Advice to Man to enjoy his ain. M I. AN, fen thy Lyfe is ay in Weir, And Deid is ever drawing neir, The Tyme unliker and the Place, Thyne ain Gude spend quhile thou has Space. II. GIF it be thyne, thy self it uses, Gif it be not, thee it refuíes, Another of thee Proât has, Then spend thy ain quhile thou has space, THOU may to Day have Gude to spend, IV. QUHILE thou has Space, fe thou dispone V. SUM all his Days dryves owre in vain, Thyne ain Gude fpend quhile thou has Space, VI. SYNE cums ane blythsome of his Sorrow, That for him prayd nor Even nor Morrow, And fangs it all with Merrynefs; Then spend thy ain quhyle thou has Space, VII. SUM gathers Gude, and ay it fpares, VIII. ITs juft all thyne that here thou fpends, But his to spend it that has Grace; Then spend thyn ain quhyle thou has Space. 1X. TRUST not annother well do ye to, It that thy felf wald nevir do ; For gif thou dois, ftrange is thy Cace; Thine ain Gude spend quhyle thou has Space. X. LUKE how the Bairn dois to the Mother, That it not after be thy Cafe; Sae fpend thy ain qubyle thou has Space. Quod DUMBAR On a bonny Vessel called The FLEMING BARK, belonging to Edinburgh. I I. Have a little FLEMING Berge Of cleanly Wark, and scho is wicht; II. WITH ane even Kei! afore the Wind, Scho is richt fairdy with a Sail; But at a Lufe fcho lyis behind, Gar heis her quhile her Howbands fkail ; F. Draw weil the Takle to her Tail, Scho will not mifs ro lay zour Mast, To pump as aft as ze may fail, Ze wil neir hald her Watter-faft. III. To colf hir aft can do no ill, And talloun qubair the Flude-mark flows; But gif fcho lekks, get Men of Skill To tap the Holes laigh in the Hows: For faut of Hemp, tak hairy Tows, And Stane-balaft withouten other, In moonless Nichts it is nae Mows, Except a flout Man steir the Ruther. IV. A Veffell fair abune the Watter, And is but laitly reikit too, Quhairto till deave ze with hir Blatter Plum weil the Grund, qubat eir ze do, Hail on the Fore fheit and the Blind Scho will tak in at Cap and Ko, Without fcho balast be behind, d; |