This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...a lamb or a dog by her." t Free, in order, provoked. J Sultan. OF THE SAID JAMES, WHEN HE HAD PLEASED HIM THE POET. 0 gracious Princess, guid and fair! Do weel to James your wardropair; Whase faithful brother maist friend I am: He is nae Dog; he is a Lamb. Though I in ballad did him bourd, In malice spak I ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...a lamb or a dog by her." t Free, in order, provoked. J Sultan. OF THE SAID JAMES, WHEN HE HAD PLEASED HIM THE POET. 0 gracious Princess, guid and fair! Do weel to James your wardropair; Whase faithful brother maist friend I am: He is nae Dog; he is a Lamb. Though I in ballad did him bourd, In malice spak I never ane word, But all, my Dame, to do you game: He is nae Dog; he is a Lamb. Your Hieness can not get ane meter t To keep your wardrobe, nor discreeter, To rule your robes, and dress the same: He is nae Dog; he is a Lamb. The wife that he had in this inns, J That with th- tangs wad break his shins, 1 wald she drownit were in a dam: He is nae Dog; he is a Lamb. The wife that wald him cuckold mak, I wald she were, baith side and bak, Weel batterit with ane barrow tram: He is nae Dog; he is a Lamb. He has sa weel done me obey In till all thing, therefore I pray That never dolour mak him dram: He is nae Dog; he is a Lamb. The subject of this biting satire was, as the poet tells us, keeper of the queen's wardrobe. Of his history, Mr Laing gives the following account, as the result of Mr Chalmers's indefatigable researches: --"James Dog, or Dpig, appears in the Treasurer's Accounts as one of the king's domestic servants in 1489, and from the numerous subsequent entries where his name occurs, he must have been regarded as a trusty, active, and confidential person; and he was enabled by his savings to purchase the lands of Duntober, in Perthshire, May 12, 1500. After the king's marriage, in 1503, he was transferred to the establishment of the queen's household, whom he long continued to serve with fidelity. In proof of this it may be noticed that, in 1523, August 4, a grant was made to the king's. (James V.) 'lovit servitour, ...
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