VOLUME I. (continued 6)

Kyng Latyn speris the caus of thar cummyng, And Ilioneus maid gudly ansueryng.

In sik a tempill of goddis Latyn Kyng, Amyd his faderis set ryall sytting, Gart fech the Troianys to his presens heir; And as thai entrit, and befor him wer, With glaid semlant and vissage ful benyng5 Thir wordis first to thame carpis the king: Say me, Troianys, quhat ȝe desire, quod he; For weil we knaw ȝour lynage and cite, And it is alsso cummyn to our erys Ȝe set ȝour cours our se thir mony ȝeris;10 Schaw for quhat causis, or quhat necessite, Ȝour schippis our sa feill haw stremys of see Beyn hiddir to this cost of Italy Careit or dryve, or quhidder ȝour navy Has errit by thar cours, and far gone will,15 Or ȝit by fors of storm catchyt hiddertill, As oft wil happin by the frawart tyde To marynaris on fludys deip and wyde. Gyf ȝe sik wys within our ryver bankis Be entryt, or remanys with our thankis20 In to our port and havynnys fast heir by, Withdraw ȝou not, ne fle nocht that harbry; Nor mysknaw not the condityons of ws Latyn pepill and folk of Saturnus, Onconstrenyt, not be law bund thartill, Bot be our inclinatioun and fre will Just and equale, and but offencis ay, Ar rewlit eftir the ald Goddys way. As twichyng eik ȝour discens and ofspryng,5 Weil I ramembir that I haue hard sum thing; Bot that is passyt, or now, sa mony ȝheris, The fame almaste forȝet is and efferis; Agit men of the cite Arunca, With gret avant, forsuyth, thame hard I say,10 Of this cuntre Schir Dardanus ybor Throw out the sey socht far and ferthyrmor Tyl Samo, fyrst, in Trace, the nerrest gait, Quhilk Samothracia now to name is hait; Syne socht he to the land of Phrygia,15 And citeis set in the wod of Ida. The goldyn palyce now with sternys brycht Of hevyn in seyt riall withhaldys that wyght, That vmquhile socht fra hyne of Tuscany, And Corith cite, standis our cost hard by;20 That now a god is clepit our all quhar, And to thar numbir ekis hys altar. Thus said the kyng; and Ilioneus, but baid, Onto hys wordys thus wys answer maid. Maist ryall prynce, cummyn of hie parage25 Of god Fawnus, nowdyr the seys rage By fors of dyrk tempest has ws dryve Onto ȝour realm, and tharat maid arryve, Nor ȝit the laid stern from our cours bywauyt, Nor strange cost of this regioun dissauyt:30 Bot by assent common, and of fre will, And set purpos, we socht this cite till, As folkis flemyt fra thar natyve cuntre; Vmquhile the maste souerane realm, trast me, That evir the son from the far part of hevyn5 With hys bemys ourschane, or man can nevin. From Jupiter dyd our lynnage begyn, And all the ofspring of Schir Dardanus kyn Of Jupiter thar forfader can reios; Of Jovis stok in hyast gre most chois10 Our kyng discend, the strang Troiane Enee, In message send ws heir to thy cite. Quhou gret tempest of batale and debait Our Troiane feildis wyd has walkyt layt By cruel Grekis hydduus confluens,15 Quhat fatale bargane thar maid and defens, Athir part knawys of the warldis twa, That is to say, Europ and Asya: And gif thar ony ferthir regioun be, Diuidit be the streym and occiane see20 Fra the ferm land, tharof thai haue hard tell; And thai alsso, gif ony thar may dwell, The sonnys myd cirkill remanys vnder, Hait Torrida Ȝona, dry as ony tundir, Quhilk is amyd the hevynnys situat25 Amang four othir plagis temperate. Fra that diluge eschape and feirful spait, Careit throu feil large haw stremys wayt, A litil sted or mansioun, we beseik, Grant to our natyve kyndly goddis meik,30 The bair sey cost, hurtand na mannys rycht, With air and watir common to euery wight. Na mair lak to ȝour realm sall we be, Nor na repreif tharby to ȝour renowne Be ws, nor nane other, sal nevir spreid;5 Nor ȝit the thankis of sa frendful a deid Sal ony tyme into obliuion slyde; Nor Italy, with hir braid bundis and wide, Sal nevir repent that scho the folk of Troy10 Hes ressauyt, nor tharof thynk ennoy. Be al Eneas destaneis I sweir, Hys trasty faith, or rycht hand into weir Sa valȝeand at onset and defens, And by his lang wse and experiens15 Of armys, quhilk he hes in batale hantit; Ful mony pepil, victoryus, ondantit, Desirit ws in frendschip and ally, And tobe jonyt in thar senȝeory: Nor lichtly not forthy our frendly proffer,20 Quhilk of our fre will onrequirit we offir, With wordis of request and of trety, The takynnys in our handis born vp hye: For oft the fatis of the goddis seir Has ws compellit by thar strang power25 Onto ȝour landis and thir costis seik. Schir Dardanus born of this cuntre eik Desiris hiddir to return agane; And with commandmentis strait, ful mony ane, Appollo chargit ws to sper bedene To Tybyr, flowand in the sey Tirrene,30 And to the fontane and the strandis cleir Of Numycus, the hallowit fresch ryver. And forthir eik our prince hes to the sent Of his ald fortoun bot a smal present, The sobir levyngis rest from Troys fyre.5 Into this cowp of gold Anchises hys syre At the altar was wont to sacrify; And of the gret kyng Pryam, mast douchty, This was the cheif dyademe our the laif, With quham he crownyt sat and domys gaif;10 Hys ceptre als, and eik his tyar hat, Hallowit quharwith at sacrifice he sat; And this was eik hys precius rob ryall, By Troiane ladeis wrocht and brusyt all. Herand sic wordis of Ilioneus,15 Ful stil his vissage haldis Latynus; Hys syght onmovyt to the erd dyd he prent, Witht eyn rollyng, and erys rycht attent. The brusyt purpour movis hym na thing, Nor Priamus ceptour sa sar steris the kyng,20 As that he musys thochtfull gretumly Apon his douchteris spousage and ally, And in his mind gan cumpas oft infeir His fader Faunus respons and answer; Thynkand this ilk Eneas semyt to be25 The self stranger, quham fatale destanee Signyfeit tocum furth of ane vncouth sted, Tobe his son in law, and forto led Equale dignite with him in that ryng, Ful of souerane vertu, quhais ofspring30 By thar power suld joys and occupy The haill warld vndre thar senȝeory. And at the last, eftir ful lang musyng, Witht joyus cheir on this wys said the kyng: The goddis ȝour begynnyng furthir and speid,5 And thar pronosticatioun manifest in deid. I grant thyne axyng, Troiane messynger, And ȝour rewardis ressauys in thank; for heir Ȝe be all hartlie welcum, trastis me: So lang as levys kyng Latyn in this cuntre,10 The riches of mast plentuus fertil grund Ȝe sal nocht want, that in this realm is fund, Ne ȝit nane othir welth, weilfar, and joy, Quhilkis ȝe war wont to bruke and haue in Troy. Bot, at the lest, ȝe caus ȝour prince Enee,15 Gyf that so gretlie he desiris tobe With ws confiderat intil allyance, Or gif he langis, but langar discrepans, Within our palyce to entir befor othir, And be clepit our companȝeoun or brother,20 Dwel no langar, bot cum hidder in haist, Ne skar not at his frendis face as a gaist. For the mast part of our convene and band To me salbe to twich ȝour kyngis hand. And now agane ȝe sal, turnand ȝour went,25 Bar to ȝour prince this my charge and commandment. I haue a douchter quham responsis, schaw Furth of my faderis oratory law, And mony feirful takynnys of the hevin Be diuers ways schawin, and fyry levin,30 Wil not suffir at scho in wedlok be Gevin ontil a man of our cuntre; Bot all the spaymen declaris, by and by Thar suld cum to remane in Italy, Fra strange costis, to be our son in law,5 A douchty man, vnkouth and onknaw, Quhilk, of his lynage and posterite, Our name abufe the sternys sal vphie. Gyf that my mynd can ocht ymagn rycht, I weyn that he suld be the sammyn knycht,10 And glaidly wald, with al my hartis desire, The werdys tharto callit that rial syre. This beand sayd, the kyng Latyn, but faill, Gart cheis of al his stedis furth the waill: Thre hundreth mylk quhite hors and fare had he,15 Seysit and fed in stalwart stallis hie. For euery Troiane per ordour thar the kyng With purpour howsouris bad a cursur bring: Thar brusyt trappuris and patrellis reddy bovne, With goldin bruchis hang from thar brestis dovne;20 Thar harnessing of gold rycht deirly dicht; Thai runge the goldin mollettis burnyst bright. Ontil Eneas als, thar prynce absent, A ryal chair richly arrayit he sent, With twa stern stedis tharin ȝok infeir,25 Cummyn of the kynd of hevinly horssis wer, At thar neys thirlys the fyre fast sneryng owt; Of the ilke stok and stude sprungyn, but dowt, Quhilk Circes, crafty and engenyus, And mar subtell than evir was Dedalus,30 Be a quent way fra hir awin fader staw, Makand his stedis byleip meris onknaw, That by hir sle consait and wily mynd Sik maner horsis engendrit of bastard kynd.

Juno, persavand the Troianys beild a town, For greif and dolour like to swelt and swoun.

Wyth sik giftis Eneas messyngeris,5 And of kyng Latyn with joyful answeris, Returnys, montit hie on hors ilk ane, Of peax and concord bodword brocht agane. Bot lo, the spous of Jove, cruell Juno, The self tyme can return fro Arge tho;10 The quhilk cuntre, of nobill brute and fame, From Innachus the kyng has tak his name; And has careit throu the ayr puyr, Quhilk is hyr proper regioun. As scho fur Down from the skyis, on far can do spy15 Of the heland Pachynnus in Scycilly; Beheld the Troiane navy stand on raw, And Eneas blyth and glaid scho saw Of the joyus bodword onto him brocht, That bissely, with all the haist he mocht,20 Inforcis thar herbry and strenth to beld, Than all assurit of this land and feld, And thar schippis left desolate and waist. In extasy scho stude, and mad almaist: In suddand dolour smyttin wonder smert, Can schak hir hed, with harmys at hir hart, And of hir breist thir wordis warpis in hy:5 Och, kynd of pepill haitfull and onworthy! For all the willis and the fatis Troiane Bene to our mynd and destaneis euer agane. Mycht thai nocht all haue bene slane in Troy feildis? Mycht thai nocht all haue swelt thar vnder scheildis?10 Ar thai nocht venquist and ourcum ilk ane? Quhat! may nocht thir presoneris agane be tane? Hes nocht Troy all infyrit ȝit thame brynt? Na: all sic laubour is fornocht and tynt. Haue thai nocht fund, forto eschape away15 Throw myd fyre, and myd ostis, sovir way? So trast I now at last my fors and mychtis Lyis dolf and irkit be ȝon cative wightis: Insaciate of haitrent, I rest in pes, That was so bald afor, and nevir wald ces,20 Quhen thai war chasyt of thar natyve land, To sturt thame on the streme fra hand to hand, And to persew tha flemyt vavengouris Throw all seys, my self, ilk tyde and howris. Agane Troianys consumyt are be me25 The strenth of all the hevynnys and the see. Quhat proffittit me Syrtis, that sowkand sand, Or ȝit Scilla, the swelch is ay rowtand? Or quhat avalit Caribdis bisme huge? Ar thai not stakit at rest, and weil luge30 In the desirit sond of Tybris bay, Assoverit of the sey, and hes na fray Of me, ne of my malice and fant thocht? The stern pepil Lapythos bryng to nocht, And quyt distroy, mycht Mars for his offens:5 Was it nocht eik grantit in recompens To Dyan, by the fader of goddis ichone, To wrek hir greif in ancyent Calidone? Quhat falt maid the Lapythos or trespas, Or Calidon, at sa sar punyst was?10 Abuf myssour forsuyth thai chastyit war. Bot I, the spous of the gret Jupiter, Quhilk sa onhappy al ways I mycht fynd Thame til ennoy consait lest nocht behynd, Quhilk hes myself in propir person eik15 Turnyt and writhit all wentis I couth seik, Am now venquist be a man, this Ene. Bot, gif my power nocht sufficient be, Or gret eneuch, quhy suld I dreid or spar To purches help, fursuyth, atour alquhar?20 Gif I may nocht the hevinly goddis inclyne To my purpos, I sal seik forthir syne To thame that far doun into Achiron dwell, And sall commove that depast pyt of hell. I put the cace, that I may nocht optene25 From Latyn land thame to expel al clene, Bot be the fatis immovabill destane, Lavynya remanys spous to Ene: Ȝit at lest thar may fall stop or delay In sa gret materis, for a ȝeir or twa;30 And lefull is it eik of athir kyng The retennew in batale down to dyng. Lat the eldfar and mawch knyt vp frendschip Be price of thar pepillis and falloschip. With gret effusioun of the blude Troiane,5 And sammyn of pepill Rutiliane, Thou salbe saisyt, madyn, to dowry; Bellona, goddes of batale, sal stand by, Tobe convoyar of the mariage. Nevir Heccuba, of Cisseus lynage,10 Quhilk, bund with child, dremyt scho dyd furth bring A gleid of fyre, or hait brand lycht byrnyng, Was deliuer of sik flambis, but faill, As thou sal ber, and fyris coniugale; And forthir eik, this Venus proper birth,15 And secund Paris, Ene, litill wirth, Sal rays and kyndill dedly flambe agane Of hait fyre brondis amang the wallis Troiane. Fra this was said, with horribill mynd in haist Doun to the erth scho socht, and the laith gaist20 Furth of hir set and myrk dongeoun of hell Scho dyd provoke, and callys with a ȝell Ane of the sory furyus sisteris thre, Alecto, quhilk causis all myschefe tobe, And evir mar desiris of hir kynd,25 And hes full grene enprentit in hir mynd The dedly batalis, and the dolorus wer, Stryfe and dissait, harm and discordis seir. This fendlych hellys monstre Tartareane Is hatit with hir other sisteris ilkane,30 And Pluto eik, the fader of hellis see, Reputtis that bysmyng belch haitfull to se; Into samony grisly formys seir Scho dois hir self translate, and of sik feir Bene hir cruell schappis and vissage,5 Sa fowle and laithly all hir personage, That, for hir pilis, and in sted of hir hair, Feil snakis springis our hir body alquhar. Quhilk fury quent, of kynd sa peralus, Juno tystis to myscheif, sayand thus:10 Do to me, virgyn, dochtir of the dyrk nycht, This a seruice, thy proper wark be richt, Do me this laubour, quhilk is thyne of det, That our honouris and fame be nocht ourset, Ne ȝit subdewit into sik a place15 As with ȝone Troianys, standis voyd of grace: Lat nevir Ene so prowdly to optene The spousage of Latinus douchter schene, And, by na way, lat nevir his feris weld A fut braid of Italiane grond nor feld.20 Thou can brethir of ane assent mony ȝeris Aganyst other enarm in mortale weris; Thou may ourturn with haitrent and with strife The hail houshald, the man agane his wife; Thou may skurgyng and strakis in lugyngis rays,25 And thou of frendis may mak mortale fays, And dedly fyrbrondis kyndill in thak and rwys; A thousand namys thou has that na man luffis, A thousand ways folkis to ennoy and schent. Knok on thy brudy breist at myne entent;30 Brek and cast doun thar concord maid of new; Causys of stryfe and batale I wald thou sew; Gar all the power, and euerilk stowt ȝounkeir, First in thar myndis desire to move the weir, Syne cry, and ask armys and batale all,5 And rusch tharto forsely gret and small.

Alecto, throw persuasion of Juno, Queyn Amata al wytles gart sche go.

This cruel monstre, Alecto, onane Infect with feil vennom Gorgonyane, Socht first to Latyum, and the chymmys hee Of Lawrentyn, the kyngis cheif cite,10 And prevely begouth awach and lowr About his spous quene Amatais bour; Quhilk, all inflambit in ire and wifely thochtis Of this new come of Troianys, all on flocht is, The bissy curis of Turnus mariage15 Skaldyng hir breist and mynd half in a rage. Thys wikkyt Goddes towart hir alsfast Ane of hir slymy serpent haris dyd cast, Deip in hir bosum leyt inslip with slycht, Amyd hir hart pipis or precordialis lycht;20 That be this ilk monstris instigatioun Wod wraith scho suld perturble al the toun. Thys eddir, slyding owr slekit bodeis soft Of thir ladeis, amang thar wedis oft Went thrawin so that nane felt quhar scho glidis, The furyus queyn dissauyng on athir sydis, And in hir mynd can blaw and kyndill syne5 Ane felloun greif or curage serpentyne. The grysly serpent sum tyme semyt tobe About hir hals a lynkit gold chenȝe; And sum tyme of hir curche, lap with a waif, Becum the selvage, or bordour of hir quafe;10 Sum tyme hir hed lays, forto knyt hir hair; Ful slyde sche slippis hir membris our alquhar. Sone as the first infectioun a litil we Of slymy vennom inȝet quently had sche, Than scho begouth hir wittis to assale,15 And depe amyd hir banys forto skaill And multiply the rage or byrnand fury; For ȝit nocht all our hyr breist cruelly The spreit hes felt the flambe frenettical: Quharfor the mar sobirly furth with all,20 Eftir the commoun custum and vsage Of ald matronys in thar wyld dotage, With huge complaynt for hir dochter and regrate, And Troiane wedlok contrar hir consate, Thus said scho weping, and that ful petuusly:25 O fader kyng Latyn, quhy wilt thou, quhy? Quhat! sal our child, Lavynya the may, To banyst men be geif to leid away? Nowdir hes thou of thy tendir get piete, Ne ȝit compassioun of thy self, ne me30 Hir moder, quham sa sone, full dissolate, Ȝone fals sey revar wil leif in sturt, God wayt, And cary the maid our the deip fludis haw, Alssone as evir the first north wynd dois blaw? Was it nocht evin be sik a fenȝeit gyrd5 Quhen Parys furth of Phryge, the Troiane hyrd, Socht to the cite Laces in Sparta, And thar the dochter of Lydea stal awa, The fair Helyn, and to Troy tursyt raith? Quhat sal avale ȝour faith and hallowit aith?10 Quhat of ȝour ancyent purvyance, schir kyng, That ȝe had of ȝour frendis and ofspring? Quhat of ȝour richt hand, hald sa gloryus, Sa feil syth gevin to our cousyng Turnus? Gyf that thou sekis ane alienar onknaw,15 Tobe thy mawch or thy gud son in law, And hes that thing determyt in thy hed, Constrenyt tharto by the command and red Of thy fader Fawnus: as to that gate, Heir a litil my fantasy and consate.20 All cuntre onsubieckit vnder our wand, It may be clepit ane oncouth strange land, And al at thar indwellis alienaris bene; Of sik strangeris the goddis spak, I weyn. And gyf we list seik forthir mar, ȝit than25 To compt the first begynnyng of Turnus clan, Inachus and Achrysyus, but weir, Twa kyngis of Grece, his forfaderis wer; Thus is he Greik, to compt his greis a pece, And cum of Myce the myddil realm of Grece.30 Eftir at the quene with sik wordis, all for nocht, Assayt had kyng Latyn, as scho mocht, And fand at he resistit hyr entent, The furyus poyson than of the serpent Deip in hir breist and entralis swiftly ȝeid,5 And dyd our all partis of hir body spreid; So that, forsuyth, cacchit onhappely With hydduus monstreis, gan scho ryn and cry Throw owt the large cite in wild dotage, But resson, strikkin with the nymphis rage.10 As sum tyme sclentys the round tap of tre, Hyt with the twynyt quhip dois quhirl, we se, Quham childyr dryvis bissy at thar play Abowt the clos and voyd hallis all day; Scho smyttyn with the tawys dois rebound,15 And rynnys about, abowt, in cirkill round; The wytles sort of forsaid babbys ȝyng Studeis awondrit of sa nyce a thing, This turnyt tre so all that berdles rowt Ferleis to se swa sleip and quhirl abowt,20 And all thar mynd settis it to cach and dryve: Na slawar went Amata, the kyngis wife, Throw owt the myd citeis of Latyn land, And throu the fers pepill, fra hand to hand. And forthir eik, onto the woddis grene25 With swyft fard cacchys furth this quene, Fenȝeand the rage of Bacchus, and gret mycht, A mar myschefe forto controve and slycht, And grettar fury swyth scho can begyn, Hyr douchter hyd thir woddy hillys within;30 Tharby the Troiane spousage to delay, Stop and prolong thar fest and brydell day. Scho schowtis, hey, how! Bacchus, god of wyne, Thow only art worthy to haue our virgyne; And this with lovd voce cryis and schowtis sche.5 To the, Bacchus, scho rasyt eik on hie Gret lang speris, as thai standartis wer, With wyne tre branchis wippit on thar maner; To the scho led ryng sangis in caralyng, To the hir hair addressit leit down hyng.10 The fame heirof wyde our all dyd spreid, Quhill at the last the sammyn fury can spreid In all the matronys brestis of the land: Cacchit with fors tha flok fra hand to hand, Thar howsis thai forhow and levis waist,15 And to the woddis socht as thai war chaist, And leit thar nekkis and hayr blaw with the wynd; Sum othiris went ȝelland vnder the lynd, Quhill all the skyis of thar scryke fordynnys; And sum, war cled in pylchis of fowne skynnys,20 Into thar handis rasyt vp on hie The lang stowris, wond with the sweit wyne tre. Amyd thame all the queyn Amata gais, And fersly dyd a byrnand fyrr tre rays, And of hir douchter eik and of Turnus ȝyng25 The wedding sangis and ballettis dyd scho syng, With bludy eyn rollyng full thrawynly; Oft and rycht schrewitly wald scho clepe and cry, Owt harro! matronys, quharso evir ȝe be, All Latyn wyfis harkis now to me:30 Gif ony favouris or frendschip ȝit remanys In ȝour devote brestis, amangis thir planys, Of the onhappy mother Amata, Gif ony thocht remordis ȝour myndis alssua Of the effectuus piete maternall;5 Lows hed bandis, schake down ȝour haris all, Walk in this wod heir caraland with me, Syng Bacchus sangis, sen na bettir may be.

Quhou Alecto persuadit hes Turnus To move batale incontrar Latinus.

Alecto thus, amang the woddis dern, Mony wild bestis den and depe cavern,10 Into sic rage this ilk queyn Amata With Bacchus fury cacchis to and fra. And eftir that this wikkit fals goddes Thocht scho had scharpit weill eneuch, I ges, The first fury of sa dolorus rage,15 Fortyll distrubbill the forsaid mariage, And quyte pervert or turnyt top our taill Latynus howshald, purpos, and counsale; But mar delay, with wallowit weyngis sche Wiskis from thyne onto the wallis hie20 Of the curageus Rutiliane Turnus: Quhilk cite the douchter of Acrysyus, Fair Danas, fundyt for hir men and hir, Drevin to that cost with the south wyndis bir: Quhilk sted was sum quhile clepit Ardea, Fra Ardea, a fowle, ȝit namyt swa, And, to this day, the forsaid riall hame5 Be fortoun brukis of Ardea the name. Within tha hyghty boundis Turnus rycht Lay still at rest amyddis the dirk nycht. Alecto hir thrawin vissage dyd away, All furyus membris laid apart and array,10 And hir in schap transformyt of a trat, Hyr forret skorit with runclys and mony rat; And with a vaill ourspred hir lyard hair, A branch of olyve tharto knyttis ȝare: Of Junoys tempill semyt scho tobe15 The nun and trattes, clepit Calybe. Befor the visage of this stowt ȝong knycht Present hir self, with thir wordis on hicht: Turnus, quhat! wylt thou suffir this ondocht, Thy lang travale and laubour be for nocht,20 And thy ceptre and crown delyuerit be To ȝon banyst new cum Troiane menȝe? The kyng Latyn the spousage of Lavyne, And thy dowry, bocht with thy blude and pyne, Denyis forto grant the, or ellis ocht;25 And to succeid in his realm hes besocht Ane alienar, born of ane oncouth land. Pas now thy way, and set the to ganestand Thir perellis, but all thankis or gaynȝeld; Sen thou art mokkit, go, down bet in seld30 The ostis of Hethruria, and syne Defend in peax and rest the folk Latyne. Almychty Saturnus douchtir aluterly, As thou be nycht thus doith at quiet ly, Bad me schaw planely all thir thingis to the.5 Haue done therfor, assembil this cuntre, Addres thy sensabill men in thar array, Enarmyt glaidly move and hald ȝour way Towart the portis or havynnys of the see, And set apon ȝon sam Troiane menȝe;10 Dryve thar chiftanys of this land, but hone, Thar pantit carvellis byrn; so to be done The gret power of hevynly Goddis dyvyne Commandit hes, decret, and determyne. Lat kyng Latynus feil to his awyn harmys,15 And haue experiens of the, Turnus, in armys, Bot he the grant to wife his child Lavyne, And kepe to the hys promys and convyne. The ȝyng man mokkand at the prophetes, Herand sic speche, answeris with mouth expres:20 It standis not so as thou wenys, but weris; The messynger is nocht gone by myne erys, Full lang or now, quhou that a strange navy Arryvit in this Tibris streme fast by. Fenȝe na cawsis me fortill effray;25 Weyn not me list my purpos leif na way, Nor ryall Juno, quene of realmys all, List our querrell forȝet, nor thoil we fall. Bot, O ald dame, thy vile onweldy age, Ourset with hasart hair and faynt dotage,30 Quhilk voyd is of all treuth and verite, In sic curys invane occupyis the, And the dissavis, as prophet, be fals dreid, That gevis thi mynd tharon thou has na heid, As forto treyt of batalis betwix kyngis:5 Thyne occupatioun standis on othir thingis, Quhilk suld haue cure of nocht alanerly Bot goddis tempillis and ymagis to spy: Thoill men of pes and wer carp and rehers, Quhamto pertenys the batalis to exers.10 At sic wordis Alecto, hait as fyre, Brynt in hir fury rage and felloun ire, So that, the ȝong man spekand, suddanly The trymlyng hynt all membris of his body; His eyn stud abasyt in his hed;15 This hellis monstre, full of wreth and fed, Hyssyt and quhislyt with sa feill eddir sondis, And hir figour sa grysly gret abundis, With glowrand eyn byrnand of flawmys blak. Turnus awondryng styntis and drawis abak;20 And, as he purposit mekill mar to say, Insted of haris scho rasit vp serpentis tway, And of hir scurge the sound scho made him heir; With rageand mouth syne said and fellown beir: Behaldis this my vile onweldy age,25 Ourset with hasart hair and faynt dotage, Quham eild, void of al trewth and verite, Be fals dreid dissavys so, quod sche, As forto treyt of batale betwix kyngis: Behald gif it so be, consider thir syngis;30 Lo me present, ane of the sisteris thre, Infernal fureis of feirfull hellis see; Se, I bar in my handis and power The ded of batalis and the mortale were. And sayand thus, at this ilk fers ȝyng knycht5 Ane hait fyre brand kest scho byrnand brycht, And in hys breste this furyus lemand schide With dedly smok fixit deyp can hyde. The huge dreid with this dissoluyt his slepe, Our all his body bristing furth dyd crepe10 The warm swait throw euery lith and bane, And all enragit can eftir harnes frane; Armour, all wytles, in his bed sekis he, Armour, our all the lugyng law and hie. The gret curage of irne wapynnys can waid15 Cruell and wild, and all his wyt invaid In wikkit wodnes batale to desire, Quharon he byrnys hait in felloun ire: Lyke as quhen that the ingill of stikkis dry With blesand sownd is layd to by and by,20 About the sydis of the pot playing, The licour sparklis for the heyt bulyng; Within, the fervent bullyr violent Of watir makyng reky froith vpsprent; So swellis vp the skum and bellis bedene,25 The veschell may na mar the broth contene, Bot furth it poplys in the fyre heir and thar, Quhill vp fleys the blak stew in the air. And for alsmekill as Turnus thus was stad, The gretast of hys chiftanys go he bad30 To kyng Latyn, and him declar, but wer, The paix was brokyn, and he wald move the were: To graith thar armour fast commandis he, To defend Ital, and of thar awin cuntre Thar ennemys expell and dryve; as ȝit5 He was eneuch for baith, he leyt thame wyt, Baith to recuntyr the Latynys and Troianys. Quhen this was said, and, on sik wys as ganys, The goddis callit tobe in thar helping, Than bissely Rutilianys, our all thing,10 Can athir othir fast exhort and pray On thar best wys for werfar to purvay. Sum the maste semly farrand personage Tistys to the feild, to preif his grene curage; Sum on his ȝouthhed, and his thewes gude;15 Sum is movit throw hys ryall blude, For his progenitouris noble kyngis wer; And sum war eik inducit to the weir For hie prowes knawin in ilke landis, And dedis wrocht maste knychtly with his handis.20

Ascanyus huntand has a taym hart hurt, Quhilk was the first moving of strife and sturt.

Quhill Turnus on this wys, about all partis, In the Rutilyanys rasys hardy hartis, With hir infernall weyngis furth can cary Alecto towart Troianys, but mair tary. By ane new slycht a place spyit hes sche, Quhar, for the tyme, by the cost of the see, The ȝyng semly Ascanyus at solace5 Dyd hunt the wild deir, followyng the chace. Thar suddanly this hellis wench infest Ane hasty fury on his hundis kest; Thar nes thirlys with a sover sent Scho fillis so, that bissely thai went10 Eftir the fute of a taym hart; quhilk thing Was the first caus of weirfar and fechtyng, And first sterit the wild fosteris fell To move debait, or mak thame for batell. This hart of body was baith gret and squar,15 With large hed, and tyndis burnyst far; Quham childir of ane Tyrrheus thame amang, Reft from his moderis pap, had nurysit lang: Tyrrheus thar fader was fee master and gyde Of studdis, flokkis, bowis, and heirdis wide,20 As storour to the kyng, dyd kepe and ȝym, Of the large plane all trast was gevin to hym. Full dantit and full taym at thar command Was so becum this best, that, but demand, Siluya thar sister with all diligens25 Arrayt hym of flowris sweit as sens; Oft plet scho garlandis for his tyndis hie; The deir also full ofttyme kem wald sche, And feil sys wesch intil a fontane cleir. Full weil sufferit hir handis the tame deir,30 And was accustomyt so quhen he list eyt, At his awin masteris burd to seik his meyt: Our all the woddis wald he raik ilk day, And at evin tide return hame the strecht way Till hys lugyng weilbekend, fute hait,5 All by him self, war the nycht neuer so lait. This hart, errand far from hys resset, Ascanyus wod hundis ombeset, As that, per cace, for the hait sonnys gleme, He held doun swymmand the cleir ryver streme,10 To cuyll hys heyt vnder a gresy bra. Ascanyus the child hym self alssua, Byrnyng in desire of sum notable renown, With nokkyt bow ybent all reddy bown, Wenand hym wilde, leyt sone ane arow glide;15 The Goddes was all reddy fast besyde, That can hys hand addres but waveryng; The flane flaw fast with a spang fra the stryng, Throw owt the wame and entrellis all, but stynt, The scharp hedit schaft duschit with the dynt.20 The deir, so dedly woundit and to laym, Onto his kynd resset can fleyng hame, And entrys in his stall, and that onone All blude besprent, with mony grank and grone, And like a man besocht help and supple;25 With hys plenyng all the hows fillis he. Siluya, the eldest sister, with a schowt, Hir handis clappyng fast hir schulderis abowt, Cryis efter help, and can togidder call The landwart folkis and dowr foresteris all.30 Thai tho assemblit to the fray in hy, And flokkis furth rycht fast onwarnystly; For the ilk fury pestilenciall that hour Full prevely in the dern wod dyd lowr, To cast on thame slely hir feirfull rage;5 That furth vpstartis bath wife, man, and page: He with a burdon of ane lang stif tre, The poynt scharpit and brynt a litill we; He with a knotty club and knorry hed; Quhat ilk man sand first reddy in that sted,10 Sekand a swerd, new rynnand fra the pleuch, Thar greif maid that thing wapyn gud eneuch. Tyrrheus, the master storour, in a rowt The churlys all assemlyt hym abowt, Quhar as, per cace, byssy with weggis he15 Stude schidand a four squarit akyn tre, With mony pant, with fellon hauchis and quakis, Als oft the ax rebundit of the strakis. This cruell goddes, feirfull Alecto, Fortill ennoy hir tyme espyit tho,20 And spelis vp ful sone, as scho war wod, Apon a heich stabill quhar that bestis stude: Right bustuusly apon the rufe on hie The hyrdys ensenȝe lowd vp trumpis sche, And in a bowand horn, at hir awin will,25 A feyndlich hellis voce scho liltis schill; At quhais sovnd all trymlyt the forest, The dern woddis resondit est and west, The blast was hard thens mylis mony ane At the deip lowch of Triuia or Dyane;30 The dyn was hard eik ellis quhar ful far At the sulphuryus quhite ryvar callit Nar, And at the laik or fontane of Velyne. Baith to and fro our all the cuntre syne Wemen and moderis, effrayt of this cace,5 Thar ȝyng childring fast to thar brestis dyd brace. Than spedely, with haste and bissy fare, The laubouraris ondantit heir and thare Hynt wapynnys, and assemlyt on euery side Towart the sovnd, quhar as the trump that tyde10 With dedly voce blew this feirfull syng: The Troiane power alsso can furth thring With haill rowtis, Ascanyus to reskew. The batalis war adionyt now of new; Nocht in maner of landwart folkis bargane,15 With hard blokkis raschand all ourane, Nor blunt steyngis of the byrsillit tre, Bot with scharp scherand wapynnys maid melle. The grond blaknyt and feirfull wolx alssua: Of drawyn swerdis sclentyng to and fra20 The brycht mettale, and othir armouris seir, Quharon the sonnys blenkis betis cleir, Glitteris and schane, and vnder bemys brycht Castis ane new twynklyng or a lemand lycht. This stour sa bustuus begouth to rys and grew,25 Lyke as the sey changis first hys hew In quhite lippiris by the wyndis blast; Syne, peis and peys, the flude boldnys so fast, Quhill finaly the wallis vprysis mar, That fra the grund it warpis vp in the air.30 At the first cuntre into this bargane Almon, Tyrrheus eldast son, was slane, A fair ȝyng springald, quhilk caucht dedis wound Throw dynt of arrow schot with felloun sound, That smate hym rycht evin in at the hals bone;5 The loppirrit blude stoppyt hys aynd onone, And closyt in of lyfe the tendir spreit. Abowt hym fell down ded, and lost the sweit, Mony of the hyrdmen, amangis quham was ane, The eldar Galesus, as that he allane10 Offerit hym self amyd the ostis tway, To treit concord of pes and of the fray; Quhilk was the justast of a rurall man, And mychtyast in hys tyme levyng than: Our all the boundis of Ausonya15 Hys fyve flokkis pasturyt to and fra, Fyve bowis of ky ontil his hame reparit, And with ane hundreth plewis the land he aryt.

Fra the first slauchter maid apon this wys, Turnus and all the pepill for batall cryis.

And as this bargane on this maner ȝeid In plane feld and evinly batale sted,20 This hellis goddes, joysing at hir will Hir promys, quhilk scho hecht forto fulfill, Alssone as was this gret melly begun, The erth littyt with blude and al ourrun, And the first slauchter was commyt and done In dedly weir; than Italy alssone Scho levis, and with swift fard can do fle5 Throw owt the skyis to the hevynnys hie, Haissand hir purpos, said with woce ful prowd, Onto Juno thus spak scho throw a clowd: Lo! now, discord perfornyst, as thou wald, With schrewit batale and carys monyfald.10 In tender frendschip lat thame now convene, Knyt vp allyance and falloschip bedene; Sen that I haue the Troianys all bysprent With blude of the Italyanys, or I went. And, gif thi mynd be ferm tharto with me,15 I sal thus mekill eik to my wark, quod sche, Fortill induce the citeis adiacent Onto the bargane, or that I hyne went; With schrewit rumouris, I can amang thame skaill, Thar myndis so I sall enflambe alhaill20 By wod ondantit fers desyre of Mart, Thai sall forgaddir to help from euery art, Quhil batale, armouris, swerdis, speris, and scheldis, I sall do saw and strow our all the feildis. Than answerit Juno; at abundans thar is25 Of thi dissaitfull slycht and frawd, I wys, And eik of feirfull terrour and deray: Weill ar perfurnyst causys of this weir perfay: Thai feght togidder mydlit on the land, Baith face for face, with drawin glavis in hand,30 And new sched blude littis thar armour cleyr, Quhilk thai by fortoun cawch haue first in weir. Ȝon worthy squyer of Venus blude and kyn, And king Latynus, now lat thame begyn Sik wedlok to contract and spousale feste.5 Bot the gret fader of hevin, at my request, Will suffir the at large no langar heir To walk, nor tary abufe the skyis cleir: Withdraw the of this place, forthy, weil sone: Gif ony chance restis mar tobe done,10 I sall my self that mater rewle and gy. Thir wordis spak Juno; and scho tharwith in hy Hir dowbill weyngis with eddir sound dyd bete, Levand the hevynnys, socht to hir hellis sete. Amyddis Itall, vnder hillys law,15 Thar standis a famus sted weil beknaw, That for his bruyt is namyt in mony land, The vail Ansanctus hait, on athir hand Quham the sydis of a thik wod of tre Closis full dern with skowgy bewys hie:20 A rowtand burn amydwart therof rynnys, Rumland and soundand on the craggy quhynnys: And eik forgane the brokkyn brow of the mont Ane horribill cave with braid and large front Thar may be sene, a thyrl or ayndyng sted25 Of terribill Pluto, fader of hell and ded; A ryft or swelch so grysly for to se, Till Acheron revin dovne, that hellis see, Gapand with his pestiferus gowle full wide; At quhais bysme the fury can down slyde,30 This hutit goddes, and by that discens Delyverit hevyn and erd of hyr presens. And netheles, duryng the meyn sesson, The queyn hir self, Saturnus get, onon Set to hyr hand, and ondyd the batell.5 Off hyrdmen all the rowtis with a ȝell Ruschit fra the feild to the city, but tary, The sclane bodeis away with thame dyd cary; Almon the child, and ded Galesus als, With blud bysparkyt vissage, hed, and hals:10 Thai thyg vengeance at the Goddis, and syne Thai raym and cry fast on the kyng Latyne. Turnus was by, and amyd this deray, Thys hait fury of slauchtir, and fell affray, The terrour dowblis he and feirfull dreid,15 That sik forloppyn Troianys at this neid Suld thankfully be resset in that ryng, Or Phrigiane blude confiderat with the kyng, And he furth of tha boundis tobe expellit. The self tyme eyk, for the matronys at ȝellit,20 And roundis sang so in thar wilde dotage, In the dern woddis, smyttyn with Bacchus rage, Gret rowtis dyd assembill thyddir in hy, And rowpyt eftir batale ernystfully; Thar the detestabill weris euer in ane,25 Agane the fatis all, thai cry and rane, Contrar answeris and dispositions all Of goddis, for the weir thai clepe and call. Led by the power and frawart godhed Of cruell Juno with ald ramembrit fed:30 Full fast thai thryng about the kyngis palyce. Bot this ilk Latyn, knawand thar malyce, Rasistis onmovit as a rok of the see, Quham, with gret brute of watir smyt, we se Hymself sustenys by hys huge wecht5 Fra wallis feill, in all thar byr and swecht Jawpyng about hys skyrtis with mony a bray; Skelleis and famy craggis thai assay, Rowtand and rarand, and may not empar, Bot gif thai sched fra his sydis the wair.10 So, eftir that the kyng mycht nocht resist Thar blynd purpos, for, as evir Juno list, The mater went, all set to cruelte; Full mony Goddis and the hevynnys hie To wytnes drew he, all was by his will:15 Bot all for nocht, na tent was take thartill. Allace! he said, we ar to broke and ryve By the fatis, by storm cacchit and dryve. O, o, ȝe wrachit pepill! gan he cry, With cruell pane full deir ȝhe sall aby20 This wilfull rage, and with ȝour blude expres The wrangis of sic sacrilege redres. O Turnus, Turnus, full hard and hevy wraik And sorofull vengeance ȝit sal the ourtak, Quhen, al to lait, in thy helpyng thou sall25 With prayeris on the Goddis clepe and call. For I had fund my rest and eys, quod he; Now at the dur deth reddy bydis me, Quhar now of happy pompis funeral I spulȝeit am, and sik triumphe riall.30 Na mor sayng, with that ilk word fut het Ful clos within his palice he him schet, Of all sik thingis gaue our the cure and charge, Sen na better mycht be, to go at large.

The portis of weir to twich the prynce refusis, Quhilkis Juno brekis, syne al for batal musis.

The maner than was, and the ald custum5 Within the land of ancyent Latyum, Quhilk blissit vsance eftir mony a day The citeis and faderis of Alba kepit ay, Now the gret master souerane cite dyng Of Rome kepis and hantis the self thing;10 That is to knaw, quhen first thai move or steir The marciall ensenȝeis for the wer, Quhidder so thai list to set with ostis plane On the Gethys, pepill Tartareane, With dolorus and with ful lamentable wer15 In Hyrcany or Araby to steir, Or for til ettill into Inde furth eik, Towart the dawyng and son rysyng to seik, Or ȝit til ask and reduce hame agane Thar standartis from the dowr pepill Persane.20 Twa portis beyn of batale and debait, So thai war clepit to thar name, and hait, Haldyn in religioun of haly reuerence Of Martys cruel dreid and his offence: A hundreth brasyn hespis thame claspit queym, And strenthy irne flottis, that dyd seym Tobe eternal and inconsumptive;5 Nor Janus, kepar of this entre of strive, Was no quhile furth of this ilk hallowit hald. Bot quhen the ferm sentens of faderis ald Was ony tyme determyt to move weir, Than he that was cheif duke or consuler,10 In rob ryall vestit, that hait Quyryne, And rich purpour, eftir the gys Gabyne, Gyrd in a garmont semly and fut syde, Thir ȝettis suld up oppin and warp wyde: Within that girgand hirst alsso suld he15 Pronunce the new weir, batale, and melle; Quham all the sensabill men suld follow fast, With plane assent and brasyn trumpis blast. The kyng Latyn furthwith command thai than On this maner, as prince and grettast man,20 To proclame weir and decrete the melle Agane Troianys, thidder cum with Ene, And warp tha sorofull ȝettis vp on breid. The prynce refusyt to do sa vile a deid, Ne list not anys thame twich, nor brek his heist,25 Sore agrevit planely ganestud thar requeste, And in his secret closet hym withdrew. Than from the hevin downe quhirland with a quhew Come queyn Juno, and with hir awin handis Dang vp the ȝettis, brak but delay the bandis:30 This cruell douchter of the ald Saturn The marbill hirst can weltir and ourturn, And strang ȝet chekis of weirfar and batell Strake down, and rent the gret irne postis fell. Onsterit lang tyme, and onmovit, Ital5 Now byrnys into fury bellicall. Sum grathis thame on fut to go in feild; Sum his montit on horsbak vnder scheld The dusty pvlder vpdryvand with a stour, And euery man socht wapynnys and armour;10 Thar schynand scheildis sum dyd burnys weill, And sum polist scharp speir hedis of steill, To mak thame brycht with fat creisch or same, And on quhitstanys thar axis scharpis at hame; To beir pynsellis it gladis thame vp and dovne,15 And ar reiosyt to heir the trumpettis sovne. Fyve the grettast and maist cheif citeis, Thar wapynnys to renew in al degreis, Set vp forgis and steil styddeis fyne; Rych Atyna, and the prowd Tyburyne,20 Ardea the cite, and Crustumere, And eik Antemne, with strang towris he And weirly wallis battellit about, The sikkyr helmys penys and forgis owt; Thar targettis bow thai of the lycht sauch tre,25 And bos bukleris coverit with cuyrbulȝe; Sum steil hawbrikis forgis furth of playt, Burnyst flaukartis and leg harnes, fut hait, With latit sowpill siluer weill annelit: All instrumentis of pleuch graith, irnyt or stelyt,30 As cultyris, sokkis, and the somys gret, With sythis, and al hukis at scheris quhet, War thidder brocht and tholis temper new; The lust of all sik wark lomys was adew: Thai dyd thame forge in swerdis of mettel brycht,5 Forto defend thar cuntre and thar rycht. Be this, thar armour grathit and thar geir, The draucht trumpet blawis the brag of weir; The sloggorn ensenȝe, or the wach cry, Went for the batale all suld be reddy.10 He pullis down his sellet quhar it hang, Sum deill effrayt of the noys and thrang; He dryvis furth the stampand hors on raw Onto the ȝok, the chareottis to draw; He clethys hym with his scheld, and semys bald;15 He claspys hys gilt habirgyon and thrynfald; He, in his breistplait strang and his byrne, A sover swerd beltis law down by his the.

The poet makis to goddis his prayer, Dewly to compt the folkis grathis for this weir.

Ȝhe Musys now, sweit Goddessis ichone, Oppyn and onschet ȝour mont of Helycone,20 Reveil the secretis lyand in ȝour myght, Addres my stile, and steir my pen go rycht, Entone my sang, and til endyte me leir Quhat kyngis dyd remufe furth to this weir, Quhat rowtis followit euery prynce in feild, With ostis braid that dyd the plane ourheld, With quhat maner of valȝeand men sik ways5 The happy grund Ital flurist tha days, With quhatkyn armys it enflambit schane; Furthschaw thir ancyent secretis euery ane. Ȝhe blissyt wightis forsuyth ramembris weill All sic thingis, and, quhar ȝou list, may reveill,10 Thocht scarsly, for the proces of lang ȝeris, Be smal rumour tharof cum tyl our erys. First, from the land and costis hait Tyrreyn, Onto the batale bownys stern and keyn Mezentius the kyng, that in hys day15 Contempnar clepit was of the goddis ay. The gydar of hys army and hys rowt Was hys son Lawsus, valȝeant and stowt, Abuf all other the maste semly wight, Except the person of Turnus the gentil knycht,20 Quhilk was the flour of all the Lawrenteis: This Lawsus was weil taucht at all degreis To dant gret hors, and as hym list arrest, Hunt and doun bet the deir and ilk wild best; A thousand men he led of hys convyne25 From Corete the city Agilyne. Worthy he was to rewle a gret empyre, And tobe cummyn of sum mar happy syre Than of Mezentyus, banyst and indyng, Bot to haue beyn sum empriouris son or kyng.30 The lusty Aventynus nixt in pres Hym followis, the son of worthy Hercules. Throu gresy planys hys char with palm ryall Was rollit furth by hors victoriall, Quhilk, in hys musteris, schew he in the feild5 Hys faderis takynnys merkit in his scheild, Ane hundreth edderis and other snakis in sete Lynkit abowt of Larn the serpent gret; Quhom the nun Rhea and woman dyvyne In the dern wod of the mont Aventyne10 Bair and brocht furth onto this warldis lycht: Ful prevely, onknaw of ony wight, The woman mydlit with the god went bond, Eftir this ilk Hercules had brocht to grond And venquyst Gereon with prowd bodeis thre,15 Syne in the feild besyde Lawrent cite Was entrit as hym lyft to tak his rest, Hys Spanȝe oxin, quhom hym likit best, Dyd bathing and refresch, to mak thame clene, In Ital strandis at the cost Tyrrhene.20 This Aventinus followis in thir werys, Bair in his handis lans stafis, and burrel speris, And dangerus facheonys into staffis of tre; With round stok swerdis faucht thai in melle, With poyntalis, or with stokis Sabellyne.25 Thar capitane, this ilke strang Aventyne, Walkis on fut, hys body wymplit in A felloun bustuus and gret lyon skyn, Terribill and roucht, with taty lokkyrrand haris; The quhite tuskis, the hed, and clowis thar is:30 And on sik wys, grym and awfull to se, Within the kingis gret palyce entris he, Our his schuldris hyngand, as said is plane, His faderis talbart cote Herculeane. Twa brederyng to this batale bownys syne,5 Furth of the wallit cite Tiburtyne, Ledyng thai pepill namyt, ane and other, Fra Tiburtus, that was thar eldar brother; And thai war clepit, the tane Catillus, The tother Coras, strang and curageus,10 Stowt ȝyng men, Grekis born of Arge bath twane: Befor the formast ostis in the plane Amyd a bus of speris in raid thai, Generit of the clowd lyke to Centaures tway, Quhen, fra the montane top of Homolane,15 Or snawy Otryn hill, downe to the plane, With felloun fard and swift curs he and he Can do discend, levand the holtis hie: The large wod makis placis to thar went, Buskis withdrawys, and branchis al to rent20 Gan rattillyng and resound of thar deray, To red thar renk, and rowmys thame the way. Nor Ceculus was not absent, trast me, The foundar of the cite Preneste, Quham all eyldis reputis and schawis ws25 Engendrit was by the God Vlcanus, And by the fyre syd fund, a ȝyng fundlyng, Our landwart bestis syne wolx lord and kyng. A hail legioun in a rowt followis hym Of wild wod men, quhilk doys thir catel ȝym;30 All thai pepill on breid, baith he and he, That inhabitis the heich tovn Preneste, And thai that occupyit the feildis alsso Of Gabyne, quhilkis ar dedicat to Juno; And thai that duellis langis the chil ryver5 Of Anyene, and thai alsso infeir Amang the dewy strandis and craggis remanys Of Hernyca, in the Sabyne montanys; And thai alsso that bred and fosterit be In boundis of rich Anagnya cite;10 And eik thai pepill dwelling fair and bene In Champanȝe, on the flude Amasene. Amangis al thir pepill na brycht armyng Mycht thou heir sovnd, nor scheild our schulder hyng. Or cartis clattir; bot of thame the maste parte15 To schut or cast war perfite in the art, With leyd pellokis from engynys or staf slyng By dyntis bla thar samen doun to dyng: Sum dowbill dartis castyng in handis buyr, And for defens, to keip thar hedis suyr,20 A ȝallow hat woir of a wolfis skyn, For thai waldbe lyght bodyn ay to ryn. Thar left fut and all that leg was bair; Ane rowch ryllyng of raw hide and of hair The tother fut coverit weil and knyt.25 Neptunus son list tho na langar syt, Hait Mesapus, bot bownys furth to gang; Dantar he was of stedis wild and strang, Quham na man with steil wapyn forgit brycht, Nor byrnand fyre, onto his ded mycht dycht.30 Now hastely in armys callys he The rowtis of hys pepill and menȝe, Quhilkis lang tofor dysvsit had the weir With curage dolf, that idill lay thar geir; Thar swerdis now and burnyst glavys gray5 He maid thame furth bedraw and oft assay. With hym thai folk in falloschip led he That inhabitis Fascenyum the cite, And the just pepill, clepit Falyscy; And thame that duellis in Soracte fast by,10 A strang cite, and hie situat, Onto the God Appollo dedicat; And thai that in Flavynya feildis dwell, Or that wonnys besyde the layk or well Of Cymynyk, vndre the montane bra,15 Or ȝit amang the schawyis of Capua: In gudly ordour went thai and array, And of thar kyng sang bellettis by the way. Syk wys as sum tyme in the skyis hie Throw the moste ayr doys snaw quhite swannys fle,20 Quhen thai fra pastur or fedyng dois resort To seik thar solace, and on thar gys to sport; Weill soundyng wriblys throw thar throtis lang Swouchyng makis in maner of a sang, That of thar bruyt resoundis the ryveir,25 And all the laik of Asya fer and neir: So, in like wys, on far was nane mycht ken That rowt had bene ane ost of armyt men, Bot of the swouchand swannys suld he wene A sop fleand in the ayr thai had bene,30 Quhilk chasyt, or affrayt, jolely Socht crowpyng to the costis syde fast by.

Ȝit comptis the poet the chiftanys al and sum, Aganys the Troianys sal in weirfar cum.

Lo, Clausus eik, that douchty was and gude, Discendit of the ancyent Sabinis blude, A mekil rowt furth ledis to the weir,5 As gret man worthy syk ane ost to steir; Fra quham the clan and pepill Claudyane Is cummyn our all the boundis Italiane, Eftir that Rowme was gevin and maid fre To the Sabynys, as thar proper cite.10 Togidder can assembill a huge rowt That fra the cite Amatern flokkis owt; The ancyent Sabynys hait Quyrites then, And of Erety all the fensabill men, Of Mytisca, quhilk now heicht Tribule,15 Quhar growys of olyve treys gret plente; All thai that dwellis in cite Nomentyne, Or rosy feildis besyde the layk Velyne, Or on the scharp craggy rochis hie, Quhilk for harsknes ar clepit Tetryce,20 With hyngand hewys and mony a skowland bra; Thidder held the cite of Casperia, Thai that inhabittis Forolas that towne, Or on the flude Hymella vp and downe; All thai that drynkis of Tibir the ryver, Or Fabarus that rynnys fresch and cleir; And thai that wynys in Nursya so cald,5 And of Ortyne the navy gret and bald; The Latyn pepill alsso, and all tha Quhar the onhappy flude of Allya Flowis throw the boundis and bedyis thar land. Als thik thai gadder, and flokkis fra hand to hand,10 As evir the fomy bullerand wallis hie Is seyn weltyr on the large Lybyane see, Quhen the stormy Orion hys hed schrowdis In wyntir vnder the blak watry clowdis; Or how feil eichyrris of corn thik growyng,15 With the new sonnys heit byrsillit, doys hyng On Hermy feildis in the symmyr tyde, Or in the ȝallow corn flattis of Lyde: Alsmony scheildis clattris and targatis, That for dynnyng of thar feyt all the gatis,20 For stamping stedis, and for trumpys blast, The grond wolx all affrayt and agast. The ennemy to Troiane name onon, The bastard son of kyng Agamemnon, Hait Halesus, can with fers mud acwart25 Adioyn hys horsis forto draw his cart, And, in the aid of Turnus and supple, A thousand fers folkis assemlyt he: Thay quhilkis with rakis ourturnys euery bra Fertyll of wynys in the mont Massica;30 And thame alsso dwelland in hillys he, Send from the ald faderis of Arunca cite; And thai that dwellis hard on the sey bray Besyde the cite of Sydycina, Or come fra Cales into Champany,5 With all tha pepillis into cumpany Inhabitant the schauld flude Wlturnus, And frawart folkis, hait Saticulus, Togiddir eik with the haill multitude Of Oscores, that pepill stern and rude.10 Thyr bair in feild, of wapynnys in the stedis, Round casting dartis, or macis with pikit hedis, Quhilk, in thar leid, is clepit ane Aclyd; And, so it mycht the mair suyrly abyde, Onto thar armis is knyt with a tewch stryng,15 Quharwith thai do it at thar fays slyng. A ballen pavys coverys thar left sydis, Maid of hart skynnys and thik oxin hydis; And crukyt swerdis, bowand as a syth, Thai bair at hand reddy to draw ful swith.20 Nor thow, Oebalus, onreknyt sal nocht wend By our metyr, but lovyng and commend, Quham kyng Telon engendrit, as thai say, On Sabetrydes, the lusty nymphe or may, That tyme quhen he ryngnyt as lord and kyng25 Our Capreas ilys, and in governyng Led the pepill hait Theleboes bald; Or than, far step in age was he and ald: Bot hys son, this Oebalus, in his entent Of his faderis boundis stud nocht content,30 That lang afor to his obeysans he Subdewit had the pepill Sarraste, And all the large feildis, bonk and bus, Quhilk ar bedyit with the ryver Sarnus; Thai that occupyit Rusa and Batulane,5 In Champany rich and strang townys twane; The planys eik and sulȝe of Celene, Quhilk dedicat ar onto Juno quene; And thai behaldis the weirly wallit cite Of Nola, witht his stalwart towris he,10 Quhar gret plente of apillis orrange growis: Quhilk pepill in thar weirfar had na bowis, Bot wer accustumit forto thraw oft sys The castyng speris on the Duchmenis gys; Quhais hed gere war of ful sobir extent;15 Maid of the cork or bark fra treis rent; Bukclaris thai bair, with boys or plait of steill, And schynand swerdis of mettal burnyst weill Thai pepill eik that clepit beyn Nursanys, Quhilkis in the strait and hie montanys remanys,20 Send to the feld ane chiftane of defens, Of worthy fame, the renownyt Vfens; Happy in armys and redowtit was he: Bustuus abuf al otheris his menȝe, The folkis clepit of Equicola,25 That hard furrys had telit mony a da, And all enarmyt laubour thai thar land; Thai hant ful oft huntyng in woddis at hand; Evir lykis thame to cach and dryve away The recent spreith, and fresch and callour pray,30 And on spulȝe to leif and on rapyne. Onto this batale bownys the preste dyvyne, Vmbro to name, the strenthyast a man Of all the pepill in Marrubya clan, Send fra the kyng Archippus with his feris,5 As thar chiftane and rewlar in the weris, Hys helm arrayt with a garland schene Plet of the happy olyve branchis grene. All kynd of eddir and hissand serpent fell With incantatioun he couth gar ryfe and swell,10 Or cast apon thame sleping with his sang, And, with his charmys and his herbis strang, Thar wraith and wenom couth he dant and mes, And heill thar stangyng, and sik hurtis eys. Bot he couth fynd no curis nor remede15 To salf hym from the Troiane speris hed: Hys slepy charmys had no fors nor mycht, Ne herbis gadderit on Marsys montis hycht, To help thai hurtis he caucht in the melle. O souerane preist, quhat reuth was it of the!20 For the the woddis wepyt of Angytus, The cristal strandis murnyt of Fuscynus, The bewalit cleir lakis and spryng wellis, Nymphis, virgynys, matronys, and damysellis. Furth to the batale eik held Virbyus,25 The son mast semly of Hippolitus: Hys cheif maternal cite, ful of mycht, Aricya, furth sent this worthy knycht: In schawis schene, endlang the watir bra Of flud Hymetes, by Agerya30 That nymphe he fosterit was ful tenderly, Quhar as of manswete Diane fast tharby The altar, eith fortyl aples, vpstandis, Oft ful of sacrifice and fat offerandis. For mony haldis opinion, sayand thus5 Be common voce and fame; Hippolitus, Eftir that he slane was, and to ded dycht By fals dissait of his stepmoderis slycht, And had eik sufferit by his blude and breth The cruel panys of his faderis wreth,10 As tobe harlit with hors, that caucht affray And skeichit at a merswyne by ther way; Ȝit nevir the les, for the luf of Dian, He was restorit to this ilk lyfe agane, And come to dwell vndir our hevin and ayr,15 That heir abuf contenys thir starnys fair: Quhilk cuyr was done by Asculapyus sle, Throw the mychtis of the roys Pyone. Than Jupiter almychty fader hie, Havand disdene ony mortal suld be20 Rasyt to lyfe, or over warldis lycht, From the dyrknes of neddir hellis nycht, The fyndar of this crafty medycyne, Quhilk was byget be the god Appollyne, That is to knaw, this Asculapyus,25 With thunderis dynt bath fell and dangerus Vnder the erth smate dovn, forto remane In hellis ground and watir Stigiane. Bot than the thrynfald Diane ful of blys In secret place Hippolitus with this30 Hyd, and betaucht Agerya the may, Tobe kepit in the ilk forest gay; Quhar, him allane, in woddis of Italy Hys lyfe he led onknaw of ony wy, And quhar he first was hait Hippolitus,5 Changit his name, yclepit Vyrbyus. And, be this self resson ȝit alsso, From the tempill of Dian euermo Thir horny hovit horssis bene debarrit; For sa mekil as thai at the sey monstreis skarrit,10 And brak the cart throw thar ondantit mycht, And furth swakkit Hippolitus, gentil knycht. Ȝit netheles, hys son, this Virbyus, The ardent stedis fers and chevalrus Throw owt the plane feild dryvis al in feir,15 And furth hurlis his chariot to the weir.

Quhou Turnus to this batal bownys to ga, And als this weirlyke woman Camylla.

Turnus him self, of weir the cheif capitane, Amyd pryncis and gret chiftanys ilkane Enarmyt walkis, turnand to and fro With corps of statur eligant, that so,20 Quhar as he went throw out the rowtis on hie, Abuf thame all hys hed men mycht weil se, Quharon his helm set ful richly schane With cristis thre lyke til ane lokkyrrit mane; Tharon as tymbrill standing Chymera, That wondrus monstre, with wide chaftis bla Furth blawand fyre and flambe sulphureus, Lyke byrnand Ethna, that mont peralus: The mair wod wraith and furyus wolx sche,5 With sorofull fyre blesys spowtand hie, Evir as the batale worthis mor cruell By effusioun of blude and dyntis fell. Hys schynand scheld was all of fyne gold bet, Quhar in thar was, insted of armys, set10 Io the wench, sum tyme but hornys, now With hair ourgrow, transformyt in a kow; Quhilk was gret argument and probatioun That he was of his blude a Gregioun. The kepar eik of this ilk maid, Argus,15 Was porturit thar, and fader Inachus, Furth of ane pantyt pig, quhar as he stude, A gret ryver defundand or a flude. Ane ost of fut men, thik as the hail schour, Followys this Turnus, dryvand vp the stour;20 With scheildis schrowdyt mony huge rowt Thik forgaderis the large feildis about: Thai ȝonkeris quhilk of Grekis war discend The power of Arunca thiddir send, The garnysons alsso of Rutilyanys,25 And the ancyent pepill hait Sycanys, Of Sacrane the army bald in feildis, The Lybicanys eik with thar pantit scheildis. Quhilk telys on thy bankis, Tybyr flude, Or ȝit endlang thy gresy brays gude,30 O Numycus, thou hallowit fresch ryver, And thai that with scharp cultyr teil and scheir Of Rutuly the hilly knowis hie, Or camy eyge, and holtis fair to se, That Circeus to surname clepit ar;5 Quhar Anxurus, the berdles Jupiter, For patron is hallowit our the planys, And Juno eik ful joyusly remanys In Feronya, hir sweit schaw ay greyn, Neir by the blak laik clepit Satureyn,10 Quhar as the chil ryver, hait Vfens, Sekis with narrow passage and discens Amyd holl valeis his renk and ische, And hydis hym self within the Tyrrhene see. Abuf all thir the stowt wench Camylla,15 Of the famyl and kynrent of Volsca, Com ledand armyt ostis and stern feldis, In burnyst plait arrayt and schynand scheldis; Forsuyth, ane worthy weriour was sche: Hir womanly handis nothir rok of tre20 Ne spyndill vsit, nor brochis of Mynerve, Quhilk in the craft of claith makyng doys serve; Bot ȝit this maid was weil accustumate To suffer bargane dowr, and hard debait, And throu the speid of fut in hir rynnyng25 The swift wyndis prevert and bakwart dyng: Or than alsso so spedely couth scho fle Our the cornys, ourtred thar croppis hie, That with hir curs na reid ne tendir stra Was harmyt ocht, na hurt by ony way:30 And, throu the boldnand fludis amyd the see Born soverly, furth hald hir way mycht sche, The swyft solis of hir tendir feyt Nocht twichand onys the watir hir to weit. All ȝong folkis, on hir forto ferly,5 Furth of howsys and feldis flokkis in hy. Litil childer and matronys awondring On far behaldis hir stowt pays in a lyng, So manfully and baldly walkis sche, With spreit abasyt thai gove hir forto se:10 Quhat wys hir slekyt schuldris war array With kyngly purpour, honorabill and gay; And quhou the hair was of this damoysell Knyt with a button in a goldyn kell; And how a quavir clos scho bair alssua,15 With grondyn dartis wrocht in Lycia; And ane hail sipplyn of a gret myr tre, Quhilk hyrdis mycht ourheld with bewis he, In maner of a speir in hand scho bair, Hedit with forgit steill full scharp and squair.20 Alswith as Turnus, our the master towr Of Lawrentum, hys baner quhite as flour In syng of batale dyd on breid display, The trumpys blast and hornys maid deray; And stern stedis stampyng for the dyn,25 The armour clattris, fast ilk man can ryn: Incontinent togidder, with myndis amovit, All Latyum assemblit sone controvit Ane coniuratioun or hasty convyne, As in feirfull affray thar land to tyne,30 And wod wraith wolx thir ȝonkeris, he and he, With byrnand hartis fers to the melle. The first chiftanys for assay or defens, The gret Mesapus, and the strang Vsens, With Mezentyus of Goddis contempnar,5 The rowtis for supple baith neir and far Compellis to assemble with thar poweris, And large feildis laid waist of lawboreris. Ane Venulus alsso was send, a Greik, To gret Diomedis cite, to beseik10 Supple and help, and to schaw all and sum Quhou Troianys war discend in Latyum; Ene with navy arryvit vp at hand, And brocht his venquyst Goddis in thar land, Sayand that, by the fatis and destance,15 He thiddir callit was as kyng tobe: And that he suld eik to Diomedis schaw That mony pepill war adionyt and draw Onto this ilk forsaid strangear knycht, For he was cummyn of Dardanus the wyght,20 And wyde quhar our al partis of Italy Hys name begouth to spreid and multiply. And sen he had begun sic thing on hand, Quhat syne he etlyt mycht be vnderstand; That is to knaw, gif forton war so heynd25 By aventour of weir tobe his frend, Mair evidently he covat to proceid Agane his ancyent ennemy, Diomed, Than to ourset the ȝong knychtly Turnus, Or ȝit ourcum the ald kyng Latynus.30

Of dreflyng and dremys quhat dow it to endite? For, as I lenyt in a ley in Lent this last nycht, I slaid on a swevynnyng, slummyrrand a lite, And sone a selcouth seg I saw to my sycht, Swownand as he swelt wald, sowpyt in syte,5 Was nevir wrocht in this warld mair wofull a wycht; Ramand, Resson and rycht is rent be fals ryte, Frendschip flemyt is in Frans, and faith hes the flycht, Leys, lurdanry, and lust, ar our laid starn; Peax is put owt of play,10 Welth and weilfar away, Luf and lawte baith tway Lurkis ful darn. Langour lent is in land, all lychtnes is lost, Sturtyn study hes the steir, distroyand our sport,15 Musyng marris our myrth half mangit al most; So thochtis thretis in thra our brestis ourthwort, Bailfull bessynes baith blys and blithnes can bost: Thar is na sege for na schame that schrynkis at schort, May he cum to hys cast be clokyng, but cost,20 He rekkis nowder the rycht nor rakles report; All is weill done, God wate, weild he hys will. That bern is best can nocht blyn Wrangwys gudis to wyn; Quhy suld he spair, for ony syn, Hys lust to fulfyll?5 All ledis langis in land to laucht quhat thame leif is: Lufferis langis only to lok in thar lace Thir ladeis lufly, and louk but let or releifis, Quha sportis thame on the spray sparis for na space; The gallyart groym grunschis at grammys hym grevis,10 The fillok hyr deformyt fax wald have a fair face, To mak hir maikles of hir man at myster myscheif is; The gudwif grulyng befor God gretis eftir grace, The lard langis eftir land to leif to his ayr; The preist for a personage,15 The seruand eftir his wage, The thral tobe of thrillage, Langis ful fair. The myllar mythis the multyr with a met skant, For droucht had drunkyn vp his dam in the dry ȝeir;20 The cadgyar callis furth his capill with crakkis wail cant, Calland the colȝar a knafe and culron ful qweir: Sum schippart slais the lardis scheip, and says he is a sanct, Sum grenys quhil the gyrs grow for his gray meir, Sum sparis nowder spiritual, spowsyt wife, nor ant,25 Sum sellis folkis sustynance, as God sendis the feir, Sum glasteris and thai gang at, and all for gait woll: Sum spends on the ald vse, Sum makis a tvme ruse, Sum grenys eftir a guse, To fars his wame full. The wrach walis and wryngis for this warldis wrak, The mukkyrrar murnys in his mynd the meil gaue na pryce,5 The pyrat pressys to peill the peddar hys pak, The hasartouris haldis thame hereyt, hant he nocht the dyce; The burges byngis in hys boith, the brovne and the blak Byand bessely, and bane, buge, bevir, and byce; Sum ledys langis on the land, for love or for lak,10 To sembyll with thar schaftis, and set apon sys; The schipman schrenkis the schour, and settis to schor: The hyne crynys the corn, The broustar the beir schorn, A fest the fedlar to morn15 Covatis full ȝor. The ralȝear raknys na wordis, bot ratlis furth ranys, Full rude and ryot ressons baith roundalis and ryme; Swengeouris and scurryvagis, swankeis and swanys, Gevis na cur to cun craft, nor comptis for na cryme,20 With berdis as beggaris, thocht byg be thar banys, Na laubour list thai luk till, thar lufsis ar byrd lyme: Get ane bysmer a barn, than all hir blys gane is, Scho will nocht wirk thocht scho want, bot wastis hir tyme In thiggyn, as it thrift war, and other vayn thewis,25 And slepis quhen scho suld spyn, With na will the warld to wyn; This cuntre is full of caymis kyn, And sik schire schrewis. Quhat wikkytnes, quhat wanthrift now in warld walkis! Baill hes banyst blythnes, bost gret brag blawis, Prattis ar reput polycy and peralus pawkis, Dignyte is laid dovn, darth to the dur drawis; Of tratlys and tragedyis the text of all talk is:5 Lordis ar left landles be onleill lawys; Burgessis bryngis hame the bothe to breid in thar bawkis; Knychtis ar kowhubeis, and commonys plukkyt crawis; Clerkis for oncunnandnes mysknawis ilk wight: Wifis wald haue all thar will,10 Enewch is nocht half fyll, Is nowder resson nor skill In erd haldin rycht. Sum latyt latton, but lay, lepys in lawyd lyt, Sum penys furth a pan boddum to prent fals plakkis;15 Sum gowkis quhill the glas pyg grow full of gold ȝit, Throu cury of the quynt essens, thocht clay muggis crakkis: Sum wernour for this warldis wrak wendis by hys wyt; Sum trachour crynys the cunȝe, and kepys corn stakkis; Sum prygpenny, sum pyke thank with prevy promyt,20 Sum jarris with a jed staf to jag throu blak jakkis. Quhat fenȝeit fair, quhat flattry, and quhat fals talys! Quhat mysery is now in land! Quhou mony crakkyt cunnand! For nowther athis, nor band,25 Nor selis avalis. Prestis, suldbe patteraris and for the pepill pray, Tobe Papis of patrimon and prelaceis pretendis; Ten tendis ar a trump, bot gif he tak ma Ane kynryk of paroch kyrkis cuppillit with commendis. Quha ar wyrkaris of this weir, quha walkynaris of wa, Bot incompetabill clergy, that Cristyndome offendis? Quha revis, quha ar ryotus, quha rakles, bot tha?5 Quha quellys the puyr commonys bot kyrkmen, weil kend is? Thar is na stait of thar stile that standis content; Knycht, clerk, nor common, Burges, nor barroun; All wald haue vp that is dovn,10 Weltrit the went. And as this leyd at the last lyggand me seys, With a luke onlufsum he lent me sic wordis; Quhat bern be thou in bed, with hed full of beys, Grathit lyke sum gnappar, and, as thi greis gurdis,15 Lurkand lyke a longeour? quod I, Lovn, thou leys. Ha, wald thou feght? quod the freik; we haue bot few swordis: Thar is sic haist in thi hed, I hop thou wald neys, That brawlys thus with thi bost quhen bernys with the bourdis. Quod I, Churle, ga chat the, and chyde with ane other.20 Move the nocht, said he than, Gyf thou be a gentill man, Or ony curtasy can, Myne awyn leif brother. I speik to the into sport; spell me this thyng,25 Quhat lykis ledis in land? quhat maste langis thou? Quod I, Smake, lat me sleip; sym skynnar the hyng: I weyn thou byddis na better bot I brek thi brow. To me is myrk myrrour ilk mannys menyng; Sum wald be cowrt man, sum clerk, and sum a cachkow. Sum knycht, and sum capitane, sum Caser, sum Kyng, Sum wald haue welth at thar will, and sum thar wame fow, Sum langis for the leffyr ill to lyk of a quart,5 Sum for thar bontay or boyn, Sum to se the new moyn; I lang to haue our buke done, I tell the my part. Thy buke is bot brybry, said the bern than,10 Bot I sal leir the ane lesson to lys all thi pane. With that he racht me a roll: to reid I began The roytast ane ragment with mony rat rane, Of all the mowys in this mold sen God merkyt man; The moving of the mapamond, and how the moyn schane,15 The pleuch, and the polys, the planettis began, The son, the sevyn starnys, and the Charl wayn, The elwand, the elementis, and Arthurus hufe, The horn and the hand staf, Prater Johne and Port Jaf,20 Quhy the corn hes the caf, And kow weris clufe. Thys romans ar bot rydlys, quod I to that ray; Leyd, lern me ane other lesson, this I ne like. I persaue, Schir parson, thi purpos perfay,25 Quod he, and drew me doun dern in dolf by a dyke; Had me hard be the hand quhar a hurd lay, Than prevely the pennys begouth vp to pike: Bot, quhen I walknyt, all that welth was wiskyt away, I fand nocht in all that feild, in faith, a be byke: For as I grunschit at this grome, and glisnyt abowt, I grapyt graithly the gyll, Every modywarp hyll;5 Bot I mycht pyke thar my fyll Or penny come owt. Than wolx I teyn at I tuke to sic trufis tent, For swevynnys ar for swengeouris that slummyrris nocht weill; Mony mervellus mater nevir merkit nor ment10 Will seggis se in thar sleip, and sentens but seill: War all sic sawys suythfast, with schame we war schent. Thys was bot faynt fantasy, in faith, that I feill, Nevir word of verite, bot all in waist went, Throw roytnes and ravyng, that maid myne eyn reill,15 Thus lysnyt I, as losanger, syk lewydnes to luke: Bot, quhen I saw nane other bute, I sprent spedely on fute, And vndre a tre rute Begouth this aucht buke.20

Quhou Tiberinus, god of the ryver, Till Eneas in visioun gan appeir.

As thys convyne and ordinance was maid Of Latyum throw owt the boundis braid, Quhilk, euery poynt, this Troiane lord onon, Cummyn of the hows of kyng Laomedon, In hevy curis flowand all on flocht,5 Avysys weill, how all this thing was wrocht: And hastely in mynd on euery sydis Now for this purpos, now for that, providis, Now heir, now thar, ryvest in syndry partis, And sersys, turnand to and fra all artis.10 Lyke as the radyus sonnys bemys brycht, Or than the glymmerand monys schaddo lycht, Reflexit from the brasyn veschell, we se, Fillyt with watir to the cirkyll on hie, Our all the hows reboundis and doys spreid15 Schynand, and sersys euery sted on breid, Quhil in the ayr vpgoys the twynkland lycht, Glitterand on euery spar and ruf on hyght. The nycht come, and all thing levand sessit; Wery of wark baith byrd and brutal best Our all the landis war at rest ilkane,5 The profound swouch of sleip had thame ourtane; Quhen this ilk prince, Eneas, all on flocht, With mynd sowpyt in cuyr and hevy thocht, And for this sorofull batale richt onglaid, Apon the ryver bank hym self dovn laid10 Vndre the cald firmament for the nanys, And gave schort rest onto his wery banys. Quham to the God of that sted dyd appeir, Tyberynus, furth of the still ryver, Amyd the branchis of the popill treys,15 As agyt man semyng hym self vpheis: A lenȝe watry garmond dyd hym vaill, Of cullour fawch, schaip lyke a hempyn saill, And leiffy redis dekkis weill hys haris: To meys Eneas thochtis and hys sarys,20 Thus he begouth to speke, and sayd, but dyn: O gentill get, cummyn of hie goddis kyn, Quhilk from thy fays to ws with mekill joy Hes hyddir brocht the gret cite of Troy, And Pergama, the Troiane wallys wight,25 Eternaly conservis throu thy myght; Desyrit maist of lang tyme, now welcum Onto the grond and soill of Lawrentum, And all the feildis eik of Latyn land: Heir is thy sikkir duellyng place at hand,30 Ane sovir ferm habitatioun for ay: Withdraw the not fra hyne, pas nocht away, Nor dreid na thing the bost of this batell. The rancour all of Goddis, I the tell, And boldynand wreth, appesyt ar almaste.5 And so thow weyn not at my wordis be waist, Nor fenȝeit dremys do to the appeir, Vndyr sawch treis by thir bankis neir Onon thou sall do fynd a mekill swyne, With thretty hed ferreyt of grysys syne,10 Of cullour quhite, thar lugyng on the grond, Hyr quhite brodmell abowt hyr pappis wond. That is the place to set vp thy cite, Quhilk of ȝour laubour sovir rest salbe; Quhar that, as thretty ȝheris byrun and gane is,15 Ascanyus sal do beld of lyme and stanys The cite hait fair Alba of delyte, Berand hys name fra the fair cullour quhite. Thus I declar the nane oncertane thing, Bot verray suythfast takynnys and warnyng.20 Now harkis bot a litill, I the pray, I sall the lern in quhat wordis, quhat way Thow may cum speid, and haue the haill ourhand Twichand this instant mater now at hand. Thar bene pepill of Arcad from the ryng25 Cummyn in this land, discend of Pallas kyng, Quhilk, with Evandir kyng in cumpany, Followand the syngnys schaw, hes fast heir by Chosyn a sted, and beldit a cite, Amang the knollis round or motis hie,30 Eftir thar forfader of nobill fame, Pallas, clepyt Pallanteum to name. Contynualy thir folkis euery ȝeir Agane the Latyn pepyll ledis weir; Adione to thir thyne ost in falloschip,5 Do mak with thame a lyge, and bynd frendschip. I sall my self convoy the the rycht way Betwix thir brays vp the fludis gray, So that agane the streme, throu help of me, By ayris rowth thydder careit sall thou be.10 Haue done, get vp, thou son of the Goddes; First as the starris declynys, the addres, I meyn into the dawyng rycht ayrly, Dewly to Juno se thou sacryfy, Hyr wreth and all sik mannans to ourset15 With devoyt supplications maid of det: And, quhen thou has optenyt victory, To me thou sall do wirschip by and by. I am God Tybris, watry hewyt and haw, Quhilk, as thou seys, with mony jawp and jaw20 Bettis thir brays, schawyng the bankis dovn, And with full flude flowand fra tovn to tovn, Throw fertill feildis scheryng thar and heir, Vnder the lift the maste gentill ryver: Heir is myne habitatioun huge grete,25 Of mychty citeis cheif and souerane sete. This beand sayd, this ilk God of the flude Vnder the deip can dowk dovn quhar he stude, And socht onto the watir grond onone, So darnly hyd nane wist quhar he was gone.30

The sow with grysis, as Tiberinus said, Eneas fand, and sacrifice has maid.

The nycht fled, and the sleip left Ene. On fut he startis, and onon can he se Furth of the orient in the brycht mornyng The sonnys hevynly bemys newly spryng, And in the holl lufis of his hand quhar he stude5 Dewly the water hynt he fra the flude, Syne to the hevyn thus wys his prayeris maid: O nymphys all of fludis blith and glaid, And O ȝe haly nymphys of Lawrentum land, Quham fra thir fresch ryveris, and euery strand10 That flowys rynnyng as we se sa cleir, Hes thar begynnyng furth of sowrssys seir; And O thou haly fader Tiberyne, With Tybris eik, thy blissyt flude dyvyne, Ressave Eneas to ȝow onbekend,15 And now at last from all perrellys defend. And, gif thou takis rewth of our gret skathis, Heir I awow and promittis with aithys, Quhar evir thy lowch or fontane may be fund, Quhar evyr so thy spryng is, in quhat grund,20 O flud mast plesand, the sall I our all quhar Hallow with honorabill offerandis euermar. Hornyt ryver, ryngand as lord and kyng Our all the fludis in to Itall ryng, Be in our help, now at last, I requere; Eftyr sa feill dangeris and perellis seir, Conferm thy promys and orakill in hy. Quhen this was said, furth of all his navy Twa galeis dyd he cheis the ilk tyd,5 With dowbill raw of ayris on athir syde, And for the rowyng weil grathit thaim hes he, Syne for the weir instrukkit his menȝe. Bot lo, in haist befor hys eyn he saw A mervalus and wondrus thyng to knaw;10 A mylk quhite sow within the woddis lay Apon the grene watris bank in hys way, With hir lyttar new ferreit in that sted, All of a cullour, grysys thretty hed: Quham the devoyt Eneas on hys gys15 Onto the, gretast Juno, in sacryfys Brytnys, and, with hyr flok and followaris, Hes set and offerit vp on thy altaris. Tybyr his swelland fludis all that nycht, Quhow lang at evir it was quhil days lycht,20 Stabillys and cawmys at hys awin will; The streme bakwartis vpflowys soft and still; On syk wys mesand his watir, that he Ane standand stank semyt for tobe, Or than a smoith puyl, or dub lovn and fair,25 So that the ayris mycht fyndyn na contrar. Tharfor Eneas can hys tyme aspy, And hastis on hys vayage bissely; With prosper curs, and sobyr quhisperyng, The pikkyt bargis of fyr fast can thryng,30 And slydis throw the schaldis stil and cleir: The watir ferleys of thar fard and beir; The forest, nocht accustummyt to se Sik thingis, wondris quhat at this mycht be, As to behald schynand scheldis on far5 On mennys schuldris ay cumand nar and nar, The pantit carvellis fletyng throu the flude. Baith nycht and day ilk man, as thai war wod, Can spend in rowth with irksum lauboryng, The lang stremys and welys rovnd sworlyng10 Our slydyng fast vpwartis the ryver, Hyd and ourheldit with mony treys seir; Endlang the still fludis calm and beyn Thai seik and schar throu owt the woddis greyn.

Quhou Eneas with kyng Evander met, And bandis of kyndnes has betwix thame knet.

The fyry son be this ascendit evin15 The myddill ward and regioun of the hevyn; That is to knaw, be than it was myd day, Quhen that on far the cite wallis se thai, With towris and the hows hedis on raw Skatterit dispers, and bot a few to knaw;20 Quhilk now the mychty power of Rome tovn Hes onto hevyn maid equal of renovn: The kyng Evander, of moblys not mychty, Held for that tyme bot sobyr senȝeory. In haist thyddir thar stevynnys can do steir Eneas sort, and to the tovn drew neyr. Thys kyng Evander, born was of Arcad,5 Percace the self day a gret honour mayd, Solempnyt fest, and full hie sacryfys, Onto the gret Hercules on thar gys, That fostyr son was till Amphitrion, And to the other goddis euery one,10 Befor the cite in a hallowit schaw: Pallas, hys son, was thydder alsso draw, Togiddir with the principalis of ȝonkeris, The sobir senatouris, and puyr officeris, All sammyn kest ensens; and with a stew15 Besyde the altar blude sched and scalit new, Beand lew warm, thar full fast dyd reik. Bot ȝit, als swyth as thai persauyt eyk The gret bargis slydand thus on raw, And throw the dern woddis fast thydder draw,20 So stilly bendand vp thar ayris ilk wight; Thai worth affrayt of the suddand syght, And euery man thai left the burdis in hy, On fut gan starting from the mangeory. Quham hardy Pallas dyd forbyd and diffend25 Thar sacrifys to brek, quhill it war end: He hynt a wapyn, with a few menȝe Thame to recontyr onon furth haldis he; And ȝit weill far from a hill or a know To thame he callys; standis, ȝyng men, howe!30 Quhat caus hes movit ȝou apon sik way Thir strange wentis onknawin to assay? Quhiddir ettill ȝe, or quhat kynrent ȝe be? Schaw quhens ȝe com, and quhilk is ȝour cuntre. Quhidder do ȝe bryng onto our boundis heir5 Bodword of peax, or cumis in feir of weir? Eneas tho, the fader of wirschip, Maid answer from the pulpyt of the schip, And in hys hand straucht furth, at he mycht se, In takyn of peax a branch of olyve tre:10 My frend, quod he, thou seys pepill of Troy, To Latyn folkis ennemys, man and boy; Quhilk, flemyt of our realm, newly agane Thai ilk Latynys hes socht with prowd bargane. Onto the kyng Evander all seik we,15 Hym to requir of succurs and supple. Bair hym this message, and declar hym plane, That chosyn men discend from kyng Dardane Beyn hyddir cummyn, besekyng hys frendschip, To knyt vp band in armys and falloschip.20 Pallas, estonyst of sa hie a name As Dardanus, abasyt worth for schame: Cum furth, quod he, quhat evir thou be, bern bald, And say befor my fader quhat thou wald, And entyr in our lugyngis the to rest,25 Quhar thou salbe ressauyt welcum gest. And furth onone he hynt hym by the hand, A weil lang quhile hys rycht arm embrasand: Syne furth togiddir rakyt thai on raw, The flud thai leif, and entris in the schaw.30 Eneas tho, with frendly commonyng, Spak curtasly, thus sayand to the kyng: O thou maste curtas prynce, and best in neid That evir was byget of Grekis seyd, Quhamto fortoun wald I suld cummyn heir,5 The lawly to besekyng and requir, And wald alsso I suld furth reke to the Wippyt with bendis the branch of olyve tre, In takyn that of thy supple I neid; Forsuyth, I caucht na maner feir ne dreid,10 Thocht thou a capitane of the Grekis be, Yborn alsso of Arcad the cuntre, Of blude coniunct to the Atrides tway, I meyn onto Agamemnon and Menelay: Bot myne awin vertu, and haly oracleis15 Of the goddis be devyn miracleis, And our forbearis all of a kynred, Thy fame dyuulgat into euery sted, Hes me fermly adionyt onto the; The fatis eik tharto inducis me,20 That wilfully I obey thar command. Schir Dardanus, the kyng first in our land That belt the cite Troy or Ilion, Our cheif fader, as Grekis grantis ilkone, Born of Electra, Atlas douchter ȝyng,25 Careit be schip come first to Troys ryng; And this Electra gret Atlas begat, That on hys schuldyr baris the hevynnys plat. Mercur is fader of ȝour clan alssua, Quham the schene madyn, the fair fresch Maya,30 Apon the frosty hillys top all bair, Quhilk Cillenus is hait, in Arcad bair; And this ilk Maya suythly, gif that we Ony credens to it we heir or se May geif, Atlas begat, that sam Atlas5 That rollys the hevynly starrit speir cumpas: So baith our kynrentis, schortlie to conclud, Devidit ar furth of a stok and blude. Quharfor, havand confidens in thir thyngis, Nothir by ambassat, message, nor writingis,10 Nor other craft, thy frendschip first socht I; Bot myne awin self in person com in hy, That onto the submittit has my hed, And the to pray socht lawly to this sted. For the ilk pepill vnder Dawnus kyng,15 That the Rutilianys has in governyng, Quhilk ledis weir aganys thi cuntre, With cruell batal now persewis me; And gif thai mycht expel ws of this land, Thai weyn tharby that nocht may thame ganestand,20 Bot at thai sall vnder thar senȝeory Subdew alhaill in thraldom Italy, And occupy thai boundis oriental Quhar as the ovir see flowys alhaill, And eik thai westir partis, trastis me,25 Quhilkis ar bedyit with the neddir see. Ressaue, and knyt vp faith and ferm cunnand; Tak our promyt, and geif ws treuth and band: Strang bodeis til abyde bargane haue we, With hardy myndis in batal or melle,30 Exercit in weir, and expert at sik nedis, In lusty ȝouth likly to do our dedis. Thus said Eneas, and Evander than, Fra tyme that he first forto speke began, Hys eyn, hys mowth, and all hys body rycht,5 Gan to behald, espying with hys syght; Syne schortly maid hys ansuer thus agane: O quhou glaidly the, mast forcy Troiane, I do ressaue as tendir frend and feir! Quhou blythly now I knaw and weil may heir10 The voce, the wordis, and the speche, but les, Of thy fader, the gretast Anchises! And full perfytly now I draw to mynd The vissage of that worthy knycht maste kynd. For weill I do ramembir, lang tyme gone,15 Quhou Priamus, son of Laomedon, To vissy hys sisteris land Hesiona, Socht to the cite hait Salamyna, And at the sammyn rays hys vayage maid Throw the cald frosty boundis of Arcaid.20 My grene ȝouth that tyme with pilis ȝyng First cled my chyn, or berd begouth to spryng; I ioyt to se the Troian dukis ilkone, And on the son of kyng Laomedone, That is to say, this ilk ȝong Priamus,25 Forto behald was mervel gloryus: Bot thy fader Anchises, quhar he went, Was hyar far than all the remanent. My mynd brynt, of ȝouthed throu desire, To speke and commoun with that lordly syre,30 Tobe acquentit, and ioyn hand intil hand, Cunnand to knyt, and bynd fordwert or band: To hym I went desyrus of frendschip, And sped that sammyn so in falloschip, Within the wallys of Pheneus I hym led.5 And quhen he dyd depart, or thens hym sped, Ane courtly quavir ful curyusly wrocht, With arowis maid in Lycia, wantand nocht, Ane garmond he me gaue, or knychtly weid, Prynnyt and wovyn full of fyne gold threid,10 Twa goldyn bridillis eik, as he dyd pas, Quhilk now my son occupyis, ȝong Pallas. Quharfor our allyance, faith, and rycht hand, As ȝe desire, ar ellys adionyt in band, We bene of ald confideratis, perfay:15 Quharfor to morn, alssone as the brycht day Begynnys allycht the landis and the sky, With succurs and suppovell blythly I Sal ȝou fra hyne hame to ȝour army send, And with my gudis and my mobillis amend.20 And in the meyn tyme, sen, my frendis deir, Onto our sacrefyis ȝe be cummyn heir, Quhilk ȝeirly vsyng we as anniuersary, That bene onlefull to defer or tary; Tharfor with ws do hallow our hie fest,25 And with glaid semlant blythly maste and lest Accustom ȝou from thens, and now instant Our tabillis as ȝour frendly burdis hant. Quhen this was said, mesis and cowpis ilkane, Quhilk war away tak, bad he bring agane,30 And he hym self the Troiane men fut het On sonkis of gresy scheraldis hes doun set: Thar pryncipal capitane syne, Ene, Beside hym self on des ressauys he; The benk, ybeldyt of the grene holyne,5 With lokkyrrit lyoun skyn ourspred was syne. Than ȝong men walit bissy heir and thar, And eik prestis of Hercules altar, The rostit bullys flesch set by and by, The bakyn breid of baskettis temys in hy,10 And wynys byrlys into gret plente. Eneas, sammyn with hys Troiane menȝe, Dyd of perpetual oxin fillettis eyt, And purgit entralis, clepit clengyng meit.

Evander tellith till Eneas, but baid, The verray caus quhy this sacrifice was maid.

Eftir that stanchit was the hungris rage,15 And appetit of meit begouth asswage, Said kyng Evander; na superstitioun vayn, Nor mysknawlage of goddis ancyane, Thys hie fest and gret solempnyte, Nor this bankat and mesys, as ȝe se,20 Hes institut to ws, and this alter Of sa excelland maieste standyng heir: Bot, my deir frend and nobill gest Troiane, We, preservit from cruel peralus pane, Hantis this seruys apon sik manere, As proper det and observans ilk ȝer. First, do behald ȝone schorand hewchis brow,5 Quhar all ȝon craggy rochis hyngis now, Quhou the huge weghty brays bene dovn cast, The holkit fows in the mont syde left waste, Quhar as the craggy quhynnys, dovn declyne, Has drawyn of the hill a huge rewyne.10 Ȝon was a cavern or cove in ald days, With gousty entray far furth of all ways; A grisly den and ane forworthyn gap Of Cacus, that na mar had bot the schap Of mannys form, for skant half man was he15 Throw cruel dedis of iniquyte, That in ȝone fendlich hole dwelt hym allane; A hellys byke, quhar sonnys beme nevir schane, Quhar the vile flur evir lew warm was spred With recent slauchter of blud newly sched:20 Befor that tyrrandis ȝet of men that ded is Affixit stud mony dolorus hedis, With vissage blakynt, blude byrun, and bla, The laithly ordur or filth stilland thar fra. Onto this hutyt monstre, this Cacus,25 The God of fyre was fader, Wlcanus; And at hys mouth, a wondir thing to se, Hys faderis reky flambe furth ȝiskyt he. As to hys body, quhar so evir he passit, Of bustuus statur lyke nane other was it.30 Proces of tyme at last hes ws inspirit, And send ws help, as we full lang desyrit, Be cummyng of the mychtfull Goddis presens; For the danter of monstreis, our defens, The maste redoutit Hercules, com at hand5 Be aventour onto this ilke land, New from the slauchter into stern melle Of Geryon, the quhilk had bodeis thre. With prowd spulȝe arryving triumphal, This conquerour maid thyddir dryve and call10 Hys bullys, and hys oxin huge gret, And eik hys ky, to pastur and to eyt Endland ȝone valle that is large and wyde, And tuk thar lugyng on this ryver syde. Bot the ondantit fury mynd of this theif,15 Schrewit Cacus, all way ful of myscheif, By his frawart engyne and sle consait, So that na maner wikkytnes nor dissait Mycht be, that he ne durst nocht tak on hand, Ne onassayt leif, out from thar stand20 Four semly oxin of body gret and squar, Als mony tendir quyis excedand fair, Of all tha catal away with hym drave. And, that thar tred suld na way be persaue, Onto hys cave ay bakwartis by the talys25 To turn thar futsteppis he thame harlys and tralys: And thus his spreith he had ontil his in, And with a queym stane closyt hes the gyn: Sik way he wrocht that, quha thar tred list goif, Na takynnys suld convoy thame to his coif.30 In the meyn quhile, as all the bestis war Repatyrit weil eftir thar nychtis layr, At morow ayrly first as thai removit, For Hercules depart from thens behuffit, The catal gan to rowtyng, cry, and rar,5 The woddis rang of thar sound our alquhar, And with thar noys dynnyt hillis and knowys; Quhil in the caif as that a quyok lowis, With lowd voce squeland in that gousty hald, All Cacus trast reuelit scho and tald.10 Bot tho in greif this worthy Hercules, Alceus nevo, the douchty Alcides, That so oft sys was clepit commonly, Within his skyn begouth to byrn and fry In brym fury of his bitter gall;15 Hys wapynnys and his armour hynt withall, Hys weghty burdon, or his knorry mays, And to the hillys hycht held in a rays. Than was the first tyme that ony in this erd Of our pepill persavyt Cacus efferd,20 Within his hed trublit his eyn tway. Swyft as the wynd he fled and gat away, And to his cave hym sped with ery spreit; The dreid adionyt weyngis to his feyt. And, fra he had hym self sesyt tharin,25 A stane of huge weght for to clos the gyn He leyt do fall, and with sic haist doun thrang, The chenȝeis brak quharwith it festnyt hang, That forgit war by hys faderis engyne; With gret irne slottis schet the entre syne.30 Bot lo, in haist Hercules come at hand With furyus mynd careyng our the land, Passage and entre sekyng bissely, Now heir his eyn, now thar, rollyng in hy, Graslyng hys teith, and byrnand full of ire.5 Of Aventynus hill thrys all the swyre He sersys our, and thrys assays he To brek and rent that craggy stone entre; Bot all for nocht, thocht he was nevir sa wight: So, thrys irkyt, doun from the hillys hyght10 To rest hym is he to the valle gone. Thar stude a pynnakil of quhyn or flynt stone, Apon the baksyde of this cavern cald, That rays on end rycht hie forto behald, For wild fowlys of reif a ganand sted,15 That rent raw flesch of bestis bonys ded; The craggis all about this rolk war worn, With wedderis blast to holkyt and to torn: And as it stud on schor sweyand that tyde, Downwith the bank towart the watir syde,20 Hercules it smytis with a mychty towk Apon the rycht half, forto mak it jowke, Inforsyng hym to welt it our the bra; And sa rudly it branglys to and fra, That from the rutis he it lowsyt and rent,25 And tumlyt dovn fra thyne, or he wald stent. The large ayr dyd reirding with the rusch, The brays dyndlit, and all dovn can dusch; The ryver wolx effrayt with the rak, And, demmyt with the rokis, ran abak.30 Than this gret cove, of Cacus sail ryall, Was discoverit; hys inwart cavernys all, Wont tobe dyrk, worth patent now and knaw: Non otherwys than quhen the erd ourthraw By fors of thundyr, or erdquake with a clap,5 Ryvys vp a terribill sewch or grisly gap, Oppynnand the hellis mansioun infernall, And onclosys that dyrk regioun paill Quhilk of the goddis al abufe is hayt; Or thocht the hellis bysme in sik estait10 War oppynnyt, that his bodum se men mycht, And dampnyt sawlys effrayt of new lycht. Quharfor this worthy stalwart Hercules, That on this wys had Cacus set in pres, And fund onwarnyst by this lycht suddane,15 Quhar he was closyt in a cave of stane, Fast rumesand apon a strange maner; This campyoun with dartis fell of weir Gan down tobet, and in his wod fury Eftir all kynd wapynnys can do cry,20 With branchis rent of treis, and querral stanys Of huge weght dovn warpand all at anys. Bot this ilk Cacus, quhen that he dyd se Fra this danger thar was na way to fle, Furth of his throt, a wondrus thing to tell,25 A laithly smok he ȝiskis blak as hell, And all the hous involuyt with dyrk mist, That sone the sycht vanyst, or ony wist, And reky nycht within a litill thraw Gan thikkyn our al the cavern and ourblaw,30 And with the myrknes mydlit sparkis of fyre. The hie curage of Hercules, lordly syre, Mycht this no langar suffir, bot in the gap With hasty stert amyd the fyre he lap, And thar as maist habundyt smokis dyrk,5 With huge sop of reyk and flambis myrk, So that the caif dyd glevyn of the heyt, Thar has he hynt Cacus, that wikkyt spreit, That al invane hys hait kyndlyng furth gaspyt; For as a ball he hym in armys claspyt,10 And so strenȝeis hys throt, furth chirt hys eyn, Hys hals worth dry of blude. Than mycht be seyn This mirk dungeon and onsemly hald: The entre oppynnyt Hercules the bald, Bet doun the closeris, and syne brocht to the lycht15 Hys oxin fra him reft by subtel slycht; And by the feyt furth harlyt was onon Of Cacus the deformyt carion. The hartis than and myndis of our menȝe Mycht not be satisfyit on him to luke and se,20 As to behald hys vgly eyn twane, Hys terribil vissage, and hys grisly gane, The rouch byrsys on the breist and creste Of that monstruos half deil wilde beiste, And in his gorge stikkand the sloknyt fyre.25 Evir sen that tyme, to Hercules the gret syre We haue this honour mayd and sacrifice, Al our ofspring and ȝong men on this wys This day kepis solempnyte, as ȝe se; Potitius first master heir with me,30 And the famyll of Pynaria the bald, The cheif keparis of Hercules hallowyt hald, Ȝon altar in this cuthyll dyd vpbeild, That onto ws in euery tyme of eild Is clepyt maist solempnyt and hie altar,5 And salbe reput gretast euermar. Tharfor haue done, ȝong gallandis; now in hy, In wirschip of this fest and mangeory, Of greyn branchis plet for ȝour hed garlandis, Do waucht and drynk, bryng cowpys full in handis,10 Call on our patron common God dyvyne is, And with gud will do skynk and birl the wynys. Thus sayand, the party popill grayn Heldit his hed with skug Herculyane, The levis from the plettis dovn hyngand,15 Ane haly cowp fillit in hys rycht hand. Than ilk man smertly tastis the wyne at tabill, Prayand thar goddis for tobe aggreable.