VOLUME I. (continued 4)

Gladys the grond the tendir florist greyn, Byrdys the bewys and thir schawys scheyn, The wery huntar to fynd hys happy pray, The falconeyr rych ryver onto fleyn; The clerk reiosys hys bukis our to seyn,5 The luffar to behald hys lady gay; Ȝong folk thame schurtis with gam, solace, and play: Quhat maist delytyth or lykis euery wight, Tharto steris thar curage day and nycht. Knychtis delytis to assay sterand stedys,10 Wantoun gallandis to trayl in sumptuus wedis; Ladeys desyris to behald and be seyn; Quha wald be thrifty courtyouris says few credis: Sum plesance takis in romans that he redis, And sum hes lust to that wes nevir seyn:15 Quhou mony hedis als feil consatis beyn; Twa appetitis oneth accordis with othir; This lykis the, perchance, and not thi brothir. Plesance and joy richt hailsum and perfyte is; So that the wys tharof in proverb wrytis,20 A blith spreit makis greyn and floryst age. Myne author eyk in Bucolykis endytis, The ȝong enfant fyrst with lauchtir delytis To knaw hys moder, quhen he is litil page: Quha lauchis not, quod he, in thar barnage, Genyus, the God, delytyth not thar tabill,5 Nor Juno thame to kepe in bed is habill. The hie wysdome and maist profound engyne Of myne author Virgile, poete dyvyne, To comprehend, makis me almaist forvay, So crafty wrocht hys wark is, lyne by lyne.10 Tharon aucht na man irk, compleyn, nor quhryne: For quhy? he altyrris hys style sa mony way; Now dreid, now stryfe, now lufe, now wo, now play, Langeir in murnyng, now in melody, To satyfy ilk wightis fantasy;15 Lyke as he had of euery thyng a feill, And the willys of euery wight dyd feill; And tharto eyk so wysly writis he Twiching the proffyte of the common weill, Hys sawys beyn full of sentencis, euery deill,20 Or morale doctryne, that men suld vycis fle: Bot gyf he be nocht joyus now lat se; For quha so lyst seyr glaidsum gemmys leyr, Ful mony myrry abaytmentis followis heir. Now harkis sportis, myrthis, and myrry plays,25 Full gudly pastans on mony syndry ways, Endyte by Virgil, and heir by me translate, Quhilk William Caxton knew never al hys days: For, as I sayd befor, that man forvays; Hys febil proys beyn mank and mutulate; Bot my propyne come from the pres fute hait, Onforlatit, not jawyn fra tun to tun,5 In fresch sapour new from the berry run. Bachus of glaidnes, and funeral Proserpyne, And Goddes of triumphe, clepyt Victorie, Sal I ȝou call as ȝour name war dyvyne? Na, na, it suffysyth of ȝou ful smal memorie:10 I byd nothir of ȝour turmentis nor ȝour glorie; Bot he quhilk may ws glaid perpetualy, To bryng ws tyll hys blys on hym I cry. Sen erdly plesour endis oft with sorow, we se, As in this buke nane exemplys ȝe want,15 Lord, our protectour to all trastis in the, But quham na thing is worthy nor pyssant, To ws thy grace and als gret mercy grant, So forto wend by temporal blythnes That our eternale joy be nocht the les!20

Ene fra Cartage salys, and quhon belyve He with the tempest was in Sycill dryve.

In the meyn quhile tho gan Eneas hald Sovirly hys cours throu the gray fludis cald, Hys navy with north wynd scherand the seys: Towart Cartage he gan behald, and seys Be than the wallys lemand brycht and schyre5 Of the onhappy Dydoys funeral fyre. Quha had this gret fyre maid, and to quhat end, Thai marvellyt, for the causys war onkend: Bot by the sorofull takynyng, not the les, The Troianys in thar breistis tuke a ges10 Quharfor it was; for weil wyst Eneas In violait lufe quhat strenth of dolour was, And knew alsso quhat thyngis mycht be controvyt By women in fury rage that strangly luffyt. Bot fra the schippys held the deyp see,15 That now na mair sycht of the land thai se, Salve hevyn abufe, and fludis all about, A watry clowd, blak and dyrk, but dout, Gan our thar hedis tho appeir ful rycht, And down a tempest sent als dyrk as nycht; The streym wolx vgsum of the dym sky.5 Palynurus, the maistir, gave a cry From the eft castell heich, thar as he stude; Quharfor, allace! samony clowdis onrude, Quod he, bylappyt hes the hevynnys, lo? Fader Neptune, quhat etlys thou to do?10 This beyng said, commandis he euery feir Do red thar takillis, and stand hard by thar geir, And wightly als thar arys vp to haile: Hymself infangis the le schete of the saill, And eftir said; maist curageus Ene,15 Althocht our helpar, gret Jove, wald hecht it me, I traist not with this weddir to wyn Itale. The wynd is contrar, brayand in our bak saill, Hard in our berd vpblawand wondir fayr, And al with bubbys ombesett is the ayr;20 Nor we may nocht stryve nor infors sa fast Agane the storm, bot stowtar is the blast: And sen that forton masteris ws, tharfor Lat ws follow tharon, and ryn befor, Quhiddyr that the wyndis callys ws set saill.25 Not far hens, as that I beleif, sans faill, The frendful, brotherly, costis of Erycys, And sovir portis of Sycil beyn, I wys, Gif I remembir the methys of starnys weill. Tho quod reuthful Eneas, so haue I seyll,30 I saw langsyne the wyndis ettyll that way, And the, invayn, agane thame stryve perfay: Tyte turn ȝour salys and set thyddyr ȝour went; Thar is na land mair lykand to myne entent, Nor quhar me lyst sa weil, and profitabill5 Our wery folkis to restyng and estabill, Than in that cuntre quharin doith remane, Ful deir to me, Acestes of blude Troiane, And in his boundis, derrest outour the lave, My faderis banys enbrasys, layd in grave.10 This beand sayd, towart the port thai stevyn, The followand wynd blew strek thar saill furth evyn: Fast our the wallys slydis the navy, And in schort quhile arryvit ar blythly At the strandis and costis weil bekend.15 Bot, on the hie top of a hyll ascend, Acestes gan behald, and had gret wondir, And to the cost, als fers as ony thundyr, To meit hys frendis schippys dyd he speid, A beyr skyn of Affryke aboue hys weyd,20 Ful grym of luke, with dartis keyn and rude: Hys moder Troiane of Crinosus the flude Consavyt hym and bayr, as it is said. Not forȝettyng hys ald kyn, blyth and glaid Of thar return was he, and myrrely25 Thame welcumand ressauyt by and by; Gave thame of rural metis with glaid semlance, And cherysyt thame with frendly purvyance.

Eneas in Sycill, but langar tary, Maid for his fader the seruyce anniuersary.

The nixt morow, als sone as the brycht day, The son vprysand, chasyt the starnys away, Eneas gan fra euery cost about Hys folkis all assembill in a rowt, Syne spak thir wordis on a knollys hycht;5 O ȝe my Troiane pepill, stowt and wyght, Discend from worthy Dardanus the kyng, And of the hie goddis ryall ofspryng, The son hes run hys hail cours circular, Hys monethis twelf, and the tyme anniuersar,10 Sen that the reliqueis and bonys infeir Of my dyvyne fader we erdyt heir, And eyk the dolorus altaris consecrate. Les than I be dissavyt, weil I wait Thys is the day that euermor sall I15 Meyn and regrait, and al tyme reverently In wirschip keip, and with gret honour hald For so it plesith ȝou, goddis, and so ȝe wald. Ȝa, thocht I war wilsum, and banyst this da, Amang sey sandis of Getulya,20 Or ȝyt with storm ourset in the Greik see, Or in the cite of Myce hapnyt tobe, Netheles suld I seruyce anniuersar, And exequeys, with solemnyt pomp and fair, Dewly perform, and, with myne awyn handis, Adorn the altaris with thar just offerandis. Now, as I weyn, or we persavyt the chance, Not but the myghtis of goddis and purvyance, Onto the assis and the bonys deir5 Of my sayd fader bene we caryit heir, Entrit in frendly portis and arryve: Tharfor haue done, and lat ws all, belyve, Perform this honour blithly, as efferis; Ask prosper wyndis, and beseyk euery ȝeris10 That my fader wald eftir this ressaue This sacrifyce, quhilk I begunnyn haue, Within our cite that we mon beild, God wait, In tha templys onto hym dedicate. Acestes, cummyn of Troy, for hys wirschip,15 Twa oxin sal ȝou geif for euery schyp. Our Penates and Troiane goddis, for thy, Bryng furth hyddir onto the maniory: Do fech me eyk tha goddis to this cost, Quhilk wirschippit ar by Acestes, our host.20 And forthirmar, gyf that the nynt day Rys fair and cleyr, with hys brycht morow gay, And gan hys bemys our the erth spreid, First sal I ordand for my Troianys, in deyd, Quha hes the swyftast schippis of our navy,25 With al thar fors to stryfe for the mastry; And eik, quha best on fute kan ryn, lat se, To preif hys picht, or wersyll, and bair the gre, Or dartis kast, and best schute arrowis lycht; Or, lyke a douchty campioun into fyght,30 With bustuus baston darryn stryve, or mays: Lat euery man addres hym to this place, And mak hym reddy agane the sammyn day, Fortil opteyn, and bayr the pryce away. Annerd heirto, ilk man, rycht favorabilly,5 And hald ȝour payce, but owthir noys or cry, And do ȝour hedis with fresch bewys array. And sayand this, he gan hys templis twa Covir with myrthus, that is his moderis tre. The sam wys dyd gret Helymus, perde;10 Rycht so hym self kyng Acestes the ald, Richt so the child Ascanyus so bald; Quham followys al the laif in lyke maner. The prynce Ene, from the counsale in feyr, With mony thousandis walkand hym about,15 Went to the tumbe amyd the thykkest rout; Quhar fyrst, eftir thar payane ryte and gys, Twa flaconys ful of wyne, in sacryfys, Apon the erd he ȝet, and other twane Full of new mylkyt mylk, and syne agane20 Twa full of hayt blude was of the offerandis, And purpour flowris strowis with hys handis; Syne said: Hail, haly fader! hail agane Ȝ assys cald, ressauyt al invane, Vmquhile contenyt my faderis sawle and gost.25 Allace! was it not leful, thou onlost, The boundis of Itale, with the, and fatale landis, Forto haue socht, and eik onto the strandis Of Tybir in Ausonya, quhar evir it be, Arryvit sound, in fallowschip with the?30 Scars said he thus, quhen, of the holl graf law, A gret eddir slydand gan furth thraw, In sevyn lowpis lynkyt, and tymys sevyn Circulyt the tumbe about sweitly and evyn, And glydand syne amang the altaris onon:5 Of freklit sprutlis al hir bak schone, As goldyn mailȝeis hir skalys glytrand brycht; Lyke to the rayn bow amang clowdis lycht, Drawand always, forgane the son cleir, A thousand cullouris of diuers hewis seir.10 Eneas of the syght abasyt sum deill: Bot scho at last, with lang fard, fair and weill, Crepis amang the veschell and cowpis all; The drynk, and cyk the offerandis gret and small, Snokis and lykkyt; syne full the altaris left,15 And, but mair harm, in the graf enterit eft. Quharfor Ene begouth agane renew Hys faderys hie sawle queith; for he not knew Quhiddir this was Genyus, the god of that sted, Or than the seruand of hys fader ded:20 Fyve twyntyrris brytnyt he, as was the gys, And alsmony swyne, and tydy quyis With hydys blak; and into cowpys syne In gret plente ȝet furth the hallowyt wyne, Rowpand the sawle of gret Anchyses gone,25 And hys gost fred from the flude Acheron. Hys feris eik, euery man in thar degre, Of syk thyng as thai mycht get plente, Blithly thar offerandis addressis to inbring; Chargis the altaris, and brytnys styrkis ȝyng.30 Sum othir per ordour caldronys gan vpset, And, skatryt endlang the greyn, the colis het Vndir the spetis swakkis, to royst in threyt The raw spaldis ordanyt for the mulde meyt.

Of the gemmys proclamyng, and the play, Quhais fyrst dereyn four schippis dyd assay.

Cummyn be thys was the desyryt day:5 The nynte morow vpspryngis fresch and gay, And Pheyton gan hys faderis chayr furth dryve. The fame of this triumphe gan spreid belyve, That, for wirschip of Acestes, thar kyng, All folkis enveron dyd to the costis thryng,10 Glaidly occupyand al the strandis about; Sum, to behald Eneas cowrt and rowt, And sum, alsso, to stryfe for the mastry. At the begynnyng, the wageouris by and by, And the rewardis, in myddis of the feild15 Befor thar eyn war set, at all beheld: The gilt trestis, and the greyn tre, The lawrer crownys, for the pryce and gre, With palmys scheyn in takyn of victory, Fair armouris of triumphe and myche glory,20 The robbys fyne of purpour, richly dycht, Seir talentis eik of gold and siluer brycht. Tharwith, the trumpet blew, as beyn the gys, Apon ane hyght, declaris and notyfyis The gemmys tobe excersyt for that day. With arys squair, the bargan gan assay Four galeys fyrst, chosyn of al the flote.5 The swyft Pystris witht spedy routht, fute hoyt, Furth steris the stern Mynestheus onan, Quhilk eftir bycam a lord Italian; Of quhays ofspring and genealogy The pepill ar discend, clepyt Memny.10 The bustuus barge, yclepit Chimera, Gyas, with fellon fard, furthbrocht alssua, Sa huge of byrth a cite semyt sche; Quham, a gret nowmyr of ȝong Troiane menȝe In thrynfald ordour, causis furth toglyde;15 The arys rays thre rawis on athir syde. The thryd schip, yclepit Centaurus, Furth haldis, with hir patron Sergestus, Quham fra the famyle come hait Sergia. The sovir sey schip tho, namyt Scylla,20 Cloanthus gydis; efter quham, ȝyt syne, In Roym the pepill beyn callyt Cluenthyne. Weil far from thens standis a rock in the see, Forgane the fomy schor and costis hie, Quhilk, sumtyme, with the boldynnand wallis quhite,25 Is by the jawpe of fludis coveryt quyte, Quhen the southt est wynd, in the wynter tyde, Gan with his stormy clowdis the starnys hyde; And, in the calm or lowyn weddir, is seyn Abufe the fludis hie, a fair plane greyn,30 A standing place, quhar skarthis with thar bekis, Forgane the son, glaidly thame pronȝe and bekis. In this place stykkyt heth the prince Ene A mark or wyttir of a greyn aik tre, In term and takyn onto the maryneris,5 Quhar, forto turn agane, as thame efferis, And set about thar lang cours, thai mycht knaw. By kuttis than, per ordour, al on raw, Thar place thai cheysyt at the costis bay. The patronys in eft castellis, fresch and gay,10 Stude, al in gold and purpour schynand brycht: The remanent of the rowaris, euery wight, In poppil tre branchis dyght at poynt, With spaldis nakyt, schayn of oyl enoynt; Apon thar seyttis and thoftis all atanys15 Thar placis hynt, arrayit for the nanys, With armys reddy outour thar aris fald, Abydis lysnand the takyn to behald, Thar hartis onflocht, smytyn with schame sumdeill; Bot glaid and joly, in hope forto do weill,20 Rasys in thar breistis desyre of hie renoun. Syne, but delay, at the first trumpys sown, From thar marchis atanys furth thai sprent. Vpsprang the clamour, and the rerd furth went, Heich in the skyis, of mony maryner:25 The fomy stowr of sey rays thar and heir, Throu fers bak drauchtis of feil gardeys squair. Thai sewch the fludis that, swouchand quhar thai fair, In sondyr slydis; ourweltyt eyk with arys, From thar forstammys the bullyr brays and raris.30 Nevir sa fersly, in feild nor in barrer, The dowbill ȝokkyt cartis in feir, of wer Or for triumphe, furth of thar stabillys gan rusch; Nor nevir sa thyk, with mony lasch and dusch, The cartaris smate thar horssis fast in teyn,5 With renȝeys slakkyt, and swete drepand bedeyn: For, throu the gild and rerd of men so ȝeld, And egyrnes of thar frendis thame beheld, Schowtand, row fast! all the woddis resoundis; Endlang the costis the vocis and the sowndis10 Rollys inclusyt, quhill the mekyll hyllys Bemys agane, hyt with the brute so schil is. Amyd the pres, thus as the rerd vpwent, Befor the laif Gyas schyp furth sprent, Ourslydand wallys croppys byssely;15 Quhom Cloanthus followys nixt in hy, Mayr sle in rowth, thocht sum deil slaw was sche, For that hir holl was of sa hevy tre. And eftir thame, elyke, furth in evyn space, Pistris and Centawr straif for the fyrst place:20 And now hes Pistrys the fordell, and syne, in hy, The byg Centawr hyr warris, and slyppis by: Now glyde tha bath togidder furth in front, Sewchquhand salt fame with thar lang kelis blont.

Ȝyt quhou the schippys stryvys on the see, Of thar nyce rays, and quha that won the gre.

Wyth this thai gan towart the meyth approche, And war almaist cummyn onto the roch, Quhen that the patron Gyas, amyd the flude, Wenyng hym self victour, thar as he stude, Callys on hys steris man, hayt Meneyt by name;5 Quhidder goys thou so on steirburd? fy forschame! Frawart me thou haldis; set thi cours innarmor; Seik hard on burd endlang fast by the schor, And suffir that the palmys of our arys Hyrsyl on the crag almaist, ilk rowth, and waris:10 Lat the othirris hald furth the deip sey large. Quod Gyas: Bot Menetes, for hys barge Of the hyd rolkis blynd sum deill afferyt, Towart the deip fludis hyr stevin ay steryt. Quhar, dysmall, wilt thou now? gan Gyas cry;15 Hald to the crag agane, Meneyt, fast by. And tharwith, lo! Cloanthus he dyd behald Hard at hys taill, that gan the nar way hald: For, rycht betwix the rolk and Gyas schyp, On bawbord fast the innar way he leyt slyp,20 And wan befor the formast schip in hy: Now is he passyt the wittir, and rollys by The roch, and haldis sovirly throu the see. Bot than, God wait, quhat payn in hart gan dre The ȝong Gyas! hym thocht al brynt hys banys; The watir bryst from baith hys eyn atanys; Forȝet was wirschip and hys honeste thar, Forȝet was of hys falloschip the weilfair, The ancyant treuth of Meneyt forȝettis he,5 And swakkyt hym our schipburd in the see: Hym self, as skyppar, hynt the steir in hand, Hym self, as mastir, gan maryneris command, And threw the ruddyr to the costis syde. Be than the auld Meneyt our schipburd slyde,10 Hevy, and al his weid sowpyt with seys, Skars from the watir grond vpboltyt he is, Syne swymmand held onto the craggis hycht, Sat on the dry rolk, and hym self gan dyght: The Troianys lauchys fast seand hym fall,15 And, hym behaldand swym, thai keklyt all; Bot mast, thai makyn gem and gret ryot, To se hym spowt salt watir of hys throte. Heir first gude hope arays to the twa last, That is to knaw, Mynestheus and Sergest,20 Gyas schyp thar by to ourcum wenyng, That tarays sum deill for lak of gude steryng. Tho Sergest gan the fyrst place occupy, With schip approchand towart the roche in hy; And, netheles, hail befor wan scho nocht,25 Bot thrang hir forschip formast, as scho mocht, So that Pistrys, hyr weryour, all the way, Hyr forstam by hir mydschip haldis ay. Than, rowmyng to and fra hys schyp our all, Mynestheus gan hys feris exhort and call:30 Now, now, ȝe vailliant feris of worthy Hector, Hail stoutly vp ȝour arys; thynk on ȝour glor; Thynk quhou, the lattir rewyne of Troy, ȝou I Haue walyt, and brocht with me in cumpany: Now schaw that strenth, now schaw that hie curage,5 Quhilk on the schaldis of Affryk, in stormys rage, Ȝhe dyd excers, and the ilk fors, I wys, Ȝhe schew betwix Scylla and Carybdys, Quhar that Ioneum clepyt is the see, And als forgane the styth stremys of Malee.10 As to the fyrst place, now byd I nocht craif it, Althocht I be Mynestheus, wont til haue it; Nor I byd not to stryve and wyn the gre, Howbeyt, wald God, that war a gloir to se! Do lat thame bruke the mastry and the pryce,15 Quhamto Neptune lyst grant at hys devyce; Bot gret lak war to return althar last: Deir frendis, defend ȝou fra that kankyrryt kast, And do ourset sa schaymful hard myschance. With al thar fors than at the vtyrance,20 Thai pynglyt arys vp to bend and haill, With sa strang rowthis apon athir wail, The mychty karvell schuddryt at euery straik, Down swakand fludis vndir hyr brayd bilge of aik: So clappys the braith in breistis with mony pant,25 Quhil in thar dry throtis the aynd worth skant, And swait down triglys in stremys our alquhar. Betyd a chance that ilk tyme fell thame fair, And grantyt thame that honour tha desyryt: For as Sergest, with fers mynde half enfyryt,30 Turnyt hys stevyn towart the rolk our neir, Ontil a wykkyt place hys schip dyd steir, Quhil on the blynd craggis, myschewsly, Fast stykkis scho, choppand hard quhynnys in hy, And on the scharp skelleis, to hir wanhap,5 Smait with syk fard, the arys in flendris lap; Hir forschip hang, and sum deil scoryt throu owt. The marynaris start on fut with a schout, Cryand, byde, how! and with lang bolmys of tre Pykyt with irne, and scharp roddis, he and he10 Inforcis of to schowyn the schyp to save, And brokkyn aris gadderyt on the streym thai haue. Now quha was blith bot Mynestheus, ful ȝor, Quhilk, for this chance, mair egyrly than befor, With swyft fard of arys, and wynd at wyll,15 The reddy way held our the fludis chyll, And frakkis fast outthrow the oppyn see. Als swyftly as the dow affrayit doith fle Furth of hir hoyll, and richt darn wynnyng wayn, Quhar hir sweit nest is holkyt in the stayn,20 So fersly in the feildis furth scho spryngis, Quhil of hir fard the howsys ryggyng ryngis; And sone eftir, scherand the lownyt ayr, Down from the hycht discendis soft and fair, Not byssy weyngyt, bot planand esyly:25 So slaid Mynestheus throu the sey in hy, So followys Pistrys, was langeyr allthar last, With fellon fard furth swepand alsso fast. And fyrst Sergest behynd sone left hes he, Wreland on skelleys and ondepys of the see,30 With brokkyn aris lerand to haist agane, And cryand, help! bot that was al invane. Syne Gyas schyp, the fellon Chimera, Persewys he fast, quhilk gave hym place alsswa, For scho was spulȝeyt of hir sterisman.5 Thar restis na ma bot Cloanthus than; Quham fynaly to persew he addrest, And pynglys hir onto the vtyrmest. The noys and brute tho dowblys lowd on hycht; For, on the costis syde, fast euery wight10 Spurris the persewaris to roll bissely: Set on hym now; haue at hym thar, thai cry; That huge clamour fordynnyt al the ayr. The formast thocht thar awyn wirschip so fair, And had disdeyn bot thai thar honour save,15 To bruke it quhilk so hard wonnyn thai have, Or thai thar lawd suld loys or vassyllage, Thai had far levir lay thar lyfe in wage. The favorabill forton, and thar happy chance, So gan the breistis of the otheris avance,20 Thame thocht thai mocht thame wyn witht laubour lycht, Becaus it semyt to thame at so thai mycht. And peraventur, with equale stevynnys atanys, The pryce thai suld haue baith caucht for the nanys, War not Cloanthus in the fludis cauld25 With devote prayeris baith his handis gan hald, And on the goddis callys, and maid hys vow: O ȝhe goddis, quhays fludis I ryn throw, Vndir ȝour empyre rewlyng the large see, I sal glaidly on this cost syde, quod he,30 A quhite bull offir in ȝour sacryfyce, So I my vow may bruke, and wyn the pryce; The entralis eyk, far in the fludis brak, In ȝour reuerens, sal I slyng and swak, And ȝet tharin the sweit liquor of wyne.5 And, be hys wordis warryn brocht to fyne, Law fra the boddom of the seys deip Hys prayeris war except: tharto tuke keip The nymphis all, clepyt Nereydes, And thai that followis Phorcus, all the pres;10 The maid alsso quhilk Panopea hait: The fader of havynys, Portunus, al the gait With his byg hand schot the schip furth hir went, That swyftar than the southt wynd on scho sprent, Or as a fleand arrow to land glaid,15 And in the deip port enterit, but abaid.

Quhou Eneas onto the maryneris Gaif euery man thar reward, as effeiris.

Anchises son Eneas, than, ful wys, Callys thame forrowth hym al, as wes the gys, And, with ane harraldis lowd voce, gan declare Cloanthus victor was, and on hys hair20 Gart set a crown, was of the lawrer greyn; And bad onto thar schippis bair bedeyn Thre ȝong oxin onto euery barge, Presandis of wyne, and of siluer a charge. Bot principaly to the capitanys he gave Honorabill rewardis, as thame efferit to haue: To the victour, a mantil brusyt with gold,5 With purpour selvage writhyn mony fold, And al byrunnyn and lowpyt lustely, As rynnys the flude Meander in Thessaly; Quharon was weyf, in suttel goldyn thredis, Kyng Troyus son, the fair Ganymedys,10 Vnder the thyk wod bewys of Ida The swyft hartis chasand to and fra, And with hys dartis baldly thame gan beyt: He semyt porturyt pantand for the hete; Quham, witht a surs, swyftly, Jovys squyar15 Caucht in hys clewis, and bair vp in the air: The eldar huntaris, and hys keparis than, Clapand thar lufis and thar handis, ilk man, Sayr awondryt gan the starnys behald; For hundis queste it semyt the lyft ryfe wald.20 Onto hym, syne, Eneas gevyn has, That by hys vertew wan the secund place, A habirgyon of byrnyst mailȝeis brycht, With gold ourgilt clowit thrynfald full tycht, Quhilk he, sum tyme, with his strang handis two,25 Tyrvyt and rent of bald Demoleo, Quham vndir Troys wallys venquyst he, Quhar Symois rynnys swyftly in the see: This wirschipful gift to Mynestheus he gave, That was hys beild in armys hym to save.30 Sa paysand was this cote that scarsly mycht Phegeus and Sagaris, twa serwandis wight, Bair it on thar nek chargyt mony fald: Bot, tharwith cled, Demoleo ryn fast wald, Chasand the Troianys skatterit far on breid.5 The thryd gyft syne, Eneas gaif in deyd Twa gret caldronys of bras forgyt hoyt; Twa syluer choppis schapyn lyke a boyt, Punsyt ful weil, and with fyguris ingrave: And thus thar gyftis gottyn al thai haue.10 Apon syk wys, ful prowd of thar reward, Ilkane of thame, furth pransand lyke a lard, Arrayit weil the tymplis of thar hed With purpour garlandis of the rosys red: Quhen from the scharp rolk, scarsly, with gret slycht,15 Sergestus gan vpwreil hys schyp evill dycht; Of brokyn arys febilly with a raw, Mokkyt and schent, scho cummys hame ful slaw. Lyke as oft happynnys the eddyr amyd the way Lurkand or glydand, in the hait symmyrris day,20 Quham the hevy schod cart quheil doith ourtak, Pressyng hir down, and ryvand hir tewch bak, Or, with smart dynt or stane kast, half ded neir, And kut in tway, leifis the travelleir; Scho pressand fle, al for nocht, byssely,25 Lang wrynklys makis oft with hir body; The ta part fers and fell, with byrnand eyn Strekand hyr nek with hyssis lowd in teyn; The tother part, lamyt, clynschis and makis hir byd, In lowpis thrawyn and lynkis of hir hyde:30 With syklyke routhe this schip slawly furth went, Syne maid sail at the last, and, tharwith bent, Entyrris in the havyn; and Sergest Eneas Rewardis weil, as that his promys was; For glaid he was the schip was salue onlost,5 And brocht hys ferys hailskarth to the cost. To hym a servand woman, hayt Pholoa, Was geyf, and, sowkand hyr, hir twynnys twa: Of Creyt, as to hyr kynrent, born was sche, And in the craft of Mynerve wondyr sle.10

Into this nixt cheptour followys heir The fut mennys rynkis and rewardis seir.

Gentyll Ene, this sport endyt and done, Ontyl a fayr plane greyn passyt sone, Quhilk was enveronyt al with hyllys hie, Schaddowyt with woddys rank, and mony a tre: Amyd the vale, in maner of cyrkyl rownd,15 A playng place was markyt on the grond, Syk as that clepyt beyn a theatry. Thiddir the heir with mony thousand gan hy, And evyn amydwart in hys troyn grete, For hym arayt, takyn hes hys sete:20 Quhar, with rewardis seir, he dyd provoke The curage and myndis of ȝong foke; Syk as lykkyt swyftly on fute to ryn, Cum bayr the pryce away, and wageour wyn. On athir half than gadderis hym about Of Troianys sammyn and Sycilyanys a rowt; And first come Nysus and the fresch Evrille:5 Ewrillyus in grene ȝouth and luf sylle, Maist eligant of person, for quhays frendschip And tendyrnes come Nisus in falloschip: Quham followis nixt nobyl Dyores the gude, Cummyn of the stok of myghty Priamus blude;10 And eftir hym thar followys sone onon Twa othirris sammyn, Salyus and Patron, Of quham the tane born of Epyria, And the tother was of Archadya, Cummyn of the blude of Tegea that cite:15 Twa othir ȝong men syne of Sycille, Helymus and Panopes, baith feris Onto the kyng Acestes ald of ȝeris, Hantyt to ryn in woddis and in schawis: Seir othir come eik, quhais namys onknaw is,20 For that thai war of law stait and degre. Amyddys of thame all, thus sayd Ene; Tak tent frendis, remembir quhat I say, Mark this in myndis glaidly, and bair away: Neuer ane of al this falloschip, quod he,25 Sal onrewardyt hyne depart fra me. I sal ȝou geiffyn ilk man as efferis: With brycht hedis, wrocht in Creyt, twa schort speris, A syluerit ax alsso, to bair in hand; For ȝou al equale salbe syk presand.30 The thre formaste salbeir the pryce and gre, Thar hedis crownyt with greyn olyve tre: Quha cummys fyrst, and victour our the laif, Ane hors with precyus harnessyng sal haif: The secund, ane arow cays of Amazon,5 Ful of arrowys of Trace, sal haue onon, Hungyn by a braid tysche of gold ilke joynt, The bukkil claspyt with a jemmys poynt: The thryd most go hys way, and stand content Bot of this Gregion helm, lo, heir present.10 Quhen this was said, thar placis haue thai tane, And, fra thai hard the takyn, sone onane Richt swyftly on thar rasys gan thai tak; The stand thai leif, and flaw furth with a crak, As wyndis blast, etland to the rynkis end.15 Befor thame all furth bowtis with a bend Nysus a far way, start mair spedely Than thud of weddir, or thundyr in the sky. Nyxt onto hym, bot nocht neir be far way, Followys Salyus; and, a space eftir thame tway,20 Ewrialus was the thryd: quham syne infeir Followyt Helymus; quhamto held evir neir Dyores, quhidderand at hys bak fute hait, Hys tays choppand on hys heill al the gayt, Writhand with hys schuldir to haue thrung hym by;25 And, had he anys won mair rowm, tho in hy He suld ful sone haue skyppyt furth befor, And left in dowt quha come fyrst to the skoyr. Be this thai wan neir to the rynkis end, Irkyt sum deill befor the mark weil kend;30 Quhen that Nysus fallys, onhappely, Apon the glotnyt blude, quhar as fast by The styrkis for the sacrifyce, per cace, War newly brytnyt; quharof al the place, And the greyn gers, bedyit was and wet.5 As this ȝongker heiron tred and fute set, Joly and blyth, wenyng hym victour round. He slaid and stumryt on the slydry grond, And fell at erd gruflyngis amyd the fen, Or beistis blude of sacrifyce; ȝyt then10 Forȝettis he not Ewrialus luf, perfay, Bot kest hym evyn ourthourtyr Salyus way, Grulyng as he mycht apon the slydry grene, Maid hym lycht wyndflaucht on the grond onclene. Furth sprent Ewrialus formest, and, by supple15 Of his frend Nysus, the first place wan he. With rerd and favorabil hailsyngis furth he sprang, As oft befallys, syk tymys, commonys amang. Helymus nixt onto the stand is cummyn: The thryd place now and gre Dyor has nummyn.20 Tho Salyus fyllys al the court about With lowd ramingis, and with mony a schowt, And gan, in presens of the nobillys, pray Restor hys honour by dyssayt stollyn away. The favour defendis Eurialus of hys ferys,25 And of hys eyn brysting the seymly terys, Sched for dysdeyn he suld swa leys hys pryce; The vertew, eyk, mair gracyus at all devyce Was haldyn, at come of sa seymly person. That helpyt mekyl; and Dyores evir onon30 Chydis for hym fast, for alsmekill as he The thryd place than had wonnyn and the gre; Bot all for nocht may he the last pryce beleif, Gyf that to Salyus the fyrst reward beys geyf. Than the rewthfull Eneas spak and sayd:5 Ȝour enterprys, childeryng, beys blyth and glaid, Remanys sovir to ȝou; for, owt of weir, As fyrst was set the pryce, sal na man steir. It moste be to me leful rewth to haue Of my frendis myschance, hys lak to save,10 Quhilk in hys awyn defalt tynt not the gre. And, sayand thus, to Salyus gave he A bustuus lyonys skyn of Getuly, With goldyn clewys, lokkerit and weghty. Ha! than quod Nysus, gyf syk reward salbe15 Gevyn onto thame at fallys and tynys the gre: Gif the lyst rew on syk, quhat gyft condyng Wilt thou geif Nysus, ran swyft in a lyng, And worthy was the fyrst croun to haue caucht, War nocht the sam mysforton me ourraucht20 Quhilk Salyus betyd? and, with that word, Hys face he schew besmottyrit for a bourd, And al hys membris in mud and dung bedoyf. Than lewch that ryal prynce on hym to goyf, And bad do fech a rych scheild, wrocht quently25 Sum tyme by ane Dodymaon maist crafty, And by the Grekis alsso doun was dyng Of Neptunys tempyll post, quhar it dyd hyng: This worthy ȝong man with that gyft soverane Rewardis he, of syk geyr as mycht gane.30

Of the twa kempys suld stryfe in the pres, The bustuus Entellus and Darhes.

Eftyr thir rasys done, and gyftys geif; Now cummys heir, said Ene, quha lyst preif To streke thar armys furth, and heys on hycht, For mays or burdon arrayit weil at rycht: Quha hes tharto reddy bald spreit lat se.5 For athir party the pryce ordanyt hes he: For the victour a bul, and al hys hed Of goldyn schakaris and roys garlandis red Buskyt full weil; to hym venquyst, alssua, A rych helm and a fyne sword, baith twa,10 Set for hys solace. Than, but delay, Darhes With buustuus fors schew hys face in the pres. As he vpstart, onon gret rumour rays Amang the commonys, sayand, lo! quhar he gays, Alane was wont agane Parys debait:15 Ȝon sam is he quhilk, at the tumbe, fute hait, Quhar beryit was Hector of maist renoun, The campion Butes ourcom and bet doun, Al flat hym speldyt on the dun sand, In the dedthrawis: quhilk Butes, to vnderstand,20 Fra Bebrycy com, of statur huge rude, And hym avansyt of kyng Amycus blude. Thys ilk Darhes, berand hys hed on hie, Reddy for batale, schew furth, at al mycht se, Hys schulderis braid, and swakkis heir and thar Hys armys strecht with gret flappys in the ayr. Ane othir mache to hym was socht and speryt; Bot thar was nane of al the rowt at steryt, Ne durst presume meyt that man on the land,5 With mace nor burdon to debait hand for hand. Joly and glaid tharof, baith al and sum Into bargane wenyng fortil ourcum, Beforn Eneas feyt stad but delay: The bul he grippys by ane of hornys tway10 With hys left hand, and said apon this wys; Son of the goddes, gyf na man wil rys, Ne dar hym self aventur in batelle, Quhy stand I thus? quhou lang efferis me dwell? Command me leid away the pryce al fre.15 The Troianys with hym sammyn, he and he, Murmuryt and bemyt on the ilke wys: Reyk to the man the pryce promyst, all cryis. Tho gan the grave Acest with wordis chyde Entellus, sat on greyn sonk hym besyde:20 Entell, quod he, vmquhile the forcyast Of campionys clepyt, and the worthyast, Invane that name thou beris, I dar say, Gyf thou, sa thoilmude, sufferis leid away So gret a pryce, but dereyn of batell.25 Quhar is he now, gret Erix, as thai tell, Our God renownyt, and mastir, al for nocht? Quhar now that fame, our al Sycil onflocht Quhilum dywlgate, is becummyn and gone? Quhar beyn the spulȝe triumphal mony one,30 Within thine hows hyngis on euery post? The tother ansuerd: nowthir for dreid ne bost The luf of wirschip nor honour went away is, Bot certanly the dasyt blude, now on days, Walxis dolf and dull throw myne onweldy age;5 The cald body hes mynyst my curage: Bot war I now, as vmquhile it hes bene, Ȝyng as ȝon wanton voustour, sa strang thai weyn, Ȝa, had I now syk ȝouthed, traistis me, But ony pryce, I suld al reddy be;10 Na lusty bull me tyl induce suld neid, For nothir I suld haue cravyt wage nor meyd. Quhen this was said, he hes, but mair abaid, Twa kempys burdonys brocht, and befor thame laid, With al thar harnes and braseris by and by,15 Of weght ful huge, and schap onmesurly; Quhar with, vmquhile, the stern Erix was wont To feght in bargane, and geif mony dont, In that hard bellan hys brawnys to enbrace. All wolx estonyst beheld thame in that place:20 So huge weght, and so gret quantite Thai war, that weil thame semyt for to be Of curbulle corvyn sevyn gret oxin hydis, Styf as a burd that stude, on athir sydis Stuffyt and cowchit ful of irne and leid.25 Abuf al otheris, Darhes, in that sted, Thame to behald abasyt wolx grettumly, Tharwith to mel reffusyng aluterly: Bot, ful of magnanymyte, Eneas Pasys thar weght als lychtly as a fas,30 Thar hydduus braseris swakand to and fro. Syk wordis gan the auld rehersyng tho: Quhat wald he haue said, that perchance had se Hercules burdon and wapynnys heir, quod he, And on this ilke cost the sorofull bargane?5 Thir sammyn wapynnys Erix, thi broder germane, Was wont to bair: behald thame smottyt quyte Of his red blude, and harnys tharon owtsmyte. With thir agane gret Hercules stude he; With thir was I wont mach in the melle,10 Quhil my fresch blude mair fors and strenth me lent, Or that onfrendlich eild had thus bysprent My hed and halffettis baith with canus hair. Bot, gyf that Troiane Darhes reffusys thair With thir, our cuntre wapynnys, in feild to pas,15 And eik it lykis the curtas Eneas, So that Acest my soverane that appreve, Be not efferd, Darhes; na thing the greve; Erix macis to the on syde lay I, And thou thi Troiane burdon alsso do by:20 With equale wapynnys lat ws go to sone. And, with that word, of hys schulderis hes done Hys dowbill habyt; and hys lymmys squair, Baith byg bonys and brawnys, maid al bair; Syne stythly in the sand vpstandis he,25 Of hyduus statur and of quantite.

The bargane of the kempys curageus, The fers Darhes, and stalwart Entellus.

The prynce Anchises son, Eneas, than Twa evynly burdonys walyt, as cunnand man, And equale armour, but dyversyte, On schulderis and thar gardeys buklys he. Than athir gan contrar othir styth stand,5 With fyngeris fast faikand thar mace in hand, Syne heich abufe thar hedis in the ayr Onabasytly rasyt thar armys squair, And from the straik thar nek drew far abak. Now, hand to hand, the dynt lychtis with a swak;10 Now bendis he vp hys burdon with a mynt, On syde he bradis fortil eschew the dynt; He etlys ȝondir hys avantage to tak, He metis hym thar, and charris hym with a chak; He watis to spy, and smytis in al hys mycht,15 The tother keppys hym on hys burdon wycht; Thai foyn at othir, and eggis to bargane. Lychtar on fute and agil was the tane, And in hys lusty ȝouth sum deil ensuris: The tother, of lymmys byggar, and cors mair stuyr, is,20 Bot hys faynt schankis gan for eild schaik; Hys gowsty cost and membris, euery straik, The febil braith gan to bete and blaw. Thir hardy kempys, al in waist, leyt draw, Athir at other, mony rowtis grete: On holl sydis feill dowbill dyntis gan bete, And on thar breistis lychtis with huge sownd; Oft in the ayr about thar hedis rownd Thar handis waveryt, and the strayk went mys;5 Hard halffettis clappyt oft vndir the dynt, I wys. Entellus standis styf and grave of cors, Not movyng from hys fyrst stand in a fors, And, with hys body only, and walkryfe E, The strakis onfar enchewys and keppyt he.10 Bot Darhes walkis about rycht craftely, Of hys fyrst purpos frustrat, to espy Sum avantage, with diuers assaltis algait Hym ombesetting sair, and handland hait: Lyke as by gret engynys quha sa wald15 A strang cite assail, or stalwart hald, To wyn that strenth, or ȝyt by craftis sle To mynde the castell on the rochys hie, Lurkand in harnes wachis round about; Now this tocome, now by that way gan lowt,20 Quhar best he may cum to hys purpos sone, Avysand weil the place maist oportone. Entellus raxit hym, and hevis on hycht Hys rycht hand, for to smyte in al hys mycht: The tother, seand the dynt cum, gan provide25 To eschew swyftly, and sone lap on syde, That al hys fors Entellus gan apply Into the ayr; so that hys grave body, All hym alane, with huge weght and sayr, Ruschyt flatlyngis to the grond with a rair:30 So as, quhilum, the mekil kosch fyr tre, On Erymanthus the mont of Archade, Or in the wod of Ida, with a sownd Vp by the rutis rent, ruschis to grond. The ȝoungkeris tho of Troy and Sycilly5 Gan starting all on fut delyvirly: The clamour rays, quhil al the hevyn dyd ryng, And fyrst to hym ran Acestes the kyng, And, for compassioun, hes vphynt in feild Hys frend Entellus, onto hym evyn eild.10 Bot, nother estonyst nor abasyt heiron, Mair egyrly the vaillyant campion Agane to bargane went als hoyt as fyre: Hys strenthys now encressis al of ire; For schame, alsso, and for that weil he knew15 Hys auld prowes, hys fors dowblyt and grew; And ardently, with fury and mekil boist, Gan Darhes kach and dryve our al the cost: Now with the rycht hand, now with the left hand, he Dowblys dyntis, and, but abaid, leyt fle,20 That nothyr rest nor quyet may he tak. Als fast as rayn schour rappys on the thak, So thyk with strakis this campion maist strang, With athir hand, feil sys at Darhes dang, And drave hym to and fra with mony rowt.25 The prynce Eneas, than, seand this dowt, Na langar suffer wald sik wreth procede, Nor fers Entellus mude thus rage and sprede; Bot of the bargane maid end, but delay, And wery Darhes hes withdrawyn away.30 With wordis hym to mesyng thus he said: Onsylle wight, quhou dyd thi mynd invaid Sa gret wodnes? felys thou not ȝyt, quod he, Othir strenth or mannys fors hes delt with the? Seys thou not weil thi self at thou art fey?5 Tharfor to God thou ȝeild the and obey: The power of goddys ar turnyt in thy contrar: Obey to God. And with that word, but mair, The bargane he dissolvyt: and than Darhes Hys trew companȝeonys ledis of the pres,10 Harland hys wery lymmys dolf as led, For sorow schakand to and fra hys hed, And schaddis of blude furth spyttand throu hys lyppys, With bludy gammys, led hym to thar schippys; The helm and eik the sword with thame hes tane,15 As thai commandyt war, and left alane The bul ontil Entellus: sa was defynd. He victour than, and abufe in hys mynd, Prowd and reiosyt of this bull, gan say; Son of the goddes, and Troianys, I ȝou pray, Behald, and knaw by this takyn and syng, Quhat strenth was in my cors quhen I was ȝyng: Se fra quhat ded Darhes is savyt onslane. Quod he; and standand the bullys face forgane, Quhilk of thar dereyn was the pryce and gre,25 Hys stern burdon behynd hys bak on hie With hys rycht hand gan tais and mesour swa, It smait hym evyn betwix the hornys twa; Persyt the harn pan, draif out the brayn in hy: Down duschit the beist ded on the land gan ly,30 Sprewland and flekkyrand in the ded thrawys. And he abufe hym furth warpys syk sawys: For Darhes ded, Erix, lo! this, quod he, A far mair ganand sawle, I offer the; And victour eyk my craft and wapynnys fair5 Vprendris heir, for now and evir mair.

Into this nixt cheptour ȝe may espy Nys craft of schotyng and of archery.

Onon Eneas induce gan to the play, With arowys forto schute quha wald assay: The pryce tharfor ordanys; and syne, but let, With fors of mennys handis vp hes set10 Amyd the greyn Sergestus schippys mast; Apon the top tharof gart fessyn fast A fleand dow intil a cord, quharat Thai suld thar arowys schuyt. The men with that Conuenyt togiddir, and in a helm of steill15 Thar kavillys haue thai castyn fair and weill. And first of al, with frendly noys and sound, Hyppocaon the first place hys hes fond, That was of kynrent cummyn from Hirtacus: Quham nixt eftyr followys Mynestheus,20 Victour afor amang the schip bargane; The grene olyve about hys forhed schane. The thryd kavill betyd Evricyus, Thy brodir, O maist doughty Panderus; Quhilk vmquhile, forto brek the trewis command, On the Grekis fyrst set with speir in hand: And of the helmys boddom al thar last5 The ancyant kyng Acestes lot furth past, Quhilk, for Eneas sayk, durst anys assay With hys awyn hand ȝong mennys sport and play. Than euery man, accordyng thar strenth ful meyt, Thair byg bowys gan bend, and at thar feyt10 Dyd schaik onone thar arowys of thar cays. Ȝong Hippocaon, quhilk had the first place, A quhidderand arow leyt spang fra the stryng, Towart the hevyn fast throu the ayr dyd thryng; The mastis top it hyt, and tharin stak,15 Quhil al the tre trymlyt with the swak: The fowle affrayt flychtris on hir weyngis; Of gret rumour than al the feildis ryngis. Nixt scharp Mynestheus, war and avysye, Onto the hed hes halyt vp on hie20 Baith arow and eyn, etland at the mark. Bot it was reuth, the fowle, for al hys wark, Ne mycht he twich; and, netheles, ȝyt quyte The bandis and lyamys in twa dyd he smyte, Quharwith, by baith the feyt, thar fast was sche25 Attachit at the mastis top on hie: Scho in the ayr and dyrk skyis flaw onon. With arow reddy nokkyt than Ewricion Plukkis vp in hy hys bow, and maid hys vow Onto hys brothir Pander: with that the dow30 Heich in the lyft ful glaid he gan behald, And with hir weyngis sorand monyfald; Hys arow he threw vndir the clowdis blak, And persyt hir quyte owtthrou the bak. Hyr lyfe scho lost heich vp in the ayr,5 Down fallys ded, and has brocht with hir thar The arow brochyt throu owt hir body. Acestes now alane stude all reddy To schute, quhen that the pryce was tynt and won: And, netheles, to schuyt he hes begun,10 And threw ane arow in the ayr on hycht, Schawand hys craft, and hys byg bowys mycht, That lowsyt of the takill with a spang. And sone betyd, and in thar sychtis sprang, A fellon grysly monstre and wondryng,15 As weil was knaw syne at the endyng: The feirfull spa men tharof pronosticate Schrewyt chancis to betyde and bad estate. For quhy, this schaft, fleand in the moyst ayr, Brynt in a bles, and the randoun alquhar20 With low and flambys gan do notyfy, And, al consumyt, vanyst in the sky: As doys oft starnschoit fallyng fra the hevyn, Drawand thareftyr a taill of fyry levin. Estonyst in thar myndis, abasyt stude25 The folk of Sycill and all the Troiane blude; And, netheles, maist douchty Eneas Reffusyt nocht the takyn, bot gan embras Acestes glaidly, and rych gyftis him gave: Syne said hym thus; Tak, fader myne, ressaue30 Sik favorabill aspectis benevolent As the gret kyng of hevyn heth to the sent, That lyst with onkouth syngnys honour the. Thou sal haue heir this reward and degre, A cowp of gold engrave with figuris seir,5 A presand vmquhile of my fader deir, Ancyant Anchises, quham Cysseus, of Trace kyng, In remembrance hym gave and lufe takynnyng. And sayand thus, hys tymplis al, but weir, He gan involue and belt with grene lawrer;10 And syne hes causyt, al the othiris befor, Proclame Acestes, and declair victor. Nor gentill Euricion hys gloyr envyes nocht, Quhoubeyt that he only the fowle down brocht, And in the skyis smait hir ded, ȝyt than15 The secund place he tuke as curtas man: Nixt eftir quham, the wageour hes ressaue He that the lysch and lyam in sondir drave; And last rewardyt was he, that hys flycht Into the mastis top festynnyt on hyght.

Quhou that Ascanyus and ȝong childer gent Assailȝeit othir, in maner of turnament.

Eneas syne, the derenys not al done, Epytides to hym hes callyt sone, Mastir and gydar of Ascanyus ȝong, Quhais secrete haris warryn ȝyt onsprung, And in hys trasty eyr thus prevaly He rownys, sayand; pas thi way in hy, Se gyf Ascanyus hes now reddy dycht5 Hys falloschip of childer and horssys lycht, Arrayt for the rynkis and the play: Byd hym bryng hyddir hys rowtis to turnay, And do hys grandschir honour and renown, In hys harnes schaw hym self reddy bown.10 Sayd Eneas; and tharwith gave command About the cowrt the pepil on rowm to stand, That al the feild within suldbe patent. Than sone the childer, arrayit fair and gent, Enterit in the camp alsammyn, schynnand brycht,15 On stedis pransand in thar faderis syght; And, quhar thai went, al the gallandis of Troy And Sycill wondyrris with gret brute and joy. Thar harys all war tukkyt vp on thar crown, That baith with how and helm was thrystyt doun:20 Twa javillyng speris with blunt hedis sum bair, Sum on thar schuldyr a cace with dartys fair; The wryth of gold, or chane lowpyt in ryngis, About thar hals down to thar breistis hyngis. Thai war in nowmyr cumpaneys thre,25 On horssis rydand; and for ilk menȝe A capitane walkis rewland al hys rowt: Twys sax childir followys ilkane about In thar parsmentis, arrayit in armour brycht: The chiftanys warryn equale of a hycht.30 A ward thar was of childir quham, ful joyus, Berand hys grandschiris name, ȝong Priamus Led and rewlyt, quhilk thi genealogy, O Polytes, plantyt in Italy; Apon a hors of Trace dappil gray5 He raid, quhays formest feyt bath tway War mylk quhyte, and hys crest on hycht bair he, With bawsand face, rynggyt the forthir E. The secund, Atys, on a cursour bay, Fra quham the Latyn lynnage to this day10 Actii bene nemmyt; and this litill Atys With child Ascanyus weilbelovyt is. Lufty Iulus, in bewte dyd all exceid, Come last montyt on a Sydon steyd Of cullour quhyte, quham Dydo, the fair Lady,15 In hir remembrance hym gave and luf drowry. The remanent of the falloschip, euery one, Sycill horssis gan swyftly ryde apon, That from the auld Acestes purchest wer. With revell, blythnes, and a maner feir,20 Troianys ressauys thame, and rycht glaidly Thar vissage gan behald, and dyd aspy The prent of faderis facis on childir ȝyng. Eftyr thai had all cirkillyt in a ryng, On horsbak, hail the place and feild abowt,25 And joyusly behaldyn all the rowt, All reddy hufand thar coursys forto tak; Epytides on far a syng gan mak, Smait with a clap, and cryis, go togidder! Than ran thai sammyn in paris with a quhidder;30 The rowtis thre brak; ilkane chesyt hys feir; And, quhen thai by war runnyn, thar horsis thai steir, And turnys agane incontinent at commandis, To preif thar fors with javillyngis in thar handis: Syne went abak in sondyr a far space,5 Ilkane at othir rynnyng with a rays. Syndry coursys and returnyngis maid thai; Fast athir sort gan othiris rowt cumray, And gan excers, by semblance, vndir scheild The symylitude of batell or a feild.10 Sum tyme the bak thai turn, as thai wald fle; Sum tyme at othir threw dartis, he and he; And, sone eftyr, assemmyl wald with a crak, Thar handis schak, and pes togyddir mak. Swa, as tha say, vmquhile the hows in Creyt,15 Hait Laborynthus, with mony went and streyt, Had wrynkillyt wallys, a thousand slychtis wrocht, Forto dissaue al onkouth tharin brocht, To wavyr and er thar onreturnabilly, The subtell throwgangis followand sa quently;20 Nane othir ways, in coursys mony ane, Quhirlys thar trays thir ȝong childir Troiane. Thai lowke togiddir, and countyrfatis a chays In maner of bargane, makand mony a rays And seir derenȝeis in thar sport and play;25 Als swyft as dalphyn fysch, swymmand away In the wak sey of Egyp or Lyby, Persand the wallys, that plays jolely. Thir maner of rynkis and jupertyis of bataill Ascanyus hantyt, and brocht fyrst in Itaill,30 Quhen he with wallys closyt lang Albay, And taucht the ald Latynys to hant syk play, The sammyn gyis as he, a child, now wrocht, And othir Troiane childir with hym brocht. The Albanys taucht thar childir the sammyn way;5 And mychty Roym, syne efter mony a day, Syk oys ressavyt hes, and gan vphald In wirschip of thar antecessouris auld; And now, childring hantyng syk gem and joy Beyn Troiane rowtis namyt, and weir of Troy.10

Quhou Irys, send fra Juno in gret ire, Gart Troiane wemen set thar schippys in fyre.

Thus, hyddyrtyllys, warryn derenys seyr Excersyt in wyrschip of hys fader deyr: And in this tyme gan forton fyrst remove Fra thame agane hir sykkill faith and lufe. For, as Troianys dyd hallow on this wys,15 By diuers gemmys, as was tho the gys, Solemnytly, the seruyce anniuersar Besyde Anchises graf, furth of the air, And hevynnys hie, Saturnus get, Juno, That gan of wreth and malyce nevir ho,20 Not satisfyit of hir ald fury ne wrok, Rollyng in mynd full mony kankyrryt blok, Hes send adoun onto the Troiane navy Irys; and, that scho suld go spedely, The prospir wynd gan eftyr hir inspyre. Thys virgyn sprent on swyftly as a vyre, And throu the clowdis hir trace, quhar scho went,5 Schupe lyke a bow of diuers hewis ment. Sone slaid sche doun, onseyn of ony wy, Gret confluence of pepill dyd aspy: Scho walkis about the costis of the see, Havynnys and flote left dissolate fand sche;10 And al the Troiane wemen dyd sche ken Syttand on the schor, secret far fra men, The gret loys of Anchises regratyng sair, And al togiddir gan to weip and rair, Behaldand the deip seys sorowfully,15 And, with a voce, sayand al halely: Allace! behald, samony stremys gray, And of thir salt fludis sa braid a way Remanys ȝyt, fortyl ourslyde and sayll, By ws wemen irkyt of lang travaill!20 Thai al besocht God send thame sone, ilkane, A cite or a town forto remane, And tedyus thocht the seys laubour to bair. Iris heirfor aspyis hir tyme best thair, As scho that was in myscheif ful expart:25 Amyddis of thame all in gan scho start, Hir godly figur and hir weid laid by, And bycame agyt Beroes in hy, In maner schap of symylitude and face, That was Doryclus spows, born of Trace,30 Quhilk vmquhile was of hie genealogy, Of gret renoun, and childir had mony; And on syk wys amang matronys Troiane Transformyt entrys scho, and in is gane. O woful wrachit wemen all, quod sche,5 Quhilk to the deth, vndir the wallys hie Of ȝour natyve cite and kynd landis, War not in batell harlyt by Grekis handis! O pepill onhappy! to quhat myschews end Forton reseruys ȝou of this warld to wend?10 Lo! sen the fal of Troy and dolorus weir, Byrunnyn is the sevynt symmyr and ȝeir, Sen that samony seys, and onkouth landis, Sa huge wilsum rolkis, and schawd sandis, And stormys gret, ourdrewyn and sufferyt haue we;15 Lo! thus saland throw out the mekill see, Quhar that we chays Itale, that fleys ay, And we ly warpyt on the wallys gray. Heir beyn the bredyrly boundis of Erix stowt; Our frend Acestes is our host but dowt:20 Quha will ws warn to beild vp wallys hie, And to our citesanys set heir a cite? O natyve land, and kynd goddis, al invane Rest from our fays! sal nevir nane agane Troiane wallys be namyt nor vpbeild?25 Sal I nevir se, allace! in all my eild, Hectoriane fludis, Exanth and Symois? Haue done tharfor, and now with me, I wys, Thir fey onhappy schippys al bedene Lat ws go byrn: for, in my sleip ȝistreyn,30 The figur of Cassandra, prophetes, Gave me byrnand fyre brandis, and said expres, Heir suld we rest; bad seyk Troy na forthar; Heir was our dwellyng place for euermar. Now is the tyme ganand our wark to speyd;5 To tary ma fatale syngnys quhat suld neid? Lo! ȝondir beyn four altaris byrnand schyre; Neptune, the god, thir hait brandis of fyre Distributis to ws, and alsso hardyment. And sayand thus, to perform hir entent,10 The peralus fyre first hynt scho forsably; With flambys schynand on far thai mycht espy Hir rycht hand rasyt, the blesys in to cast. Of Troiane wemen the myndis worth agast, And al thar hartis sum deil stupefak;15 Quhen ane, the eldast amang thame al, spak, Clepyt Pirgo, the quhilk had beyn, feil sys, To mony of kyng Priamus childir nurys: O matronys, ȝon was nevir Beroys, quod sche, Born a Troiane, and Doryclus spous, traist me.20 Considir of hir bewte syngnys dyvyne; Behald so brycht as baith hir eyn doith schyne; Quhat sweit favour and smell from hir spryngis; Quhatkyn vissage hes scho; quhou thynk ȝe ryngis Hir vocis sown, or quhat pays goys scho now.25 My self left Beroes, as I come hyddir rycht now, Lyand seyk at hame, and ful ennoyit wight, That scho alane suld want this ryal syght, And, as scho wald, mycht not mak sacryfyce In Anchysis honour and funerale seruyce.30 Thus said Pirgo: bot than the matronys all Stude fyrst in dowt quhat thing tha do sall, And with evil willy eyn the schippys behaldis, On hovir betwix wrachyt desyre, thame haldis Forto abyd within that present land,5 And of the fatis, on the tother hand, That onto othir realmys doith thame call: Quhen lo! the goddes, in form celestiall, With equale weyngis fleys vp to the hevyn, And, in hir went, schup vndir the clowdis evyn10 The figur of a raynbow huge grete. Than pryncipaly begouth thar hartis bete; Of syk wondris estonyst, thai al in hy Cachit with wodnes begouth raym and cry, And from the hallowyt ingill rest the fyre;15 Part spulȝeis altaris of thar flambys schire, And byrnand branchis, faggottis, and fyre brandis, Into the schippys swak they with thar handis: The flambe vpkyndilling blesys braid at large Throw hechis, ourloft, ayr, and payntyt targe.20

Of the fyre stoknyng, quhilk the navy derys, And quhou in Sycill Ene hes left hys feris.

Ontyl Anchises graf and theatry First brocht Ewmolus word, quhou the navy Was al infyryt. Thai luke, and gan behald The fyre sparkis fleand vp thyk fald In a blak sop of reik: and fyrst Ascanyus, As he on hors playt with hys ferys joyus, Als swyft and fersly spurris hys steid fute hoyt,5 And, but delay, socht to the trublyt flote. Hys mastirys, half ded for affray and dreid, Mycht nocht withhald hym: thyddir gan he speid; And cryit, allace, O wrachit citesanys! Quhat new wodnes be this that ȝou ourtane is?10 Quhou now, quhou now? quhat meyn ȝe for to do? Ȝour ennemys floyt, nor Grekis schippys, lo, Ȝe byrn not, bot al hope of ȝour weil fair; Se, this is I, ȝour awyn Ascanyus, ayr Onto my fader: and, with that word, his helm15 Befor thar feyt al voyd doun dyd he quhelm, Quharwith in the derenys cled was he, And countyrfait the maner of a melle. Eneas than, and al the rowtis Troianys, Fast as thai mycht, sped thame thiddir atanys.20 Bot than the wemen al, for dreid and affray, Fled heir and thair, endlang the cost away; Socht to woddys and cavys in euery rolk, Eschamyt with thar deid, knew thar awyn folk, Thar myndis changit, fled the lycht for dispyte,25 Al Junois rage smate from thar breistis quyte. Bot not for this the flambys and byrnand bleys Dyd stanch thar fors ondantyt, ne appeys: The tuffyng kyndillys betwix the plankis wak, Quharfra outthrawis the pykky smoke coil blak;30 The hait fyre consumys fast the howe; Our al the schip discendys the peralus lowe: Thar was na strenth of vaillyant men to waill, Nor large fludis on ȝet, that mycht avail. Reuthful Ene than of hys schulderis tway5 The claith hes rent, and gan the goddys pray, Vp baith hys handis hevand in the sky: Almychty Jove, quod he, aluterly Gyf thou hes not al Troianys at haitrent, Or gif thi reuthfull clemens takis tent,10 As thou was wont, to mennys travel and pyne, Now, haly fader, thi maieste inclyne; Grant at our navy this fyre may eschaip, And from distructioun delyvir and outscrape Thir sobir trumpys, and meyn graith of Troianys:15 Or, gif I haue deseruyt, with the remanys, Smyte al togyddir ded with feirful thundir; Lat thi rycht hand heir schaik ws al in sondir. Scars this wes sayd, quhen that a blak tempest Brays but delay, and al the lyft ourkest:20 A huge weyt gan down powre and tumbill; Hillys and valys trymlyt of thundir rummyll; The drumly schour ȝet furth our al the ayr Als blak as pyk, in bubbys heir and thar, Fyllys the schippys, quhil thai flet our the walys;25 Wrayngis half brynt bedyit in watir salys; That al the fors of fyre was slokyt owt, And from the perrell salf and out of dowt Was al the navy, outtake four schippys lost. And, quhil he rowmys vp and doun the cost,30 The fader Eneas, smyte with this smart cace, Now heir, now thar, gan huge thyngis compace; Rollyng in mynd quhiddir he suld or nay Remane in Sycill, or thens pas away, Or gif he suld seik ȝyt to Italy,5 Lyke as he had forȝet hys destany. Thus as he musys, stad in sykkyn dowt, Ane of the eldast herys stude abowt, Clepyt Nawtes, quham the goddes Mynerve Our al the layf instrukkyt hym to serve,10 And rendryt had ful scharp and rype of wyt, Syk answer gave, and plane declaris it; Quhat pretendis this fellon goddes greif, And eik, accordyng thar fatis, quhat was releif; And, comfortand Eneas, thus gan say:15 Son of the goddes, lat ws follow that way, Bakwart or fordwart, quhyddir our fatis dryve; Quhat evir betyde, this is na bute to stryve: All chance of forton tholand ourcummyn is. Heir is thi tendir frend Troiane, I wys,20 Worthy Acestes, of dyvyne lynage; Cal hym to the in counsale, wys and sage, And weil willyng to thi purpos to apply. Leif with hym all may nocht in thi navy Be tursyt now, for lak of schippis lost;25 Al syk as beyn ennoyt, and irk almost Of thi gret purpos, thi dedis, and efferis; And thai that beyn agyt passyt dait of ȝeris, Or ald matronys wery of the see: Wail out al thame beyn waik and onweilde,30 Or ȝyt afferyt beyn in ilke affray; Syk cummyrryt wightis suffir, I the say, To haue ane hald and dwel heir in this land: The cite salbe, as was first cunnand, Acesta clepyt, eftir Acestes kyng.5 With syk wordis, and prudent sermonyng Of hys wys agit frend, than Eneas On al sydis gan ithandly cumpas Quhat was to do: and as the dirk nycht Rollyt hys cart ourthourt the polys bricht,10 Eftir that all was went to rest and pace, The ymage of hys fader Anchises Gan from the hevin appeir, and, but abaid, Ontil Eneas heth thir wordis said: O thou my child, derrer, so mot I thrive,15 Quhil that I levit, than myne awin lyve; O son, in Troiane fatis exercit sayrly; Hiddir, at the command of Jove, cummyn am I, Quhilk from thi navy stanchit the fyre, quod he, And from hie hevin at last heth reuth on the.20 Follow the counsale is maist ganand and heynd, That agit Nautes gave the, thi trew frend; And chose ȝong men of harte maste curagious Turs in Itale with the. I tel the thus; A dour pepill, and of conditioun fell,25 The nedis in Latium ourcum in batell. Bot first, of Pluto the infernale see, And deip regioun of hell, behufis the se, To cum and speke with me, myne awin son deir. Be not agast, my child, and haue na feir:30 For I am nocht withhald, I lat the wyt, In Tartarus, the soroful hellys pyt, Nor drery pottis deip of saulis paill; Bot in the hailsum rowtis, furth of baill, I dwel amyd the plane of Elyse.5 The chaist virgyn Sibil wil convoy the The rycht way thidder, quhilk at thou sal tak By blude offerit of mony bestis blak. Thar sal thou lern all thi genolegy, And quhat cite is to the destany.10 Adew; as now na langar dwell I may: The donk nycht is almaist rollyt away, And the fers Orient wil at I withdraw; I feil the ayndyng of hys horssys blaw. Thus hes he said; and with that word, but mair,15 Vanyst away, as the reik in the ayr. And quhen Eneas saw him pas, he said, Quhidder bradis thou now sa fast, without abaid? Quhidder hastis thou swa? quhom fleys thou? me, allace! Quhat is the let I may the nocht enbrace?20 Thus sayand, the assys and coverit fyre bet he; To Troiane Ingil, and the cannos Veste, Within hys secret closet maid reuerence, With hallowyt flour, deuotely, and incence. Syne sone assemlyt his feris all in pres,25 Bot first of al the ancyant Acestes: The wil and plesour of Jove schew thame cleir, And eik the charge brocht by hys fader deir, And tald thame planely his mynd and desyre. Thai tary nocht at counsale; for this syre,30 Acestes, was al reddy at command. Than al tha folk, quhilk list bide in that land, For this new cite titil thai and writis: The matronys first, and sik as nocht delytis Nor hes in cure desyre of hie renoun,5 Thai deput, and thai ordand for this town. Thar hechis and thar ourloftis syne thai beit, Plankis and gestis gret, squair and meit, Into thar schippis jonand with mony a dynt, Insted of thame war with the flambys brynt;10 Thar cabillis new, and thar hed towis reparis, And gan to forge newly wrayngis and ayris: In numbir war thai bot a few menȝe, Bot thai war quyk and vailliant in melle. In the meyn tyme, Eneas with a pleuch15 The cite circulit, and merkit be a seuch; By cavillys syne the tenementis dyd depart: Heir ordanys Ilion, and, in ȝondir art, Of Troy commandis beld othir memoriallis. Of this new cite, and thir frendly wallis,20 Glaid wolx Troiane Acestes, and, but mair, Did mak proclame thar merkattis and thar fair; And all the hedismen gadderis and set down, Stabillis thar lawys and statutis for that town. Syne, on the top of Erix the montane,25 Full neir the lift, thai found, of marbill stane, A tempil to Venus of Idalia; And, about Anchisis sepultur alssua, Ane hallowit schaw on breid, as sanctuar, Plantit thai haue, and stabillit prestis thar.30

Eneas gan depart, and quhou Venus Maid for hir son request to Neptunus.

Be this has al the pepil, euery hyne, The feste continewit fully days nyne, And on the altaris, as was tho the gys, Thar offerandis endit and hie sacrifice: The stabil ayr has calmyt weill the see,5 And sowtht pipand wyndis fair on hie Challancis to pas on burd and tak the deip. Bot quhen thai moste depart, lord, quhou thai weip! Quhat huge waling rays all the costis bay! Brasand and halsand thai dwel al nycht and day.10 And now thai moderis, and thai onweldy men, Quhom til, vmquhile, forto behald and ken The seys figur was abhominabill, And eyk the fors tharof intollerabill, Now wald thai wend, for all the seys rage,15 Reddy to thoill al travale in vayage: Quhom curtas Eneas with wordis frendly Comfortis, and syne, wepand full tendirly, Betaucht ontil Acest his cousing deir. Thre velys tho, as was the auld maneir,20 In wirschip of Erix he bad down quell, And a black ȝowe to God of tempestis fell: Syne chargit hail thar cabillis vp belyve. Hys awin hed warpit with a snod olyve, Heich in a schippis forcastell dyd stand, Haldand a cowpe of gold intil hys hand, The bestis entralis in the see can swak, And ȝet the cleir wyne furth in fludis brak. From the eft schip vprays onone the wynd,5 And followit fast the see fararis behynd; Eyk al the flote smate fast with arys the flude, Kempand to welt our wallys as thai war wode. In the meyn sesson Venus, al onflocht, Amyd hir breist reuoluand mony a thocht,10 Spak to Neptune with sik petuus regrate: Neptune, quod scho, the fel ire and consate Of queyn Juno, with mynd insaciabill, Constrenys me to condiscend thus stabill In all maner of request and prayeris;15 The quhilk Juno nowdir lang days nor ȝeris, Nor na divyne sacrifice, may apples; Scho restis nevir, nor may scho leif at eys, Albeit the power and charge of Jupiter Resistis scho wait, and fatis ar hir contrar.20 Scho thinkis it nocht eneuch and sufficient By wikkit malice to downbet and schent, And for euer put to distructioun, Master of the pepil of Frigia, Troys town, And for tobe wrokin, be alkin panys,25 Apon thar sary levingis and remanys: Bot euer in ane ȝit stil persewis sche The ded banys and cald assys to spulȝe Of silly Troy, quhilk is to rewyne brocht. A wondyr quhou scho may, intil hir thocht,30 Of sa gret furour half the causys consaue. Thi self is witnes quhou, laitly, our the laif, Sa masterful storm amyd the Libiane see Scho rasit sone, quhil vp to hevynnys hie The fludis kachit war, and sair opprest,5 Throu help of Eolus wyndis and tempest: Sa gret wrang in thi realme durst scho excers. O this detestabil wikkitnes to rehers! Lo! hes scho nocht, newlingis, sa schamefully, The Troiane matronys maid byrn thar navy,10 By hir wod rage? and ar, for falt of schippis, In onkouth land left from thar fallowschippis? In tyme cummyng, I the beseik, quod sche, Schaw thi mychtis, that salfly throu the see It may be leifful thai thar salys set:15 Grant at thai may alsso atteyn, but let, The flude Tybir, throu Lawrent feildis slydis. Admyt myne askin, gif so the fatis gydis, Or gif that my desyre may grantit be, Or ȝit werd sisteris list geif thame that cuntre.20 Saturnus son Neptunus tho, I wys, That of the deip see fludis dantar is, Ansuerit and said: Citherea the fair, It is resson, and ganand euermair, Thou be assurit to rest at thi lyking25 In my boundis, and throw out al my ryng, Quharfra thou hes thi first original, As thi kynd grund and cuntre natural. In othir placis als, furth of my land, I haue deseruit thankis at thi hand,30 And oft tyme hes sa gret curage, thou knawis, Dantit baith of see and bustuus wynd at blawis. To witnes draw I of this at I say, Exanth and Symois, Troiane fludis tway, That I na les cuyr tuke of thine Ene,5 To salue him on the land, than on the see. For quhen the fers Achil persewit sair, Chasand affrayt Troianys heir and thar, The gret rowtis to the wallis thrymland, Tofor his face half ded for feir trymland,10 And mony thousandis on the grund layd ded, The ryveris dittit with ded corpsys wolx rede, Vndir bodeis bullyrrand; for sik multitude Of slauchtir he maid, quhil Exanthus the flude Mycht fynd na way to ryn onto the see:15 Than, apon cace, with Achillis Ene Matchit in fecht, nowdir of strenth or mycht Equale be far, nor ȝit sa weil at rycht Favorit of the goddis as Achillis, perfay, By a dyrk clowd I staw thi son away:20 Quhoubeit, the ilk tyme, my desyre was set Law fra the grond al Troy forto down bet, Tha maynsworn wallis biggit with my handis. As twichand Ene, quhou evir the chance standis, The sammyn wys ȝit perseueris my mynd:25 Haue thou na dreid. I salbe ȝit als kynd. Onto tha havynnys he sal cum sovirle, As thou desyris, and furthir him eyk sal I Ontil Avern, clepit the louch of hell. Ane sal alanerly be loste, I the tell,30 Quham thou sal seik, amang the fludis, dede; For help of mony thar salbe gevin a hede. Eftir that with sik wordis Neptunus Had mesit the mude of the goddes Venus, Tho kan this fader of the see, but mair,5 Hys horssis ȝok to draw his cart or chair, With fomy bridill danting the fers bestis; Thar renȝeis and thetys, at thame arestis, With hys awin handys leit do slyp and slakkis, And lichtly our the fludis croppis frakkis10 Hys watry chair, furth fleand with a sownd, Quhil al the wallis dowkis to the grownd; Vndir the brayand quhelis and assiltre The fludis strekis plane our al the see: The bubbis and wyndy clowdis, heir and thar,15 Gan fle onon furth of the large ayr. Than of his court apperit figuris seir; The hydduus quhalys, and al the rowtis in feir Of agit Glaucus with his cannos hair, And Palemon, Inoes son and ayr;20 The swift Tritones, with trump playand thar spryng; Phorcus, with al his falloschip and ofspryng: And on hys left hand furth haldis Thetis, With al the Nymphis hait Nereidis, Sik as Melite, Spyo, Penopea,25 Cymodoce, Nyse, and Thalia.

Throu owt the flude merely salys Ene, And Palynurus drownys in the see.

Glaidnes and comfort than, in to sum part, Begouth to kittill Eneas thochtful hart. Heys heich the cros, he bad, al mak thaim bown, And fessyn bonnettis beneith the mayn sail down. Than al sammyn, with handis, feit, and kneis,5 Dyd heys thar sail, and trossyt down thar teys: Now the le schete, and now the luf, thai slak, Set in a fang, and threw the ra abak; Baith to and fra al dyd thar nokkis wry: Prosper blastis furth careis the navy.10 Befor the laif, as lodis man and lard, And al his salis vp with fellon fard, Went Palynure; and hail the remanent Was chargit hald the sammyn cours and went. Be than, the donk nycht had run almaist evin15 His myd cours or methis in the hevin, And euery maryner, but langar kepe, Thar bodeis restis with the plesand sleip, Endlang the hechis lyand heir and thar is, Or in thar hard settis lenand on ayris:20 Quhen that the swift God of sleip gan slide Furth of the starnyt hevin, by nychtis tide, And dyd away the dirknes of the ayr, Removing schadowit skyis maid al fair; Onto the, Palynurus, hes he socht, And the, al innocent, soroful slepis brocht. Heich in the eftschip dyd this God appeir, In figur of Phorbantus, a maryneir, And frendfully gan warp sik wordis owt:5 Jasyus son, Palynur, luke about; The sobir seys beris sownd our navy; The wyndis blawis ful evin and rycht makly: Thou may sovirly tak the ane howris rest, Leyn doun thi hede, and sleip, for that is best10 Thy wery eyn thou prevely withdraw From langsum laubour, and sleip a litil thraw; And I my self sal glaidly, in thi place, Beir thyne office, and steir a litil space. To quhom Palynur, skars liftand his eyn,15 Ansuerd and said; quhat thing wald thou meyn? Byddis thou me be sa nyce I suld mysknaw This calm salt watir, or stabil fludis haw? Wilt thou I traste this monstre perellus? Or quhat in wyndis sa dissaitful til ws,20 And this cleir hevin sa oft hes trumpit me, Wald thou I lippynnyt the maist nobil Ene? Sik wordis he said, grippand the helmstok fast, Lenand tharon, and by na way nor cast Wald part tharfra, haldand his eyn ful evin25 Ay to behald the starnys in the hevyn. Quhen lo! this God smate bath his tymplis twane With a ful sleipry and bedyit grane, Wet in the myndles flude of hell, Lythe, And sowpit in Stix, the forcy hellys see:30 Hys glotnyt and fordovirrit eyn two He closyt hes, and sound gart sleip alsso. Bot scarsly gan the first rest of sleip, Or he was war, thus on his membris creip, Quhen on him lenys this God, and tho he kneld,5 And with a swak, as that the schip gan helde, Ourburd him kest amyd the flowand see, Richt al togidder with the helmstok of tre: Than al for nocht apon his feris he cryis. This God flaw vp lyke a bird in the skyis.10 And nocht the les the schip held furth hir went, As scho did ayr, throw the calm seys sprent, But ony harm, and al the navy sone, By the promys of the fader Neptune. With this almaste thai careit ar infeir15 Onto the rochis and skelleis weill neir Of Syrene, that we Marmadynnys clepe; Dangerus vmquhile, for a mekil hepe Of dede banys lay tharon ful quhite; So gan the salt jawpis ythandly smyte20 The holl rolkis, maid a sownd ful hays. Quhen Prince Ene persauyt, by his rays, Quhou that the schip dyd rok and tailȝeve, For lak of a gud sterisman on the see, Him self hes than sone hynt the rudyr in hand,25 And throu the fludis steris the schip to land, Bewaland gretly in his mynde pensyfe, For that his frend was fal, and lost the lyfe. Allace! our mekil thou lippynnyt hes, quod he, Into the stabillit hevin and calmyt see:30 Bair and onerdit, in ane onkouth land, Palynurus, sal thou ly on the sand. Thus wepand said, and leyt his flote go large, Quhill at the last, baith ballyngar and barge Apon the cost, that hait Ewboica,5 Arryvit neir the cite of Cuma. Than to the streme thai turnyt thar forschip; Kest down thar bewchit ankyrris, ferm of grip, Into the raid; endlang the costis bay Thar eft castellis gan mustyr in array.10 And al the ȝongkeris spedis hastely Onto the schore of Hisperia fast by: Sum smytis fyre furth of the hard flynt stane; Sum spedely to the thik wod ar gane, In dern dennys, quharin wild bestis dwellis;15 And sum dyd schaw the new fund springand wellis: To beit thar mystir al bissy for the nanys, Sum to this turn, sum to that, start atanys.

Pluto, thou patron of the deip Achiron, Fader of tormentis in thyne infernal see, Amyd the fludis, Stix and Flagiton, Lethie, Cochite, the watyris of oblivie, With dolorus quhirling of furyus sistyris thre,5 Thyne now salbe my muse and drery sang: To follow Virgil in this dyrk poyse Convoy me, Sibil, that I ga nocht wrang. Quhat wenys fulys this saxt buke be bot japis, Al ful of leys or ald ydolatryis?10 O hald ȝour pace, ȝe verray goddis apis! Reid, reid agane, this volume, mair than twys: Consider quhat hyd sentence tharin lyis: Be war to lak, les than ȝe knew weil quhat; And gif ȝou list not wirk eftir the wis,15 Heich on ȝour hede set vp the foly hat. All is bot gaistis and elrich fantasyis, Of browneis and of bogillis ful this buke: Owt on thir wandrand speritis, wow! thou cryis; It semys a man war mangit, tharon list luke,20 Lyke dremys or dotage in the monys cruke, Vayn superstitionys aganyst our richt beleve: Quhat of thir fureis, or Pluto that plukkit duke, Or cal on Sibil, deir of a revyn sleif? Wald thou I suld this buke to the declare, Quhilk war impossibil til expreme at schort?5 Virgil is ful of sentence our all quhare; Bot heirintil, as Seruius gan proport, Hys hie knawlage he schawis, that euery sort Of his clausys comprehend sik sentence, Thar bene tharof, set thou think this bot sport,10 Maid gret ragmentis of hie intelligence. In all his warkis Virgil doith discrive The stait of man, gif thou list vnderstand; Baith life and ded in thir fyrst bukis fyve; And now, intil this saxt, we haue on hand,15 Eftir thar deth, in quhat plyte saulis sal stand. He writis lyke a philosophour naturall: Twichand our faith mony clausis he fand Quhilk beyn conform, or than collaterall. Schawis he nocht heir the synnys capital?20 Schawis he nocht wikkit folk in endles pane? And purgatory for synnys venyall, And vertuus pepil into the plesand plane? Ar al sik sawis fantasy and invane? He schawis the way, evir patent, down to hell,25 And rycht difficil the gait to hevin agane, With ma gude wordis than thou or I kan tell. Heir tretand vertu, taxis he pane for vyce, Feil woful turmentis of wrachit catyvis sary, Notabil histories, and diuers proverbis wyce, Quhilkis to rehers war our prolixt a tary: Althocht he, as a gentile, sum tyme vary,5 Ful perfitely he writis seir misteris fell, As quhou thir heithin childir thar werdis wary, Wepand and waland at the first port of hell. And, thocht our faith neid nane authorising Of gentiles bukis, nor by sik heithin sparkis,10 ȝit Virgil writis mony just claus conding, Strenthing our beleve, to confound payan warkis. Quhou oft rehersis Austyne, cheif of clarkis, In his gret volume of the cite of God, Hundreth versis of Virgil, quhilk he markis15 Agane Romanys, til vertu thame to brod! And of this saxt buke walis he mony a scor, Not but gude resson; for, thocht Criste grund our faith, Virgil sawis ar worth to put in stor. Thay aucht not be hald vagabund nor waith,20 Ful riche tresour thai bene and precius graith: For oft by Sibilys sawis he tonys his stevyn; Thus faithfully in his Bucolykis he saith, The maide cummyth bringis new lynnage fra hevyn. As twiching hym writis Ascentyus;25 Feil of his wordis bene like the appostilis sawis, He is ane hie theolog sentencyus, And maste profound philosophour he him schawis, Thocht sum his writis frawart our faith part drawis: Na wondir; he was na cristyn man, per De, He was a gentile, and levit on payane lawis, And ȝit he puttis a God Fader maste hie.5 We trow a God, regnand in personys thre, And ȝit angellis hevinly spiretis we call; And of the hevinly wightis oft carpis he, Thocht he belevit thai war not angellis all. Quhil Cristis passioun, of Adam from the fall,10 All went to hell, thocht all war nocht in pane: Or Criste he wrait this buke, quhar reid ȝe sall Destinit in hell specialy placis twane. And principaly the sted of fell tormentis, With seyr departingis in that laithly hald;15 Ane other place quhilk purgator representis, And, dar I say, the Lymbe of faderis ald, With Lymbus puerorum, as I haue tald. Schawis he not eik, by werkis meritory, Quhou just pepil, in welthis monyfald,20 Raiosys, syngand sangis of hevinly glory? And, as he twichis greys seyr in payn, In blys, elike wys, syndry slagis puttis he. Quhat sal I of his wondir warkis sayn? For al the plesance of the camp Elyse,25 Octauian, in his Georgikis, ȝe may se: He consalis nevir lordschip in hell desyre, Bot evir in hevin, intil sum hie degre, To cheys his place, and not amang the fyre. Quhat cristyn clerk kouth hym haue consalit bettir? Al thocht he was neuer catholyk wight, He hes writtin ful mony attentik lettir.5 In that ilk buke he techis ws ful richt, The warld begouth in veyr, baith day and nycht; In veir he says that God als formyt man, The son, the mone, and all the starnys bright: We grant in veir that first the warld began.10 Happy war he knew the caus of al thingis, And settis on syde all dreid and cuyr, quod he, Vndir his feyt at treddis, and down thryngis, Chancis ontretabill of fatis and destane, All feir of ded, and eik of hellis see;15 Happy he callys sik wightis, and sa do I: Quhar may we swa optene felicite? Neuer bot in hevin empire abone the sky. Tyll write you all hys tryit and notabil vers Almaist impossibil war, and half invane,20 For me behuffyt repeting and rehers In seir placis the sammyn wordis agane. This may suffice, I wil no mor sane: Ane movar, ane begynnar puttis he, Sustenys all thing, and doyth in all remane;25 And, be our faith, the sammyn thing grant we. I say nocht all hys warkis beyn perfyte, Nor that sawlys turnys in othir bodeys agane; Thocht we traste, and may preif be haly write, Our sawle and body sal anys togiddir remane. At thar bene mony Goddis I will not sane,5 Thocht haly scriptur just men, Goddis, clepe. Quhom call I Pluto, and Sibilla Cumane, Hark; for I wil na fals Goddis wirschepe. Sibilla, til interpret propirly, Is clepit a maid of Goddis secret preve,10 That hes the spiret divyne of prophecy. Quha bettir may Sibilla callit be Than may the gloryus moder and madyn fre, Quhilk of hir natur consavit Criste, and buyr All hail the mysteris of the Trinite,15 And maist excellent wark had vnder cure. Thou art our Sibill, Cristis moder deir, Prechit by prophetis and Sibilla Cumane; Thou brocht the hevynly lynage in erd heir, Moder of God, ay virgyne doith remane,20 Restoring ws the goldin warld agane. Sathan the clepe I, Pluto infernall, Prynce in that dolorus den of wo and pane, Nocht God tharof, bot gretast wrech of all. To name the God, that war a manifest le;25 Is bot a God, maker of euery thing: I fauour nocht the errour of Manache. Set thou to Wlcane haue ful gret resembling, And art sum tyme the minister of thundring, Or sum blynd Ciclopes of thy laithly wra, Thou art bot Jovys smytht, in the fyre blawing, And dyrk fornace of perpetuall Ethna.5 Thou wrocht na thyng, bot maid thi self a devill, And that was not to mak, bot rather failȝe: For Austyn says, syn, myscheif, or evill, Is nocht at all: for quhy? thai nocht availȝe. The dym dongeoun of Ditis till assailȝe,10 Or in the lyknes this mysty poetry, Help me, Mare; for certis, vail que vailȝe, War at Pluto, I sal hym hunt of sty.

Ene aspyis Dedalus wark expres, And with Sibilla spak, the prophetes.

Qwil on this wys ilk man occupyit was, Reuthful Eneas bownys hym to pas, Onone to sers the strenth and tempil tho Dedicat ontil the myghty Apollo; That feirfull gowsty cave far from the way,5 And secret hald of Sibilla the may; Quhais hait memor and resson oft infyrit Delyus, the prophet divyne, and so inspirit That scho the secretis fortocum did knaw. With this thai entrit in the hallowit schaw10 Of the thrynfald passynger Dyane, And hows of brycht Apollo gold bigane. The fame is so, that Dedalus, the wright, Furth of king Mynos realm takand his flycht, Sa bald was with swift fedrame, and happy15 To aventur hym self heich in the sky, And by a quent onvsyt way to knaw, Towart the frosty poil artik he flaw: Bot, at the last, softly he gan alicht Of Chalcydonys apon the castell hicht; And rendrit fyrst into thir landis, he5 Offerit and hallowit, Phebus, onto the, The fard and flycht of baith hys weyngis two, And thar grathit a fair tempil alsso. Apon the portis dyd he carve and grave Androgyus slauchtir, falsly brocht to grave,10 And for hys deth the vengeance and the wrake; Quhou of Athenes commandit war, alake! Twys sevyn childir onto Creyt be send, Perpetualy ilk ȝeir, a fair presand: The dedly vrn stand porturat mycht thai knaw,15 Owt of the quhilk the lottis warrin draw. Forgane Athenes, a litil our the see, The ile of Crete he wrocht, musterand ful hie; The kingis cite thar hecht Gnosya; Quharin he porturit als ful, wallowa!20 The lufe abhominabill of queyn Pasyphe, Quhou pryvely with the bul forlane was sche: The blandit kynd, and birth of formys twane, The monstruus Mynotawr, doith thar remane, Ane horribill takin of schrewit Venus wark.25 Thar was alsso craftely schape and mark That namekouth hows, quhilk Laborynthus hait, Ful of wrynkkillit onreturnabil dissait. Bot, netheles, Dedalus, cawcht piete Of the gret luf of fayr Ariadne,30 That was the kyngis douchtir, tawght ful rycht Of this quent hows fortil omdo the slycht; Quhou by a threid the subtell wentis ilkane Thai myghtin hald, and turn that way agane. And thou alsso, the ȝong child Icharus,5 Quhilk son was onto this ilk Dedalus, A gret part of this wark suld haue beyn thyne, Gyf that the dolour and the huge pyne Had sufferit hym to kyth his craft on the. In gold to grave thi fall twys etlyt he,10 And twys, for rewth, failȝeis the faderis handis. Eneas tho, and al at with hym standis, This sculptur al espyit had on breid, Ne war Achates, quhilk befor him ȝeid, Be than returnyt was, and with him brocht15 The religyus woman quham thai socht, Baith consecrate to Dyane and Phebus, Hait Deiphobe, the douchtir of Glawcus; Quhilk to the king sone spak apon this wys: This tyme, quod scho, to stair and to devys,20 Govand on figuris, is not necessary. Mair neidfull now it war, but langar tary, Sevin ȝong stottis, that ȝok bur nevir nane, Brocht from the bow, in offerand brittin ilkane, And alsmony twyntyrris, as is the gys,25 Chosyn and ganand for the sacrifys. On this wys till Eneas spak Sibill; And Troianys tareis nocht forto fulfill Hir commandment, that, but langar delay, The sacryfyis and offerand done haue thai;30 And syne the nun to the hie tempill thame brocht, Quhilk in maner of ane gret cave was wrocht, Of Cuma holkit in the hillis side. Ane hundreth entreis had it, large and wyde; Ane hundreth durris tharon stekit clos,5 Out at the quhilkis ruschit alsmony a voce, Gevand respons onto this Sibilla. Tho to the dur threswald cummyn ar tha, Quhen that this virgyn said: To ask answeris Now is the tyme; lo, lo, the God me steris!10 And as scho gan sik wordis say and cry, Without the entre standand, suddanly Nowdir vissage nor cullour, as thai war air, Remanys than, nor hir weil dressit hair; Bot fast hir breist the breth dyd clap and bete;15 Hir fers hart boldynnys vp ful grete, Enragit of the sprete divyne alsso, That of mair statur gan scho semyng tho; Hir voce ne sovndis lyke a mortale wight; For, with the goddis maieste and myght20 Twichit and smyte, that drew hir mynde ful neir, Hir hart pipis gan to flekkir and steir. Blyn nocht, blyn nocht, thou gret Troiane Ene, Of thi bedis nor thi prayeris, quod sche; For, bot thou do, thir gret durris, but dreid,25 And grisly ȝettis, sal nevir warp on breid. And, with that word, scho cessit, and no mor said. The cald dreid gan the Troianys invaid, Thirland throu owt hard banys at euery part: The king hym self than inkirly from his hart30 Maid this oryson, and devotly said: O bright Phebus, that evir reuth has had On Troys hard aduersite and wo, Thow quhilk direkkit the Troiane dartis so In Achillis body, schot by Parys hand;5 This see, at goys about mony gret land, Thou beand my gidar, entrit haue I, And eyk the wilsum desert land Masylly, Quhar the schald sandys strekis endlang the schor: Now at the last, that fled ws evir mor,10 The forther cost of Ital haue we kaucht, Thocht, hiddertillis, hard fortoun has omberaucht The Troianys, and persewit onfrendfully. Now all ȝe Goddis and Goddessis, quham by Vmquhile was thocht gret Ilion ful of joy,15 And the schynand gloryus town of Troy Semyng resist and gaynstand ȝour godhede, Lesum it is to desist of ȝour fede, And now to spair the puyr pepil Troiane. O thou maist haly prophetes souerane,20 Quhat is to cum hes knawlage of all thingis, Grant at Tewcranys may dwel in Ital ringis; For I ne ask na land, nor realm algatis, Bot quhilk is grantit to ws by our fatis: Schaw, and declar for our goddis errand,25 That cachit bene our mony see and sand, Quhar sal thar resting place be to remane. So eftir that to Phebus, and Diane, Of sownd marbill tempillis beld may I, And festual days for Appollo gar cry.30 To the, alsso, within our realmys, salbe Mony secrete closet and revestre, Quharin thi warkis and fatale destaneis, Thi secret sawis, and thi propheceis, Endite of my kyn and genolegy,5 I sal gar kepe and obserue reuerendly; And, O thou blissit woman, onto the Wys walit men sal dedicate and sacre: So that thou write nocht on the levis thi wordis, For dreid al turn bot til a mok or bourdis,10 Gif that the wynd thame skattir and blaw away. Pronunce it with thyne awin mowth, I the pray. Tharwith he held hys pace, and said no mor. Bot than Sibill the prophetes, ful ȝor Within the cave, as half enragit wight,15 Kouth nocht contene of Phebus the gret mycht; And evir the mair scho hyr enforcys ay The gret God from hir breist dryve away, The mor he gan invaid hir and infest, Hir rageand mowth and fers hart, as him lest,20 Danting at wil, and forgeand hir sayngis: Scho was constrenyt to schaw al suthfast thingis.

The answeris and the wordys to and fra Betwix Eneas and this Sibilla.

The hundreth gret durris of that hows, with this, At thar awin willis warpit wide, I wys, And brocht the prophetis ansuer to thar erys: O Eneas, that, eftir mony ȝheris, Now finaly hes dryve to end, quod sche, Sa mony huge gret dangeris of the see! Bot on the land, I tel ȝou al and sum,5 Far grettar perellis remanys forto cum. The Troiane pepill to the realm of Lavyne Sal cum; that is determyt be goddis dyvyne; Out of thi mynde sik dowtis do away: Bot forthirmor, I wil onto the say,10 Quhen thai the grond of Italy haue nummyn, Thai sal desyre neuer thiddir to haue cummyn. Batalis, horribil batalis, to conclude, I now behald, and Tibris, the gret flude, For gret habundance of blude on spait walx reid.15 Nowdyr Exanth nor Symois in that sted Sal thou mys, nor ȝit the Grekis army. Thou sal befor the fynd in Italy Ane othir Achil, born als of a goddes: Nor Juno, Troianys persewar expres,20 Sal neuer mair failȝe in ȝour contrary. And quhen thou art thar, as thou waldbe cary, Of succurs and of help al desolate, Quhat pepill, and quhat citeis than, God wait, In Ital salt thou beseik of supple!25 Few sal remane onrequerit, trast me. The causys of al this myscheif and pane, Ane othir woman, a fremmyt gest agane For the Troianys, is to be spows and wed, A strange bride, or scho be brocht to bed.30 Withdraw the from na perellis, nor hard thrist; Bot evir infors mair strangly to resist Agane dangeris, than fortune sufferis the. Ȝour first reskew of succurs and supple Furth of a Gregioun cite salbe schaw,5 Quhilk thou leste wenys, a wondir thing to knaw. Furth of hir secret closet, thus onane, Sik sawis warpis this Sibilla Cumane; Horribil answeris, ful dowtsum to consave, Quhar as scho sat rumysand in hir cave,10 In subtel wordis of obscurite Involupand the trewth and verite: For on sik wys Apollo hir refrenys, Bridillis hir sprete, and, as him list, constrenys, From hir hart pipis his fers brod withdrawing.15 As the divyne fury gan first sessing, And eik hir ragiand mowth begouth to rest, Devoyt Eneas begynnys als prest, And said: Virgyn, na kynd of pane may rys Onknaw to me, of new that may me grys:20 Or now I am warnyt of al sik chance, And hes thame rollit in my remembrance. Bot a thing I beseik the and requeir; Sen the entres and port, thai sai, bene heir, Of the infernal king, and the layk dyrk25 Of Acheron, gorgeit with fludis myrk; Thocht it be rycht difficil, ȝit grant me Thai quent realmys I may behald and se, And cum onto my deir faderis sight: Thiddir the passage, and al ways rycht,30 Do teche me, and tha secret portis onschet. I hym delyuerit amyd from flambis het, And on thir schulderis careit him away, A thousand speris followand to assay, From myd ennymeis brocht him to salfte:5 In my vayage, accumpaneit with me, He went throu owt al seys and strange strandis, All maner perrellis of fludis, stremys, and sandis, And stormys of the hevin, thocht he was waik: He sufferit and sustenyt, for my saik,10 Ful huge pane, as he had beyn a page, Abufe the strenth and common curs of age. And forthir he me chargit, and gan beseik, To the, lady, I reuerently suld seik, And pas hiddir to thi sted and dwelling place.15 Haue reuth now, haly woman, schaw sum grace Baith to the son and fader, I requeir; For thou may do all thing, I wait, but weir: Ne not but gude resson, ful weil I knaw, Beside Avernus, our hir hallowit schaw,20 Proserpyn maid the patron and mastres. Gif Orpheus mycht reduce agane, I ges, From hell his spousis gost with his sweit stringis, Playand on his harp of Trace sa plesand springis; Or gif Pollux redemyt his broder Castor,25 As he that was immortal get and boyr, Partyng with him his immortalite, Athir for other sufferand forto de, That ych of thame, by coursis alternate, Sa oft gais and returnys that gait;30 Is it nocht anys lesum I pas that way? Of Thesyus quhat nedis mair to say, Or of the strang maste dowchty Hercules, Quhilk thidder went with sa gret fors and pres? Am I nocht eik discend from Jupiter?5 Sik prayer maid he, grippand the altar; Quhil thus begouth the prophetes speke agane: Of goddis blude, Anchises son Troiane, It is richt facil and eith gait, I the tell, Forto discend and pas on down to hell:10 The blak ȝettis of Pluto, and that dirk way, Standis evir oppin and patent nycht and day; Bot tharfra to return agane on hyght, And heir abufe recovir this aris licht, That is difficil wark, thar lawbour lyis.15 Ful few thar bene, quhom heich aboue the skyis Thar ardent vertue has rasit and vphyeit, Or ȝit quhom equal Jupiter deifyit, Thai quhilk bene gendrit of goddis, may thidder attayn. Al the myd way is wildirnes onplayn,20 Or wilsum forest, and the laithly flude Cochytus, with his drery bosum onrude, Flowis enverom rownd about that place. Bot gif sa gret desyre and luf thou has Twys til our sayll of Stix the dedly layk,25 And twys behald blak hellis pyt of wraik, Or sa huge laubour delytis the, quod scho, Harkyn quhat first behuffis the to do. Amyd a rank tre lurkis a goldin bewch, With aurial levis, and flexibill twystis tewch,30 Onto Juno infernal consecrate, That standis lowkit abowt and obumbrate With dirk schaddowis of the thik wod schaw. Bot it is na wys lesum, I the schaw, Thir secret ways vndir the erd to went,5 Quhil of the tre this goldin grayn be rent: Fair Proserpyn hes institute and command To offer hir this, hir awin propir presand. Ane othir goldin grane, to the ilk effect, Thou sal nocht mys, thocht the first be down brek;10 Incontinent evir of the sammyn mettall Sik a lyke branch sal burgion furth withall. The nedis, tharfor, to hald thine eyn on hight, It forto sers and seik; syne all at right, Quhen it is fund, thou hynt it in thi hand.15 For, gif it list, esely that sammyn wand, Of the awin will, sall follow thi grip fut hait, Gif so the fatis wil thou pas that gait; Or ellis be na strenth thou sal it ryve, Nor kut in twa with wapyn, sword, or knyve.20 And mair atour, beforn the in the place, At thou ne wait, of thi deyr frend, allace! Onerdyt lyis of new the ded body, That with hys corps pollutis al thi navy; The self tyme slane thow askand our answer,25 And in this place remanys with ws heir. First se that hym to hys lang hame thou haue, And, as efferis, gar bery law in graue. Til his funeral entyre, or sacrifys, Do bring the blak bestis, as is the gys:30 Lat tha be ȝour first expiationys, And clenging graith, eftir ȝour serymonys. So at the last, of Stix the cayrful schaw, And realmys wilsum for levand men to knaw, Thou sal behald. Quod scho; and tho gan ses,5 Hir mowth clappit togiddir, and held hir pes.