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THOMAS RYMER's
PROPHECIES
IN VERSE.
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1SCOTLAND be sad now and lament;
for honours thou hast lost,
But yet rejoice, in better times,
which will repay the cost.
2Tho' into thraldom you should be
brought by your enemies,
You shall have freedom from them all,
and enjoy your liberties.
3The grave of the most noble Prince
to all is great regret,
The subject to law, who doth leave
the kingdom and estate.
4O anguish great! where every kind.
and ages doth lament:
Whom bitter death has ta'en away,
shall Scotland sore repent.
