Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time

All Books Kay's Originals Vol. 1 Kay's Originals Vol. 2 Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time Edinburgh Past and Present Old and New Edinburgh Vol. I Old and New Edinburgh Vol. II Old and New Edinburgh Vol. III Old and New Edinburgh Vol. IV Old and New Edinburgh Vol. V Old and New Edinburgh Vol. VI

Go to: « Kay's Originals Vol. 1 « Kay's Originals Vol. 2 Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time Cover Title Pages Contents List of Illustrations Preface Part 1: Historical Associations Part 1 Ch 1: Earliest Traditions Part 1 Ch 2: From The Accession of The Stuarts to the Death of James III Part 1 Ch 3: From the Accession of James IV to the Battle of Flodden Part 1 Ch 4: From the Battle of Flodden to the Death of James V Part 1 Ch 5: From the Death of James V to the Abdication of Queen Mary Part 1 Ch 6: From the Accession of James VI to the Restoration of Charles II Part 1 Ch 7: Historical Incidents after the Restoration Part 2: Local Antiquities and Traditions Part 2 Ch 1: The Castle Part 2 Ch 2: King's Stables, Castle Barns, and Castle Hill Part 2 Ch 3: The Lawnmarket Part 2 Ch 4: The Tolbooth, Luckenbooths, and Parliament Close Part 2 Ch 5: The High Street Part 2 Ch 6: The High Street and Nether Bow Part 2 Ch 7: The Canongate and Abbey Sanctuary Part 2 Ch 8: St Leonard's, St Mary's Wynd, and The Cowgate Part 2 Ch 9: The West Bow and Suburbs Part 2 Ch 10: Leith, and The New Town Part 2 Ch 11: Ecclesiastical Antiquities Appendix » Edinburgh Past and Present » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. I » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. II » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. III » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. IV » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. V » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. VI

YAMES JV, TO THE EATTLE OF RLODDEN. Your stinkand scule that standis dirk, Holds the light from your Parruche Kirk ; Your forestaira makia your houees mirk. Lyk nae country but here at hame : Sae little policie to work In hurt and sclander of your name I Think ye nocht schame, At your high Croea, quhair gold and silk Sould be, thair is but curds and milk ; And at your Trone but cokill and wilk, Pansches, pudings of Jok and Jame : Sen as the world sayis that ilk In hurt and sclander of your name ! Think ye nocht schame, Your common Menstrals have no tone, But, Now the day dawis, and Into June ; Cuninger men maun aerve Sanct Cloun, And never to other craftis clame : To hold’sic mowes on the moon, In hurt and sclander of your name I Think ye nocht schame, Tailors, Soutters, and craftia vyll, The fairest of your streeta do fyll; And merchandis at the Stinkand Sty11 Are hampert in ane hony came : That ye have neither witt nor wyle To win yourself ane better name ! Think ye nocht schame, Your Rurgh of beggars is me nest, To shout thai swenyours will nocht rest; All honest folk they do molest, Sa pitsouslie they cry and rame : That for the poor hes no thing drest, In hurt and sclander of your name! Think ye nocht achame, Your proffeit daily does increaa, Your godlie workis less and le=; Through streittia nane may mak progress, For cry of cruikit, blind, and lame : That ye Sic substance do possess, And will nocht win ane better name I . Think ye nocht schame, In Gawin Douglas’s Prologue to the Eighth Book of the Bneid, there is another admirable satire on the manners of the times, but the allusions are mostly more general in their application. Again, in Dunbar’s Tydingis fra the Sessioun,” where a country man tells his neighbour, ‘‘ 1 come of Edinburgh fra the BesEiioun,” the picture is equally lively and pungent. In his ‘‘ Remonstrance to the King,” there occurs an inventory of 1 Probably stile; 1) F g e which led t b u g h the Luckenbootha, to St Gia’a Church, diictly op@te the Advocates’ Close, continued to be known by thia name till the whole waa removed in 1811.

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