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Which here exactly, thou hast sweetly sung

In ornat style, in our quick-flowing tongue;

Of Lawes, Religion, customes, manners, rites

Of Kings and people: life-sublimest sprits

In policies and government: Earths spaces

From soyle to soyle, in thy long wandring traces.

But what my soule applaudes! and must admire

Which ev’ry zealous Christian, should desire

To learne and know; is this, Spaines tortring Racke

And torments sharpe, which for the Gospells sake

Thou constantly didst beare: O joyfull payne!

Whilst Grace in those sad pangs, did thee sustaine,

With love and patience: O blest lively faith!

That for Christs cause, condemned was to death.

Live then (O living Martyr!) still renown’d

Mongst Gods elect; whose constancy hath crown’d

Reformd Religion: And let Heavens thy mind

Blesse with moe joyes, than thou didst torments find.

Walter Lyndesay.

To my deare Friend, Countreyman and Condisciple, William Lithgow.

Rest Noble Spirits in your Native Soyles,

Whose high bred thoughts on deare bought sights are bent