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

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PANURGI PHILOCABALLI
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Ilium magnificis etiam concurrere signis
Abria, et insignem vidit victricibus armis,
Kilsythum pulsoque superbum fecerat hoste,
Extulit inque suis victorem Alfordia campis.
Et quocunque acies, ultriciaque impulit arma,
Nominis ille omnem terrore repleverat arcton.
Ausurus majora, ducum nisi provida cura
Gnaviter incoeptis obsisteret undique tantis,
Saxonidum turmas et ad arma vocasset equestres,
Ipsumque in mediis fudisset marte trophaeis.
Dundius ex illo jam surgit germine germen
Nobile militiae, et Martis generosa propago,
Unica depulsi Gramus tutela Stuarti,
Atque reformati1 spes praesulis omnis, et omne
Praesidium, Cathari terrorque stuporque Britanni.
Heu quanto arctoas excivit turbine gentes,
Auriacique ducis victricia repulit arma;
Impulit et versis hostem dare terga maniplis.
Et nunc Caesareis multum metuendus in armis,
overwhelmed the pious brethren, leagued together under the
native Covenant, and he loaded Tipper Muir with heaps of
slain. Him Lochaber too beheld in the battle, under trium¬
phant standards, and illustrious in conquering arms, and he
made Kilsyth proud over a beaten foe, and Alford showed him
as a victor on its plains. Whithersoever he led his lines
and avenging arms he filled the whole north with the terror
of his name. He would have dared greater things had not
the provident care of the commanders vigorously opposed on
every hand these beginnings, and called up English cavalry to
the war, and in the midst of his triumphs brought upon him
defeat.
r Now rises for the contest Dundee, a noble plant of the same
stock, the gallant son of Mars, a Graham, the only protector of
the exiled Stuart, the only hope and stay of the reformed prelates,
the terror and confusion of the British Puritan. Alas! with what
a commotion has he brought together the northern clans, and
driven back the forces of the Dutch general, unused to defeat.
He has compelled him to retreat with routed troops. Now he—
1 The word is found frequently in the Pasquils of the time as a nickname for
the stricter sect. See Preface.