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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07947	Bon-acords decorement. Or, Newes from the North. Wherein is truely expressed the forme (or situation) of the famous citie of new Aberdeene, the vertues of the honourable and renowned governours thereof, together with these Grampians anagrames. : Wherewith is adjoyned the proofe, and praise of chast beautie, and the scorne of idols. / By William Mercer..	Mercer, William, 1605?-1676?	1633 (1633)	STC 17828.5; ESTC S94167	28,166	62

BON-ACORDS DECOREMENT OR Newes from the North. Wherein is truely expressed the forme or situation of the famous Citie of new Aberdeene the vertues of the honourable and renowned governours thereof together with these Grampians Anagrames Wherewith is adjoyned the proofe and praise of chast Beautie and the scorne of Idols By William Mercer Printed Anno DOM. 16●● Vpon the Author THryse happie Abria to whose lasting Fame Right valiant Mercers Muse hath vndergone To gild in rich encomiums each mans name Like Mars and Maro both combynd in one For to your praise what hee hath pend in word Hee bravely vowes for to maintaine by sword W. Dow. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE THE TRVELY RENOWNED AND WORTHILY RESPECTED PAVL MEINZIES of Kinmoundie Lord Provest Mr. VEDAST LOWSON PATRICK LESLIE GILBERT COLINSONE and Mr. THOMAS GRAY Baillies Mr. Mathew Lomsden Dean of Gild Charles Keillo Thesaurer and to the renowned Counsellers and members of the Counsell of Aberdene wishes Grace Honour Promotion and Peace in this life and everlasting glorie in the life to come W. M. REnowned Rulers of this sacred seat Wherein all goodnesse graciously abound Whose fames for worth whose vertues are compleat Whose liues are lights whose learnings are profound Amongst all these who loue your vertues best And they whose workes vnfained witnesse beare I 'm loath to bee the last albeit the least Who would approue how I your worth admeare Therefore let this invention of my Muse Which though not worthie boldly weares the ba Of these your names even for its worthiest chus Obtaine your loue its errors to inhedge And let it please you these my Lynes to take Into good part and doe my paines approue If nought for else yet for affections sake And for assurance heereby of my loue And since I know your generous minds admit A signe of loue as were more worth therein Heerefore am bold to beate my braines and wit To see if I can to your vertues win For loe for loue on my part of your worth And through desire for to ingraue your glore I haue imployde my pen for to set forth Your just deserts by men admyrde before And that my Lynes may ever witnesse bee For to impart a portion of your praise Although such knowledge not consists in mee To wryte your worth or dignities to raise Yet though my words should render but a view And not attaine the full to testifie This I professe to bee your proper due Yee are of the superlatiue degree And as th' Arcadians gaue to Pales bot A fleece of woole to testifie their loue Th' Athenians loe to Pallas did alot A dish of O liues duetie to approue So likewise I haue with these two nothing To giue but these vnpolisht lynes of mine Which I confesse not worthie is to bring 〈…〉 such Patrones for my first propyne 〈…〉 Minerva did an Owle defend 〈…〉 vnder covert of her Targ at saue 〈…〉 did her liuely armes extend 〈…〉 the deformde Cyclops might perceaue 〈…〉 Apollo by his heav'nly Lute 〈…〉 night-raven vnder it did hyde 〈…〉 please you to supplie my sute 〈…〉 ●eerein keepe my errors vnespyde 〈…〉 I finde the secreet of my thought 〈…〉 can know till they the same shall view 〈…〉 perfection fully brought 〈…〉 loue was firmely fixt on you And though sometimes I secreetly did send Some lynes abroad or yet to publicke eye My aime was ay but that I might amend The same to you your worth to testifie Considering then the worthinesse of you I did determine as the trueth requyrde Yee were the onely object whom I knew My Muse of duetie ought to haue aspyrde Therefore at last these Lynes I did compose Which being done I doe present them heere To craue your aid to keepe them from their foes Which if they finde they shall not fret for feare And I who pend them shall your praise proclame And still procure your honours rest on hie Your severall names and actions conquese fame Which by all ages may admeered bee Then in the ballance of affection proue And try my labours if they equall are Vnto one motion of my matchlesse loue And yee shall find my favour passe them farre And though I can no protestations make Yet for your honour I shall alwayes pray Vnto such tyme as I occasion take To proue more largely I am yours for ay Thus you intreating yee will pleased bee Them to receaue and loue them for the Art Whence in some maner they proceede yee see And doe receaue resemblance in apart So of you all what is divine as due I to the three vnited powers commend And what is subject vnto change of you I know your valour alwayes will defend As for my part what power I can afford To death I shall still honour Bon-acord And rests Your Worships and Wisedomes most obsequious and truely affectionated serviture at power William Mercer SONNET Acrostick W With Manhood Musicke and a Poets mynd I In strength in mirth and lynes of verse I vow L Loue hath a cord of threefold links combynd L Like one whose worth no violence can bow 〈◊〉 In and whereby I doe present to you 〈◊〉 A lyuely Lanterne of my loyall loue 〈◊〉 More haue I not and lesse shall not seeme due 〈◊〉 My faithfull favour plainely to approue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 therefore no lesse of mee then I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 heereby for to deserue to death 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rather vse some strategem to try 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 if my words proceed from fixed faith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 also that this threefold band 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Can ser●e three vses as you please command W. M. To the generall Reader REader remembring that my lynes must bee Of force to all presented publickly And that they are not deckt with daintie phrase Whereby they alwayes doe not merite praise I as a Souldier who defence would make Whose part sometimes I honour had to act Considering that this worke of mine but dout Must bee with foes envyrond round about Would faine erect a fort to keepe it free From carping of the curious enemie And therefore striues this much in thee to moue That as thou reads thou censure mee in loue Which as I wish I having once obtainde Heereby my lynes shall hence forth bee maintainde And as a friend if thou wilt not refuse Thou's conquish kindnesse and advance my Muse Or if thou proue a Momus through envy Then in that case thy malice I defy A curious Critick if thou stryue to bee To carpe I then contemne thy crueltie Because thou frets and foolishly doth prease To wrong my worke but doth thy selfe disgrace Therefore before thou further on proceede Spare what amisse is and mantaine the gude And if perchance thou errors shall perceaue Let these of myne by thee a mends receaue Which from thy hands I will bee glad to take Albeit for nought but for my maters sake That all the honour may as due increase To Bon-acord whose worth deserues no lesse But this I feare if so thou thinke of mee That I

appeare Surely as due I must say something heere Considering with my Muse this I must say Lyke as those worthies thou shall live for ay A man renound by fame for faith and grace Religious likewise knowen in this place Keepe then thy rowme or rather bee thou raisde For as thou art thou merits to bee praisde To GWALTER ROBERTSONE Clerk Anag Lo Aberdons wretter Sonnet Giue for assistance I would come to see Who would concurre vnto thy praise with mee Assuredly each day I should perceive Love to send forth more help than I can crave These famous forsaids truelie would attest Even endlesse knowledge in thy labours lest Renounde likewise into thy charge for wit Recording all the actions past in it Of all the bygones in this Burgh they stand Bound vp in lynes accomplisht by thy hand Even such a charge as if thou were not rare R Rulde in order it scarce could well bee there Therefore thy Name for aye shall laste indeede So long as all posterities shall read Or if that men should bygone things forget No doubt but they shall in thy lines seeme late Especiall since thy deeds as due record The antient endlesse worth of Bona-cord To IOAN INGREME Anag I agree in one Sonnet Into thy name I find a faithfull word Only it sayes agreement I afford A word of trueth for so imports thy place Now while thou' rt conjunct with the Clerk a space In generall when the Counsell doth conveene No doubt in number thou mustay bee one Gif like wise that the Clark should absent be Remaine then must his charge as due on thee Even for thy knowledge and thy worth approved Most duely which in Bona-cord is loved Wherefore for praise this much of thee I verse Who reads my lynes shall still thy worth reherse THE HISTORIE OF SVSANNA The Argument THis Storie tels Susanna's chast though faire As likewise doth these Iudges false declare Her constant mynde for to controll their aime And for their fault what hapned vnto them They with false judgement her condemnde to die Gods Sprite appeares convicts them sets her free Her Parents Husband and her kinsfolke all Praise God who red Susanna out of thrall Whereby Gods power these Iudges two disgrace And Daniels prudence kytheth in this place As likewise more this storie lets you see Susannas beauties buskt with chastitie IN Babylon resided one by name Cald Ioacim yet eternizde by fame Who did espouse and for his match receaue Susanna whom no courting could deceaue Who doubtlesse was Chelchias blest borne chyld Since twofold fire nor loue nor hate defyld One wondrous faire whose beautie was so braue It did graue ●udges of their sences reaue Whose Parents whence by nature shee did spring Her in the Law of Moses did vp bring Which Ioachim so richly did abound In wealth that scarce his equall could bee found Vnto whose Palace was ajoynde full neare An Orchard which for pleasure had no peare To whom the Iewes by custome did repare Because of all hee most was honoured there Now was prescrivde two ancient Iudges then For to reclaime the vitious wayes of men Who most frequented and remainde at will In Ioacims house the law for to fufill Whence when the folke at noone tyde did reteare Susanna in her Orchard did appeare Who was perceavde by these two Elders ay As shee resorted therein everie day On whom their lust inflaming ho●e as fire Sought to accomplish their vnchast desire Withdrew their eyes perverted so their minde Heaven not to see whence they should judgement find And though they both with loue were tortoured so The one durst not this to the other sho For of their lust they both possest such shame That heereof they would not expresse their aime But alwayes watcht each houre and did awake Till subtilly they could occasion take Whereby they might their piercing paine expresse And haue the meanes whereby to finde redresse So when the time aproacht when they should eate Their stomackes starving more for loue then meate The one did say thus to the other Loe Now is the time wee must to dinner goe Therefore farewell each to another said For they in minde a privat paction had And being parted both returnd anone Vnto that place from whence they straight were gone So they began betwixt them both to try They both were vrgd by one extreamity Then through one loue or lust both did agree How they should find fitt opportunitie Or when by fortune sheé alone should stand So that they thought they should her loue command Who watching alwayes found a time wherein Shee with her maids the Orchard entred in Whose bounds were buskt and deckt with floures most faire And bordered braue with ornaments most rare Wherein shee thought her selfe to bath and byde A while vnseene till thus they her espyde Shee sent her maids to bring her Balme and Ball For to anoynt her body therewithall Commanding them they should the doore make fast As they from her foorth of the Garden past Who did according as shee them desirde ●●utting the doore while they themselues retirde ●●d went from thence in private even as shee But did the Elders not perceaue for they Were hid and quyet in some corner lay Who when these maids were absent as yee heare The Elders to Susanna did appeare And said Behold the Garden doores you see Are shut and wee are fnard in loue with thee Therefore consent to lye with vs full soone Or else thy life and honour is vndone For if thou will not but thou will deny Wee shall approue wee saw one with thee ly And that thou sent thy maids away to chuse A tyme alone thy body to abuse Thus chast Susanna sighing said alace On both the sides I 'm burthend in this place For it is death to grant their ill demands And to refuse I cannot scape their hands Yet in this doubt thus I resolue to bee Kild rather then an adulteresse to die Thus then this chastest calde aloud and loe These Elders did extend their voyce also And ranne in rage and opned vp the doore To make the matter to appeare the more For when the solke this purpose did perceaue They rusht in haste and curiously did craue What was the cause and why shee calde so hie Or of her griefe from whence the ground might bee The Elders then thus their devise did show Whereby they might Susanna overthrow Which when the servants hearing were ashamde And made Susannas fame bee farre proclaimde And on the day ensuing as is said When Ioachim a publick meating made These Elders came with minds mischivously Disposde for to perceiue Susanna die And in the presence of the people sought That they might haue this chast Susanna brought Helcias daughter as I vnderstand Ioachims spouse a rich man in the land So shee compeared with her parents two Her children and her kinds-folke came also Thus was Susanna wondrous faire to see Th●●●●●●●●●● 〈◊〉 could more beauteous bee Whom

permanent impose Aboue his bones this stone all worth inclose As likewise for their learning they had two One liues in Heaven the other liues below The one namde Gray which though gray was his name This Gray doth glance in verie glorious fame The other Dun so doth his name declare Whose knowledge in two sciences is rare And as this Dun is much esteemde by you This Dun doth yeeld a daintie coloured hew Since where pale death would make your counte Yee are revivde by vertue of this man Ev'n Principals both so doth their place import Liues both by fame although 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And gracious Gray whose learning was admeerd Who livde not long till soone to earth reteerd With whom as due a third I heere admit For learning rare for Phisick wondrous fit Which I on stone ingravd doth wish to see Thereby this Iohnstons worth to testifie Who doth that place which Liddell left supply Whose name I heere expresse most worthily And who profest the Mathematicks airt Which in his absence Iohnston doth impart And many mo whom I can not expresse Who by just merit did deserue no lesse As is confirmde in Chronicles for ay Whose names nor fames shall never find decay But by their worth yet recent beares record What ancient honour 's due to Bon-acord And more you see of all what can bee wisht But in this famous citie doth consist For in within its curious corners stand A towne which seemes of force for to command All cities else to hyde them vnder sloughes Since shee s the matchlesse method of al brughes And whence apeare for poynts which doth arise Whose worth ascending seem to pierce the skyes Vpon whose tops such fethered fixions stand As onely change at Eolus command And alwayes aimes as they anone would flie To sound abroad their burghs nobilitie Which turning and considering where they sit They doe resolue they will not passe from it But rather glories for to glance thereon 〈◊〉 ●ince each of them possesse such sacred throne 〈◊〉 by their yeelding all at once to proue 〈◊〉 smallest motion rules them all in loue 〈◊〉 hereby that they may a cause afford 〈◊〉 ●o maintaine their title Bon-acord And since of them each one a place possesse Whose walles are full of vpright holvnesse They thinke it is their best for to abide Se'ing loue and good agrement is their guyde For vnder one doth stand the treasurie From whence doth flow meanes of felicitie The other is on judgement grounded sure Repressing vices vertues to procure The third springs vp from charitie and loue As those within its corners can aproue The last all learning as the time relates Affords within the compasse of its gates So that these foure are precious poynts you see As Mercie Iustice Learning Charitie Which though most rare if three of these should lake But one it should great imperfection make Wherefore all foure on faith are founded sure To make the name of Bon-acord indure The which though they antiquitie alledge Are much aduanced in this present age For they a Prouest haue of pregnant wit Whose worth to rule it is approved fit Whose skill whose knowledge whose deeds each day Gravely preserues the Citie from decay Whose noble wise pregenitors of old Bore alwayes swey most savely vncontrold So that by birth this honour is his owne Since his ancestors brookt it as is knowne Hee by whose workes in this illustrous place Doth alwayes aime for amitie and peace And by his actions who doth still approue To Bon-acord his kyndly constant loue And in whose time hath so decord the same That by his worth it hath attaind much fame First and as best then to record his care Hee heereto beares may be accounted rare For in their charge Ecclesiasticall His aime can no wayes bee reputed small Since in his time such Prelate hath appearde As for his worth and learning is admeerd Who in this Kingdome to the Church hath beene The gravest guyde that heeretofore was seene Whose Pastors likewise doe appeare for worth The rarest men which nature hath sent forth 1 A Forbes who one letter more you see Doth proue his worth For-best of all to bee 2 A Barron blest whose learned workes decore The earth which can yeeld none such Barron more 3 A Sibbald who may well bee bold indeede His boldnesse brings the starving soules true foode 4 A Guild whose goodnesse is more worth I vow Then gold and all the goods which ever grew 5 A Rosse likewise some lend mee but one vowell I's make this Roise more worth then precious Iewell Whilks Forbest Barron Sibbald Guild and Roise Confirmes the faithfull and confounds Church foes And whence doth spring as from fyue fountaines fyne Renowned knowledge doctrine most divine A Famous Blessed Sacred Glorious Rare Religion alwayes doth they witnesse there In preaching praying and these men yee heare In Bon-acord a Bon-acord they beare To proue how heaven and earth and men all three In rendring praise to Bon-acord agree And for to shew that Bon-acord hath beene And is a diton due to Aberdene ●ince all these foresaids and things low and steepe ●oncurres in one a Bon-acord to keepe 〈◊〉 of their persons and some certaine parts 〈◊〉 aimde to act their rare deserts 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cease till I haue wrought a view 〈◊〉 ●peciall what belongs to them as due And yet suspecting that my Muse or merits Should proue but weake to write of such braue spirits Because I cannot paint their vertues foorth Who all are calld the quintessence of worth I will not prease to penin poesie Nothing at all of them particularlie But will breakefoorth to witnesse to all eyes In generall what the open Vniverse sees For loe they all haue this attaind alone Their Towne doth stand by Gentle-men eachone Likewise this Burgh it is decor'de you see With Rivers two its bounds to beautifie And as a Lover doth approach his love Who filde with pleasure doth at last remove Hee stands a farre and ravish'd lookes aback Because in her such pleasure hee doth take Yet rests not long but rageth still you see Till in her armes full soone hee throwen bee Whose beautie then hee doth imbrace ev'n till Hee of his love hath love attainde his fill And so beeing serv'd and satiat with desire Hee from his Mistresse doth at last retire Ev'n so these floods or roaring Rivers swells Delyting daylie to embrace her walles And blythlie beates till they themselves retires By Neptunes course who on her worth admires And there as fraught with love astonisht stands In furious forme seeming to wring their hands And then anone they doe persue so nye On either side till they advanced bee And so doe wash her walls and seeks no more Which they account to bee their greatest glore Vnto which Towne men scarslie can atteine To come but by two bridges as is seene Which they did build to benefite by those Such Passeugers as thereby hastily goes And to expede the poore