A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs, Psalms and ballads · Part 79 – Part 81
WAS not Salomon the King,
To miserie be wemen brocht:
Quhilk wisdome out of frame did bring
Till he maist wickitly had wrocht.
A thousand wemen he did keip,
Allace allace,
Quhilk drownit him in Sin sa deip,
As come to pas.
was not Paris maist wichitlie
Be Uenus led to Helenis lust:
For quhilk sin and adulterie
The plagues of Troy war efter Iust:
The sturdie stormis he did Indure
Allace, allace,
His lusting lyfe was nathing sure,
As come to pas.
Thocht Troylus Cressed did enioy,
As Paris Helene did lykewise:
Ȝit leuie he not lang in Troy.
Bot that Fortoun did him dispise,
Quha wald then wirk accordinglie
Allace, allace,
Sic plesure bringis Miserie
As come to pas.
Thocht Ouid fayne that Leander,
Aduenterit mekill his lufe to gaine:
Ȝit dois the Poet Menander,
Aduertise vsus for to refraine,
For lusting lyfe is nathing stayed
Allace, allace,
Ilk man thairfoir may be afrayed
Quhilk is bot gras.
Quhat sall we say to Pyramus,
Sic wretchit wo did him assaill:
His end in deid was dolorus,
Quhen fulische frensie did preuaill
Quhat wise man wald his fact commend
Allace, allace,
Quhilk brocht his lyfe vntounto ane end
As come to pas.
Thocht Hercules for Exionie,
A michtie Monster did subdew:
Ȝit endit he in miserie
Gif Poetis faining may be trew,
Disminsing mate Abderitus:
Allace, allace,
Ane deith sustenit meruellous
As come to pas.
Anaxaretus sum do say,
Entised Iphis outwardli…:
And than withorew hir lufe away
And he him self slew wilfullie
Traist the vntraistie quha that will:
Allace, allace,
For sic my self I will not kill
As his lufe was.
Thocht Iupiter transformit him.
Alcumena for to defile:
The fenȝeit Goodis thay scornit him,
For lyke offence within a quhyle,
For quhen he lay in Uenus lap:
Allace allace,
Uulcanus tuke him in ane trap,
As come to pas.
Thus bewtie breidis bitternes,
And bringis baill to mony men:
Quha is led be wilfulnes,
Sall feill the force of bewtie then:
For sum being taken in the traine:
Allace allace,
Ar led to penurie and paine.
As come to pas.
Thocht Cato Prince of prudent price.
In welthie stait did lang remaine,
Ȝit be the chance of Fortounis dice,
Mekill miserie he did sustaine.
His weddit wyfe did wirk him wo,
Allace allace,
Mekill mair thir beistis quhilk cum and go▪
Pas and repas.
Tiberius the Empriour,
Be his wyffis greit adulterie:
Loste his pompe and puissant power,
Ending his lyfe in miserie.
Cheis weill thairfoir leist ȝe do say:
Allace allace,
Lat thir and vther at this day.
Be as thy glas.
Althocht Marcus Antonius.
was sene in Cosmographia:
Ȝit was his end maist dolorus,
Be that fals harlot Faustina,
Tak heid thairfoir of this be war.
Allace allace,
Be thow not snaird in Uenus snair:
In ony case.
Althocht Sextus Tarquinius,
Defylit chaist Lucresia,
He and his Father Superbus,
From Rome war banischit away.
A Iust rewaird for sic offence:
Allace allace,
Lyke punischement for lyke offence
Oft cummis to pas.
Thocht subtill Sardanapalus
A Prince was picht to rewle and reigne:
Ȝit war his factis sa licharus,
That euerie man micht se them plaine,
At Babylon he did desyre
Allace, allace,
To set the haill Castell on fyre
Quhair brunt he was.
Ptholomeus Philopater,
The michtie King of Egypt land,
Being a michtie Conquerer
His lust vntounto a wenche did stand
His weddit wyfe he put to deith
Allace, allace,
Thus Princes oft do spend thair braith:
As come to pas.
Phisco lykewise the Lychorus
Quhilk Children be his Sisteris had:
That gat Heliogabalus,
Quhais lyfe in lust was spent to bad
Defyling Mayd and wyfe also
Allace, allace,
Harlottis with him micht ryde and go
Quhair he did pas.
Althocht Caius Caligula
All his awin Sisteris did defyle:
And thocht him self in quyet stay
Possessing plesure for ane quhyle,
Ȝit his men did his deith conspyre:
Allace, allace,
This wretchit man he had his hyre
As come to pas.
¶Exampillis takin out of the Bybill.
WITH Bybill materis to begin,
Historyis mony we may find:
How lusting lufe that laithsum sin
The oppin eyis of sum do blind,
Thocht Sichem Dina had defylde:
Allace, allace,
Baith he and Heymor war begylde
As come to pas.
Did not daintie Dalilay,
The michtie Sampson bring to nocht:
Quhen he his secreit heid did wray
In Uenus snair scho had him cauch…
Did not Apame in lyke case
Allace, allace,
Straik that greit King vponupon the face
As come to pas.
Thocht Ammon did his mynde fulfill
Upon his Sister Thamar deir:
Ȝit Absolon his blude did spill,
Schortly efter as dois appeir
Thocht Dauid was the Lordis Elect:
Allace, allace,
with Bethsabe he was Infeet
As come to pas.
Thocht Holofernes lu…it lang,
To hauehave to do on Iudethis bed:
His lusting lyfe did happin wrang,
And scho did sone stryke of his heid,
Quhat wyne and women do ȝow se,
Allace allace,
wask and wander with modestie,
In ony case.
Thocht Iudas did with Thamarly,
Quhils was his dochter be the Law:
The Genesis dois testifie,
Iust Iosephis gude and godlie aw,
Quhen his Lordis wyfe wald him constraint:
Allace allace,
He maid hir purpois haillely vaine
As come to pas.
Of him let vsus exampill tak
And neuer think on Cupides dart:
Uenus can nouther mar nor mak
Gif vntounto God we ioyne our hart,
And leif this airt of …anging lust:
Allace allace,
And in the Lord hauehave hope and trust
Quhilk …s and was.
FINIS.
ALL my lufe leif me not,
Leif me not leif me not,
All my lufe leif me not
Thus myne alone:
with ane burding on my bak,
I may not heir it I am sa waik
Lufe this burding fra me tak
Or ellis I am gone.
With sinnis I am ladin soir,
Leif me not, leif me not,
With sinnis I am ladin soir
Leif me not alone:
I pray the Lord thairfoir
Keip not my sinnis in stoir,
Lowse me or I be forloir
And heir my mone.
With thy handis thow hes me wrocht▪
Leif me not, leif me not,
With thy handis thow hes me wrocht▪
Leif me not alone:
I was sauld and thow me bocht
With thy blude thow hes me coft
Now am I hidder socht
To the Lord alone.
I cry and I call to the,
To leif me not, to leif me not,
I cry and I call to the
To leif me not alone:
All thay that ladin be
Thow biddis them cum to the
Than sall thay sauit be
Throw thy mercy alone.
Thow saues all the penitent
And leifis them not, and leifis them not,
Thow saifis all the penitent,
And leifis thame not allone:
All that will thair Sinnis repent,
Nane of thame salbe schent,
Suppose thy bow be reddy bent,
Of thame thow killis none.
Faith, hope▪ and cheritie,
Leif me not, leif me not,
Faith, hope, and cheritie,
Leif me not allone:
I pray the Lord grant me,
Thir godly giftis thre,
Than sall I saint be,
Dout hauehave I none.
To the Father be all gloi…,
That leifis vsus not, that leifis vsus not,
To the Father be all gloir,
That leuis vsus not a…lone,
Sone and haly Gaist, euer moie,
As it was of befoir,
Throw Christ our Sauiour,
We ar saif euerie one.
FINIS.