Page:Elegy in memory of that valient champion, Sir Robert Grierson, late laird of Lag, or, The Prince of Darkness.pdf/20

 He was a member among those

Who models did compose,

Upon the Presbyterian side.

But quickly he from them did slide.

These covenants which once he swore,

Most solemnly he did abjure.

All tenderness he did cast off.

On scripture he did roll and scoff.

To prelate Sharp he thought no shame

Above Rabshakeh to blaspheme.

By habit he did curse and swear,

He harlot company did bear.

He did counsel and assist

The king who after blood and thirst,

To bring all to a final end.

For covenants that did contend.

All public mischiefs in the land

Were done at Lauderdale's command.

In Mitchel's case he did perjure

Himself most wrongfully he swore;

For conscience he regarded not,

Himself he wholly did devote

To serve King Charles and myself,

And to advance his wordly pelf

Persisting in these courses still,

Did grieve and anger on Cargill;

So Charles York Monmouth and he,

Were all deliver'd o'er to me;

Rothes M'Kenzie and Dalziel

Unto my each man they fell,

A company of as brave men,

At ever minister did send

By such a sentence unto me;

Whom I embrac'd most willingly,

'Cause formerly I did commend