James V of Scotland Quote

On the birth of his daughter:

Farewell [to the crown of Scotland]: It came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass.


Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie (1500–65) History of Scotland (1728)


Farewell [to the crown of Scotland]: It came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass.

Farewell [to the crown of Scotland]: It came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass.

Farewell [to the crown of Scotland]: It came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass.

Farewell [to the crown of Scotland]: It came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass.