Thomas of Erceldoune

“ Neither love they the lilly nor the lion:
But the lilly shall loose when they least wean:
Then all shall happen to the hart, happen as it may,
And the tail of summer toward the harvest,
Be then the lilly shall be loosed when they least think,
Then clear king's blood shall quake for fear of death,
For Churls shall chop off heads of their chief beirns,
And carf of the crowns that Christ hath anointed,
All this must destiny drive to an end.
An eagle of the east, a vent'rous beast,
Shall be glad flowers to fang in the first season,
And stir to the stepson, and strike them together. ”

“ Thou shalt incline to the king that is thy kind lord:
As saint Beid of that burgh, in his book says
Thou shalt with the lion lean, and listen for ever;
Though thou be subject to Saxons, sorrow thou not,
Thou shalt be loosed at last, believe thou in Christ,
And every language shall have his lordship to brook:
It was not lost but lent for little time:
Bold Berwick be blyth with thy broad walls,
Thou shalt to the lion stoop as Lord of his own ”

“ The barges of clear barons down shall be sunken
Seculars shall fa' in spiritual seats,
Occupying offices anointed as they were,
The true title to purchase that the truth holds,
They shall torment them with torments a new. ”