_Salve, festa dies, toto resonabilis ævo,_ _Qua Scottus Jacobus, obrutus ense, cadit._ _Barbara Scottorum, gens, perfida, plena malorum,_ _Vincitur ad Norram, vertitur inque fugam._ _Vasta palus, sed campestris, (borie memoratur_ Branxton more), _Scottis terra perosa fuit._ _Scottica castra fremunt Floddun sub montibus altis,_ _Quæ valide invadens dissipat Angla manus._ _Millia Scottorum trusit gens Anglica passim;_ _Luxuriat tepido sanguine pinguis humus:_ 10 _Pars animas miseri miseras misere sub umbras,_ _Pars ruit in foveas, pars subiit latebras._ _Jam quid agit Jacobus, damnorum germine[732] cretus?_ _Perfidus ut Nemroth, lapsus ad ima[733] ruit._ _Dic modo, Scottorum dudum male sane malorum_ _Rector, nunc regeris, mortuus, ecce, jaces!_ _Sic Leo te rapidus, Leo Candidus, inclytus ursit,_ _Quo Leo tu[734] Rubeus ultima fata luis._ _Anglia, due choreas; resonent tua tympana, psallas;[735]_ _Da laudes Domino, da pin vota Deo._ 20 _Hæc laureatus Skeltonis, regius[736] orator._ [730] _Dis_] So eds. of Day, and Marshe. Other eds. “Dyd.” [731] _Scottos_] So Lant’s ed. Other eds. “Scottes.” [732] _germine_] Eds. “gremine.” [733] _ima_] Eds. “iam.” [734] _tu_] Eds. of Day, and Marshe, “in.” [735] _tympana, psallas_] Qy. “tympana psalmis?” [736] _regius_] Eds. of Day, and Marshe, “Regine.” CHORUS DE DIS, &C. SUPER TRIUMPHALI VICTORIA CONTRA GALLOS, &C. CANTAVIT SOLEMNITER HOC ELOGIUM IN PROFESTO DIVI JOHANNIS AD DECOLLATIONEM. _Salve, festa dies, toto memorabilis ævo,_ _Qua rex Henricus Gallica bella premit._ _Henricus rutilans Octavus noster in armis_ _Tirwinnæ gentis mœnia[737] stravit humi._ _Sceptriger Anglorum bello validissimus Hector,_ _Francorum gentis colla superba terit._ _Dux armis nuper celebris, modo dux inermis,_ _De Longville modo dic quo tua pompa ruit?_ _De Clermount clarus dudum dic, Galle superbe,_ _Unde superbus eris? carcere nonne gemis?_ 10 _Discite Francorum gens cætera capta, Britannum_ _Noscite magnanimum, subdite vosque sibi._ _Gloria Cappadocis, divæ milesque Mariæ,_ _Illius hic sub ope Gallica regna reget._ _Hoc insigne bonum, divino numine gestum,_ _Anglica gens referat semper, ovansque canat._ _Per Skeltonida laureatum, oratorem regium._ [737] _mœnia_] Eds. of Day, and Marshe, “menit.” VILITISSIMUS[738] SCOTUS DUNDAS ALLEGAT CAUDAS CONTRA ANGLIGENAS. _Caudatos Anglos, spurcissime Scote, quid effers?_ _Effrons es, quoque sons, mendax, tua spurcaque[739] bucca est._ _Anglicus a tergo_ _caudam gerit;_ _est canis ergo._ _Anglice caudate,_ _cape caudam_ _ne cadat a te._ _Ex causa caudæ_ _manet Anglica_ _gens sine laude._