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 And in his Countrey's Good, lets jut Reentment dy;

In Scotlands Secret Council he preides,

With early Prudence every Action guides,

Sober, not dull, Pious, and not precie,

Grave, without Age, without Experience wie;

More thinking, more edate than he appears,

And older in Undertanding than in Years.

Glagow adorns the Ancient Name of BOYL,

The Name's a contant Honour to the Ile,

A Name Britania always boats to hear,

For Learning, Widom, Wealth and Character

Increa'd in England, and increaing here.

The God of Muick joins when COLVIL plays,

And all the Mues dance to HADDINGTONS Eays;

The Charms are mutual, piercing and compleat,

This in his Art excells, and that in Wit.

Seafield, and Marr, and Loudoun guide the State,

By Birth and Place, till more by Merit great.

No Malice can their Characters conceal,

But thoe direct the Sceptre, this the Seal.

The well intructed Pilots of the Realm

Who while jut Queenberry teers, ait the Helm: