Memoriæ Matris Carissimæ Sanctissimæ Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ i: e: Epitaphium Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ Michaelmass 1748
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M: M: C: S: E: S: i: e: Epitaphium Ec-
clesiæ Scoticanæ Michaelmass 1748
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M: M: C: S: E: S: i: e: Epitaphium
Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ - Michaelmass 1748
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Latin Elegy on the Church
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Vol. 5, 1073—1075Paton
Vol. 2, 183—184Credits
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M:Memoriæ M:Matris C:Carissimæ S:Sanctissimæ E:Ecclesiæ S:Scoticanæ
Siste Viator, lege &and luge
Miraculum Nequitiæ.
Sub hoc Marmore conduntur Relequiæ
(Secretò jaceat, ne admodum prostituatur!)
Quæ mortua fuit dum viva,
Et viva dum mortua.
O Facinus impium et incredibile!
Defensore1 nequissimè orbata,
Tyrannis miserrimè oppressa,
Aulicis impiè afflicta,
Filÿs nonnullis perfidè deserta,
Spurÿs omnibus pessimè calcata, trucidata, Ludibrio habitæ;
Sacrificium Suffragÿs τῶν πολλῶν,
Ne dicam τῶν παντῶν,
Votivum
1074
(1074)
Votivum, &and Phanaticorum Furore!
Rogas,
Quanam in Terrȃ hoc?
In Insulȃ,
Ubi Monarcha contra Monarchiam,
Ecclesiastici contra Ecclesiam.
Legislatores contra Legem,
Judices contra Justitiam,
Concionatores (atheisticè!) contra Veritatem,
Milites audacter, impudenter,
Contra Honorem, contra Humanitatem,
Agunt!
Pudet hæc Opprobria nobis!
Nam propter Exsecrationem, Perjurium, luget hæc Terra!
In cujus Testimonium multi equidem sunt Testes vivi &and recentiores.
Apage!—Apage!
Ægrotavit
1075
(1075)
Ægrotavit (proh Dolor!) Mater charissima, beatæ Memoriæ,
Anno 1688.2
Tum Manibus tum Pedibus (væ mihi!) clauda fiebat
Anno 1707.3
Tandem permultis Flagellis, Ærumnis, (miserere mei Deus!) e^xhausta,
Obijt Anno 1748.4
Vos omnes Seniores, Filii, Filiæque,
Orate pro eȃ, ut quiescat in Pace, &and tandem beatam obtineat
Resurrectionem. Amen.
Cum temerata Fides, Pietasque inculta jaceret,
Sincerȃ coluit Relligione, Fide:
Tramite nam recto gradiens, nova Dogmata spernens,
Servavit Fines quos posuere Patres.
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “M: M: C: S: E: S: i: e: Epitaphium
Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ - Michaelmass 1748.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 5,
Adv.MS.32.6.20, fol. 105r–106r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/
Appendix
I.e. the Jacobite monarch. This perhaps refers to the title "Defender of the Faith," conferred on Henry VIII and claimed by subsequent British monarchs.
The Williamite Revolution.
The Union of England's and Scotland's Parliaments and the Act for Securing the Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Government.
Referring to the passage of a penal Act limiting the abilities of Episcopal clergy ordained in Scotland (Episcopal History).
Unclear whether this refers to James Francis Edward Stuart or King James II of England and Ireland/VII of Scotland.
Ditto above.