Musa latina aberdonensis . decet, arcc faces. 80 Quis fera Threicii nescit praesepia regis, Inque Lycaonia viscera tosta domo ? 54. Astro Parrhasio.] The constellation of the Great Bear. 55. Ocrea.] The boot in the days of torture-examination. See next poem, No. L.,seventh line from its close. 71. Lupa.] This can only mean Lady Crichton, suspected of wilfully destroying herguests. The Frendraught family, however, including the lady, is thought innocent; forFrendraught (Sir R. Gordon, p. 420) did lose therein a great quantity of silver, both cunyeid[coined] and uncunyeid, and lykwise all his wr
Musa latina aberdonensis . decet, arcc faces. 80 Quis fera Threicii nescit praesepia regis, Inque Lycaonia viscera tosta domo ? 54. Astro Parrhasio.] The constellation of the Great Bear. 55. Ocrea.] The boot in the days of torture-examination. See next poem, No. L.,seventh line from its close. 71. Lupa.] This can only mean Lady Crichton, suspected of wilfully destroying herguests. The Frendraught family, however, including the lady, is thought innocent; forFrendraught (Sir R. Gordon, p. 420) did lose therein a great quantity of silver, both cunyeid[coined] and uncunyeid, and lykwise all his writs and evidents wer therin burnt. 81. Threicii.] See Thracis in 1. 50 above. 82. Lycaonia.] Refers to Ovids Met., I. 165. PP Utraque supplicium meruerunt, fertur et ipse Iuppiter haec ultus, filius ilia Patres frustra toties totiesque rogati, Lenta Caledoniae nil ego rostra mortales castigent crimina, solos Haec habet ultores carnificina Deos. 85. Patres.] Lords of Session, or perhaps of OF FRENDRAUGHT, FRENDRAUGHT—DIRGE OF THE TWO VICTIMS. L. ON JOHN GORDON, Viscount of Melgum,1 and John Gor-don OF ROTHIEMAY, BURNT IN THE TOWER OF FRENDRAUGHT. (See on No. XLIX., and Vol. II. No. XCIII.) This poem is the sole example of continuous Heroic verse in the Parerga, or indeedthe Latin works of Johnston. All the rest are in Elegiac verse. ARGUMENT. Reveal, ye eternal fires, and constellations of the northern sky, reveal thedread mystery, by whom was caused the dire burning of the Gordon was therein added to horror. The remains of those who deserved atomb like Mausoluswere tossed into stables among vile and musty straw, meremangled remains—trunks without extremities. Which of the old legendsof barbarity can equal this ? Sad, and dire,2 and grim is that inhospitabletower which blazed up in an instant and consumed the living men without thefond tributes of affection at the final hour. Bright youths they were : one wasof the gentry
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