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24 THE WIFE OF REITH,
Such mufic and fuch melody,
Was never either heard or leen.
When this poor faint was plac d on high
And of Ml her fms made freel? clean.
But then when fhe was thus poffell,
And looked back on all her fears,
And that Ihe was come to all her ref!:, -
Freed from her fins, and all her tears.
She from her head did take the crown.
Giving all praife to Chrifl: on high,
And at his feet Ihe la’d it down,
Becaufe the Lamb had made her free,
I'vow (he doth fmg triumphanty,
And shall rej«ice, for evermore,
O’er death and hell vi&orioufly, *
With lifting pleasures laid in here.
CONG L U S I O N.
OF Wife of Keith I make an end,
And do thefe lines with this conclude
Let none their lives ip. fin now fpend.
But watch and pray , be d: ing good.
Defpondem fouls, do sot defpair,
Repent and fill believe in Chrift,
His mercies which laft everm >re,
Will lave the fouls that in him trufi.
FINIS.
Such mufic and fuch melody,
Was never either heard or leen.
When this poor faint was plac d on high
And of Ml her fms made freel? clean.
But then when fhe was thus poffell,
And looked back on all her fears,
And that Ihe was come to all her ref!:, -
Freed from her fins, and all her tears.
She from her head did take the crown.
Giving all praife to Chrifl: on high,
And at his feet Ihe la’d it down,
Becaufe the Lamb had made her free,
I'vow (he doth fmg triumphanty,
And shall rej«ice, for evermore,
O’er death and hell vi&orioufly, *
With lifting pleasures laid in here.
CONG L U S I O N.
OF Wife of Keith I make an end,
And do thefe lines with this conclude
Let none their lives ip. fin now fpend.
But watch and pray , be d: ing good.
Defpondem fouls, do sot defpair,
Repent and fill believe in Chrift,
His mercies which laft everm >re,
Will lave the fouls that in him trufi.
FINIS.
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| Description | Reformed and corrected. Giving an account of her death, of her journey to heaven; how on the road, she fell in with Judas, who led her to the gate of hell; and what conversation she had with the Devil, who would not let her in : also, how at last she went to heaven and the difficulties she encountered before she got admittance there. The whole being an allegorical conversation containing nothing but that which is recorded in the scriptures for our example. Edinburgh, : Printed by J. Morren,, [1800?]. Based on the tale by Geoffrey Chaucer. |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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