VOLUME I. (continued 7)

In lovyng of the douchty Hercules The pepill syngis hys warkis mar and les.

In the meyn sesson Hesperus drew neir, Throw the declynyng of the hevynly speir:20 Tharwith the prestis of the sacryfyis, Gyrdyt in skynnys, eftir thar ald gys, Gan trasyng furth togidder in a rowt, And formest went Potityus the stowt. All do thai beir the byrnand hait fyre brandis; And, to renew the bankat, with thar handis Ful delicat danteis for the secund mete5 Thai dres onone, and furth of platis gret With paysit flesch plenyst the altaris large, Tharon bestowyng in hepis mony a charge. Syne the menstralis, syngaris, and danseris, To syng and play with soundis, as afferis,10 Abowt the kyndlit altaris, quhil thai brynt, Assemblit ar ful swyth, and wald nocht stynt, With poppil tre hattis buklyt on thar hed. The ȝonkeris ȝonder in ane other sted Led rowndis, dansys, and fresch caralyng;15 Other agit persons thame addressit to syng In ympnys, ballettis, and lays, throu the pres, The lovabill gestis of mychty Hercules: Quhou the first monstreis of his stepmoder sle, Lugyng a bab in creddill, stranglit he;20 That is to knaw, twa gret serpentis perfay, The quhilk he wyrreit with hys handis tway: And how this ilke Hercules of renovn The ryall citeis assegis and bet dovn, Of Troy, and eik the strang Echalia:25 A thousand hard journeis sufferyng alssua, Vndre the kyng clepit Euristeus, By Junoys frawart will mast envyus. And thus thai syng; invyncybill weriour, That bair of strenth and hardyment the flour,30 The stern Centaures thou slew and dovn bet, Dowbill of form, and on the clowd byget; Thow brytnys eik and with thi hand hes slane Pholus and Helyus, stalwart gyantis twane; Of Creit the monstreis dantis thou at full,5 The savage bestis, as wild bair and bull; Vndre a roik, Nemee forest within, Thou slew and rent the hydwys lyoun skyn. The laik off Stix trymlyt for dreid of the; The grisly portar of the hellys see,10 Lugyng in caif on ded banys half gnaw, Dyd quaik for feir, quhen he thy vissage saw: Na kynd of bysnyng figour dyd the grys, Nor byg Typheus, that agane Jove oftsys Movyt batell, with wapynnys fell in hand15 Mycht the affray, nor thy gret strenth ganestand; Nor the serpent of Lern, thou put to ded, Fand the want nowder wysdom nor manhed, Thocht scho, of hedis with hir mekil rowt, The dyd assail and ombeset about.20 Hail, verray child of Jove; hail, honour hie Adionyt to the goddis in maieste! Baith ws and eik thi sacrifyce infeir We pray the wissy, at thou may cum heir With prosper presens and ful happy fut,25 In our helpyng for tobe our bute. In sic sangis thar fest thai sanctify, And Hercules hie lovyng syng and cry; Bot principaly, and last of the laif, Thai maid mensioun of Cacus slane in caif,30 And quhou that he the flambis furth dyd blaw. The wod resoundis schill, and euery schaw Schowtis agane of thar clamour and dyn, The hillys rerdis, quhil dyndlis roik and quhyn. Syne, quhen dyvyne seruys was at end,5 To the cite bownys ilk man to wend. Furth held the kyng onweldy in ald ȝeris, Fast by hym haldand, as his frendis and feris, The prynce Eneas and his ȝong son Pallas; And, quhil thai thus towart the cite pas,10 With syndry sermondis schortis he the way. Eneas awondris of that he dyd say, And kest his eyn about delyuerly, Thai stedis all to serchyn and espy; Sa fair placis to se and vissy tyte15 This strange knycht caucht plesance and delyte, And glaidly can inquiryng euery thing, And hard the answer of the agit kyng, Quhilk teching him per ordour to him tald Memorialis of seir forfaderis auld.20

Quhou kyng Evander rehersis til Enee In eldris days the rewle of that cuntre.

Thys kyng Evandrus than, the first foundar Of Romys burgh or palyce, can declar And dyd rehers ontil his gest Enee: Thir woddis and thir schawis all, quod he, Sum tyme inhabyt war and occupyit With Nymphis and Fawnys apon euery syde, Quhilk fairfolkis, or than elvys, clepyng we,5 That war engendryt in this sam cuntre, That with ane kynd of men yborn, but leys, Furth of ald stokkis and hard runtis of treis; Quhilkis nowder maneris had nor polecy, Ne couth thai eir the ground, nor occupy10 The plewis, nor the oxin ȝok infeir, Nor ȝit had craft to conquys nor wyn geir, Nor kepe thar moblis quhen it gadderit was; Bot, as thir bestis, or the doillit as, Thar fude of treis dyd in woddis fet,15 Or of the wild veneson scharp to get. First from the hie hevynnys into this land Saturnus com, fleand gret Jovis brand, Hys realmys reft, and banyst eik was he: Bot tha ontaucht pepill of this cuntre,20 That skatterit dwelt in his hillis greyn, He maid forgadder togidder and conveyn, Gaue thame lawys and statutis thame to lede, And wald also this regioun euery sted War callit Latium, and clepit to hys name,25 For that he surely lurkyt in the same. And as thai tel, and redis in mony ryme, Of gold the warld was in that kyngis tyme; Sa lykandly, in paix and liberte, At eys his common pepill governyt he:30 Quhil, peis and peis, the elde syne war and war Begouth to wolx, that cullour fading far, As, in the sted of paix, the rage of wer Begouth succeid, and covatys of geyr. Syne the pissance com of Ausonya,5 And the pepill Sycany hecht alsswa, By quham the land of Saturn, war and wys, Hes left and changit his ald name oft sys. Syne kyngis com, amangis quham for the nonys Stern Tybrys rygnyt, a man byg of bonys,10 Fra quham, ay syne, all the Italiane blude Thar gret ryver hes clepit Tibrys flude; Thus Albula hys auld trew name hes lost. And me also to duel within this cost, Banyst and flemyt of my natyve land,15 Strang destany, quhilk may nocht be gaynstand, And fortoun eik, clepit omnipotent, Throu all extremys of sey hes hidder sent. The reuerend als and dreidfull monysyngis Of Carmentes my moder, in mony thingis20 Expert as nymphe and prophetes dyvyne, And the autorite of god Appollyne, Hes me constrenyt to dwel in this hald. Scars hes Evandrus all thir wordis tald, Quhen, walkyng thens furth bot a litil space,25 He can do schaw the altar and the place Quhilk in the langage Romane ȝit, sans faill, Is to this day clepit port Carmentaill; Quharby ramemmorit is in the ilk tovn This ald Carmentes wirschip and renovn,30 Quhilk was baith nymphe and fatale prophetes, That first declarit, in hir sawys expres, The gret pryncis fortocum of Ene, And of Pallenteum the nobilite. The kyng syne schew him to the haly schaw,5 Quhilk strang Romulus dyd reduce and draw In maner of franches or of sanctuary. He schew him eik, but ony langar tary, Vnder the frosty bra, the coif, was call Ful mony ȝeris in thar leid Lupercall,10 Eftir thar gys of Arcad and estait, To Pan the god of Lyce consecrait. He schew alsso the wod hait Argilete, That to the man of Arge, thar lost the swete, Was dedicat, and drew to witnes that sted15 That he was nevir culpabill of his ded, And can to him declar the mater plane, Quhat wys his gest, this man of Arge, wes slane. Fra thyne, to mont Tarpeya he him kend, And beknyt to that sted, fra end to end,20 Quhar now standis the goldin Capitoll, Vmquhil of wild buskis rowch skroggy knoll. Thocht, the ilk tyme, ȝit of that dreidfull place Ane feirfull reuerent religioun, per cace, The ery rural pepill dyd affray,25 So that this crag and scroggis wirschippit thai. In ȝon schaw, on this woddy hillis top That skowgit is with mony buskis crop, Quod Evander, tharon a god dois dwell, Bot quhat god at he be can na man tell:30 My pepill that bene cummyn from Arcaid Wenys thai saw ȝonder, as thai me said, Gret Jove hym self, as he ful oft at large Dyd schake his tawbart, or his beknyt targe, And with his rycht hand dyd assembill and steir5 The watry clowdis, that makis thundris beir. And forthir eik he said ontill Enee, Ȝon twa town stedis thou behaldis, quod he, With barmkyn down bet and euery wall, Of forfaderis thai bene memoriall:10 This cite beldit our ald fader Janus, And ȝonder cite fundit Saturnus: Janiculum this hecht, myne awin leif brother, And Saturnya clepit was that other. Amangis thame with sic carpying and talk,15 Towart Evandrus pur lugyng thai stalk: The catal eik behald thai raik on raw, And in that sted thar pasturand thai saw, Quhar now in Rome is the cheif merkat placis, Baith squeil and low in thai ilk plentuus gatis20 Quhilk sum tyme hecht Caryne, fair and large, Quhar the howsis war like a turnyt barge. And quhen thai cummyn to the palice wer, Quod Evander, at thir ilk ȝettis heir The conquerour entrit, douchty Hercules;25 This sobir mans ressauyt hym, but les. My gentil gest, enfors the and addres To lern to dar contemp welth and riches, And do thi self compone, and schaw in deid In goddis steid worthy to succeid,30 With thame equal ressauyt in sic herbry; Amang smal geir now entris bowsumly. And sayand this, the myghty gret Ene Within hys narrow chymmys ledis he, And maid him sytting doun apon a bed,5 That stuffit was with levys, and ourspred With the rouch skyn of a bustuus wild beir In Affrik bred befor mony a ȝer.

Ontil Eneas Venus armour requiris Fra Wlcanus, quhilk grantis hir desiris.

The nycht approchis with hir weyngis gray, Ourspred the erd, and put all lycht away;10 Quhen Venus moder till Ene efferd, And not but caus, seand the felloun rerd, The dreidfull bost and assemly attanys Aganys hir son of pepill Laurentanys, To Wlcanus, hir husband and gud man,15 Within hys goldyn chalmyr scho began Thus forto spek, and with hir wordis the fyre Of dyvyne luf can towartis hym inspire. Quod sche, quhil that the kyngis of Grece and Arge Down bet the Troiane wallys wyde and large,20 That destinat war, bath towr, town, and wall, Of ennemys be flambys to down fall, Na help onto thai wrachit folkis I socht, Nane armour axit, nor thy craft besocht, Nor the, my deirest spows, exers bad I Thy craft, nor wark invane wald occupy: Albeit that to the childring of Pryam kyng5 I was bedettit into mekill thing, And the ontollerabill laubour of Enee Bewalit oft wepand ful fair, quod sche, Quhilk now by Jovis power stad remanys Within the boundys of Rutilyanys.10 Quharfor this tyme I, thy ilk spows and wyve, Thy blissyt godhed, derrest to me on lyve, Cummys lawly to beseik and requer For wapynnys, harnes, armour, and sic ger; For my deir son I, moder, prays the:15 Sen Nereus douchter, Thetys, mycht, quod sche, Induce the till enarm hir son Achill, And eik Tythonus spous, at hir awin will, Aurora, with hir terys so the brak Fortill enarm hir child Memnon the blak.20 Behald quhat pepill, lo, assemblit bene, Quhat wallit townys with ȝettis closyt in teyn Gryndys thar wapynnys aganis me and myne, To bring ws to distructioun and rewyne. Thus said the goddes, and in hir milk quhite armys25 Ful tendirly belappys him and warmys, Quhil that he musys so, that hait fyre sle Of lufe bekend onon ressauyt he; The natural heit into the merch dyd glyde, Persand the banys maid soft on every syde:30 Nane other wys than as, sum tyme, we se The schynand brokkyn thundris lychtnyng fle Wyth subtil fyry stremys throu a ryft, Persand the watry clowdis in the lift. Venus hys spows, confiding in hir bewte,5 Ful glaid persavys that hym caucht had sche. The fader than Vlcanus, god abuf, Lokkyt in the eternal cheyn of luf, Answerd and said; quharfor, myne awin hart deir, Sa far about thou glosys thy mater?10 Quhy axis thou nocht planely thy desire? Quhiddir is becum of me, thy lord and syre, The ferm confidence thou suld haue, Goddes? Quhat nedyt mor bot schaw thy mynd expres? Gyf siclike curis and desire had bene15 Into thy mynd that sammyn tyme, I meyn Duryng the subuertioun of Troys ryng, To ws it had bene bot a lesum thing Troianys til haue enarmyt at thy request: Nowder the fader almychty at the lest,20 Ne ȝit the fatis contrary dyd ganestand, Bot Troys cite mycht haue langar stand, So that kyng Priamus ryng, by our power, Mycht haue remanyt fully othir ten ȝeir. And now, gif thou the grathis forto fecht,25 And tharto be thy mynd set, I the hecht All maner thing, with solist diligens, That may be wrocht in my craft or sciens, Or ȝit may be forgit in irne or steill, Or moltyn mettal graif and burnyst weill.30 Sa far as fyre, and wynd, and hie engyne, Into our art may cumpas or dyvyne. Tharfor desist of thi strenth to haue dreid, Or me to pray in ocht at thou hes neyd; For in sic cacis thar nedis na request:5 Am I nocht reddy to fulfill thy behest? Thir wordis beyng said, this hait syre Gan hir enbrasyng al at his desyre, And, lappit to hys spowsys breist in armys, The plesand natural sleip, to beit his harmys,10 And eys hys wery membris, can he tak. Syne as he had slummyrrit bot a snak, Quhen the first silence of the quyet nycht Hys myddil curs and cirkill run had rycht, Provokyng folk of the first sleip awaik:15 Lyke as the puyr wife, quhilk at evin had raik Hyr ingill, rysys forto beit hir fyre, As scho that hes nane other rent nor hyre Bot with hir rok and spynnyng forto thryve, And tharwithall sustene hir enty lyve;20 Hir day wark to encres, or scho may se, Thartill a part of the nycht ekis sche, And at the candill lycht hir handys tway, And eik hir pur damysellis, as scho may, Natly exercis forto wirk the lyne,25 To snoif the spyndill, and lang thredis twyne, Quharby scho mycht sustene hir powerte, Kepe chaist hir spowsys bed in honeste, And tharwith eik foster hir childer lyte: The mychty God of fyre this tyme als tyte,30 And no slawar, bot on the sam maner, Furth of hys bed startis, and hynt his geir, And to hys smyddy craft and forge hym spedis. Thar standis ane ile, with reky stanys as gledis, Vpstrekyng hie betwix the cost Sycille5 And Lyparen, god Eolus wyndis ille: Vndre the quhilk byg iland in the see Ane coif thar is, and hyrnys feill thar be, Lyke till Ethna holkyt in the mont, By the Ciclopes fornace worn or bront,10 That makys rumlyng, as quha dyd thunder heir, The bustuus dyntis on the styddeys seir; Ane huge dyn and noys the strayke doyth mak. The irne lumpys in tha cavys blak Can byss and quhissill, and the hait fyre15 Doith fuf and blaw in blesys byrnand schire: Quhilk forges bene Wlcanus duellyng call, And eftir Wlcan that cuntre nemmyt all. The mychty God of fyre dovn from the hevin Into this forsaid ile discendit evin,20 Quhar as, intill hys large and gowsty caif, The hydduus Ciclopes forgit furth and draif, Brontes, Steropes, and nakyt Pyracmon, The glowand irne to well and peyn onon. The fyreflaucht, ȝyt nocht formyt perfitely,25 Quhilk the fader of godis oft throw the sky From euery art dovn in the erth doys cast, Thai had into thar handys wirkand fast; That ane part polist, burnyst weill and dycht, Thar other party not perfytit rycht.30 Thre rawys wel tha of the frosyn hail schour, Thre of the watry clowd, to eik the stowr, Thre blesys of the byrnand fyris brycht, With thre blastis of the south wyndis lyght: Syne to thar wark, in maner of gun powder,5 Thai myddillyt and thai myxit this feirful sowder, A grysly sound, gret dreid, and goddis ire, Quham followys ay the fel flambys of fyre. Ane other sort ful bissely to Mart The rynnyng quhelys forgis, and weir cart,10 Quharwith the men to batale doys he steir, And movys citeis to rays mortal weir: Thai dycht and polys egirly alssua The horribill terget, bustuus Egyda, Quhilk is the grevyt Pallas grysly scheild,15 With serpent scalys puldrit in goldyn feild, Togidder lynkyng lowpyt edderis twa; And in the breist of the goddes graif thai Gorgones hed, that monstre of gret wondir, With eyn wawland, and nek bane hak in sondyr.20 Away with this, ȝhe Ethna Ciclopes, Quod Wlcanus, and all sic warkis ses, And at I say enprentis in ȝour thocht. Ontill a forcy man ar tobe wrocht Harnes and armour: now nedis it, quod he,25 Ȝour strenth exers and pythis schaw; lat se Quha nymlyast can cum and turn thar handis; Now on all master poynt of craft it standis: Do put away in haist all maner delay. Na mair he said; bot wondir frakly thai30 Onto thar laubour can thame all addres, Assignand euery man hys part expres: The irne the mettal throw thir cundyttis flowys, The moltyn gold and weirlyk steil hait glowys, And furth of gousty furnace fundyt ran.5 Maste craftely to forgyng thai began A huge gret semly target, or a scheild, Quhilk only mycht resistyng into feild Agane the dynt of Latyn wapynnys all; In euery place sevin ply thai welt and call.10 Sum can ressaue the glowand heyt, sum wynd With blawand bellys bet the fyre behynd; Sum of the trowch apon the sparkand gledis The byssand watir strynklys and ourspredis. The huge coif and all the mont within,15 For strak of stydeys, can resound and dyn. Amangis thame self thai grisly smythys gret With mekil fors dyd forge, peyn, and bet, And can thar armys hesyng vp and dovn In nowmyr and in dew proportioun,20 And with the grippand turcas oft alsso The glowand lump thai turnyt to and fro.

Evander telland Eneas thingis seir, Vlcanus armour dyd in the sky appeir.

Quhil that the fader of Lemnos, Wlcanus, Within the boundis of wyndy Eolus To wyrk this geir hastis on euery syde, The blissull lycht ayrly at morrow tyde, And myrthfull sangis of the byrdis bay, The swallow, syngis on the ruf hir lay, Awalknyt kyng Evander, and maid rys5 Within his sobir chymmys quhar he lyis. Vpstart the ald, and cled hym in hys cote, Apon his feyt hys meit schoys hote War buklyt on the gys of Tuscany; Syne our hys schuldris, down hys myddil by,10 Hyngis buklyt hys trasty swerd Arcaid; From hys left arm, about the rycht syde layd, Ywymplyt was the spottit pantheris skyn: Hys twa keparis can furth by hym ryn From the hie palyce, bustuus hundis two,15 That haldis thar lordis pays quhar evir he go. Furth held this heir the secret prevy way Towart the sted quhar as Eneas lay, His Troiane gest, ramembring al at rycht Hys help and promys grantit ȝister nyght.20 On the sam wys, at morow ful ayrly, Eneas hastis vp, and mycht nocht ly. The kyng only bot with his son Pallas, Achates with Eneas accumpaneit was. Thai jonyt handis sone as thai war met,25 And syne amyd the chalmer doun thame set. Quhar, finaly, thai fel in commonyng Of secret materis and attentik thing. The kyng begouth, and said first til Ene: Maist souerane ledar of Troiane cumpane,30 Quha beand on lyfe nevir grant I sall Troy is distroyt, nor castyn doun the wall, Nor ȝit the Troiane power put at vnder; We haue bot sobir pissance, and no wonder, To help in batale, and to mak supple5 Onto so hie excellent maieste: On this half closyt with the Tuscane flude; On ȝonder syde ar the Rutylianys rude, Nyddris our boundis, as full oft befallis, With thar harnes clatteryng about our wallis.10 Bot I purpos adione to the onon A huge pepill, and landis mony one, Ostis of fertill realmys neir fast by. O fortoun, or we wist, so happely Thou schawist the in our help and supple!15 And O maste douchty campioun Ene, Desyrit of the destany and fatis, Heir ȝe be weill arryvit many gatis! Fundyt of ald stanys, not far hyne, Inhabyt stand the cite Agyllyne;20 Quhar that the worthy pepill Lydyane, Vailȝeant in batale, duellis and dois remane Apon the egge of the Hetruscan hillys. Thir folkis all in lykyng at thar willis This land inhabyt, vale, mont, and swyre;25 Quhil fynaly, ful prowd in his empyre, Mezentyus begouth thar tobe kyng, And in gret fors of armys tharon ryng. Suld I rehers the ontellabil myscheif, The cruel dedis, slauchter, and huge greif30 Of that tyrant, quhilk ȝit the goddis dyng Apon hys hed reseruys and ofspring! For he, besyde his othir wikkyt deyd, The quyk bodeis, speldit furth on breid, Adionyt to the corps and caryoun ded,5 Layd hand to hand, baith face to face and hed, Quhil quyk mowthis dyd ded mowthis kys: O, quhat maner of torment call ȝe this! Droppand in worsum and filth laithly to se, So miserabilly enbrasyng, thus wys he10 By lang proces of ded can thame sla. Quhil, at the laft, of this ennoy and wa Hys citesanys irkyt, syne in a rowt Enarmyt ombeset his mans abowt: Hym al enragit on his wild maner15 Besegit thai, and of his complicis seir Hes slane onon, and all in pecis hakkit, And fyre blesis on his hie biggingis swakkit. Amyd the slauchter, on cace, eschapit he, And to the feildis Rutilyane can fle,20 Quhar intill armys, be Turnus hys ost, He hym begouth defend apon that cost. Quharfor Hetrurya all, full justly Aggrevyt, rays in armys by and by, Onto punytioun and all tormentis seir25 Thar kyng to ask, and seik in feir of weir. To thir mony thousand pepill, quod he, Souerane ledar I sal the jone, Ene. For now thar schippys ful thik reddy standis, Brayand endlang the costis of thir landis; Thai byd display thar baneris owt of faldis; Bot ane ancyent dyvynour thame withhaldis, Schawand the fatale godly destyne: O ȝe mast valȝeand ȝong gallandis, quod he, And pepill cummyn from Meonya,5 Ȝhe that bene flour of chevalry alssua, The vertu and the strenth of vassallage Of ancestry and men of ȝour lynnage, Quham just dolour steris on this wys, Baldly aganys ȝour ennemys to rys;10 All thocht Mezentyus, to hys myscheif, Hes weil deservit aganys hym ȝour greif Thus in commotioun forto rays and steyr, Ȝyt neuertheles belevys, owt of weir, So gret a pepill, as vnder Turnus kyng15 And Latynus leyndis, forto down thryng Onlesum is till ony Italyane: Ȝow behuffis to seik a strange chiftane. Of Hetrurya the ostis vnder scheild With that word stoppit in the sammyn feild,20 Of the goddis admonysyng all effrayt. Tarchon hym self, thar duke, lyst not delay it, Bot to me send ambassatouris all bovn, Offerand to me the ceptre and the crovn Of al thar realm, and thar ensenȝeis brocht,25 Requyryng me that I refusyt nocht Tocum and be chiftane of thar army, The realm Tyrrheyn eik to ressaue in hy. Bot my febill and slaw onweldy age, The dasyt blude gane far by the hait rage,30 Or than the owtworn dait and mony ȝeris, With fors falȝeit to hant the strang weris, Envyis that I suld joys or bruke empyre. My son Pallas, this ȝong lusty syre, Exhort I wald to tak the steir on hand,5 Ne war that of the blude of this ilk land Admixit standis he, takand sum strynd, Apon his moderis syde, of Sabyne kynd. Bot thou, quham baith thi ȝeris and thi blude The fatis favouris, and is so conclude10 By the goddis abufe as, owt of weir, Tobe callyt and schaip for this mater, Go to the batal, campyoun maste forcy, The Troianys baith and Italyanys to gy. And forthir eik, this sammyn ȝyng Pallas,15 Our son, our hope, our comfort, and solace, I sal adione in falloschip, quod he, As his master, to exers vndre the, And lern the fayt of knychtly chevalry, Hard marcyall dedis hantyng by and by,20 Tobe accustummyt and behald thy feris, For wondyr followyng thy warkis in ȝyng ȝeris. Twa hundreth walyt hors men, wight and stern, Of Arcad, sal I geif onto that bern; And of hys awyn behalf, in thy supple,25 Als mony Pallas sal promyt to the, Quhilk in the hail may weill four hundreth bene. Skant this was said, quhen, castyng dovn his eyn, Trast Achates, and Anchyses son Ene, Sat starrand on the grond, baith he and he,30 And in thar hartis dyd full oft compas Ful mony hard aduersyte and cace, With drery cheir and myndis sad bath twa; Ne war Venus, lady Citherea, Dovn from the hevin of comfort to thame sent5 Ane oppyn takyn, cleir and evident. For suddanly thai se, or thai be war, The fyreslaucht betyng from the lyft on far, Cum with the thundris hydduus rumlyng blast, Semyng the hevyn suld fall and all doun cast;10 The ayr onon can dynnyng vp and doun With brag of weir and Tyrreyn trumpys sovn. Thai lysnyng to persaue and heir the dyn, Ay mar and mar agane it dyd begyn To rerd and rattill apon a feirfull wys:15 Quhill at the last thai se and al espyis Throw the cleir sky and regioun of the hevyn, Amang the clowdis, brycht as fyry levyn, The glitterand armour burnyst lemand schene, And, as thai schuke, thar rays thunder bedene.20 Abasyt in thar myndis worth the laif; Bot this lord Troiane knew and did persave Full weil the sound, and all the cace expres, Be promys of hys moder the Goddes; Syne can rehers it plane, and thus gaitis said:25 Forsuyth, forsuyth, my gentill ost, be glaid, The nedis not to ask, ne ȝit to speir Quhat signyfyis thir wondris dyd appeir: For I am callyt to the hevin, quod he. The haly moder, my genitryce, schew me30 That sic a takyn suld be send, scho said, Gyf ony wald with batale ws invaid, And, in my helpyng, hecht doun throu the ayr To send Wlcanus armour, gude and fair. Allace, how feill slauchter now apperis5 To wrachit Latynys in thir mortal weris! By me, Turnus, quhat panys salt thou dre! O Tybir fair that rynnys in the se, Quhou mony scheldis, helmys, and stern body, Vndre thy fludis warpyt law sall ly!10 Lat thame array thar ostis now lat se, And baldly brek thar frendschip maid with me.

Evander sendis hys son, the ȝong Pallas, With hys army in help of Eneas.

Fra this was sayd, from his hie set he start: And first the sloknyt fyris hes he gart, The rakyt harthis and ingill ȝister nycht,15 On Hercules altar beyt and kyndill bryght, And glaidly went to wirschip and to call Sobir Penates, goddis domesticall; And walyt twynteris, eftir the auld gys, He slew and brytnyt onto sacryfys;20 With hym Evander eik, and all hys feris Of Troiane menȝe, lusty fresch ȝonkeris. Syne doun in haist he went onto hys schippys, Hys folkis he visseyt and his falloschippys: Of quhais nowmyr hes he walyt owt Ane certane, the mast lykly, bald, and stowt, Quhilk suld hym follow into euery place;5 The remanent tuk byssely thar rays Down by the watyr, on the followand flude Discendand slawly, to beir message gude Sone eftir this ontill Ascanyus ȝyng, Twychand hys fader and of euery thing.10 The horssys syne war gevin and furth brocht To the Troianys that onto Tuscane socht; And till Eneas led onon thai gaue A gentill steyd excedand all the laif, On quham at all partis was ourspred and fold15 A dun lyonys skyn with nalys of gold. Than throu the litil cite all on raw The fame onon dywlgat swyftly flaw, Quhow that the horsmen spedis thame bedene To go onto the land and cost Tyrrene.20 The wyssys and avowys than, for feir, By woman and the matronys dowblet wer; Mor grew the dreid the narrar drew dangar, Now Martis ymage semys walxin mair. The fader than Evander, as thai depart,25 By the rycht hand thame gryppyt with fair hart, Hys son enbrasyng, and full tenderly Apon hym hyngis, wepand ontellabilly; And thus he sayd: O sen omnipotent Hie Jupiter my ȝyng ȝheris by went30 Wald me restor! in sic strenthis and eild, So as I was quhen first in batal feild The armys of the ostis down I dang Of Preneste vndir the wallis strang, And victor of myne ennemys, as prowd syre,5 Hail hepys of thar scheildis brynt in fyre: Quhar, with this sammyn rycht hand quellyt and slane, Vndre the hellys grond Tartareane Kyng Herylus was sent to dwell for ay; Quhamtill hys moder Feronya the gay,10 Into the tyme of hys natiuite, Grisly to say, had gevyn sawlys thre, And that he suld beir armour thrys in fyght, And thrys behwyt to the ded be dicht; Fra quham that tyme this rycht hand, not the les,15 Tha sawlys all bereft, and thar expres Of alsmony enarmouris spulȝeit clene. Gyf so war now with me as than hes bene, Ne suld I nevir depart, myne awyn child deir, From thyne maste sweit embrasyng, for na weir;20 Nor our nychtbour Meȝentyus in hys fed Suld na wys, mokkand at this hasard hed, By swerd haue killyt so feill corps as slane is, Nor thys burgh, of sa mony citesanys Left desolat and denudyt, quod he.25 Bot O ȝe Goddis abuf, and Jove mast hie, The governour of hevynly wyghtis all, On ȝou I cry, on ȝou I clepe and call; Begyn to haue compaciens and piete Of ȝour awin wofull kyng of Arcadye;30 Oppyn and inclyne ȝour dyvyne godly erys, To heir and ressaue the faderis meik prayeris. Gyf it be so ȝour godhed and gret myghtis Be presciens provyd hes, and forsychtis, Pallas my son in salfty hail and feir,5 Gyf the fatis preservys hym of danger, Sa onys in my lyfe I may hym se, Agane togidder assemblyt I and he; I ȝow beseik my febill lyfe to respyte, That I mycht lyf, and endur ȝyt a lyte10 All pane and laubour that ȝou list me send. Bot, O faynt fortoun, gyf thou doys pretend And mannancis ony myschewos cace, Now, now furthwith, into this sammyn place Suffir me swelt, and end this cruel lyfe,15 Quhil dowtsum is ȝyt all sic sturt and stryfe, Quhil hope oncertane is of thing tocum, And quhil I thus, my deir child, all and sum My lustis plesance, and my last weilfair, The in myne armys enbrasis but dispar;20 So that, eftir, na sorowfull messynger With smert ennoy hurt nevir myne agit eyr. The fader Evander with full sory hart, At lattir poynt quhen thai war to depart, Thir wordis spak, syne fel in swoun rycht thar:25 Hys men hym hynt and to hys chalmyr bar. Be this, the rowt of horsmen strang in fyght War ischit at the portis euery wight: Amangis the formast the duke Eneas, And eik the trast Achates, furth can pas,30 Syne other nobillis of the Troianys stowt; The ȝyng Pallas rydyng amyd the rowt, So farrand and so lusty personage, Cled in a mantill in hys tender age, Quhilk dyd ourheld hys burnyst armour brycht:5 On hym to luke was a mor gudly syght Than on the day stern, quhilk at morn ayrly Baithit in the occeane rysys in the sky, Quhois fyry bemys Venus in speciall Chosys abuf all starnys gret and small,10 Heich in the hevin liftyng hys vissage schene, To chays away the myrknes with hys eyn. The wofull moderis, quakand for cald dreid, Stude on the wall behaldand quhar thai ȝeid, And dyd convoy or follow with thar sight15 The dusty sop, quharso the rak went rycht, Govand apon thar bryght armour at schane, So fer as that thar luke mycht thame attane. The cumpany al sammyn held array Throw scroggy bussys furth the narrest way,20 Enarmyt rydyng thyddir as thai wald: The brute and dyn from thame vpsprang thik fald, The horny hovyt hors with four feyt Stampand and trottand on the dusty streyt.

Quhou that Venus ontill Eneas brocht The godly armour be Wlcanus wrocht.

Thar growys a gret schaw, neir the chil ryver Quhilk that flowys with hys frosty stremys cleir Down by the cite of Agillyna, That other wys is clepyt Cereta, Quhilk is in wirschip haldyn and in dreid5 By faderis ald, the large boundis onbreid, As sanctuar; and with deip clewchis wyde Thys schaw is closyt apon euery syde: Ane thyk ayk wod of skowgy fyrris stowt Belappys all the said cuthill abowt.10 The fame is that the Grekis ancyane, Quhilk clepyt bene to surname Pelasgane, That quhilum lang tyme in the formast eildis The Latyn boundis occupeyt and feildis, To Syluanus fyrst dedicat this schaw,15 The God of bestis and of feildis faw, And constitut to hym solempnyt fest. Duke Tharcon, and the Tuscanys maste and lest, Not fer from thens, intyll a strenthy place Thar palȝeonys all had plantyt apon cace,20 That from the top of the hillys hyght The army all thai mycht se at a syght, With tentis stentit strekand to the plane. Thyddyr held Eneas, the souerane Troiane, And all the bernys of hys ryall rowt Chosyn for the batell, lusty, stern, and stowt. And, wery of thar travale, thocht thai best Thar self and horssis to refresch and rest. Bot than Venus, the fresch Goddes, bedene5 Amang the hevynly skyis brycht and schene, Berand with hir the dyvyne armour cleir, To mak tharof a presand, can draw neir: And as on far hir son scho dyd behald, Secret allone by the chill ryver cald,10 Amyd ane holl cleuch, or a dern valle, Of hir fre will tyll hym apperis sche, And with sic wordis to hym spak, sayng: Lo, my reward heir, and my promysyng Fulfillyt justly by my husbandis wark;15 So that, my son, now art thou sovyr and stark, That the not nedis to haue ony feir Fortill resist the prowd Latynys in weir, Nor ȝit the strang Turnus to assaill, Hym to provok, or challance for batale.20 Thus said the scheyn Citherea fair of face, And, with that word, can hyr deyr child enbrace; And thar the schynand armour forgane his sycht Vndre a bowand aik layd dovn full rycht. Seand sic gyftis of this trast Goddes,25 This gentill knycht reiosyt wolx, I ges, Glaid that so gret honour ressauyt he, That scarsly kowth he satisfyit be Forto behald thir armour bryght and schene; On euery peys to vissy kest hys eyn,30 Tharon wondrand; betwix hys handis two And byg armys thame turnys to and fro: The grysly crystit helm he can behald, On feirfull wys spowtand the fyre thik fald; The fatale swerd, dedly to mony ane;5 The styf hawbryk of steill yburnyst schane, Of huge weght and bludy sangwyne hew, That sic a glans or variant cullour schew, As quhen the byrnand sonnys bemys brycht The watry clowd persand with hys lyght,10 Schynand on far, forgane the skyis how Schapys the figour of the quent rayn bowe: The lyght legharnes on that other syde, Witht gold and burnyst laton puryfyde, Grathit and polyst weill he dyd aspy;15 The speir, and eik the scheild so subtelly Forgyt that it was ane ontellabill thyng. For Vlcanus, of fyre the lord and kyng, Knawand full weill the art of prophecy, And syndry thingis tocum eik by and by,20 The valȝeand dedis of Italyanys, The gret triumphys als of the Romanys, And of Ascanyus stok all nobil knyghtis, Thar batalys all per ordour, weir, and fyghtis, Had tharin porturat properly and grave.25 Amang al otheris, in Martis gresy cave The sukkyn wolf furthstrekand breste and vdyr: Abowt hir pappys, but feir, as thar moder, The twa twynnys, smal men childer ȝyng, Sportand ful tayt gan to wrabill and hyng;30 And scho hir lang rovnd nek bane bowand raith To geif thame sowke, and can thame culȝe baith, Semyng scho suld thar bodeis by and by Lyk with hir tong, and clenge full tenderly. Not fer from thens Rome cite eikyt he;5 Quhar, by ane new inuentioun wonder sle, Sittand into ane holl valle or slak, Within the lystis for the triumphe mak, War Sabyne virgynys revyst by Romanys, As that thai war assemblyt for the nanys10 The gret gammys Circenses forto se, Quhilk justyng or than turnament cleip we. With hasty sterage thar most thou behald The werys rasyt aganys Romanys bald By agyt Tatyus and fell Curetanys:15 Syne the ilk princis, and the said Romanys, The weris sessyt sammyn all infeir, Enarmyt stad befor Jovys alter, With cowpys full in hand for sacryfys; Thar mycht thou se thame, eftir the ald gys,20 The swyne stekit brytnyt sone and slane, Conferm thar trewys and mak paix agane.

Quhou that Wlcanus thar, amang the laif, Storys tocum dyd in the armour graif.

Fra thyne not far the chariot thou mycht knaw, Metus Suffytius in seir pecis draw; Albeit thou thocht this cruelte, kyng Albane, Quhy wald thou not at thy promys remane? Quhy list thou not thy faith obserue and saw? Thys faithles wyghtis entralys war outdraw, By command of Tullus Hostilyus,5 And throu the woddis harlyt, euery bus, Quhil that the tharmys and the bowellys rent Scroggis and breris all with blude bysprent. Thar mycht thou se Tarquynus in exile Furth cast of Rome, and syne, within schort quhile,10 By kyng Porsenna into batale plane Commandit fortobe ressauyt agane; With that a felloun sege al Rome about Dyd ombeset, and closyt with hys rowt: The Romanys than discendit from Enee15 Rusch onto wapynnys for thar liberte. Thou mycht behaldin eik this ilk Porsen Lyke as he had dyspite, and bostand men; For that the hardy Cocles, darf and bald, Durst brek the bryg that he purposit to hald,20 And eik the virgyn Clelya, quhar scho stude, Hyr bandis brast, and swam our Tibir flude. Manlyus the knycht abufe into the scheild, In the defens for Jovys tempil beild, Kepand the strenth and castell Tarpeia,25 And haldand the heich Capitoll alssua, Stud porturat, neir the chymmys calendar, Quhais ruffis laitly ful rouch thekit war With stra or gloy by Romulus the wight. Thar was alsso engravyt all at ryght30 The siluyr ganer, flyghterand with lowd scry, Warnand all reddy the gilt entre by, Quhou the Franchmen dyd the ȝet assaill: Thar mycht thou se the Franch army alhaill Haist throu the bussys to the capitoll,5 Sum vndermyndand the grond with a hoill, So that almaist thai wan the forteres; Gret help thame maid the clos nychtis myrknes; Thar haris schane as doith the brycht gold wyre, And all of gold wrocht was thar rich attyre,10 Thar purpour robbys bygareit schynand brycht, And in thar hand withhaldand euery knycht Twa javillyng speris, or than gyssarn stavis, Forgit in the montanys al sik maner glavys, Thar bodeis all with lang tergis ourheild.15 Syne ȝonder mar was schapin in the feld The dansand prestis, clepit Salii, Hoppand and syngand wonder merely, And Panos prestis, nakit Lupercanys; The toppyt hattis quhar the woll threid remanys,20 And bowyt buklaris falland from the sky. Thar mycht besene, forgyt maste craftely, The chaist matronys throw the cite all In soft charis thar gemmys festual Ledand, and playand with myrthis and solace.25 A far way thens ful weill engravit was The vgly hellis set Tartareane, The deip dungioun quhar Pluto dois remane, And of the wikkyt pepill all the pyne: Thar was thou markyt, cursyt Catylyne,30 Hyngand out our ane schorand hewch or bra, And trymland for the feirfull dreid and wa, To se the furyus grysly sisteris facis, That with thar scurgis wikkit pepil chacis: The rychtwis folkis, at levit deuotly,5 Fra thame war partit in a place far by, And the wys man Censorius Cato Gevand thar just rewardis till all tho. Myd way betwix the other storeis seir, The swelland seys fygour of gold cleir10 Went flowand, bot the lippyrrand wallys quhyte War pulderit full of fomy froith mylk quhite: The delphyn fysches, wrocht of siluer schene, In cirkill swepand fast throu fludis grene, Sewchand swyftly salt stremys; quhar thai far, Vpstrake thar talys the stour heir and thar.

Eneas mervellys of the storeys seir Wrocht be Wlcanus in hys armour cleir.

Amyd the seys mycht be persauyt weill The weirly schippis with thar snowtis of steill, The Actiane batalys, semyng as quha dyd se The mont Lewcata, standand by the seye,20 For ostis arrayt glowand as the gleyd; Of glitterand gold schane all the flude on breid. On that a party, thar myght thou behald Cesar August Octauyan the bald, Movand to batale the Italyanys; With hym senatouris and worthy pepill Romanys, And Goddis domestik, quhilk Penates hait,5 With all the gret Goddis of mair estait: Heich in the forstam stand he mycht be sene, From hys blyth browys brent and athir eyn The fyre twynklyng, and hys faderis star Schew from hys helmys top schynand on far.10 The byg and stowt Agrippa, hys frend deir, Hys navy led at hand weil by neir, As he that in hys help and succurs fyndis The prosper favouris baith of goddis and wyndis: Quhais forhed schane of ane prowd syng of weris,15 A crown with stammys sic as schippis beris. Marcus Antonyus cummys thame aganys With hail suppovel of barbaryanys, As nobill victour and cheif conquerour, Careand with hym of Orient the flour;20 Diuers armyis and pepillys for melle, From Pers, Egipt, and costis of the Red See, The power all assemblit in hys flote, Ane huge rowt and multitude, God wote, The ȝondermast pepill, clepit Bactranys,25 Quhilk neir the eist part of the warld remanys. Hym followys to the feild, ane schame to say, Hys spous Egiptiane, queyn Cleopatra. Thai semyt sammyn ruschand all togidder, Quhill all the sey vpstowris with a quhidder;30 Ourweltit with the bensell of the ayris, Fast fra forstammys the flude swowchis and raris, As thai togiddir matchyt on the depe. Thou suld haue wenyt, quha tharto tuke kepe, The gret ilandys, Ciclades, hail vprent,5 Apon the sey fletand quhar thai went, Or huge hie hillys, concurrand all atanys, Togiddir rusch and meyt with other montanys; On athir hand with sa gret fors and weght The men assalys in schip of towr to feght.10 Thai warp at other brycht blesys of fyre, The kyndillyt lynt, and hardis byrnand schire; The castyng dartis fra hand to hand dyd fle, Slang gaddis of irne, and stane cast gret plente: Neptunus feildis, all the large flude,15 For new slauchter wolx blandit red of blude. Amyd the ostis Cleopatra queyn The rowtis dyd assembill to feght bedene, With tympane sound, in gys of hir cuntre, Prouocand thame to move in the melle:20 Nor ȝit beheld scho not the edderis twane Behynd hir bak, that eftir hes hir slane. The monstruus goddis figuris, of al kynd That honorit ar in Egipt or in Inde, And eik the barkand statu, Anubis,25 Agane Neptune, agane Venus, I wys, And als agane Mynerva, porturat standis In that bargane, with wapynnys in thar handis. Amyd the feld stude Mars, that felloun syre, In plait and mail, wod brym and ful of ire:30 The sorofull Fureys from the firmament By the Goddys to tak vengeans war sent: In went Discord, joyus of that journe, With mantill rent and schorn men mycht hir se; Quham followit Bellona of batell,5 With hir kynd cousyng, the scharp scurgis fell. Actyus Appollo, seand in the sky Of this melle the dowtsum victory, Hys bow abufe thar hedis hes he bent, Lyke forto schote hys dartis and down sent:10 For dreid of quham all the Egiptianys, All thai of Inde, and the Arabyanys, And thai of Sabey, turnyt bak to fle. Cleopatra the queyn thar mycht thou se Wynd sayll about, and gang befor the wynd,15 Ay mar and mair dredand persute behynd, Sclakand schetis, and haldand rowme at large, With purpour saill abufe hir payntit barge. The mychty God of fyre hir wrocht and maid Ful pail of hew, sorowfull and not glaid,20 In syng tocum of hir smert hasty ded, Amangis ded corpsis new of slauchter red, And, with the west wynd and the wallys haw, Frawart the flude of Nyle our stremys blaw: Quhilk Nylus ryver, murnand for thar deseys,25 Hys large skyrt onbrede spred thame to ples, With all his habyt oppynnyt thame to call, As thocht hym list ressaue the venquyst all Within hys watry bosum, large and rude, And hyde in secret cundyte of his flude.30 Within the wallis syne of Romys cite, Cesar, ressauyt with triumphis thre, Thou mycht behald, thar offerand on his gys Till Itale goddis immortal sacryfyce: Our all the cite, in maist singular joy,5 The blysfull fest thai makyng man and boy, So that thre hundreth ryall tempillys dyng Of ryot, ryppet, and of revellyng, Ryngis, and of the myrthful sportis seir The stretis soundyng on solacius maner;10 At euery sanctuary, and altar vpstent, In caralyng the lusty ladeis went; Befor the altaris eik, in cirkyll round, The brytnyt bestis strowyt all the ground. Cesar hym self, seysit in sete ryall,15 Within the snaw quhite statly merbill wall Of God Phebus tempill, thar as he sat Visseand the pepillis gyftis, this and that, And on the prowd pillaris, in takynnyng Of hys triumphe, maid thar be vp hyng:20 The pepill by hym venquyst mycht thou knaw, Befor hym passand per ordour, all on raw, In langsum tryne; and how feil kyndis seir Of tungis and of langage men mycht heir, Als mony diuers habyttys wor thai strange,25 Als feil sortis of armouris dyd thai change. Vlcanus heir the beltles Numydanys, And thai folkis that in Affrik remanys, Had gravyn weill; and ȝonder porturat was The Leleganys, and the pepill Carras,30 And Gelones, tha pepill of Sythia, In archery the quhilk ar wonder thra. The mekill flude Eufrates, fast by, With streym now semyt flow mair sobirly; The Moryn pepill eik, fast by the see,5 Of men reput the last extremite, The forkyt flude of Reyn eik pantit was, And the ondantit Danys thar dyd pas, The flude Arax of Armeny alsso, Havand disdene a bryg our it suld go.10 Eneas, of hys moderis gyft wondryng, Our al Vlcanus scheild samony a syng Wrocht on sic wys, nocht knawand the mater, To se the figouris of thir storeis seir Reiosyt wolx, and syne deliuerly15 Apon hys schulder hyntis vp in hy The famus honour, and hie renownye, Or gloryus jestis of hys postheryte.