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In Fredericum Germanum Principem Epitaphium
Forbes
I R: F: had a Letter from Donald Roy MacDonald, dated at ffort wm May 15th, 1751, in which he sent me inclosed a latin poem, an exact Copy of which is as follows.
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In Fredericum Germanum principem Epitaphium
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Latin poem on the same by Donald Roy MacDonald
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Vol. 8, 1644—1645Paton
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I R:Robert F:Forbes had a Letter from Donald
Roy MacDonald, dated at ffortFort wmwilliam
May 15th, 1751, in which he sent me
inclosedenclosed a latin poem, an exact Copy
of which is as follows.
In ffredericumFredericum Germanūm
Principem Epitaphiūm.
Principem Epitaphiūm.
Desidiȃ totam Vitam tenebrisqūe peregit
Iste, boni pariter nesciūs atque mali.
Cum per lūstra novem gereret nil Principe dignūm,
Insipido melior non Nebulone fūit.
Sunt qūi non dubitant atro perŷsse veneno,
Id quoqūe Germano ffratreFratre fūisse datum.
Ut tūlit hūnc; Patrem, Patris cunctosque Nepotes,
Trans Stygiūm fluviūm Mors properata ferat.
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N: B: The Original of the Above is
to be found among my Papers.
to be found among my Papers.
Robert Forbes, A: M:
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Forbes, Robert. “I R: F: had a Letter from Donald Roy MacDonald, dated at ffort wm May 15th, 1751, in which he sent me inclosed a latin poem, an exact Copy of which is as follows.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 8,
Adv.MS.32.6.23, fol. 26v–27r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/