blood,
Offdede folk trampit vnder fetis;
4040 AuldWedowis in the preis wer smorit;
Zoung Virginis, schamefully deflorit;
rape,
The gret Tempyll of Salamone -
With mony A curyous caruit stone,
dseascrtirloeygien,ginthe 4044 With perfyte pynnakles onhycht,
Templeof Quhilkis werrycht bewtyfull and wycht,
Solomon,
Quhare in ryche Iowellis did abound,-
Thay ruscheit rudlye to the ground,
4048 And sett, in tyll thare furious yre,
Sancta Sanctorum in to fyre;
burning,
And, with extreme confusioun,
All thare gret Dungionis thay dang doun.
ruin,
4052 Thare bursin wer the boildin breistis
OffByschoppis, princis ofthe preistis :
Theclergy, Thare takin wes the gret vengeence
On fals Scrybis andPharisience.
reapingtherecom .
penseoftheir 4056 All thare payntit Ipocrasie,
wickedness,
Thattyme, mycht mak thame no supplie.
That day thay dulefullye repentit
grievedthatthey
hadslainthe That to the deith ofChriste consentit :
Christ,
4060 Thocht it wes oure Saluatioun,
Itt wes to thare Dampnatioun.
andshedinnocent The vengeance ofthe blude saikles,
blood.
Frome Abell tyll Zacharies,
4064 That day apon Ierusalem fell.
Vengeance,that
day,fellon Bot tiddius it wer to tell
Jerusalem ,
The gretextreme confusioun,
THE THRID BVKE OF THE MONARCHE. 133
And ofblude sic effusioun:
inunparalelled
4068 Wes neuer slane so mony ane man, slaughter.
At one tyme, sen the warld began.
The Iowis, that day, gat thare desyre,
TheJewswere
Quhilk thay did aske, in to thare yre, thenanswered,
4072 As bene in Scripture specifyit,
The dayquhen Christe wes Crucifyit.
Quhen Ponce Pylat, the precedent, whohadaccepted,
Said to thame, 'I am Innocent
4076 Offthe Iust Blude ofChrist Iesus,1'
forthemselves
Thay cryit, 6' his Blude lycht vpon ws, andtheirheirs,
And on our Generatioun:'
Thaygat thare Supplicatioun : theconsequences
ofdoingtheChrist
4080 That day, with monycairfull cry, todeath.
Thare blude wes sched aboundantly.
Iosephus wryttith, in his buke,-
Josephus records,
His Cronicle quho lyste to luke,- that,
4084 Duryng that creuell Sege, certane,
Wer alewin hundreth thowsand slane ; duringthesiege,
1,100,000were
ОffPresonaris, weill tauld and sene, slain,and97,000
takencaptive.
Foure score ofthousandis, and sewintene.
4088 Out ofthe land thay did expell
Expelledfrom
All the peple of Israell, theirhome,
And, for thare gret Ingratytude,
theJewsarestill
Thay leifzit vnder Seruytude. inservitude.
4092 Thare is no Iow, in no cuntre,
Theyhavebeen
Quhilk hes one fute ofpropertie, withoutland
Nor neuer had, withouttin weir,
Sen this day fyuetenehundreth zeir, sinceChrist's
time,
4096 Nor neuer sall, I to the schaw,
andwillsoremain,
Tyll that thay turne to Christis law. tillconverted.
Sum sayis that Iowis mony fald
Wer thretty for ane penny sald ; Itissaidthat
theywereonce
4100 As Iudas sauld the Kyng of Glore
sold,thirtyfora
For thretty pennyis, and no more. penny.
Efter that mony wer myscheuit,