Series 1 > Grameid: an heroic poem descriptive of the campaign of Viscount Dundee in 1689, and other pieces

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PANURGI PHILOCABALLI [406-427
Macti animi heroes, simul et virtutis avitae
Heredes, factisque superbi fortibus omnes,
Tollite pro pulso victricia signa Stuarto,
Et patria extorrem cum prole reducite regem.
En erit auxilio nobis dilecta juventus
Militiae, venient atque omni ex parte manipli,
Qui nunquam Auriaci dextram tetigere tyranni;
Proximaque innumeras transmittet lema catervas.
Et Gessoriaci rex littoris, armipotens Rex
Liliger Almanici sceptri subversor, et orbis
Terrarum domitor victricia suggeret arma,
Et pro Rege pio, et consanguinitate propinquo,
Gallia Grampiacis praefiget lilia castris.
Nunc res ipsa vocat, vestris namque imminet hostis
Aedibus, et rapidis ardet vicinia flammis.
Jungite mansuras aeterna in foedera dextras,
Cognatasque acies ; defensae ut fortiter armis
Crescat bonos patriae, nomenque et gloria genti.’
Dixit; et ingenti procerum caelum undique plausu
Personat Abriadum. Tandem Glengarius heros
Surgit, eo dicente attentas surrigit aures
Grampiadum manus omnis; et haec in verba profatur:
heirs of your father’s valour, ye who rejoice in brave deeds. Raise
the conquering standard for the exiled Stuart, and restore the
King and his heir. Lo, a chosen company of youths will come to-
our assistance, and from every side troops who have never touched
the right hand of the Dutchman. Neighbouring Ireland will send
her multitudes, and the powerful King of France1—the lily-bear¬
ing conqueror of the German sceptre and the world—shall raise
the victorious lilies of France on Grampian fields, on behalf of his-
kinsman, our pious King. Urgent is the case, for already the
enemy threatens your homes, and wraps the country in flame.
Join your right hands in eternal bond, that the honour of your
country, bravely maintained, may increase with the glory of your
name and race.’
He spoke, and the heavens re-echoed the shout of the
nobles of Lochaber. Then arose Glengarry, and every hand
was raised to the listening ear, while thus he spoke: ‘ O
1 Gessoriaci Rex. Gesoriacum, the place in France whence in Roman days
persons embarked for Britain. It was subsequently called Bononia, and now it
is Boulogne. Here it stands for France.