{"id":103,"date":"2015-09-18T08:58:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T08:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/?p=103"},"modified":"2015-09-22T08:05:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T08:05:33","slug":"translation-from-old-scots-of-king-henry-stuarts-poem-to-the-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Translation from Old Scots of King Henry Stuart&#8217;s Poem to the Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HENRY STUART, KING of SCOTS<\/p>\n<p><em>1545-1567<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To the Queen<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be a governor both good and gratious;<\/p>\n<p>Be trustworthy, of friendly disposition to all your lords;<\/p>\n<p>Be generous in granting freedom and not desirous;<\/p>\n<p>Be just to the poor folk for any person may fall;<\/p>\n<p>Be firm of faith and constant as a wall;<\/p>\n<p>Be ready ever to staunch evil discord;<\/p>\n<p>Be charitable and surely you shall<\/p>\n<p>Be amenable always to know your God and Lord.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be not proud when heir to wordly goods;<\/p>\n<p>Be mindful that you will not remain for long;<\/p>\n<p>Be sure also that you must die without a doubt;<\/p>\n<p>Be aware then that time waits for no man;<\/p>\n<p>Be virtuous and set all vice aside;<\/p>\n<p>Be patient, humble and merciful;<\/p>\n<p>Be so disciplined wherever you go or stay;<\/p>\n<p>Be amenable always to know your God and Lord.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be well advised of whom you seek counsel;<\/p>\n<p>Be sure of them, that they be trustworthy and true;<\/p>\n<p>Reflect whether they be friend or seeming so;<\/p>\n<p>Be true to your soul, its words or your perception;<\/p>\n<p>Be never over hasty to act &#8211; wrongly causing regret;<\/p>\n<p>Be not friends with those who make false testimony;<\/p>\n<p>Be always ready to renew all good works;<\/p>\n<p>Be amenable always to know your God and Lord.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be assured of and take possession of your heritage<\/p>\n<p>Be enemies of those old enemies who now occupy it;<\/p>\n<p>Be strength and force to calm those you must assuage<\/p>\n<p>Be law of God \u2013 such that no man may deny it;<\/p>\n<p>Be not as a lantern unnoticed in the gloom;<\/p>\n<p>Be aware of your right that your lands be restored,<\/p>\n<p>Be worthy so your name be magnified;<\/p>\n<p>Be amenable always to know your God and Lord.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be strong as a lion towards rebels;<\/p>\n<p>Be fierce in pursuing them wherever you find them;<\/p>\n<p>Be both gentle and meek to your liegemen;<\/p>\n<p>Be their aid and help them to health and safety;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be aware of your charge and why you were crowned;<\/p>\n<p>Be always concerned that justice be not smothered;<\/p>\n<p>Be glad of heart; expound these words often;<\/p>\n<p>Be amenable always to know your God and Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HENRY STUART, KING of SCOTS 1545-1567 &nbsp; To the Queen &nbsp; Be a governor both good and gratious; Be trustworthy, of friendly disposition to all your lords; Be generous in granting freedom and not desirous; Be just to the poor folk for any person may fall; Be firm of faith and constant as a wall; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asadullahyate.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}