ALBION'S
Congratulatory
;
OR
,
A
POEM
,
Upon
the
High
and
Mighty
PRINCE
JAMES
Duke
of
ALBANY
and
YORK
,
His
Return
unto
SCOTLAND
.
Presented
to
His
Royal
HIGHNESS
,
By
M.
L.
ALBANI
expectant
reditus
;
illoque
reverso
,
Certatim
ingenti
celebrant
nova
gaudia
plausu
.
EDINBURGH
,
Printed
by
the
Heir
of
Andrew
Anderson
,
Printer
to
His
most
Sacred
MAJESTY
,
Anno
DOM
.
1680.
TO
His
Royal
Highness
.
SIR
,
THis
is
the
fourth
time
,
that
I
have
addressed
Your
ROYAL
HIGHNESS
,
I
dare
not
add
with
success
and
approbation
;
yet
,
I
'm
sure
,
not
beyond
the
circle
of
my
duty
,
nor
without
a
strong
impulse
to
admire
and
applaud
the
amiable
parts
,
and
attractive
vertues
so
conspicuous
in
your
Person
,
and
in
every
Scene
of
your
Actions
,
that
Malice
cannot
impute
it
to
an
insinuating
and
fawning
humour
.
My
first
address
got
no
unkind
reception
from
your
favourable
Candour
;
but
,
writing
in
that
dialect
,
being
unfashionable
in
the
British
Isle
,
and
consequently
unseasonable
to
your
HIGHNESS
,
(
having
sown
the
seed
of
your
tender
years
〈◇〉
the
field
of
Mars
,
and
reap'd
the
rich
increase
thereof
in
riper
age
)
you
was
pleased
to
make
use
of
the
conveying
conduit
of
a
ROYAL
and
skilful
INTERPRETESS
:
I
amended
the
former
escape
in
the
second
Address
,
by
the
addition
of
an
accompanying
Guide
,
of
your
own
Countrey
fashion
,
tho
not
breeding
;
under
whose
conduct
,
I
could
not
promise
my
travelling
Muse
an
easie
passage
,
having
never
appeared
on
the
stage
before
,
in
an
English
habit
.
To
the
third
(
deckt
altogether
in
your
own
native
dress
,
and
)
hastened
by
your
sudden
departure
,
I
premised
,
and
repeated
this
Ushering
TETRASTICK
;
Be
pleas'd
,
Sir
,
to
accept
fruit
pluck'd
in
haste
,
Which
,
if
they
relish
well
,
you
're
woo'd
to
taste
;
But
if
they
nauseate
,
or
no
pleasure
yield
,
I
'l
raze
the
tree
,
and
henceforth
curse
the
field
.
When
lo
your
graceful
smiles
,
and
courtly
gesture
spake
a
kind
Acceptation
,
and
encourag'd
me
to
make
this
fourth
address
;
The
subject
whereof
,
viz.
your
glad
return
,
was
as
acceptable
to
my
pensive
Muse
,
as
the
genial
Muses
are
welcome
to
overtravelled
Minds
;
as
the
Honourable
E.
of
ROSECOMMON
(
upon
Horace
his
Art
of
Poetrie
)
singeth
well
;
Some
have
by
Verse
obtain'd
the
Love
of
KINGS
,
Who
with
the
Muses
ease
their
weari'd
minds
.
And
albeit
this
inelaborate
Poem
should
m●●●
of
that
end
;
and
tho
the
stile
be
not
so
loftie
,
nor
the
veine
so
happy
,
as
I
could
wish
,
and
think
worthy
wherewith
to
entertain
and
present
your
HIGHNESS
;
yet
,
in
a
homely
way
,
I
have
given
a
plain
testimony
of
zealous
Loyalty
to
my
Sov'raign
;
and
consequently
of
dutiful
respect
(
if
the
effects
of
either
were
to
be
noticed
in
such
a
mean
Gentleman
)
to
his
dear
and
only
Brother
.
Vouchsafe
,
therefore
,
ROYAL
SIR
,
to
accept
the
humble
tender
of
an
obsequious
Muse
;
and
,
in
these
injurious
and
tempestuous
times
,
daign
to
shrowd
her
under
the
hospitable
shade
of
your
Protection
;
or
,
as
the
famous
abovenamed
Translatour
turneth
,
Then
Hush
not
,
Noble
PISO
,
to
protect
,
What
Gods
inspire
,
and
Kings
delight
to
hear
.
Thither
she
gladly
flies
,
and
hopes
to
remain
secure
,
while
we
are
honoured
with
the
calm
summer
of
your
gladsome
presence
here
;
Where
,
that
joy
and
safety
may
alwayes
attend
your
person
,
Love
and
Honour
increase
your
splendour
,
Good
Fortune
and
Success
crown
your
Actions
,
shall
be
the
hearty
desire
and
importunate
prayer
of
,
Your
ROYAL
HIGHNESS
Most
Faithful
and
most
Humble
Servant
,
M.
L.