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<HEAD>TO HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY VVILLIAM <HI>King of Great-Brittain, &amp;</HI> The Humble Addre&s;s of the Regimented CAMERONIAN PRESBYTERIANS Lying at <HI>MONTROSE,</HI> and Adjacent Cities in <HI>ANG&V;S.</HI> <DATE><HI>December 12th.</HI> 1689.</DATE></HEAD>
<LG>
<L>REligious Sir, whom GOD doth call and chu&s;e,</L>
<L>On Earth His great Lieutenants place to u&s;e;</L>
<L>We ble&s;s that Night, which did bring forth that Morn,</L>
<L>Wherein 'twas &s;aid, There is a Man Child born,</L>
<L>Of &s;o much Valour and renoun'd E&s;teem,</L>
<L>Who &s;hall from Bondage <HI>Britains</HI> I&s;le redeem:</L>
<L>O! Happy time wherein we now can &s;ay,</L>
<L>(Although we be be-north the River <HI>Tay</HI>)</L>
<L>Which Place, Great Sir, of all Your great Dominions,</L>
<L>Doth hate us mo&s;t, and all of our Opinions;</L>
<L>For there she Go&s;pel never &s;hined bright,</L>
<L>They loved Darkne&s;s, greatly hated Light;</L>
<L>They mocke Religion, and True Go&s;pel Preachers,</L>
<L>Painful Pa&s;tors, and Religious Teachers;</L>
<L>And al&s;o, Sir, we dare be bold to &s;ay,</L>
<L>The Devil reigneth there, until this day;</L>
<L>They love not you, who is their Reval HERO,</L>
<L>But cleave to <HI>James,</HI> that Cruel Bloody <HI>Nero.</HI></L>
<L>E&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> Great Sir, &s;ome <HI>Angus</HI> Lairds,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> and Ale.</L>
<L>The&s;e are their Principles, this is their Zeal.</L>
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<LG>
<L>O! Happy time, we &s;ay, when we can boa&s;t.</L>
<L>For all their Circuits, and the <HI>Highland Ho&s;t!</HI></L>
<L>For all their <HI>Te&s;ts,</HI> and <HI>Bonds</HI> of <HI>Regulation,</HI></L>
<L>Which were &s;o grievous to this <HI>Anetent Nation;</HI></L>
<L>Yet &s;ome of us our Garments keeped clean,</L>
<L>And free of &s;pots, ye know, Sir, what we mean.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sir, we have &s;een the day, when <HI>James</HI> did reign,</L>
<L>They would our Brethren to the Scafford bring,</L>
<L>And Torture them alive, like Mallefactors,</L>
<L>Or, in &s;ome Murdering Stratagim, great Actors</L>
<L>Would fix their Heads up in the Marcat Places,</L>
<L>A Cur&s;e come down their Bloody Murdering Faces.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Again, Great Sir we ever will incline,</L>
<L>To Regi&s;ter the Fatal Eighty Nine:</L>
<L>In which the LORD hath you our King appointed,</L>
<L>And &s;ince, Great Sir, you are the LORD'S Anointed;</L>
<L>HE hath wronght wonderous Works to bring you in,</L>
<L>Imploy your &s;trength again&s;t that <HI>Man of Sin;</HI></L>
<L>Cru&s;h his De&s;igns, confound their <HI>Popi&s;h Plots,</HI></L>
<L>Believe them not, altho they turn their Coats.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Of you, Great Sir, the Prophets have foretold,</L>
<L>In lattertimes, and in the dayes of Old;</L>
<L>Great <HI>Britains</HI> King &s;hall yet Religious be,</L>
<L>And &s;hall demoli&s;h Grove, and each green Tree,</L>
<L>In which your Priors, did their Homage give</L>
<L>To Stocks, and Stones, and things which do not live!</L>
<L>And while you Fight again&s;t <HI>JEHOVAH</HI>'s Foes.</L>
<L>And &s;till in him your Confidence repo&s;e,</L>
<L>He'll be your Sheild and Buckler in the War,</L>
<L>And when your Enemies approach afar</L>
<L>At &s;ight of you, they'l turne their back and yield.</L>
<L>Becau&s;e the LORD for you doth fight the Field;</L>
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<LG>
<L>But yet, Great Sir, if you &s;hall turn a&s;ide,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">s Statures &s;hall not firm abide,</L>
<L>We mu&s;t be bold, to tell you from our Heart;</L>
<L>That &s;oon or &s;yne the LORD will make you &s;mart;</L>
<L>And this hath very frequently been &s;een,</L>
<L>In many Lands upon both King and Queen:</L>
<L>This good Advice (we hope) will be no Trea&s;on,</L>
<L>It's back'd with Scripture, and the height of Rea&s;on.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Next, Sir, we hope by your <HI>Heroick Hand,</HI></L>
<L>Shall be reduc'd, our broken <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg"><HI>Ireland</HI></NOTE>Neighbouring Land:</L>
<L>We hope to &s;ee your great <HI>Parade</HI> advance,</L>
<L>And fix your Camp into the Heart of <HI>France:</HI></L>
<L>We hope to &s;ee you Scall the Walls of <HI>Rome,</HI></L>
<L>And give the Man of Sin his Fatal Doom;</L>
<L>And we our &s;elves &s;hall in your pre&s;ence be,</L>
<L>And Celebrate that &s;trange Cata&s;trophe.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Some Men that are our Enemies and yours,</L>
<L>Say, That we'll not obey Superiour Powers;</L>
<L>But yet, Great Sir, we'll make them under&s;tand,</L>
<L>Before them&s;elves, we'll notice your Command;</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> Great <UNCLEAR>Sir will</UNCLEAR> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
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<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> Wiz<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L><UNCLEAR>Great</UNCLEAR> Sir, &s;ome in the Army, and the State,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">at they by any means could know their Fate,</L>
<L>They would lend in their Strength, you to Dethrone,</L>
<L>And &s;et a Popi&s;h Tyrant thereupon:</L>
<L>But Ble&s;&s;ed be GOD, it is not in their Station,</L>
<L>To know the Secrets of Prede&s;tination:</L>
<L>They do pretend their King was thru&s;t away,</L>
<L>And that he got not fair impartial play!</L>
<L>Which is right true, for if the Law had been</L>
<L>Put in its force, again&s;t him and his Queen,</L>
<L>Ere new they had been both in Purgatory,</L>
<L>Through which Catholick Souls do enter Glory</L>
<L>Likewi&s;e, Great Sir, before the Throne &s;hall be</L>
<L>Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;'d by any <HI>Papi&s;ts,</HI> &s;ach as he,</L>
<L>Our Blood &s;hall run like <HI>Clyds</HI> enraged Streams,</L>
<L>And <HI>Pboebus</HI> throw our Bodie &s;end his Beams.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Great Sir, we thank you, <HI>Prelacy</HI> is gone,</L>
<L>Under that Yoak, our Land did &s;adly groan;</L>
<L>They have Oppre&s;&s;ed us, and all our Friends,</L>
<L>They &s;trove to break our Con&s;cience and our Means,</L>
<L>And &s;ome of us they die not leave a Cock,</L>
<L>Not in our Yard a growing green Kel&s;tock,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And now, Great Sir, in an unu&s;ual manner,</L>
<L>We Fight under a <HI>Regal Briti&s;h Banner;</HI></L>
<L>We are your Servants, and will &s;pend our Blood,</L>
<L>Upon the Quarrel, while the Cau&s;e is good;</L>
<L>We'll go through all the World at your Command,</L>
<L>We hope Great Sir, You'l give Us Pay in hand.</L>
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<LG>
<L>GREAT SIR, We clo&s;e, hoping You will remember,</L>
<L>We're in the North, and now it is <HI>December;</HI></L>
<L>Our Cloaths are thinn, our Pur&s;es are right bare,</L>
<L>To bide the&s;e two, Great Sir, it is right fare.</L>
<L>And al&s;o, Sir, we lye among our Foes,</L>
<L>Giv<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 word"> and Sub&s;cribed, at <HI>Mantro&s;e.</HI></L>
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