In Georgium Keithum Caledonium Apostatam EPIGRAMMA, Lucis Triumphum, & Keithi cum Coni [...]atis suis Catastrophen Praenuncians.
KEithus, Ecebolius, Jul'anus Apostata factus,
Antiquae Fidei perditus Hostis adest.
Credula belligeros memoravit Fama Gigantes,
Caelos Stultitiâ qui petiêre suâ.
Sed nova Bella parat
Keithus, superat
(que) Gigantes;
Fictum illi, Hic Verum jam petit ecce Deum.
Difficile est
Keitho nihil, ipsum Acheronta movebit,
In Lucem Satyras ut Vomat ille feras.
Ast invicta stetit, stabit
(que) per omnia Sêcla
Lux, Victo
Keitho Sacricolis
(que) suis,
The same in
English Paraphrase.
An
Epigram, upon
George Keith, the Caledonian
Apostate, Predicting
The Triumph of the
Light, and Overthrow of
Keith and his
Accomplices.
KEith, Ecebolius-like now leads the Van
O'th' Forlorn Hope; Apostate
Julian!
The Apostolick Faith once own'd, but now
This Renegade the same doth disavow.
Poetick Stories Fab'lously Report,
On Heav'n it self the
Giants made Effort.
But
Keith out-does them, his proud Folly view;
They a Feign'd God attack'd, but he the True.
Keith nothing Scares, into
Black Hell he goes;
Thence
Stygian Darkness at the
Light he throws.
But th'
Light hath still Triumphed over all
For Ages past, and Triumph ever shall:
Whilst Baffled
Keith, who better Things once knew,
May Rave ith'
Dark with his
Benighted Crew.
London, Printed for the Author, 1700.