Bon-acords decorement. Or, Newes from the North. Wherein is truely expressed the forme (or situation) of the famous citie of new Aberdeene, the vertues of the honourable and renowned governours thereof, together with these Grampians anagrames. : Wherewith is adjoyned the proofe, and praise of chast beautie, and the scorne of idols. / By William Mercer..

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Title: Bon-acords decorement. Or, Newes from the North. Wherein is truely expressed the forme (or situation) of the famous citie of new Aberdeene, the vertues of the honourable and renowned governours thereof, together with these Grampians anagrames. : Wherewith is adjoyned the proofe, and praise of chast beautie, and the scorne of idols. / By William Mercer..
Author: Mercer, William, 1605?-1676?
Publication: [Edinburgh :: J. Wreittoun],; Printed Anno Dom. 1633..
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Subject terms: Aberdeen (Scotland) -- History -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.; Aberdeen (Scotland) -- Religion -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
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Cite this Item: "Bon-acords decorement. Or, Newes from the North. Wherein is truely expressed the forme (or situation) of the famous citie of new Aberdeene, the vertues of the honourable and renowned governours thereof, together with these Grampians anagrames. : Wherewith is adjoyned the proofe, and praise of chast beautie, and the scorne of idols. / By William Mercer.." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B07947.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.

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As in the volum, heereof which you hold,
Lyes reverend Rulers vertues, manyfold:
Even so my Muse thinkes I amisse commit▪
Xcept I shew thy praises vnto it:
And that thy splendor, may more bright appeare,
Now with these worthies, thus inrolled heere:
Doubtlesse as many Diamonds decore,
Enamled rich, where they are set in store
Rare jewels. Even so these foresaids flow in fame,
So much the more since thou art joynde with them,
Even thou whose stem, hath intertaind such worth,
That I in lynes cannot their praise set foorth,
Onely I say, thy parents pompes exprest,
No lesse in thee then actions manifest,

Thus to thy praise then, I subjoyne these three, Of antient stocke, worth, selfe nobilitie.