Scotland's lament for their misfortunes. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A92721 of text R183615 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing S2016A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A92721 Wing S2016A ESTC R183615 45097940 ocm 45097940 171515 2240881321

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A92721) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 171515) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2576:17) Scotland's lament for their misfortunes. 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n., [Edinburgh : 1700] Imprint suggested by Wing. In verse. Reproduction of original in the John Carter Brown Library. eng Scottish poetry -- To 1700. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo Scotland's lament for their misfortunes. [no entry] 1700 3 606 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2009-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2009-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-03 Sampled and proofread 2009-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
SCOTLAND'S LAMENT FOR Their MISFORTUNES . PRay listen and hear of the sad state has hapened to SCOTLAND of late And this my part which I 've begun , will now declare their Misfortune . And truly this is very sad , enough to make a wise Man mad , These bypast Years have been so bad , ther 's Thousands dyed for lake of Bread . As yet it is not like to end , till we the People do amend : If an Indian Trade we do attemp , likewise of Sin let as Repent . At first by it we could do no good , not being assisted by our GOD ; We 've lost our Men , and our Money , our Provender , and Ships at Sea , Thô it be so it is no Wonder , for the great Sin which we ly under , Of good Religion we make a shew , but oh ! alace ! it is not true . Many Words we do make up on heap , which makes us like the Hypocrite , They are not in Sincetiry , alace ! too like the Pharisee ; Yet if in Goodness we do augment , our GOD is good , and will Repent , He 'l give us Success to our Trade , that we our En'mies may invade , A hard beginning is the best , and will our good Friend prove at last . Let us take Courage still yet more , for whom HE Loves HE chastens sore . Therefore our Trade we need not fear , these are good News , that we do hear , The safety of the Rising-Sun , to inhabite Darien will go on ; Let us take Courage and be glade , hoping to have a gallant Trade : But if we still Rebels Remain , against our Master to Conspire , He will then come as with a Train , and set our Houses all on fire . As in Edinburgh that Gallant City , ( Saving His will ) had been great pity . Into the Year seven Hundred , this sad Misfortune hap'ned , In February the third day , the incroaching fire did mount so high , That the best Buildings in the Town , by force of it were pulled down , These brave Buildings , that were so high , the like was not in that Kingdoms three . Full Fifteen Stories high or so , yet by the Fire they 're brought low , Which caused many one to mourn , Two Hundred Families there did burn . Now the same Quarter of the Town , thrice by the Fire has been pulled down ; We may receive it as a Wedge , for the horrid Sin Sacraledge , And other sins which GOD doth move , to afflict his People , them to prove , Such as Pride , whose Patron 's Hell , whose Father is the Devil himself , To break the Sabbath is a shame , to Whore , and Drink , and to Blaspheme , To Cheat and lie , to Steel and Rive , this age abounds wherein we live ; Therefore let us Repent with speed , for sure there never was more need . For these his Threatnings on us all , we may receive them as a call , And make Confession of our Sins , which all these Evils on us brings , Over the same dayly to Mourn , least that into Hell's Fire we burn . FINIS