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THE Fifteen Comforts OF A Scotch-Man.

The First Comfort.
1 BE Dumb ye Beggars of the Rhiming Trade
2 Geld the loose Wits, and let the Muse be Splaid
3 Charge not the Parish with the Bastard Phrase
4 Of Balm, Elixar, both the India's,
5 Of Shrine, Saint, Sacriledge, and such as these
6 Expressions, common as their Mistresses.
7 Of her I write, no Pen can reach her Worth,
8 Nor find an Epithet to set her forth;
9 I mean Heroick Anne, our Gracious Queen,
10 In War Victorious, and in Pomp Serene;
11 The Circle of whose Reign contains all Bliss,
12 And daily studies Scotland's Happiness.
The Second Comfort.
13 Now Sacred Anne does wear the British Crown,
14 The Church does flourish, and is lofty grown;
15 The Laws are risen from a long, long Trance,
16 And our uniting is a Check to France;
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17 Which Union even would make our Foes Baptize
18 Themselves all Converts in our watry Eyes;
19 Which we for very Joy do weep, to see
20 How Anne designs to make Posterity
21 For ever happy, whilst She's on the Throne,
22 In making Scots and English both as One.
The Third Comfort
23 Among the num'rous Throng, we Scots do come,
24 To wish the grand Support of Christendom
25 Health, that's the Joy of Life, and Soul of Mirth,
26 Bane of Dispair, and Comfort of our Birth:
27 May't with your Years, as clearly last and rise,
28 As 'twas e'er Winds had blasted Paradise!
29 Wealth! the Support of Pleasure and the Crown,
30 The only Prop of Glory and Renown.
31 May the same virtuous Temper, the same Fire,
32 That never flags too low, nor do's mount higher,
33 Enflame your Breast, and to't by Heaven be sent
34 That which all seek (but find not) true Content.
35 May all your Aims atchieve their purpos'd End,
36 Then Loyal Scotland ne'er will want a Friend,
37 To be the Guardian of their Church and State,
38 Whilst the Rose and Thistle do incorporate.
The Fourth Comfort.
39 Poor lousie, beggar'd France, & half-starv'd Spain,
40 Durst not presume t' appear upon the Main;
41 For now St. Andrew, and St. George do joyn,
42 Upon the Ocean they'll in Glory shine.
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43 Whose Union-Colours on the rolling Sea,
44 Will shew the Force of British Heraldry:
45 Thus on that Element the Scots too Fame
46 Will get, and to tho encient Scottish Name
47 Will Honour add, by having such a Fleet
48 That durst our Foe upon the Ocean meet,
49 And make them low'r their Top-sails too at Sea,
50 As owning that the only Sovereignty
51 Thereof is Sacred Anna's Lawful Right,
52 For which Her Loyal Subjects too will Fight.
The Fifth Comfort.
53 In a Protestant Succession now the Crown
54 Is fix'd, and none must mount the British Throne,
55 But what will the reformed Faith defend,
56 And to the Church of England be a Friend;
57 For by her Grandeur we supported be,
58 Whilst Conscience do's enjoy its Liberty.
59 And that which also gives our Hearts Content,
60 As that two Nations has one Parliament.
The Sixth Comfort.
61 As to our Comforts what can more be said?
62 Freedom we have, and Intercourse of Trade,
63 To any Port or Place the Kingdom round;
64 Besides, all Scottish Ships that shall be found,
65 At Signing of this Treaty, on the Sea,
66 Of any sort of Foreign Built, shall be
67 As Ships of the Built of Great-Britain deem'd:
68 So much is Scotland by the Queen esteem'd,
69 That Her Indulgence makes us all conspire
70 To act, and to comply with Her Desire.
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The Seventh Comfort.
71 Now, now, old Scotland is for ever made,
72 Since (with the English) in the way of Trade,
73 We have the same Allowances, Restitutions,
74 Lawful Encouragements, and Prohibitions.
75 No Article the Loyal Scots do blame,
76 For Excise with us, as you, is all the same;
77 For seven Years we shall be Duty-free
78 In making Salt; and farthermore we see,
79 The Land-Tax will be very easie here,
80 The Yoak is light for any one to bear.
The Eighth Comfort.
81 Duties on Paper Stamp'd we shall not pay,
82 Nor Duties which they do on Velome lay;
83 And farther to confirm us in our Rights,
84 We shall no Duty pay for Window-Lights;
85 Nay, Royal Favours still are more enlarg'd,
86 For Coals consum'd at Home we shan't be charg'd,
87 Nor charg'd with any Duty laid on Malt,
88 So if we won't unite, 'tis all our Fault:
89 Both Nations will be one, and we shall be
90 To all Intents as Englishmen (Sir) free;
91 All Animosities being laid aside,
92 In Love and Unity we shall take Pride,
93 And in Eternal Friendship so dispose
94 Our selves, as to be dreadful to our Foes.
The Ninth Comfort.
95 One British Parliament will now be made,
96 And we have an Equivalent in Trade:
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97 The Coin of the united Kingdoms too
98 Be all alike, that all may have their Due:
99 Our Weights and Measures too must be the same,
100 That People may not diff'rent Measures b lame.
The Tenth Comfort.
101 The Laws concerning regulating Trade,
102 In favour of our Constitution's made;
103 The Court of Sessions must the same remain
104 As formerly, in this the present Reign;
105 All Misdemeanours done upon the Sea,
106 To be subject to the British Admiralty.
107 Nay, further to encrease our Happiness,
108 Men Offices for Life may still possess;
109 And yet to make us happy o'er again,
110 The Queen is pleas'd, that all the Rights remain
111 Of Royal Scottish Burroughs, as they now
112 At present are: What more can She allow?
113 Or we from Royal Bounty still require,
114 Since we have all as Subjects can desire.
The Eleventh Comfort.
115 We shall have Lords and Commons too to sit
116 In Parliament, where're the Queen thinks fit,
117 Who will have all the Priviledges too,
118 That's really to their noble Peerage due;
119 The same as English Peers they will enjoy,
120 Which Treaty will the Hopes of France destroy
121 And that in time we may our Breaches heal,
122 Great-Britain must but use one only Seal,
123 Quartered with those Arms as best may sure,
124 This Union, which makes ANNA absolute,
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125 Empress Imperial over the Bless'd Realm,
126 Of which She does so wisely rule the Helm.
The Twelfth Comfort.
127 All Laws and Statutes in each Realm, so far
128 As to the Union they contrary are,
129 From and after it they cease, and shall be void,
130 That Liberty by us may be enjoy'd.
131 What can we then of England ask for more,
132 No greater Blessings they can have in store,
133 Than what are granted, so let's all sit down,
134 And drink the Health of Anne, who wears the Crown,
135 And wish Her long to Reign, that She may be
136 A Terror to the Gallick Monarchy.
The Thirteenth Comfort.
137 The Scottish Parliament has done their best,
138 That these two Kingdoms may be doubly blest;
139 Upon the English Parliament we wait,
140 With low Submission for to know our Fate,
141 Hoping kind Heav'n will cause them to agree
142 To this long wish'd and hop'd for Unity,
143 Which surely will prove of such Consequence,
144 That it will be a Thorn i' th' side of France,
145 And make them rue the Day that e'er we came
146 To be a People of one Crown, and Name:
147 For our uniting makes the Frenchmen fear,
148 Some dreadful Storm's to them approaching near.
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The Fourteenth Comfort.
149 Now, now, the Scots with England do unite,
150 Lewis and Maintenon are in a Fright;
151 Ye Spaniards too, your drooping Kingdom drench
152 Till Tears the Flames of Purgatory quench:
153 But you that can't cry, yet would seem to weep
154 Your Hankerchiefs in Holy Water steep,
155 Then Virgin Mary, and the Saints invoke,
156 To keep your Kingdom from the Frenchmen's Yoke.
157 But if ye'll still be Fools, and will not own
158 King Charles, by Force we'll put on him a Crown.
The Fifteenth Comfort.
159 Glory and Honour Crown great Anna's Name,
160 And let her Greatness shine with endless Fame;
161 For making such an Union that shall shake
162 Proud France, and make its haughty Monarch quake,
163 So whilst we Praises to our Sovereign give,
164 Let's pray that Anne a Nestor's Age may live
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Title (in Source Edition): THE Fifteen Comforts OF A Scotch-Man.
Author: Daniel Defoe
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. The fifteen comforts of a Scotch-man. Written by Daniel D'Foe in Scotland. London: prinred [sic] in the year, 1707, pp. 2-8. 8p.; 8⁰. (ESTC T55493; Foxon D107; OTA K049442.000)

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