Ta tōn Mousōn eisodia: = The Muses welcome to the high and mightie prince Iames by the grace of God King of Great Britaine France and Ireland, defender of the faith &c. At His Majesties happie returne to his olde and natiue kingdome of Scotland, after 14 yeeres absence, in anno 1617. Digested according to the order of his Majesties progresse, by I.A.

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Ta tōn Mousōn eisodia: = The Muses welcome to the high and mightie prince Iames by the grace of God King of Great Britaine France and Ireland, defender of the faith &c. At His Majesties happie returne to his olde and natiue kingdome of Scotland, after 14 yeeres absence, in anno 1617. Digested according to the order of his Majesties progresse, by I.A.
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1618.
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James -- I, -- King of England, 1566-1625.
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"Ta tōn Mousōn eisodia: = The Muses welcome to the high and mightie prince Iames by the grace of God King of Great Britaine France and Ireland, defender of the faith &c. At His Majesties happie returne to his olde and natiue kingdome of Scotland, after 14 yeeres absence, in anno 1617. Digested according to the order of his Majesties progresse, by I.A." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03888.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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Desiderium Patriae.
DVm parat ad patriam reditum Laertius heros Adversis rerum pene sepultus aquis, Transmittit plenis torrentia flumina ripis, Et superat rupes aêreasque nives Sirenum voces, Acheloia monstra, sorores, Leucosiam, Lygiam, Parthenopenque fugit.

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Scylla rapax visa est, visa implacata Charibdis, Demerguntque Ithacas impia saxa rates. Visus & aetnaeo Siculus Polyphemus in antro, Quem madidum multo perdidit ille mero. Nobilis inde Lami veterem delatus in vrbem, Antiphatae vidit regna cruenta feri. Naufraga Campanae legit quoque littora terrae, Dives vbi Circe filia Solis erat: Sed non cum sociis, infamia pocula, stultis Hausit, Acidaliae toxica grata deae: Restabat fatis aliquid, speciosa Calypso Visenda Ogygii gloria prima soli. Fecit delicias, vsa est mille artibus, ampli Non animum vertit consiliumque viri. Adversos quoties causata est anxia ventos, Et variâ longas nexuit arte moras. Ah quoties dixit, quae te dementia caepit, Qui praefers cultis aspera saxa locis? Quae neque sunt planis spatiis porrecta, nec herbae Prodiga; non Bacchus, non ibi flava Ceres. Objecit populosque rudes, humilesque penates, Penelopenque ream rusticitatis agit? Addidit & dulcem vitae immortalis honorem, Et saepe immensas jactat & auget opes. Ille velut surdâ prudens avertitur aure, Vt saxum tumidi quod ferit vnda sali. Qui solitus fumum, & patriae laudare favillam, Et laetâ patrios fronte videre focos. O qui cordato magis es cordatus Vlysse, Armipotens, divis proxime, cura deûm, Ter quater est Phoebus sua per vestigia lapsus, Perque polum celeres saepius egit equos Ex quo longinquas vltro invitatus ad oras, Caepisti imperii fraena tenere novi; Non tamen innatum patriae sedavit amorem (Quae saepe imminuit maxima) longa dies: Non alios ritus, alosve ediscere mores, Non facit insolito fundere verba sono. Sed dicas Anglâ quidnam speciosius aulâ, Hic Thamesis decus est vrbis, & orbis amor.

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Persarum Siculaeque dapes, & lauta supellex, Tectaque Niliacis aemula penè Pharis. Sed quoties studia antiqua, antiquique penates, Et subiere animum gaudia prisca tuum, Dilectae patriae toties occurrit imago, Et toties curis tortus es usque novis. Cuncta suos repetunt ortus, nemora alta volucres, Salmones nitidi flumina, lustra ferae. Omnia si nobis adsint, tamen omnia desunt, Si miseris noto non licet ore frui, Purpuream trabeam, & sacram spectare tiaram, Libare & manibus basia mille sacris.
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