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THE LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH Division
Date due
KING PRESS NO. 3O3
THE
OF VIRGIL
TRANSLATED INTO SCOTTISH VERSE
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OAWIN DOUGLAS
BISHOP OF DUNKELD.
VOLUME I.
PRINTED AT EDINBURGH. M.DCCC.XXXIX.
T. CONSTABLE, PRINTER, EDINBURGH.
THE LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
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PRESENTED TO
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BY ANDREW RUTHERFURD
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M.DCCC.XXXIX.
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THE YEN. ARCHDEACON WRANGHAM.
HEYR BEGYNNYS THE WARK OF VIRGYLL PRYNCE OF LATYN POETIS
IN HYS TWELF BUKIS OF ENEADOS COMPILIT AND TRANSLATIT FURTH OF LATYN
IN OUR SCOTTIS LANGAGE BY ANE RIGHT NOBILL AND WIRSCHIPFULL CLERK
MASTER GAWYN DOWGLAS
PROVEST OF SANCT GYLYS KYRK IN EDINBURGH
AND PERSON OF LYNTOUN IN LOUTHIAN^
QUHILK EFTYR WAS BISCHOP OF DUNKELD
INCIPIT PROLOGUS IN VIRGILII ENEADOS.
LAWD, honour, prayfyngis, thankis infynyte To the and thy dulce ornat frefch endyte, Maift reuerend Virgill, of Latyn poetis prynce, Gem of engyne and flude of eloquens. 5 Thou peirles perle, patroun of poetry, Roys, regefter, palm, lawrer, and glory, Chofyn charbukkill, cheif flour, and cedyr tre, Lantarn, laid ftern, myrrour, and A per fe, Maifter of mafteris, fweit fours, and fpryngand well,
10 Wyde quhar our all rung is thyne hevynly bell ; I meyn thy crafty warkis curyus, Sa quyk, lufty, and maift fentencyus, Plefand, perfyte, and feilabill in all degre, As quha the mater beheld tofor thar E ;
15 In every volume quhilk the lyft do wryte, Surmontyng fer all other maner endyte, Lyke as the roys in June with her fweit fmell The mary guld or dafy doith excell. Quhy fuld I than, with dull forhed and vayn,
20 With rude engyne and barrand empty ve brayn, With bad harfk fpech and lewit barbour tong, Prefume to write quhar thy fweit bell is rung,
4 THE PROLOUG
Or contyrfate fa precyus wordys deir ? Na, na, noth fwa, bot kneill quhen I thame heir. For quhat compair betwix myd day and nycht, Or quhat compair betwix myrknes and lycht,
5 Or quhat compair is betwix blak and quhyte, Far grettar difference betwix my blunt endyte And thy fcharp fugurate fang Virgiliane, Sa wyfly wrocht, with nevir a word invane. My waverand wyt» my cunnyng febill at all,
10 My mynd myfty, thir may nocht mys a fall ; Stra for thys ignorant blabryng imperfyte, Befyde thy polyft termys redymyte. And netheles with fupport and corre&ioun, For naturall lufe and frendely affe&ioun,
15 Quhilkis I beir to thy warkis and endyte ; All thocht, God wait, tharin I knaw full lyte ; And that thy facund fentence mycht be fong In our langage alfweill as Latyn tong, Alfweill, na, na, impoflibill war, per de;
20 git with thy leif, Virgill, to follow the, I wald, into my rurall wlgar gros, Wryte fum favoryng of thyne Eneados. Bot fair I dreid forto difteyn the quyte, Throu my corruppit cadens imperfyte ;
25 Difteyn the, nay forfuyth, that may I nocht, Weill may I fchaw my burall buftuus thocht, Bot thy wark fall endur in lawd and glory, But fpot or fait, condyng etern memory. Thocht I offend, onwemmyt is thy fame,
30 Thyne is the thank, and myne falbe the fchame.
OF THE FIRST BUKE. 5
Quha may thy verfis follow in all degre, In bewtie, fentence, and in grauite ? Nane is, nor was, ne git falbe, trow I, Had, has, or fal haue fie craft in poetry. 5 Of Helicon fo drank thou dry the flude That of thy copios fouth or plenitude, All mon purches drynk at thy fugurit tun; So lamp of day thou art and fchynand fon, All otheris on fors mon thar lycht beg or borrow,
10 Thou art Vefper and the day ftern at morow ; Thou Phebus lightnar of the planetis all, I not quhat dewly I the clepe fall, For thou art all, and fum, quhat nedis more, Of Latyn poetis that fens was, or before.
15 Of the writis Macrobius, fans faill, In hys gret volume clepit Saturnaill. Thy fawys in lie eloquens doith fleit, So inuentive of rethorik flowris fweit Thou art, and has fo hie profund fentens
20 Tharto perfyte but ony indigens,
That na lovyngis ma do incres thy fame, Nor na reproche dymynew thy gud name. Bot fen I am compellit the to tranilait, And not only of my curage, God wait,
25 Durft interpryfe fyk owtrageus foly, Quhar I offend the les reprefe ferve I; And that ge knaw at quhais inftans I tuke Forto trainflait this riiaift excellent buke, I meyn Virgillis volume maift excellent,
30 Set this- my wark full febill be of rent,
6 THE PROLOUG
At the requeft of a lord of renown Of anciftry nobill and illuftir baroun, Fader of bukis, prote&our to f'ciens and lair, My fpeciall gud lord Henry lord San& Clair, 5 Quhilk with gret inftance, diuers tymys feir, Prayt me tranflait Virgill or ITomeir ; Quhais plefour fuythly, as I undirftude, As neir conjun6t to his lordfchip in blude, So that me thocht hys requeft ane command,
10 Half difparit this wark I tuke on hand, Nocht fully grantand nor anys fayand gee, Bot only to affay quhou it mycht be. Quha mycht gaynfay a lord fo gentill and kynd, That euer had ony curtafy in thar mynd,
15 Quhilk, befyde hys innatyve pollecy, Humanyte, curage, fredome and chevalry, Bukis to recoiled, to reid and fe, Has gret delyte as euer had Ptholome ? Quharfor to hys nobilite and eftait,
20 Quhatfo it be, this buke I dedicait,
Writtin in the langage of Scottis natioun, And thus I mak my proteftatioun.
Fyrft I proteft, beaw fchirris, be gour leif, Beis weill avifit my wark or ghe repreif ;
25 Confider it warly, reid oftar than anys, Weill at a blenk fle poetry nocht tayn is; And git forfuyth I fet my bifly pane, As that I couth, to mak it braid and plane, Kepand na fudron bot our awyn langage,
30 And fpekis as I lernyt quhen I was page.
OF THE FIRST BUKE. 7
Nor git fa cleyn all fudron I refus, Bot fum word I pronunce as nyglitbouris doys ; Lyke as in Latyn beyn Grew termys fum, So me behufyt quhilum, or than be dum,
5 Sum baftard Latyn, Franch, or Inglys oys,
Quhar fcant was Scottis, I had nane other choys. Nocht for our tung is in the felwyn fkant, Bot for that I the fowth of langage want, Quhar as the cullottr of his properte
10 To kepe the fentens tharto conftrenyt me, Or than to mak my fayng fchort fum tyme, Mair compendyus, or to lykly my ryme. Tharfor gude frendis, for a gymp or a bourd, I pray gou note me nocht at euery word.
15 The worthy clerk hecht Lawrens of the Vaill, Amang Latynys a gret patron fans faill, Grantis quheii twelf gheris he had beyn diligent To ftudy Virgill, fkant knew he quhat he ment ; Than thou or I, my frend, quhen we beft weyn
20 To haue Virgil red, vnderftand, and feyn, The rycht fentens perchance is fer to feik ; This wark twelf gheris firft was in makyng eyk, And nocht corre6t quhen the poet gan deces ; Thus for fmall faltis my wys frend hald thy pes.
25 Adherdand to my proteftatioun,
Thocht Wilgame Caxtoun, of Inglis natioun, In proys hes prent ane buke of Inglis gros, Clepand it Virgill in Eneados, Quhilk that he fays of Franch he did tranflait,
30 It has na thing ado tharwith, God wait,
8 THE PROLOUG
Ne na mair lyke than the devill and Sand Auftyne ;
Haue he na thank tharfor, bot loys hys pyne,
So fchamefully that ftory dyd pervert ;
I red hys wark with harmys at my hart, 5 That fyk a buke, but fentens or engyne,
Suldbe intitillit eftir the poet dyvyne ;
His ornate goldyn verfis, mair than gilt,
I fpittit for difpyte to fe fwa fpilt
With fych a wyght, quhilk trewly, be myne entent, 10 Knew neuer thre wordis at all quhat Virgill ment ;
Sa fer he chowpis I am conftrenyt to flyte.
The thre firft bukis he has ourhippyt quyte,
Salfand a litill twychyng Polidorus,
And the tempeft furth fent by Eolus, 15 And that full fempilly on hys awyn gys ;
Virgill thame wrait all on ane other wys.
For Caxton puttis in hys buke out of toyn,
The ftorm furth fent by Eolus and Neptune ;
Bot quha fa redis Virgill fuythfaftly, 20 Sail fynd Neptune falf Eneas navy.
Me lyft nocht fchaw quhou thyftory of Dydo,
Be this Caxtoun is haill pervertit fo,
That befyde quhar he fenys to follow Bocas,
He rynnys fa fer from Virgill in mony place, 25 On fa prolixt and tedyus faflbn,
So that the ferd buke of Eneadon,
Twichand the lufe and ded of Dido queyn,
The twa part of his volume doith conteyn,
That in the text of Virgill, traftis me, 30 The twelt part fears contenys, as ge may fe.
OF THE FIRST BUKE. 9
The fyfte buke of the feftis funerall, The lufty gammys, and plays paluftrall, That is ourhippit quyte and left behynd, Na thing tharof ghe fall in Caxtoun fynd. 5 The faxt buke eyk, he grantis, that wantis haill, And, for tharof he vnderftude nocht the taill, He callis it fengeit, and nocht for to beleif ; Sa is all Virgill perchans, for by his leif Juno nor Venus g6ddeffis neuer war,
10 Mercure, Neptune, Mars, nor Jupiter, Of Fortune eik, nor hir neceffite, Sik thingis nocht attentik ar, wait we, Nor git admittis that quent philofophy Haldis fawlys hoppys fra body to body,
15 And mony thingis quhilkis Virgill dyd rehers, Thocht I thame write furthfollowand hys vers. Nor Caxtoun fchrynkis nocht liclyke thyngis to tell As nocht war fabill, bot the paflage to hell ; But traftis weill, quha that ilke faxt buke knew,
20 Virgill tharin ane hie philofophour hym fchew, And, vnder the clowdis of dyrk poetry, Hyd lyis thar mony notabill hiftory. For fo the poetis, be ther crafty curys, In limilitudes, and vndir quent figuris,
25 The fuythfaft materis to hyde and to conftreyn ; All is nocht fals, trafte weill, in cace thai feyn, Thair art is fo to mak thar warkis fair, As in the end of Virgill I fall declair. Was it nocht eik als poffibill Eneas,
30 As Hercules or Thefeus tyll hell to pas ?
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10 THE PROLOUG
Quhilk is na gabbyng fuythly, nor na lie, As Jhone Bocas in the genealogie Of Goddys declarys, and lyke as ghe may reid In the recolles of Troy, quha left tak hed.
5 Quha wait gyf he in vifioun thydder went By art magike, forcery, or enchantment, And with his faderis fawle dyd fpeke and meyt, Or in the lyknes with fum other fpreit, Lyke as the fpreit of Samuell, I ges,
10 Rayfit to King Saul was by the Phitones ? I will nocht fay all Virgill beyn als trew, But at fyk thyngis ar poffibill this I fchew ; Als in tha days war ma illulionys, By dewillich warkis and coniurationis,
15 Than now thar beyn, fo doith clerkis determ ; For, bliffit be God, the faith is now mair ferm. Enewch tharof, now will I na mor fayn, Bot onto Caxtoun thus I turn agane.
The namys of pepill or citeis beyn fo bad
20 Put by this Caxtoun, that, bot he had beyn mad, The flude of Touyr for Tibir he had nocht write ; All men may knaw thar he forvayt quyte. Palente the cite of Evander kyng, As Virgill playnly makis reherfyng,
25 Stude quhar in Rome now ftant the cheif palyce ; This fam buke eyk, in mair hepit malyce, On the felf ryver of Touyr fays playnly Eneas dyd hys cyte edify. Thus ay for Tibir Touyr puttis he,
30 Quhilk mony hundreth mylis fyndry be ;
OF THE FIRST BUKE. 11
For fykkyrly, les than wys authoris leyn, Ene faw nevir Touyr with hys eyn ; For Touyr diuidis Grece from Vngary, And Tibir is cheif flude of Italy ;
5 Touyr is kend a grayn of that ryver In Latyn hecht Danubium or Hyfter, Or gyf it be Tanais he clepis fa, That flude diuidis Europ from Alia. In lyke wys eik this Caxtoun, all invane,
10 Crifpina clepis Sibilla Cumane,
That in the text of Virgill, traftis ws, Hait Deiphebe douchtir of Glawcus, Quhilk was Eneas convoyar to hell. Quhat fuld I langar on hys errouris dwell ?
1 5 Thai beyn fo playn, and eik fa mony fald, The hundreth part tharof I leif ontald. The laft fax bukis of Virgill all inferis, Quhilk contenys ftrang batalis and werys, This ilk Caxtoun fo blaitly lattis ourflip,
20 I hald my tung for fchame, bytand my lyp. The gret afferis of athir hoft and array, The armour of Eneas frefch and gay, The quent and curyus caftis poeticall, Perfyte fyrnylitudis, and exempilis all
25 Quharin Virgill beris the palm of lawd, Caxtoun, for dreid thai fuld hys lippis fcald, Durft nevir twich. Thus fchortly for the namys. A twenty devill way fall hys wark atanys, Quhilk is na mair lyke Virgill, dar I lay,
30 Than the nycht owle refemblis the papyngay.
12 THE PROLOUG
Quharfor gou gentill redans I befich Trade on na wys at this my wark be fich, Quhilk dyd my beft, as the wyt mycht atteyn, Virgillis verfys to follow and no thing feyn.
5 3ne worthy noblys redis my wark for thy, And caft this other buke on fyde far by, Quhilk, vndir cullour of fum ftrange Franch wycht, Sa franchly leys, oneith twa wordis gais rycht. I nold ghe traft I faid this for difpyte ;
10 For me lyft with nane Inglis bukis flyte, Na with na bogill nor browny to debait, Nowder aid gaiftis nor fpretis ded of lait, Nor na man will I lakkyn nor difpys, My warkis till authorys be lik wys,
15 Bot twichyng Virgillis honour and reuerens, Quha euer contrary, I mon ftand at defens ; And bot my buke be fundyn worth lik thre, Quhen it is red, do warp it in the fee, Thraw it in the fyre, or rent it euery crum,.
20 Twichand that part lo heir is all and fum.
Syne I defend and forbiddis euery wight That can nocht fpell thar Pater Nofter rycht, Fortill corre& or git amend Virgill, Or the tranflatar blame in hys wlgar ftile ;
25 I knaw quhat payn was to follow hym fut hait, Albeit you think my fayng intricate. Trade weill, to follow a fixt fentens or mater Is mair pra&ik, deficill, and far drater, Thocht thyne engyne beyn eleuate and hie,
30 Than forto write all ways at liberte.
OF THE FIRST BUKE. 13
Gif I had nocht bene to a boundis conftrenyt, Of my bad wyt perchance I couth haue fenyt In ryme a ragment twys als curyus, Bot nocht be twenty part fo fentencyus. 5 Quha is attachit ontill a ftaik, we fe, May go na ferthir bot wreil about that tre, Rycht fo am I to Virgillis text ybund, I may nocht fle, les than my fait befund ; For thocht I wald tranfcend and go befyde,
10 His wark remanys, my fchame I may nocht hyde ; And thus I am conftrenyt, als neir I may, To hald hys vers and go nane other way, Les fum hiitory, fubtell word, or the ryme Caufith me mak digreffioun fum tyme.
15 So thocht in my tranflatioun eloquens fkant is, Na lufty caft of oratry Virgill wantis ; My ftudyus brayn to comprehend his fentens Leit me nevir taift hys flude of eloquens ; And thus forfuyth becaus I was nocht fre,
20 My werk is mair obfcur and gros per de, Quharof, God wait, Virgill has na wyte, Thocht myne be blunt, hys text is maift perfyte. And git perfave I weill, be my confait, The kyng of poetis ganys nocht for rurall eftait,
25 Nor hys frefch memor for bowbardis ; he or fcho Quha takis me nocht go quhar thai haue ado : The fonnys lycht is neuer the wers, traifte me, All thocht the bak hys brycht bemys doith fle. Greyn gentill ingynys, and breiftis curageus,
30 Sik ar the pepill at ganys beft for ws ;
14 THE PROLOUG
Our werk defiris na lewyt rebalddaill,
Full of nobilite is thiftory all haill,
For, euery vertu belangand a nobill man,
This ornate poet, bettir than ony can, 5 Payntand difcryvis in perfon of Eneas ;
Not forto fay, fikane Eneas was,
3it than by hym perfytly blafons he
All wirfchip, manhed, and nobilite,
With euery bonte belangand a gentill wycht, 10 Ane prynce, ane conquerour, or a valgeand knycht ;
In luffis cuyr eneuch heir fall ghe fynd ;
And fchortly, Virgill left na thing behynd
That mycht hys volume illummyn or crafty mak ;
Reid quha hym knawys, I dar this vndertak, 15 Als oft as ge hym reid, full weill I wait,
3he fynd ilke tyme fum mery new confait.
Thoght venerabill Chaufer, principal poet but peir,
Hevynly trumpat, orlege, and reguler,
In eloquens balmy, cundyt, and dyall, 20 Mylky fontane, cleir ftrand, and roys ryall,
Of frefch endyte, throu Albion ifland braid,
In hys legend of notabill Ladeis, faid
That he couth follow word by word Virgill,
Wifar than I may faill in lakar ftile ; 25 Sum tyme the text mon haue ane expofitioun,
Sum tyme the cullour will caus a litill additioun,
And fum tyme of a word I mon mak thre,
In witnes of this term oppetere ;
Eik, weill I wait, fyndry expofitouris feir 30 Makis on a text fentens diuers to heir,
OF THE FIRST BUKE. 15
As thame apperis, according thar entent, And for thar part fchawis refibnys euident. All this is ganand, I will weill it fwa be ; Bot a fentens to follow may fuffice me : 5 Sum tyme I follow the text als neir I may, Sum tyme I am conftrenyt ane other way. Befyde Latyn our langage is imperfite, Quhilk in fum part is the caus and the wyte Quhy that of Virgillis vers the ornate bewte
10 Intill our tung may nocht obferuyt be ; For thar be Latyn wordis, mony ane, That in our leyd ganand tranflatioun has nane, Les than we mynys thar fentens and grauyte, And git fcant weill exponyt ; quha trewis nocht me
15 Let thame interprit animal and homo, With many hundreth other termys mo, Quhilkis in our langage fuythly, as I weyn, Few men can tell me cleirly quhat thai meyn ; Betweyn genus,Jexus, andjpecies
20 Diuerfite in our leid to feik I ces ; For obie£tum andjubie&um alffwa He war expert couth fynd me termys twa, Quhilkis ar als ryfe amangis clerkis in fcuyll As evir fowlis plungit in laik or puyll.
25 Logicianys knawys heirin myne entent,
Vndir quhais boundis lurkis mony ftrange went, Quharof the proces, as now, we mon lat be. Bot git twychyng our tungis penuryte, I meyn into compar of fair Latyn,
30 That knawyn is mafte perfite langage fyne,
16 THE PROLOUG
I mycht alib, percace, cum lyddir fpeid For arbor and lignum intill our leid To fynd different proper termys twane, And tharto put circumlocutioun nane ;
5 Rycht fo, by about fpech oftyn tymys
And femabill wordis we compile our rymys. God wait, in Virgill ar termys mony a hundir Fortill expone maid me a felloun blundir ; To follow alanerly Virgilis wordis, I weyn,
10 Tliar fuld few vndirftand me quhat thai meyn ; The bewte of his ornate eloquens May nocht al tyme be kepit with the fentens. Sand Gregor eik forbyddis ws to tranflait Word eftir word, bot fentens follow al gait.
15 Quha haldis, quod he, of wordis the properteis Full oft the verite of the fentens fleys. And to the fammyn purpos we may apply Horatius in hys art of poetry ; Pres nocht, fays he, thou trafte interpreter,
20 Word eftir word to tranflait thi mater. Lo he reprevis, and haldis myfiemyng, Ay word by word to reduce ony thing. I fay nocht this of Chaufer for oifens, But till excus my lewyt infufficiens ;
25 For as he ftandis beneth Virgill in gre, Vndir hym alsfer I grant my felf to be. And netheles into fum place, quha kend it, My maftir Chaufer gretly Virgill offendit. All thoch I be to bald hym to repreif,
30 He was fer baldar, certis, by hys leif,
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Sayand he followit Virgillis lantern toforn, Quhou Eneas to Dydo was forfworn. Was he forfworn ? Than Eneas was fals ; That he admittis, and callys hym traytour als.
5 Thus, wenyng allane Ene to haue reprevit, He has gretly the prynce of poetis grevit. For, as faid is, Virgill dyd diligens, But fpot of cryme, reproch, or ony offens, Eneas for to loif arid magnyfy ;
10 And gif he grantis hym maynfworn fowlely, Than all hys cuyr and crafty engyne gais quyte, Hys twelf gheris laubouris war nocht worth a myte. Certis, Virgill fchawys Ene dyd na thing, From Dydo of Cartage at hys departyng,
15 Bot quhilk the goddis commandit hym beforn ; And gif that thar command maid hym maynfworn, That war repreif to thar diuinyte, And na reproch onto the faid Enee. Als in the firft, quhar Ilioneus
20 Spekis to the queyn Dido, fays he nocht thus, Thar curs by fait was fet tyll Italy ? Thus mycht fcho not pretend na juft caus quhy, Thocht Troianys eftir departis of Cartage, Sen thai befor declaryt hir thar vayage.
25 Reid the ferd buke quhar queyn Dido is wraith, Thar fal ghe fynd Eue maid nevir aith, Promyt, nor band with hir fortill abyde : Thus hym tobe maynfworn may nevir betyde, Nor nane onkyndnes fchew forto depart
30 At the bydding of Jove with reuthfull hart,
c
IS THE PROLOFG
Son the command of God obey fuld all,
And mdir his charge na wrangwys deid may fall.
Bot (ikkyrly, of reflbn, me behufis Excus Chaufer fra all maner repniffis,
.=> In lovyng of thir ladeis lylly quhyte He fet on Virgill and Eneas this wyte ; For he was evir, God wait, all womanis frend. I fay na mair, bot, gentil redans heynd, Lat all my faltis with this ofFens pas by.
10 Thou prynce of poetis, I the merry cry, I meyn thou kyng of kyngis, lord etern, Thou be my mule, my gydar, and laid ftern, Remittyng my trefpas and euery mys Throu prayer of thy moder queyn of blys '
is Afidd gx>dhed, ay leftyng, but diicrepans, In perfonys thro, equale of a fubftans, On the I call and Mary Virgyn myld : Calliope nor payan goddis wild May do to me na thing bot harm. I weyn.
2« In Crifte is all my trafte and heTynnys queyn. Thou Tirgyn moder and madyn be my nmie. That nevir ^it na lyniull lyil refas Quhilk the befocht deiiotly for fupple ; Albeit my fcng to thy hie mieAe
~.> Accordis nocht, 311 condilceud to my write. For the fweit liquor of thy pappis quhite Fofterit that prynce, that herynly Orphens. Grond of all grade, our Sahiyour Ihefus, Bot forthirmor, and lawar to difcend.
» Forg«f me Mrgill gif I the offend.
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Pardon thy Scolar, fuffir hym to rynie. Sen thou was bot ane mortal man fum tyme ; In cace I faill haue me not at difden^e, Thocht I be lewit, my leill hart can nocht fen^e : 5 I fall the follow, fold I therfor haue blame, Qnha can do bettir, la forth in Goddis name, I Ichrynk nocht anys correkkit for tobe With ony wight grundit on cherite, And glaidly wald I baitli inquire and leir,
10 And till ilke cunnand wight la to my myne eyr; Bot laith me war, but owther offens or cryme, Ane brimell body fold intertrike my ryme, Thocht fum wald fwer that I the text haue vaneit. Or that I haue this Toiume quyte myfcareit,
15 Or threpe playnly that I come nevir neir hand it, Or at the wark is wers than evir I fand it, Or git argue Virgill ftude weill befor, As now war tyme to fchift the werft our fcor ; Ellis haue I faid, thar may be na compar
20 Betwix his verfis and my ftile wlgar.
All thocht he ftant in Latyn maift perfyte, <5it ftude he nevir weill in our tung endyte, Les than it be by me now at this tyme. Gyf I haue fal^eit, baldly reprafe my ryme :
25 Bot firft, I pray 3011, grape the mater cleyn, Reproche me nocht quhill the wark be ourfeyn. Beis not our ftudyus to fpy a moyt in myne E, Chat in gour awyn a ferry boyt can nocht fe, \nd do to me as ^he wald be done to.
30 Now hark fchirris, thar is na mair ado :
20 THE PROLOUG.
Quha lift attend, gevis audiens, and draw neir, Me thocht Virgill begouth on this maner :
I the ilk vmquhile that in the fmall ait reid Tonyt my fang; fyne fra the woddis geid, And feildis about taucht tobe obefand, Thocht he war gredy, to the biffy hufband, Ane thankfull wark maid for the plewchmanis art Bot now the horribill ftern dedys of Mart, The batalys and the man I will difcryve.
THE CONTENTIS OP EUERY BOOK FOLLOWING.
The firjl contenys quhou the pry nee Ene And Troianys war dryve onto Cartage cite.
The fecund bukefchawis the finale ennoy, The gret myfcheif, andfubuerjioun of Troy.
The thryd tettith quhou fra Troys cite The Troianys careit war throu owt the fee.
T/ieferd reherfis of fair queyn Dido The dowbill woundis, and the mortale wo.
Thefyft contenys funer ale gemmys glaid, And how thefyre the navy dydinvaid.
Into thefaxt bukefyne doith Virgill tell, Quhou that Eneas went and vifleit hell.
Thefevynt Ene bryngis to hys grondfatak, And how Italianys Troianys fchup to affdle.
Ontitt Eneas gevis the auchten hike
Baith faUofchip and armour, quha lift hike.
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Dawnusfon Tumus in the nynte, tak tent, Segis new Troy, Eneas tho abfent.
The tent declaris by the cq/l atanys
TJie batale betwix Tufcanys and Rutulanys.
In the ellevynt Rutulyanys beyn ourfet, By the deces of Camylla downebet.
The twelft makis end of all the weir, but dowt, Throu thejlauchtir of Turnusjlern and ftowt.
The lq/l, ekit to Virgittis nowmyr evyn By Mapheus, convoys Ene to hevyn.
THE FIRST BUKE OF EN E ADOS.
CAP. I.
The Poet firjl yyroponyng liys entent Declaris Junois wreth and mailtalent.
The batalis and the man I wil difcrive, Fra Troys boundis firft that fugitive By fait to Ytail come and coft Lavyne ; Our land and fey kachit with mekil pyne. 5 By fors of goddis abufe, from euery fteid, Of cruell Juno throu aid remembrit fede. Gret pane in batail fufferit he alffb, Or he his goddis brocht in Latio, And belt the cite, fra quham, of nobill fame,
i o The Latyne pepill takyn heth thar name, And eik the faderis, princis of Alba, Cam, and the wallaris of gret Rome allwa.
O thou my mufe, declare the caufis quhy, Quhat maieftie offendit, fchaw quham by,
15 Or git quharfor of Goddis the drery Queyn Sa feil dangeris, fik travell maid fufteyn
24 THE FIRST BUKE
A worthy man, fulfillit of piete :
Is thare fik greif in hevynly myndis on hie ?
Thare was ane ancyant cite, hecht Cartage, Quham hynys of Tyre held intill heritage,
.5 Ennymy to Itail, ftandand fair and plane The mouth of lang Tibir our forgane, Myghty of moblys, full of fculys feyr, And maift expert in crafty fait of weir : Of quhilk a land Juno, as it is faid,
10 As to hir fpecial abuf al otheris maid ; Hir native land for it poftponyt fche Callit Samo ; in Cartage fett hir fee ; Thar war hir arrays, and here ftude eik hir chair. This Goddes ettillit, gif werdis war nocht contrar,
15 This realme tobe fuperior and maftres To all landis ; bot certis, netheles, The fatale fifteris reuolue and fchaw, fcho kend, Of Troiane blude a pepill fuld difcend, Wailliant in weir, to ryng wydquhar, and fyne
20 Cartage fuld bryng ontill finale rewyne, And clene diftroy the realme of Lybia. This dredand Juno, and forthirmor alfwa Remembring on the ancyant mortell weir That for the Grekis, to hir leif and deir,
25 At Troy lang tyme fcho led befor that day ; For git the caufys of wreth war nocht away, Nor cruell harm forget ne out of mynd ; Ful deip engravyn in hir breift onkynd The jugement of Parys, quhou that he
30 Preferrit Venus, difpifyng hir bewte ;
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Als, Troiane blude till hir was odyus, For Jupiter engendrit Dardanus, Fra quham the Troianys cam in adultry, And Ganymedes revift abuf the Iky,
5 Maid him his butler, quhilk was hir douchteris office. Juno inflambit, mufyng on thir calis nyce, The quhile our fey that falit the Troianys, Quhilkis had the ded efchapit, and remanys Onflane of Grekis or of the fers Achill,
10 Scho thame fordryvis, and caufys oft ga will Fra wart Latium, quhilk now is Italy, By fremmyt werd ful mony geris tharby, Cachit and blaw wydquhar all feys about. Lo quhou gret cure, quhat travell, pane, and dowt,
15 Was to begyn the worthy Romanys blude !
And as the Troianys frakkis our the flude, Skars from the fycht of Syfilly the land, With bent fail full, rycht merely faland, Thar ftevynnys fcowrand faft throu the fait fame,
20 Quhen that Juno, till hir euerleftand fchame, The etern wound hyd in hir breift ay greyn, Ontill hir felf thus fpak in propir teyn ; Is this ganand, that I my purpos faill As clene ourcum, and may nocht from Itaill
25 Withhald thys kyng of Troy and his navy ? Am I abandonyt with fa hard deftany, Sen Pallas mocht on Grekis tak fik wraik, To byrn thar fchippis, and all, for anys faik, Drowne in the fey, for Aiax Oilus wrang ?
30 From Jupiter the wild fyre down fche flang
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26 THE FIRST BUKE
Furth of the clowdis, diftroyt thar fchippis all, Ourquhelmyte the fey with mony wyndy wall ; Aiax breift perfit, gafpand furth flawmand fmoke, Sche with a thud ftikkit on a fcharp roke. 5 Bot I, the quhilk am clepit of godis queyn, And onto Jove baith fpous and fiftir fcheyn, With a pepill fa feill gheris weir fall lede ; Quha fal from thens adorn in ony ftede The power of Juno, or altaris facryfy, 10 Gif I ourcummyn be thus fchamefully ?
CAP. II.
Quhou Dame Juno tyll Eolus' cuntre went, And oft/iejlorm on the Troianys furth Jent.
And on this wys, wyth hart byrnyng as fyre, Mufyng alone, full of malyce and ire, Tyll Eolus' cuntre, that wyndy regioune, A brudy land of furyus ftormy fowne,
15 This Goddes went, quhar Eolus the kyng, In gowily cavys, the wyndis lowde quhiffilling, And braithly tempeftis by hys power refrenys, In bandis hard fchet in prefoun conftrenys ; And thai, heirat havand full gret difdeyn,
20 Quhill all the hill refoundis, quhryne and plene About thar clofouris brayng with mony a rare. Kyng Eolus fet hie apon his chare,
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With ceptour in hand, thar muyd to meys and ftill, Temperis thar ire, les thai fuld at thar will Beir with thar byr the fkyis, and drive about Erd, ayr and fey, quhen euer thame left blaw out. 5 Thus the hie fader almychty in cavis dyrk
Thir wyndis hyd, for dreid fik wrangis thai wyrk, And thar abuf let weghty hillys huge, Gave thame a kyng, quhilk, as thar lord and juge, At certane tyme thame Handling and withhald,
10 And, at command alfo, mycht quhen he wald Lat thame go fre at large to blaw out braid. To quham as than lawly thus Juno faid ;
Eolus, a pepill onto me ennemy, Salis the fey Tufcane, cariand to Italy
15 Thar venquyft hamehald goddis and Ilion; Bot, fen the fader of goddis euery one And kyng of men gave the power, quod fche, To meys the flude, or rays with ftormys hie, Infors thi wyndis, fynk all thar fchippis infeir,
20 Or fkattir widquhar into cuntreis feir, Warp all thar bodeis in the deip bedeyn. I haue, quod fche, lufty ladeis fourteyn, Of quhame the fareft, clepit Diope, In ferm wedlok I fal coniune to the
25 For thi reward, that lilly quhite of fwar, With the for to remane for euermar ; Quhilk propir fpous and eik thi lady myld Sal mak the fader to mony fair child. Eolus anfweris, O thou my lady queyn,
30 Quhat thou deiiris to the it doith perteyn
28 THE FIRST BUKE
Forto devys, and me behuffis tlii command Obey ; for thou the ceptour gevis me in hand Of all this realme, quhat fo it be, and oft Jupiter with me confideris, and ful foft 5 Caufis me feift amang the goddis at reft, And makis me matter of wyndis and tempeft. Be this was faid, a grondyn dart leit he glide, And perfit the bos hill at the braid fyde ; Furth at the ilke port wyndis brade in a rout, 10 And with a quhirl blew all the erth about. Thai ombefet the feys buftuufly, Quhil fra the deip, til euery coft faft by, The huge wallis weltris apon hie,
Rollit at anys with ftorm of wyndis thre, 15 Eurus, Nothus, and the wynd Affricus,
Quhilkis eft, fouth, and weft wyndis hait with ws.
Sone efter this, of men the clamour rays,
The takillis graflis, cabillis can fret and frays.
Swith the clowdis, hevyn, Ion, and days lycht 20 Hyd, and byreft furth of the Troianys fycht ;
Dyrknes as nycht befet the feys about ;
The firmament gan rummylling rair and rout ,
The fkyis oft lychtnyt with fyry levin,
And fchortly bath ayr, fey, and hevin, 25 And euery thing mannafit the men to de,
Schawand the ded prefent tofor thar E.
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CAP. III.
Quhou that Ene ivas with the tempeftjchaik, And quhou Neptune his navy falvyt fra wraik.
Belive Eneas membris fchuk for cald, And murnand baith his handis vp did hald Towart the fternys, with petuus voce thus gan fay ; O fevin tymys quhou happy and bliffit war thai,
5 Vnder hie wallis of Troy, by dynt of fwerd, Deit in thar faderis fyght, bytand the erd ! O thou of Grekis maift forcy Diomed, Quhy mycht I not on feldis of Troy haue deit, And by thi rycht hand galdin furth my fprete ?
10 Quhar that the valiant He6tour lolit the fwete On Achillis fpeir, and grifly Sarpedon, And ondyr the flude Symois mony one With fchelde and helm ftalwart bodeis lyis warpit. And al invane thus quhil Eneas carpit,
15 A blaftrand bub, out from the north brayng, Gan our the forfchip in the bak faill dyng, And to the fternys vp the flude gan caft ; The aris hechis, and the takillis braft ; The fchippis ftevin frawart hyr went gan wryth,
20 And turnyt hir braid fyde to the wallis fwyth. Heich as a hill the jaw of watir brak, And in ane hepe cam on thame with a fwak. Sum hefit hoverand on the wallis hycht, And fum the fwowchand fey fo law gart lycht,
30 THE FIRST BUKE
Thame femyt the erd oppynnyt amyd the flude ; The Hour vp bullyrrit fand as it war wode. The fowth wynd Nothus thre fchippis draif away Amang blynd cragis, quhilk huge rolkis, thai fay, 5 Amyd the fey, Italianys altaris callis ; And othir thre Eurus from the deip wallis Cachit amang the fchald bankis of fand : Dolorus to fe thame chop on grond, and Hand Lyke as a wall with fand warpit about !
10 Ane othir, in quham falit the Lycianys ftowt, Quhilum fallowis to kyng Pandor in weir, And Orontes Eneas' fallow deir, Befor his eyn [haftelye] from the north wynd Ane hydduus fey fchippit at hir ilern behynd,
15 Smate furth the fldppar clepit Lewcafpis,
His hed cloune warpit ; and the fchip with this Thrys thar the flude quhirlit about round, The fowkand fwelth fank vnder ley and drond. On the huge deip quhoyn falaris dyd appeir ;
20 The Troianys' armour, tabillis, and othir geir Flet on the wallis : and the ftrang barge tho Bair Ilioneus, and fcho that bair alfo Forcy Achates, and fcho that bair Abas, And fcho quharin ancyant Alethes was,
25 The ftorm ourfet, raif rovis and fyde femys ; They all lekkit, the fait watir ftremys Fail bullerand in at euery ryft and boyr. In the meyn quhile, with mony rowt and royr The fey thus trublit, and this tempeft furth fent
30 Felt Neptune, and his watir mo vit and fchent,
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The deip furthget in fchaldis heir and thair ; Gretly commovit, out of the fey gan ftair, His plefand hede rafit on the hyaft wall, Lukand about, behaldis, the fey our all, 5 Eneas navy Ikatterit fer yfundir ;
With fludis ourfet the Troianys, and at vnder By flaggis and rayn dyd from the hevyn difcend : Junois diflate and ire full weill he kend. He callis till hym Etfrus and Zephirus,
10 Tha eft and weft wyndis, and faid thame thus ; Ar ge fa gretly affurit in gour hie kyn, <3e wyndis, quod he, but my leif durft begyn Baith erd and ayr to move on this maneir, And eik the fey with fa ftowt ftormys fteir ?
1 5 I fal gou chaftys : bot me behuffis firft meys The motioune of fludis, and thame appes ; Traift weill, onpunyft ge fal me not aftart, On fik a wys gif ge fait efterwart. Withdraw gou hens, and to gour kyng fay ge,
20 He has na. power nor autorite
On feys, nor on the thre granyt ceptour wand Quhilk is by cut gevin me to beir in hand ; Hald him on craggis and amang rochis hie, Thair is gour dwelling place, Eurus, quod he ;
25 Byd Eolus kepe him in that hald conding,
Do cloys the prefoun of wyndis, and tharon ryng. Thus faid he, and with that word haftely The fwelland feys has fwagit, and fra the fky Gaderit the clowdis and chant fone away,-
30 Brocht hame the fon agane and the brycht day.
32 THE FIRST BUKE
Hys douchter Cymothoe, and hys fon Tryton Enforfis thame the Troianys fchippis anone To rays and lift of the fcharp rolkis blynd : The god hym felf gan hefyng thame behynd
5 With his byg ceptour havand granys thre ;
Oppynnys fchald fandis and' temperis weill the fee, Ourflidand lychtly the croppis of the wallis. And as ge fe, as oft amangis commonys fallis Stryfe and debait in thar wod fulych ire,
10 Now fleys the ftanys, and now the broyndis of fyre, Thar greif and fury mynyfteris wapynnys plente : Bot than percace, gif thai behald or fe Sum man of gret autorite and efferis, Thai ces, and al ftil ftandand gevis him eris ;
15 He wyth his wordis gan ilaik thar mynd and fwage. On the famyn wys fell all the feys rage.
CAP. IV.
Quhou Eneas in Affrik dyd arryve,
And thar withjchotejlewfevin hartis belyve.
Eftyr that the fader of the fludys Neptune Had on fik wys behaldyn the feys abone, Vndir the ftabillit hevin movit in his chare, 20 Slakking his rengeis with profper cours and fair, Eneas and his feris, on the ftrand Wery and forwrocht, fped thame to the nerreft land,
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And at the coft of Lyby arryvit he. Ane havyn place with a lang hals or entre Thar is, with ane ile enveronyt on athir part, To brek the wallis and ftorm of euery art ; 5 Within, the watir in a bofum gays.
Baith heir and thair ftant large craggis and brais. To fe the hewis on athir hand is wondir, For hycht that femys pyngill with hevin ; and vndir, In a braid found fovir from all wyndis blawis,
10 Flowis the fchore deip, euer ftabil but ony wawis. A wod abufe ourheldis with his rank bewis; And caftis a plefand fchaddow our the clewis. Rycht our forgane the forret of a bra, Vnder the hyngand rolkis, was alfwa
15 Ane coif, and tharin frefch watir fpringand,
And fatis of ftane neuer hewyn with manis hand Bot wrocht by natur, as it ane hows had beyn For nymphis, goddeffis of fludis and woddis greyn. Perbrakit fchippis but cabillis thar mycht ryde,
20 Nane ankyr nedis mak thame areft nor byde. Of all his navy thidder Eneas brocht Bot fevin fchippis. With gret defyre and thocht Tobe on grand Troianys fped thame to land, As thai defyrit fet foftly on the fand ;
25 Thare lethis and lymmys in fait watir bedyit, Strekit on the coft, fpred furth, bekit and dryit. Bot firft Achates flew fyre of the flynt Keppit in dry leiffis, as tunder, quhil thai brynt ; Syne ftikkis dry to kyndil thar about laid is,
30 Quhil al in flambe the bles of fyre vp bradis.
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34 THE FIRST BUKE
Than was the quhete with fludis chaffit and wet, And inftrumentis to purge it, fwith out set. For fkant of vittal, the cornys in quernys of ftane Thai grand, and fyne buke at the fyre ilkane.
5 In the meyn quhile, Eneas the bank on hie
Has clummyn, widequhar behaldand the large fee, Gif ony fchip tharon mycht be perfavit Quhilk lait tofor the wyndis had bewavit, Or ony Troiane galay, bark or barge,
10 Antheus, Capis, or Caicus ftremeris large Wavand or fchawand from thar top on hycht. Na fchip he faw ; bot fone he gat a fyght Of thre hartis waverand by the coft fyde, Quham at the bak, throu out the gravis wide,
15 The mekil herdis folio wit in a rowt, And pafturit all the large valle about. Tharat he ftyntis, and hynt his bow in hand ; Swift fleand arowis faft by him had berand The traift Achates : and firft the ledaris thre,
20 Quhilk on thar hedis bair the tyndis hie, Smertly he flew, fyne all the rangald perfewis With grundyn arowis amang the thik wod bewis ; And ftyntis not with dartis thame to bete Quhil he to grond had brocht fevin hartis grete,
25 And with his fchippis thar nowmyr equale maid. Syne to the havin fped him for out abaid, And thame diftribut amangis his feris all. The wyne tharwith, in vefchell gret and final 1, Quhilk til him gave Aceftes, his ryall hoft,
30 At his departing from Sycilly the coft,
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To thame he byrlis and fkynkis faft but weir, And with fik wordis comfortis thar drery cheir : O ge my feris, and deir frendis, quod he, Of by went perrellis not ignorant bene we ; 5 3e haue fuftenyt grettar dangeris onkend, Lyke as heirof God fal mak fone ane end. The rage of Silla, that huge fwelth in the fee, 3e haue efchapit, and paffit eik haue ghe The euer rowtand Charibdis rolkis fell,
10 The craggis quhar monftruus Ciclopes dwell 3he ar expert : pluk vp gour hartis, I gou pray, This dolorus dreid expell and do away ; Sum tyme heiron to think may help perchance. By diuers cacis, feir perrellis and fufferance,
15 Onto Itale we ettill, quhar deftany
Has fchape for ws, in reft and quiet, herbry,
Predeftinat is thar Troy fal rys agane ;
Beis ftowt, on profper forton to remane.
Syk plefand wordis, carpand, he has furth brocht,
20 Set his mynd trublit mony grewous thocht, With fengeit comfort by his cheyr outwart The dolorus payn hyd deip gravyn in hart. Hys feris has this praye refiauyt raith, And to thar met addreffis, it to graith ;
25 Hynt of the hydis, maid the bowkis bair, Rent furth the entralis, fum in tailgeis fchare, Syne brochit flykerand, fum gobbettis of lyre Keft in caldronys, and othir fum bet the fyre, Thame to refrefch : thus all, the coft on lenth,
30 Sped thame with fade to recover thar ftrenth ;
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On the greyn gers fat doune, and fillit thaim fyne Of fat venyfon and nobill auld wyne. Quhen hungir thus with metis was chafit away, And difchis drawin, than, with lang fermond, thai
5 Bewalit thar fens loffit on the flude :
Betwix gude hope and dreid in dowt thai ftude, Quhidder thai war levand, or tholit extreme ded all ; Thai anfwer nocht fet thai oft pleyn and call. Bot principally, the pietefull Eneas
10 Regratis oft the hard fortoune and cace Of ftern Orontes new drownyt in the fey, And now Amycus harm complenys he, Now hym alone the cruel fate of Lycus, Now ftrang Gyan, now ftalwart Cloanthus.
CAP. V.
Quhou Jove beheld the large coftis onfer, And how Venus carpis with Jupiter.
15 Gone was the day, and all thar lang fermoun, Quhen Jupiter, from his heich Ipeir, adoun Blent on the failrife feys and erth tharby,' With pepill dwellyng on coftis fer fyndry ; Heich in the hevynnys top he baid hoverand,
20 And of Lyby beheld graithly the land. Within his breift on diuers curis as he thus Mufys and thynkis, ontill hym fpak Venus All dolorus, hir eyn full of brycht teris : O thow, quod fche, quhilk governys, rewlis and fteris
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Baith goddis and men be thyne etern empyre, And oft affrays with thundyr and wyldfyre, Quhou mycht myne Ene fa gretly the offend ? Or quhat mycht Troianys trefpas, quhilk now at end 5 Ar brocht and fufferit, fa feill corlis laid ded, Throu owt the warld debarrit in euery fted, And drevin from Itale ? Thou hecht vmquhile, perfay, Of thame fuld cum, efter this mony a day, The worthy Romanys, And of Troianys offpring
10 Princis of power our fey and land to ryng.
Quhat wikkit counfale, fader, has turnyt thi thocht? Forfuyth, at Troys diftru&ioune, as I mocht, I tuke comfort heirof, thinkand but baid, That hard wanwerd fuld follow fortoun glaid.
is Bot git the fammyn myfchance perfewis thame fayr, In fyndry dangeris cachit heir and thair : Of thair travell quhat end grantis thou, gret kyng ? Sen Anthenor mycht throu myd oftis thring Of Grekis, and pers the foundis Ilyria,
20 And fovirly pas the ftrait regionys alfwa Of Liburnanys, and our Tymavy the nude, Quharat nyne mouthis rynand as it war wode, The hillis refoundis, fa rudly doith it rowt, And like a fey bettis on the brays about ;
25 Thar netheles, of Padva the cite,
A dwelling place for Troianys, biggit has he, And nemmyt the pepill efter hym, and full gor, The armys of Troy has fet vp in memor : Bot we thi blude, thi kynrent and offpring,
30 To quham in hevin thou grantis a place to ryng,
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Schame forto fay, all throw the feid of ane, Has lofiit our fchippis, and ar betrafit ilkane, And fer from Itale bene withhaldin eik ; Is this reward ganand for thame ar meik ? 5 Is this the honour done to thame bene godlyke ? Reftoris thou ws on fik wys our kynryke ?
Smylyng fum deil, the fader of goddis and men, With that ilk fweit viflage, as we ken, That mefys tempeftis and makis the hevynnys cleir,
10 Firlt kyffit his child, fyne faid on this maneir: Away fik dreid, Cytherea, be nocht efferd, For thi lynage onchangit remanys the werd. As thou defyris, the cite fait thou fe, And of Lavyne the promyft wallis hie ;
is Eik thou fait rays abuf the fterrit fky The manfull Eneas, and hym deify. My fentence is nocht alterit, as thou traftis ; Bot I fal fchaw the, fen fik thochtis the thraftis, And heir declair of deftaneis the fecreit,
20 Full mony gheris tofor thai be compleit. This Eneas, with hydwys bargannyng, In Itale frawart pepill fall doune thring ; Syne efter ftatut lawis for tha men, And beld townys, and wal his citeis then.
25 Quhen thre fomeris in Latium or Itail, And thre wynteris he rungyn has all haill Fra tyme Rutilyanys bene fubdewit in fecht, Than the gong child, quhilk now Afcanyvs hecht, And to furname clepit lulus fans faill,
30 For he in Ilion was of the blude ryale,
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Quhill that of Troy and Ilion ftude the Ryng, Thretty lang twelfinonthis rolling our fal ryng, From Lavyne realm the feyt tranflat alfwa, And forcely wall the cite lang Alba : - 5 Thar fal thre hundreth geris togidder remane The ryng vnder the pepill He&oriane, Quhil Ilya nun and dochter of a kyng, Confavit of Mars, twa twynnys do furth bring : Than with the glittefand wolf fkyn our his aray,
10 Cled in his nurys talbert glaid and gay, Romulus fal the pepill reflaue and weld, And he the mercial wallis of Rome fal beld, And efter his name cal the pepill Romanys. To thir folkis, quhou lang thar ryng remanys,
15 Nowder term of fpace nor boundis of fengeory Nane wil I fet ; for to thame grant haue I Perpetual empyre, but end to left. Apirfmert Juno, that with gret onreft Now cummyrris erd, fey and ayr, quod he,
20 Sal turn hir mynd bettir ways, and with me Foftir the Romanys, lordis of al erdly geir, And Latyne pepill kepe bath in payee and weir. This is determyt, this lykis the goddis, I wys. Eftir mony luftris and geris ourflydyn is,
25 The tyme fal cum quhen Anchifes offpring
The realm of Phthia in bondage fal doune thring, And eik of Myce fubdew the regioune large, And vndir thar lordfchip dant al Grece and Arge. Cefar of nobill Troiane blude born falbe,
30 Quhilk fal thempyre delait to the occiane fee,
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And to the fternys vpfpring fal the fame Of Julius, that takyn haith hys name From lulus, thi nevo, the gret kyng, As prince difcend of his blude and offpring ;
5 Quham, efter this, fovir of thyne entent, Chargit with the fpulge of the orient, Amang the nowmyr of goddis reffaue thou fall, And as a god men fal him clep and call. The cruel tyme fone therefter fal ces,
10 And weris ftanche, al falbe reft and pes ; Ancyant faith, and valiant knychthed, With chafte religioune, fal than the lawys led ; The dreidful portis falbe fchet, but faill, Of Janus tempill, the takynar of bataill ;
15 With hard irne bandis clafpit fail in cage, Of wykkit bargane tharin the furyus rage Set apon grifly armour in his feyt, And with ane hundreth brafyn chengeis grete Behynd hys bak hard bund hys handis tway,
20 The horribil tyrrant with bludy mouth fal bray.
This beand faid, Jupiter ful evyn Hys fon Mercury fend doune from the hevyn ; So that of Cartage baith realm and new cite To luge the Troianys fuld all reddy be,
25 Les than Dido, the deftany myfknawand, Wald thame expell hyr boundis or hyr land. He with gret fard of weyngis flaw throu the fky, And to the cuntre of Liby come in hy: Thar dyd hys charge ; and the folkis of Cartage
30 Thar fers mudis and hartis gan affwage
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At the plefour of the god, quhilk thame taucht. And, firft of othir, the quene hir felf has kaucht Towart the Troianys a ful frendly mynd, As on to thame tilbe bowfum and kynd.
CAP. VI.
Ene, at morow rakand throu thejchaw, Met with hys modir into habit oriknaw.
5 Bot al this nyght the reuthfull Eneas, That in his mynd gan mony thyng compas, Belive as that the hailfum day wolx lycht, Dreffit him furth to fpy and haue a fycht Of new placis ; fortil fers and knaw,
10 To quhatkyn coftis he with the wynd was blaw, Quha thame inhabit, quhidder wild beftis or men, For al femyt bot wildernes til hym then ; And as he fand fchupe till hys feris to fchaw : Hys navy dern amyd the thyk wod fchaw,
15 Vnderneth the holkit hyngand rochis hie, Dekkit about with mony femly tre, Quhois fchaddowis dyrk hyd weill the fchippis ilkane. And he bot with a fallow furth is gane, With trafte Achates ; in athiris hand yfeir
20 The braid fteil heid fchuke on the huntyng fpeir. Amyd the wod hys moder met thame tway, Semand a maid in viffage and aray,
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With wapynnys like the virgynys of Spartha, Or the ftowt wench of Trace, Harpalica, Haftand the hors hir fadir to refkew, Spedyar than Hebrun, the fwyft flude, dyd perlew
5 For Venus, eftyr the gys and maner thar, Ane a&ive bow apon hir fchuldeir bar As fcho had bene a wild hunteres, With wynd waving hir haris lowfit of tres, Hir fkyrt kiltit til hir bair kne,
10 And, firft of other, onto thame thus fpak fche ; Howe, fay me gonkeris, faw ge walkand heir By aventur ony of my fifteris deyr, The cays of arrowis tachit by hir fyde, And cled in to the fpottit lynx hyde,
15 Or with lowd cry followand the chays Eftir the fomy bayr, in thar folace ? Thus faid Venus. And hir fon agane Anfweris and faid, trewly, maide, in plane Nane of thi fyfteris dyd I heir ne fe ;
20 Bot, O thou virgyne, quham fal I cal the? Thy viflage femys na mortale creature, Nor thi voce foundis not lyke to humane nature, A goddes art thou fuythly to my fycht. Quhidder thou be Dyane, Phebus fyftir brycht,
25 Or than fum goddes of thir nymphis kynd, Maiftres of woddis, beis to ws happy and kynd, Releve our lang travell quhat euer thou be, And, vndir quhat art of this hevyn fa hie, Or at quhat coft of the warld finaly
30 Sal we arrive, thou tech ws by and by :
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Of men and land onknaw we ar drive will By wynd and ftorm of fey cachit hiddertill ; And mony fair facrifice and offerand Befor thyne altar fal de of my rycht hand. 5 Venus anfwerd, I denge not to reffaue
Sik honour certis, quhilk feris me nocht to haue ; Forto the madynnys of Tyre this is the gyis, To beir a cays of arowis on this wys, With rede botynys on thar 1'chankis hie.
10 This is the realm of Punyce quhilk ge fe, The pepill of Tyre, and the cite, but mor, Belt by the folk difcend from Agenor. 3he bene in the merchis of Lyby, fans faill, Inhabit with pepill ondantabill in bataill,
15 Quhar Dido quene rewlis the empyre,
Hydder, for hir brodir, fled from the realm of Tyre Lang war the iniuris, the dowtis lang tobe tald, Bot I the vmafte of the mater fall hald. Ane hufband, quhilk Sycheus hecht, had fche,
20 Rychaft in all the ground of Phenyce, And ftrangly luffit of the filly Dido ; For be hir fader, as was the maner tho, By chans fcho was in cleyn virginite Weddit to hym ; bot of Tyre the cuntre
25 In heretage held Pigmalyon hir brodir, In wikkitnes cruel abufe all othir, Quhilk, but offence or occafioun of greif, For blynd cwatyce of gold throu his myfcheif, Befor the altar, flely with a knyfe,
30 Or he was war, reft Sycheus the lyfe ;
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And, of the gret luf of hys fyftir fuyr, Concelyt this cruel deid lang vndir cuyr ; That fals man, by difikitfull wordis fair, With vaynhope trumpit the wofull lufFar.
5 Bot of hir huflband bygravit the ymage To hir apperis in fleip, with pail vifiage, On mervellus wys, and gan at lenth declare Quhou he was cruelly ilane at the altare ; He fchew the knyf out throw hys breift threft,
10 And all the hyd cryme of hir hows manyfeft : Syne in gret haift exortis hir to fle, And leif hir native land, and tak the fee ; And, forto help hir onwart by the way, Vnder the erth qufrar aid hurdis hyd lay,
15 Of iiluer and gold revelit a huge weght. Dido heirat commovit, I gou hecht, For hir departing fallofchip reddy maid ; Togidder conuenys, but ony langar abaid, All thai quhilk hatis the cruell tyrrantis dedis,
20 Or git his fellon violence fair dredis. The fchippis that on cays war reddy thar Thai tuke, and chargit full of gold but mayr. The trefour of the wrachit Pigmaleon
Is thus caryit our the fey onone :
25 A woman captane is of all this deid.
To gone place ar thai cummyn, thou may tak heid, Quhar now ryfis gone large wallis ftowt Of New Cartage, with hie towris abowt. Als mekill grond thai bocht at the firft tyde
30 As thai mycht compas with a bullis hyde ;
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<3ondir cheif caftell {landing on the bra Into thar langage clepit is Byrfa, And of this deid the name beris witnes git. Bot, quhat be ghe, finaly wald I wyt? 5 Or of quhat cuntre cummyn ? or pas wald quhar ? Scho fperand this, Eneas iichand fair, The voce drawand deip from his breift within, Said, O thou goddes, gif I fuld begyn And tell our labour from the formaft end,
10 To heir our ftoryis fet thou myght attend, Or I maid end, Vefper, the evyn ftarn brycht, Suld cloys the hevin and end the days lycht. We ar of ancyant Troy, gif euer ge The name of Troy has hard in this cuntre,
15 And caryit throu owt diuers feys alfwa, And now by fortoune to coft of Lybia Drevyn with tempeft. Rewthfull Ene am I, That Troiane goddis turfys in my navy, Quham fra amyd our ennemys I rent ;
20 My fame is knaw abufe the eliment ; I feik Itale and our auld cuntre fer, And lynage cum from hyaft Jupiter. With fchippis twys ten the Phrygyane fee, My modir a goddes techand the way, tuke we,
25 Followand deftany quhilk was to me grant ; Of all our floyt, from wynd and wallys, Ikant Sevin evil perbrakit falue remanys with me. Onkend and myftirfull in defertis of Lybe I wandir, expellit from Europ and Afia.
30 Venus na mair fufferit hym pleyn or fay,
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Amyd hys dolorus playntis thus fpak fche ; Quhat evir thou art, I traft weill at thou be Favorit with the goddis, and drawls this hailfum ayr, Quhilk is the fpreit of lyfe, to thy weilfair,
5 Sen thou art cummyn to Cartage the cyte. Now hald thy way, and at the Quenys entre Prefent thy felf ; I fchaw the, for certane, Thy ferys ar falf, thy navy is cummyn agane, In falfty brocht fre of north wyndis als,
JO Les than my parentis taucht me fpayng craft fals. Behald twelf fwannys in randoun glaid and fair, Quham, newly from the regioun of the air Jovis fowle, the Egill, difcending fra hys hycht, Has fair effrayt amyd the (kyis brycht ;
15 Now with lang range to lycht thai beyn adreft, And fpyis the erth about quhar thai fall reft : As thai return, thar weyngis fwouchand jolely, And with thar courlis circlys about the fky, Cryand or fyngand efter thar awyn gys ;
20 Thy fchippys and fallofchip on the fammyn wys Owdir ar herbryit in the havyn, I wys, Or with bent faill entris in the port be this. Now pas thy way evyn furth that fammyn went. Thus faid Iche, and turnand incontinent,
25 Hir nek fchane lyke onto the roys in May, Hyr hevynly haris, glitterand brycht and gay, Keft from hir forhed a fmell gloryus and fweit, Hir habyt fell down coveryng to hir feit, And in hir paffage a verray god dyd hir kyth.
30 And fra that he knew hys moder, alfwith
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With fik wordis he followys as fcho dyd fle ;
Quhy art thou cruell to thy fon, quod he,
Difiavand hym fa oft with fals fembland ?
Quhy grantis thou nocht we mycht joyn hand in hand,
5 And fortill heir and rendir vocis trew ? Thus he reprevys, hot fche is went adew ; Than to the Cyte he haldis fiurth the way. Bot Venus with a fop of myft, baith tway, And with a dyrk clowd, clofyt rownd about,
10 That na man fuld thame fe nor twich but dowt, Ne by the ways ftop or ellis deir, Or git the cawfis of thar cummyn fpeir. Hyr felf vplift to Paphum paffyt fwith, To viffy hir reftyng place, joly and blith ;
1 5 Thar is hir tempill into Cypir land,
Quharin thar doith ane hundreth altaris ftand,
Hait byrnnyng full of Saba fens all houris,
And fmellyng fweit with frefch garlandis of flowris.
CAP. VII.
Eneas, at his moderns commandment, Ckd with the myjly clowd, to Cartage went.
Thai, in the meyn tyme, haftit furth thar way 20 As the rod led thame, quhil afcend ar thai The hill fer ryfand abuf the town on hycht, Quhar all the Cite forgane thame fe thai mycht.
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Eneas wondrit the gretnes of Cartage, Quhilk lait tofor had beyn ane fmal cotage ; The fair portis alflb he ferleit faft, And of the brute of pepill tharat inpaft, 5 The large ftretys paithit by and by, The byfly Tyrryanys lauborand ardently. Ane part haiftis to beild the wallys wight ; And fum to rays the gret caftell on hyght, And welt vp ftanys to the wark on hie ;
10 Sum grathis faft the thak and rufe of tre ; And fum about delvys the fowfy deip ; Sum chefis officeris the lawys forto kepe, With counfalouris and fenatouris, wys folkis ; Bonder other fum the new havyn holkis ;
15 And heir alflb, ane other end faft by, Lays the fundament of the theatry ; And otheris eik the huge pillaris grete Out of the querrellys gan do hew and bete, Fortill adorn that place in all degre,
20 In tyme cummyng quhar gret triumphe fuldbe. Lyke to the beys, in feildis floryft new, Gaderyng thar wark of mony diuers hew, In foft fomyr the brycht fon hait fchynyng, Quhen of thar kynd thame lift fwarmys furth bryng,
25 Or in camys inclus thar hwny cleyn,
And with fweit liquour ftuffis thar cellis fcheyn, Or reflavys the byrdyngis from othir tharowt, Or fra thar hyve togyddir in a rowt Expellis the bowbart beift, the faynt drone be ;
30 Thar labour is biffy and fervent forto fe,
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The hwny fmellys of the fweit tyme feid. O, quod Ene, full happy ar ghe in deid, Quliais large wallis ryfys thus on hie ! A quhile he viflTeit the boundis of this cite, 5 Ane wonder thyng, coverit with a clowd about ; He entrys fyne amyd the thikaft rowt, Amang the men he thrang, and nane hym faw.
Amyd the cite ftude ane femly fchaw, With hys maift plefand fobir fchaddowis, quhar,
10 As the Punycianys firft vpwarpit war, Efter the ftormys blaftis and feys rage, Thai, delvand, fand the takynar of Cartage, Ane mekill hors hed that was, I weyn, As Juno had fchaw tofor, of goddis queyn,
15 That lignyfyit the cite excellent in batale, And plentuus eik al tymys of vittale. In the ilke place, the Sydonas Dido Begouth to byg a prowd tempill of Juno, With dowreis feir and gyftis of ryches,
20 And eik the goldyn ftatw of the goddes. The entre rays with hie ftagis of bras, With bras alffo the cupplys feftynyt was ; The braffyn durris jargis on the marbill hirft. In this tempill, feir novelteis firft
as Schawin till Eneas meiyt gretly hys feir ; The firft aflurance of comfort was heir, And hope of releif eftir aduerlite : For as he went diuers thingis to fe, Rowmyng about the large tempill fcheyn,
30 Forto behald the cummyng of the queyn,
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And of the cite the gret profperite, The mony warkmen, and thar craftis fle In dew proportioun, as he woundrit for joy, He faw per ordour all the fege of Troy, f> The famus batellis, wlgat throu the warld or this, Of kyng Pryam and athir Attrides, And, baldar than thame baith, the fers Achill. He ftyntis, and wepand faid Achates tyll ; Quhou now, quhilk place is this, my frend, quod he,
10 Quhat regioun in erd, may fundyn be
Quhar our myfforton is nocht fully proclame ? Allace ! behald, fe gondir king Priam, Lo, heir his wirfchip is haldin in memor ; Thir lamentabyll takynnys paffit befor
15 Our mortal myndis aucht to compaffioun fteir. Away with dreid, and tak na langar feir ; Quhat ! wenys thou na this fame fall do the gude ? Thus faid he, and fed hys mynd, quhar he ftude, With thir plefand fengeit ymagery,
20 Murnand fair, and wepand tendyrly, The flude of terys halyng our hys face ; For as he lukit on the wark percace, He faw porturate quhar, in fik a place, The Grekis fled and Troianys followis the chace
25 Abowt the wallys of Troy as thai dyd fyght : At gondir part the Troianys tak the flycht, With crefte on hed Achillis in hys chair Perfewand ftrangly. Not far thens faw he, quhar, The quhite tentis of kyng Rhefus, evill kepe,
30 Betraifit war apon the firft fleip ;
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Quhar, with gret flauchter bludy Diomeid Diftroyt all, and till hys tent gan leid The mylk quhite horflis, fers, fwift and gude, Or evir thai taiftit ony Troiane fude,
5 Or drunkyn had of the flude Exanthus. And gondir, lo ! beheld he Troilus Wantyng his armour, the fey barn fleand, Fortill recontyr Achilles onganand, The hors hym harland behynd the void cart
10 Hyngand wyde oppyn, and hys heel dounwart ; Suppos he held the rengeis faft, but faill, Hys nek and harys on the erd gan traill, The fpeir ourturnyt in the dufte dyd write. The fammyn tyme, the Troian madynys quhite,
15 With hair doun fkalit, all forofull gan pas Onto the tempill of the grevit Pallas To afk fupple, with thame a wympill bair thai, With handis betand thar breiftis by the way : This fremmyt goddes held hir eyn fixt faft
20 Apon the grund, nocht a blenk lift thame caft. Abowt the wallis of Troy he faw quhat wys Achilles harlyt He&oris body thrys ; The ded corps fyne for gold he faw hym fell. Law from his breift murnand he gave a gell,
25 Seand the void cart, and fpulge of the knycht, And the corps of his derreft frend fa dight. Priam onarmyt ftreke furth handis dyd he fpy From Achilles hys fonnys body to by. Hym felf alffwa, mydlit, perfavit he,
30 Amang princis of Grece in the melle.
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The orient hoftis knew he one by one, And Vlcanus armour on blak Memnon. The madynnys cum fra Amafon faw he foyn, With crukit fcheildis fchapyn like the moyn, 5 Led by thar furyus queyn Pantiffylle ; Amyd the thowfandis egyrly feghtis fche, And quhar hir pap was for the fpeir cut away, Of gold tharon was belt a rych tyfchay: Ane worthy weriour fuythly thai mycht hir ken, 10 This wench ftowtly recontir durft with men.
CAP. VIII.
Heir to the tempil cummys queyn Dido, Quhar that Enee hisferisfand alflb.
Quhill as the manfull Troian Eneas To fe thir nyce figuris thocht wonder was, And as he mufyt, ftudyand in a flair Bot on a fycht quharon he blenkit thar,
15 The queyn Dido, excellent in bewte, To tempill cumis with a fair menge Of lufty gyngkeris walkyng hir about. Lyke to the goddes Dian with hir rowt, Endlang the flude of Eurot on the bra,
20 Or vndir the toppis of hir hill Cynthia,
Ledand ryng danfys, quham followis our alquhar A thoufand nymphis flokkyng heir and thair ;
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On liir fchulder the arrow cace baris fche, And quhar fcho walkis abufe the laif on hie May well befeyn ; to Latone hir moder this Gevis reiofyng and fecrete hartis blys : o Sikane was Dido, fykane hir blithly bair Amyd thame all, the warkis and weilfair Providing for the realm in tyme tocum. And quhen fche to the tempill dur is cum, Syne entryng vnder the myd volt, tuke hir fgte
10 Heich in a trone, and cumpaneis grete On athir half llandyng of armyt men, The domys and law pronuncis fche to thame then The feys of thar labouris equaly Gart diftribut ; gif dowt fallis tharby,
15 Be cut or kavill that pled fone partit was.
Bot fuddanly perfavis Eneas Quhar with gret haift com rynnyng Antheus, Sergeft he feis, and ftalwart Cloanthus, With diuers otheris of the Troian menge,
20 Quham the blak ftorm had fkatterit on the fee, And at ane other coft drevyn to the land. He and his fallow awondris this feand. Achates half eftonyft ftude in affray ; With feir and joy fmyttin baith war thai,
25 And langit fair to fchaik handys ; bot thar hart The onkouth cace amovit in fum part Forto diflymyll, as na thing feyn thai had, And, with the dyrk clowd hyd, to fpy thai baid Quhou it ftude with thar ferys, or chanfyt eft,
30 Or on quhat coft thar navy thai had left,
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Quhat thai defyrit ; for, as full weill thai faw,
From thar fchippis per ordour thai com on raw,
Befekand grace and peax faft, as thame thocht,
And to the tempill with gret clamour focht. 5 Fra thai war enterit in the tempill tho,
And licens grantit thame to fpeke alffo,
The gretaft oratour, Ilioneus,
With plefand voce begouth his fermond thus ;
O lye princes, quhamto Jupiter has grant 10 To beld ane new cyte, and to dant
The violens of prowd folk by juft law,
We wrachit Troianys, with the wyndis blaw
Throu flrange ftremys and mony diuers fee,
Forbyd gon cruell fyre, befekis the, 15 Suffir not to byrn our fchippis in a rage,
Haue reuth apon our petuus auld lynage.
Confidir frendly our mater quhou it ftandis ;
We com nocht hiddir with drawyn fwerdis in handis,
To fpulge templis or ryches of Lybia, 20 Nor by the coil na fpreth to dryve away;
Sik violens nane within our myndis is,
Nor fa gret ftowtnes to venquyft folk, I wys.
Thar is a place quham the Grekis, thai fay,
Onto hys name clepis Hefperia, 25 Ane nobill land, richt potent in bataill,
And fru&uus grond, plentuus in vittaille,
By kyng Onotryus inhabit firft, we trow ;
Bot in our days laitly, the fame is now,
Eftir thar duke it is namyt Italy. 30 Thidderwart our cours was laid : quhen fuddanly
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The flude boldnyt, and ftormy Orion Amang blynd bankis cachit ws onon ; The byttir blailis, contrarius al ways, Throw wallis huge, fait fame, and wilfum wais, 5 And throw the perrellus rowkis gan ws dryve ; Hidder at gour coft ar few of ws arry ve. Quhat kynd of pepill duellis heir ? quod he, Quhou beyn fik thewis fufferit in this cuntre ? We ar defendit to herbry on the fand,
10 Prouokyt eik to batale, and, drevyn to land By fors of ftorm, the flyke thai ws deny. Albeit the ftrenth of men ghe fet not by, And mortal weris contempnys and comptis nocht, Belevis weill git than, and haue in thocht,
15 The goddis fall remember, traftis me, Baith of gud dedis and iniquite. To ws was kyng the worthy Eneas, Ane juftar man in all the warld nane was, Nor mair reuthfull, nor wifar into weir,
20 And mair valiant in dedis of armys feir : Quham gif the fatis alyve confervit haith To tak this hevinly ayr and draw his braith, And not with cruell goftis hyd vnder erd, We neid not dreid, fall nocht mak ws efferd ;
25 Nor thou fall neuer repent the fykkyrly To fchaw ws firft frendfchip and curtafy. Into the realm of Sycill als haue we Frendis and citeis, with armyt men plente, And of the Troian blude Aceftes kyng.
30 Gyf ws war levit our note on land to bryng,
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That with the wynd and ftorm is all to fchaik, And grantit eik wod leif to hew, and take Tymmyr to beit ayrris and other myfteris, So that our kyng we mycht fynd and our fens,
5 Blithly we fuld hald towart Italy, And to the coft of Latium feik in hy : Bot gif our weilfar and beleve cleyn gayn is, And the, maift ibuerane fader of ws Troianys, The Lybian fey withhaldis, gif thou be gone,
i o Nor of Afcanyus comfort remanys none, Than fuythly, at the lefte, the Sycill fee And placis reddy fra quham bidder drevin ar we, We fall feik, and to the kyng Aceftes. Thus faid Ilioneus, and fa can he ces ;
15 Bot than the noys rays amang the Troianys, Thai murmuryt and complenyt all at anys.
Than fchortly Dido fpak with viffage doun caft, Remove all dreid, Troianys, beis nocht agail, Pluk vp gour hartis, and hevy thochtis dovn thring.
20 Ane hard myfchans and novelte of this ryng Conftrenys me ilk maftry forto fchaw, And with difcurriouris kepe the coft on raw. Quha knawys nocht the lynnage of Enee ? Or quha myikennys Troy, that ryall cyte ?
25 The gret wirfchip of fik men quha wald nocht meyn ? And the huge ardent batalys at thar has beyn ? We Phenycianys nane fa blait breiftis hes, Nor fo fremmytly the Son lift nocht addres Hys curs frawart Cartage cyte away.
30 Quhiddir ghe will to gret Hefperia,
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The grund of Saturn, quhilk now is Italy,
Or to the coft of Sycill faft tharby,
And at the kyng Aceftes lyft gou be,
Thidder fall ghe fuyrly pas with my fupple ; 5 I fall fupport gou with all geir may gayn.
And pies ghe with me in this realm remane,
The cyte quhilk I byg is gouris fre ;
Bryng in gour fchippis hidder from the fee ;
Betwix a Troiane and ane Tyrriane 10 Na differens, all fall I rewle as ane ;
And, with this fammyn wynd hidder blaw in feir,
Wald God Enee gour kyng war prefent heir !
Endlang the coftis and far partis of Lyby
I fall forfuyth exploratouris fend to fpy 15 In ony wod gyf that he be vpdryve,
Or git perchance at ony cyte arryve.
CAP. IX.
Quhou Eneas with all his rowt bedene War thankfully rejfauyt of the queyn.
With thir wordis the fpreit of Eneas And of the ftrang Achates reiofyt was, Gretly defyryng the clowd to brek in tway : 20 Bot firft Achates till Enee gan fay ;
Son of the goddes, quhat purpos now, quod he, Ryfys in thy breift ? All is fovir, thou may fe,
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Thyne navy and thy ferys recoverit beyn,
Wantand bot ane, amang the fludis greyn
Quham we faw droun ; all other thingis, thou knawis,
Is now conform onto thy moderis fawys. 5 And fcarfly haith he all thir wordis fpokkyn,
Quhen that the clowd abowt thame fwith was brokkyn.
And vanyft tyte away amang the ayr.
Vp ftude Enee, in cleir lycht fchynyng fair,
Lyke till ane god in body and in face ; 10 For his moder grantit hir fon fik grace ;
Hys cryfp harys war plefand on to fe,
Hys favour gudly, full of frefch bewte,
Lyke till ane gongker with twa lauchand eyn ;
Als gracyus for to behold, I weyn, 15 As evoir boyn by craft of hand weill dycht,
Or as we fe the burnyft liluer brycht,
Or git the quhite polift marbill ftane fchyne,
Quhen thai beyn circulit about with gold fa fyne.
Or evir thai wift, befor tham all in hy, 20 Onto the queyn thus faid he reuerently ;
Hym quham ge feik behald now prefent heir,
Enee the Troian, delyverit from danger
Of ftorm and wallys of the Libiane fee.
O thou only, quhilk rewth hes and piete 25 On the ontellabill pyne of the Troianys,
Quhilk ws, the Grekis levyngis and remanys,
Ourfet with all maner neceffiteis,
And euery perrell baith be landis and feis,
Within thy cyte refiauys till herbry, 30 And to famyliar frendfchip and ally ;
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To quyte the, rendring ganand thankis rycht, That lyis nocht, Dido, intill our mycht, Nor all the laif of the Troian menge, Throw out this warld fkatterit quhar euer thai be : 5 Bot the hie goddis, gif ony deite takis tent To thame at petuus beyn and pacient, For juftice eik gif euer reward beis get, And rycht wys myndisL ramembrit and nocht forget. Thai ilke goddis mot dewly reward the
10 Accordyng thy defert in all degre.
Quhou happy and joyus was that tyme ferene That the producit hes, fa nobill a queyn ! Quhou wirfchipfull eik war thai parentis of mycht Quhilk the engendrit hes, fa worthy a wight !
15 Quhill fludis rynnys in the fey but dowt, Quhil fonnys fchaddow circlys hillis about, And the firmament ftarris doith conteyn, Thy honour and thy fame fall evir be grene, And thy renown remane perpetualy,
20 Throu all realmys quharto that drevyn am I. Thus fayand, til his frend Ilioneus Hys rycht hand gave he, and to Sereftus Gave his left hand ; fyne welcumit euery man, The ftrang Cloanthus and the ftowt Gyan.
25 The queyn Dido, aftonyft a litill wie At the firft fyght, behaldand his bewte, Awondring be quhat wys he cummyn was, Onto him thus fcho faid with myld face ; Son of the goddes, quhat hard aduerfite
so Throw owt fo feill perrellis has cachit the ?
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Quhat fors and violens drave the hyddir till ws, Apon thir coftis that beyn fo dangerus? Art thou not theilk compacient Eneas, That apon haly Venus engendrit was
5 Be the Troian Anchifes, as thai lay, Befyde the flude Symois in Phrigia ? Weill I remembir, to Sydon the cyte Sen Tewcer com, banyft from his cuntre, Sekand fupple at Belus, and fum new land.
10 My fader than, Belus, I vndirftand, The rich realm of Cipir waftit by weir, And wan it fyne, and gave it to Tewcer ; And evir fyne of Troy, that gret cyte, The diftrudioun has beyn weill knaw to me,
1 5 Thy name alfib, and pryncis of Grece fans faill, With quham thou faught feir tymys in batale. This ilke Tewcer hys ennemys of Troy Rufyt and lovit, and with excellent joy Full oft him felf extoll and vant he wald
20 Of Troiane blude tobe difcend of aid.
Tharfor haue done, gallandis, cum on gour way, Entir within our lugyng, we gou pray : Siclike fortoun, throu mony feill danger, At laft onto this land has dryve me heir ;
25 Thus, nocht myfknawand quhat payn is ennoy to dre, I lernyt to help all tholis aduerfyte. Reherfyng this, convoys fche Eneas Towart the place quhar hir ryche palyce was, And tharwith eik commandis halyday,
30 Throwe owt the cyte all fuldbe game and play.
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And netheles, the fammyn tyme, fendis fche Down to his folkis, at the coft of the fee, Twenty fed oxin, large, gret and fyne, And ane hundreth buftuus bowkis of fwyne,
5 Ane hundreth lammys and thar moderis tharby, With other prefandis, and wyne habundandly. The place within maift gloriufly and gay Adornyt was all our with ryall array : Amyd the hie rufe oT the mekill hall,
10 For the banket, mony rich claith of pall
Was fpred, and mony badkyn wonderly wrocht ; Of filuer playt ane huge weght furth was brocht To fet on burdis ; and vefchell forgit of gold, Quharin was grave, mafte curyus to behold,
15 The valgeant dedis of forfaderis paft by, Sen firft begynnyng of thar geneology, Man eftir man lyke as thai dyd fucceid, In lang rememberans of thar worthyheid. Ene, for that his faderly piete
20 Wold nocht fuffir hys mynd in reft tobe, In haift Achates to the fchippis fend, To fchaw Afcaneus all fra end till end, Onto the cite that he onon war brocht ; On gong Afcaneus was haill the faderis thocht.
25 Seir gyftis eik he bad bryng with him fyne, Hynt and deliuerit from the Troian rewyne ; Ane rych garment brufyt with ftife gold wyre, The purpour mantill and rycht quent attyre That pliabill was with the gilt bordour large,
30 Sum tyme array of Helene queyn of Arge,
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Quhilk from the realm of Myce with hir fche brocht,
Quhen fcho to Troy forbodyn hymeneus ibcht ;
This wondrus gift gottin at hir moder Lyda.
And forthir eik, of fair Illionya 5 He bad hym bryng with hym the ceptre wand,
Quhilum Priamus eldaft douchter bair in hand ;
The collar pight with orient peirlys als,
That fche vmquhile wair about hir hals ;
Off gold alflb the clos or dowbill crown, 10 Set full of precyus ftonys enveroun.
To do his charge, Achates biffely
The way towart the fchippis focht in hy.
CAP. X.
Quhou that Vemis, all perrettis tofeclude, Send Cupide in Afcaneusjimilitude.
In the meyn tyme, Venus a fle wile focht, By new confait in hir mynd quhou fcho mocht,
15 In forme and viflage of fweit Afcaneus tho Tranfformyt, fend hir awin fon Cupido, To beir thir prefandis, fo that the amorus queyn He mycht inflambe, within hir banys greyn The hoyt fyre of lufe to kyndill and Heir :
20 For in hir mynd fcho had a maner feir Of this lynnage waverand and ontrew, Tyrrhyanys dowbill tongit weill fche knew;
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Of cruell Juno the dreid brynt hir inwart, With mony thocht ran haftely tyll hir hart. Onto the weyngit god of luf, but weir, For thy fcho fpak, and faid on this maner ; 5 O thou my child, my ilrenth and my gret mycht, O thou my fon, quhilk only art fo wight That thou the dartis of Jupiter dar ganeftand, Quharwith he flew Typhon, the fell gyand, To the I cum, to the I feik, quod fche,
10 Lawly afkyn thy power and fupple. Quhat wys thy broder Eneas, but dowt, Is blawyn and warpit euery coft about, Of wykkit Juno throu the cruell invy, All this to the is manifeft, weill wait I ;
15 For quhen I wepit tharfor, thow murnyt alfo. Now hym withhaldis the Phenycian Dido, And culgeis hym with flekit wordis fle ; Bot to quhat fyne, richt fair it dredis me, Sail turn this plefand geftnyng in Cartage,
20 Quhilk is the burgh of Juno ; for in hir rage As is begun the mater fall not remane. Quharfor I ombethynk me of a trane, Thisx queyn firft forto cawch in luffis lace, And fo with flambe of amouris till enbrace,
25 That by na mycht tharfra fcho may remove, Bot ftrangly fall with me Eneas lufe. Hark my confait, quhat wys this may be done : The rial child Afcaneus full fone, On quham maift is my thocht, grathis to pas,
30 At command of his fader Eneas,
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To the cyte of Cartage, and gyftis feir Turfis with hym of the aid Troian geir, Quhilk fra the ftorm of fey is left ontynt, And from the fyre remanys git onbrynt ; 5 Hym fall I fownd flepand fteill away, And hyde apon the hight of Citheray, Or in Idalium my hallowit fchaw, That our difiait he nowder perfave ne knaw, Nor onprovifitly cum thidder, thocht he mycht. 10 Tak thou his lyknes, na mair bot a nycht, Forto begile queyn Dido of Cartage ; My child, cleith the with gon kend childis vifTage, So that quhen fcho all blythaft haldis the Into hir fkyrt perchance, or on hir kne, 15 At hir felt ryall fittand at the tabill, Amang danceis and wynys amyabill, And gan the forto hals and to enbrace, Kyfland fweitly thi quhyte nek and thi face, Than may thou flely thi vennamus ardent fyre 20 Of fraudfull luf amyd hir brefte infpyre.
The God of lufe obeys haftely Hys moderis wordis, and laid his weyngis by, And blythly fteppis furth lyke lulus. Bot Venus to this ilke Afcaneus 25 The fweit vapour of plefand fleip and reft On all the membris of his body keft, And foftly the goddes in hyr lap hym bair Amyd hyr fchaw of Idalium, quhar Tendir mariolyne and fweit flowris tharout 30 With thar dulce fmell hym fchaddowit rownd about.
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CAP. XI.
Of the banket., and of the gret deray, And quhou Cupyd inflambis the lady gay.
Now pafiys furth Cupyd, full diligent Fortyll obey hys moderis commandment, Berand with hym the kyngly gyftis fcheyn, Quhilkis fuldbe prefent to the ryall queyn, 5 Blythly followyng hys ledar Achates.
And as thai come, the quene was fet at des Vndir hir gloryus ftentit capitale ; Amang provd tapetis and mych rych apparale Hir place fcho tuke, as was the gys that tyde,
10 Ourfpred with gold amyd a beddis lyde. Abuf all othir the fader Eneas, And fyne gong gallandis of Troy, to mete fet was, Apon rich beddis fydis, per ordour, Ourfpred with carpettis of the fyne purpour.
15 To wefch thar handis feruandis brocht watir cleir, Syne bfeyd in balkettis, eftyr thar maner, With foft ferviatis to mak thar handis cleyn. Fyfty damycellis tharin feruyt the queyn, Quhilkis bair the cure eftir thar ordour haill,
20 On purvyance of howfhald and vittaill, To graith the chalmeris, and the fyris beld. Ane hundreth madynnys had fcho gong of eld, And elyke mony of the fam age gong fwanys, The cowrfis and the mefys, for the nanys,
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To fet on burdis, fik as we call feweris, And to fill cowpys, goblettis and eweris. And mayratour, the Tyrryanys halely At the blith gettis flokkis to the maniory ;
5 And as thai come, thai war down fet onone On bcufyt or payntit tapetis eueryone. Thai mervellit the rich gyftis of Eneas ; Apon Afcaneus feill awondrit was, • The fchynand vifiage of the God Cupyte,
10 And hys diffemblit flekit wordis quhite,
The precyus mantill and quent garmond alfo : Bot principaly the fey onfylly Dydo, For the myfcheif to cum predeftinat, Mycht not refreyn nor fatiffy hir confait,
15 Bot ardently behaldis all on fteir,
Now lykand weill the child, and now the geir. As Cupyd hyngis about Eneas hals, Enbrafit in armys, fengeand luf full fals, By femlant as he his fader had beyn,
20' Full flely than he blent apon the queyn.
Scho, with hir fycht and all hir mynd, rycht thar, Hym to behald, fat mufand in a ftayr ; Sumtyme onwar hym in hir bofum held fche, . Myfknawand, allace ! by fals fubtilite,
25; Quhou the gret god of luf, with all hys mycht, Wachit forto diffave hir, wofull wight : • Bot he, remembring on his moderis command, The mynd of Sycheus, hir firft huflband, Furth of hir thocht peys and peys begout.h dryve,
30 And with fcharp amouris of the man alyve !
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Gan hir dolf fpreit forto preveyn and fteir, Had beyn djfvlit fra luf that mony geir.
Eftyr the firft pawfe, and that cowrs neir gane, And voduris and fat trunfchuris away tane,
5 The goblettis gret with myghty wynys in hy Thai fill, and coverit fet in by and by. Than rays the noys quhill dynnyt rufe and wallis, So thik the vocis fleys throu the large hallys. From the gilt fparris hang down mony a lycht,
10 The flambe of torchis venquyft the dyrk nycht. The queyn than aflds of gold, for the nanys, A weghty cowp, fet all with precyus ftanys, Bad fill it full of the rych Ypocras, Into the quhilk gret Belus accuftomyt was
15 To drynk vmquhile, and fra hym euery kyng Difcend of hys genology and offpring. And, quhen iilens was maid our all the hall, O Jupiter, quod fcho, on the we call, For this rayfon, that by wys men is faid,
20 To geftis thou grantis the herbry glaid ; We the befeik, this day be fortunabill To ws Tyrryanys, happy and agreabill To ftrangearis cummyn fra Troy on thar vayage, In tyme cummyng remembrance of our vfage
25 To our fucceffioun and pofterite ;
The gevar of glaidnes, Bachus, heir mot be, And gentil Juno to ws fauorabill and meik ; And gou, myne awyn Tyrryanys, I command eik Hallow this feft with blythnes and with joy,
30 Bair frendly fallofchip to thir noblis of Troy.
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This beand laid, the cowpe with the rich wjne Apon the bard fcho blyffit. and eftir fyne
With hir lyp firft tharof tuke bot a taift,
And, carpand blythly, gaif it Bythyus in haift. 5 He merely reflayis the remand tays,
All owt he drank, and qnhelmjt the gold on his face
Syne al the nobillis tharof drank about ;
I wil nocht lay that illnnan playt cop owt.
Bot on his grit harp berdyt Jopas, 10 Play and the geftis of the gret Atlas,
The monys change and oblique cowrs lang he.
And qnhy the fon eclipfis, as we fe ;
Quharof mankynd is maid he fchew fed plane.
Qnharof beftis, and qnhat engendris rayn, 15 Quharof commys thondir and fyry leYyn ;
The rany Hyades, quhilk ar the fternys fevyn,
And eik Arfturas, quhilk we cal the laid ftern.
The dowbill Vrfys weil couth he decern ;
And quhy the fon, into the wyntir tyde, 20 Haftis in the fey la faft his hede to hyde ;
Quhy makis the nycht that tyme fa large delay.
And in fomyr quhy la lang is the day.
The grid and ryot Tyrryanys dowblit for joy,
Syne the rerd folio wit of the gonkeris of Troy : 25 Onhappy Dido alflb fet all hir mycht
With fermondis leir forto prolong the nycht.
The langfmn lufe drynkand in wart ful cald.
Full mony demand of Priam fpeir fcho wald.
And queflionys feir twichyng He&or alfwa: 30 Now with quhais armour the fon of Aurora
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Come to the fege ; and now inquir wald fche Quhat kynd hore Diomede had in the melle; Quhou large of ftatur was fers Achillis. Haue done, my gentill geft, fone tell ws this 5 Per ordour, lays fcho, fira the begynnyng, all The difiait of the Grekis, and the fell Of goup pepill, and of Troy the rewyne ; Thi wandring be the way thou fchaw ws fyne ; For now the fevynt lymmyr hyddir careis the, 10 Wilfum, and errant, thron euery land and fee.
CAP. XII.
Eneas firft excufys hym, andjyne Addreffis to rehers Troys rewyne.
Thai ceffit all atanys incontinent, With mouthis clos, and viffage takand tent. Prince Eneas, from the hie bed, with that. Into hys fege ryall quhar he fat,
1 5 Begouth and fayd : Thi defyre, Lady, is Renewing of ontellabill forow, I wys ; To fchaw how Grekis dyd fpulge and diftroy The gret ryches and lamentabill realm of Troy And huge myfery quhilk I thar beheld,
20 Quharof my felf a gret part bayr and feld : Quhat Myrmydon or Gregion Dolopes, Or knycht wageour to cruel Vlixes, .
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Sik materis to rehers or git to heir, Mycht thame conteyn fra weping mony a teir ? And now the hevin ourquhelmys the donk nycht, Quhen the declynyng of the fternys brycht 5 To fleip and reft perfwadis our appetite : Bot fen thou haft lie plefour and delyte To knaw our chancis, and fal of Troy in weyr, And fchortly the laft end tharof wald heir, Albeit my fpreit abhorris, and doith grys, 10 Tharon forto remember, and oft fys
Murnand efchewis tharfra with gret dyfeys, than I fal begyn gow forto pleys.
Dyrk beyn my mufe with dolorus armony. Melpomene, on the wald clerkis call Fortill compyle this dedly Tragedy, Twiching of Troy the fubuerfioun and fall ; 5 Bot fen I follow the Poete principall, Quhat nedis purches fengeit termys new? God grant me grace hym dyngly to enfew !
The drery fait with terys lamentabill Of Troys fege wydequhar our all is fong ; 10 Bot folio wand Virgil, gif my wit war abill, Ane othir wys now fall that bell be rong Than euer was tofor hard in our tong. Saturn, ttiou auld fader of malancoly, Thyne is the cuyr my wofull pen to gy.
15 Harkis, Ladeis, gour bewte was the caws ;
Harkis, Knychtis, the wod fury of Mart ;
Wys men, attendis mony forofull claws ;
And, ge dyflavouris, reid heir gour proper art ;
And fynaly, to fpecify euery part, 20 Heir verifeit is that proverbe teching fo,
All erdly glaidnes fynyfith with wo.
THE SECUND BUKE OF ENEADOS.
CAP. I.
Quhou the Grekis withdrew thame of the raid, And of the mekillfubtile hors thai maid.
The Grekis chiftanys, irkit of the weir Bypaft or than fa mony langfum geir, And oft rebutyt by fatale deftany, Ane huge hors, lyke ane gret hil, in hy
5 Craftely thai wrocht in wirfchip of Pallas ;
Of fawyn beche the ribbis forgyt was ; . Fengeand ane oblacioune, as it had be For prolper returnyng hame in thair cuntre : The voce this wys throu owt the cite woyk.
i o Of choys men fyne, walit by cut, thai tuke A gret numbyr, and hyd in bylgis dern Within that beft, in mony huge cavern ; Schortly, the belly was ftuffit euery deill Ful of knychtis armyt in plait of fteill.
15 Thair ftandis into the fycht of Troy ane ile, Weil knawin by name, hecht Tenedos vmquhile,
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Myghty of gudis quhil Priamus ryng fa ftude ;
Now is it hot a fyrth in the fey flude,
A raid onfikkyr for fchip or ballyngare.
In defert coftis of this iland thar 5 The Grekis thanie ful fecretly withdrew ;
We wenyng thame hame paffit and adew,
And, with gude wynd, of Myce the realm had focht.
Quharfor al thai of Troy, blyth as thai mocht,
Thair langfum duyl and murnyng dyd away, 10 Keft vp the portis and yfchit furth to play,
The Grekis tentis defyrus forto fe,
And voyd placis quhar thai war wont tobe,
The coft and ftrandis left defert al cleyn.
Heir ftude the army of Dolopeis, fum wald meyn, is Cruel Achil heir ftentit his pailgeori ;
Quhar ftude the navy, lo the place gonder down ;
Heir the oftis war wont to joyn in feild.
And fum, wondring, the fcaithfull gyft beheld
Suldbe offerit to the onweddit Pallas, 20 Thai mervellit faft the hors famekil was :
Bot Tymetes exortis firft of all
It forto leid and draw within the wall,
And forto fet it in the cheif palyce ;
Quhidder for diffait, I not, or for malyce, 25 Or deftany of Troy wald fa fuldbe.
Bot Capis than, with ane othir menge
Quhilk bettir avys thar myndis fet apon,
Bad caft or drown into the fey onone
That fufpek prefand of the Grekis diffait, 30 Or kyndill tharvndir flambe of fyris hait,
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Or forto rype that holkit huge belly, And the hyd hyrnys to fers and well efpy. Quhat nedis mair ? the onftabill common voce Diuidit was in mony feir purpos.
5 Quhen thidder come befor thame al onone, Followand a gret rowt, the preft Laocon From the cheif tempil rynnand in ful gret hy ; On far, O wrachit pepil, gan he cry, Quhou gret wodnes is this at ge now meyn,
10 3our ennymyis away falit gif ge weyn, Or gif ge traift ony Grekis gyftis be Withowt diffait, falfhed and fubtelte ! Knaw ge na bettir the quent Vlixes flycht ? Owder in this tre ar Grekis clofit ful rycht,
15 Or this engyne is byggit to our fkaith, To wach our wallis and our byggynys bath, Or to confound and ourquhelm our cite ; Thar lurkis fum falfhed tharin, traftis me ; Lippyn nocht, Troianys, I pray gou, in this hors ;
20 Quhow euer it be, I dreid the Grekis fors, And thame that fendis this gyft always I feir. Thus fayand, with al his ftrenth a gret fpeir At the fyde of that byfnyng beft threw he, And in joiiyngis of the thrawyn wame of tre
•25 Feftynnyt the lance, that trymlyng gan to fchaik ; The braid belly fchudderit, and with the ftraik The boys cavys fowndit and maid a dyn. And had nocht beyn that owder his wit was thyn, Or than the fatis of goddis war contrary,
so He had aflayt, but ony langar tary,
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Hyd Grekis covert with irne to haue rent owt ; Than fuld thou, Troy, haue ftandyn git, but dowt, And the prowd palyce of Kyng Priamus Suld haue remanyt git ful gloryus.
CAP. II.
The takyng of the trefonabill Synon, And of hys fen^eit wordis mony om.
5 Lo, the ilk tyme, harland onto the kyng Troiane hyrdis with gret clamour dyd bryng A gong man, baith his handis behynd his bak Hard bundyn, that wilfully forto be tak Rendrit hym felf, onknawyn the caws quhy,
10 Forto perform his deid mair lecretly; By ftowt curage reddy to athir of tway, Owder to bryng hys ilycht to gude afiay, Or faillyng tharof, dowtles reddy to de Les than to Grekis he oppynnyt the cite.
15 On ather part hym to behald atanys
Faft flokkis about a multitude gong Troianys, Byffy to knak and pul the prelbneir.
Now the difiait of Grekis may ge heir, And all thar falfhed lern by this a flycht.
20 For, alffo faft in myddis of al our fycht As that drery onarmyt wyght was ftad, And with eyn blent about, femyng ful rad,
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Behaldand Troiane rowtis on athir hand, Alace, quod he, wald God fome erd, or fand, Or fum fait fey dyd fwelly me alyve ! Quhat other thing now reftis to me catyve, 5 Quhamto fal nevir amang Grekis agane A place be fundyn fuythly to remane ? And maratour, Troianys, offendyt eik, To fched my blude by paynful deth dois feik. With this regrait our hartis fterit to piete,
10 All moleftatioune ceffit and lattyn be, We hym exort rehers, and tobe bald, Of quhat lynnage he was, and quhat he wald, And to ramembir, gude hope of ferm fupple Happynnys oft to prefoneris in captiuite.
15 He, at the laft, this fengeit dreid dyd away, And on this wys onone begouth to fay ; Forfuyth, Schir kyng, I fal, quhat euer betyde, Grant to the all the verite, and nocht hyde, Nor, be na ways, me lyft nocht to deny
20 That of the Grekis menge ane am I. Thys principaly I wald thou vndyrftude ; Thocht frawart fortoun miferabill and bayr of gude Has maid Synon, fche fal nocht mak hym als, Quhat euer he fays, nowder lear nor fals.
25 Gyf euer onto gour eris come the name, The hie wirfchip, and the renownyt fame Of Palamedes, from Belus blude difcend, Quham Grekis by fals trayfoun, as weil is kend, Throw corrupt witnes ftanyt to ded, but les,
30 For he the weir forbad and procurit pes ;
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Now murn thai for his dede ; and with hym heir In fallofchip, my puyr fader in weir Send me of gouth, as to hym neir of blude. Quhil in profperite of the realm he ftude, 5 And Grekis ryng by counfale was rewlit wyfly, Sum name of wyrfchip and autorite bair I : Bot efter that by envy and haitrent Of the fals flechand Vlixes la quent, I iape not, for that I fay weyll I knaw ;
10 Fra he was flane, allace, and brocht of daw, Dolorus my lyfe I led in Hurt and pane, Hevyly weyand my innocent frende thus flane. Ses couth I nocht, bot in my franacy, Gyf euer I happit my tyme forto efpy,
15 And vi6tour haue returnyt onto Arge, I hecht to be revengit : with wordis large Thus I prouokit fcharp feid and malyce baith. To me this was fyrft apperans of fkaith. From thens fordwart, Vlixes mair and mayr
20 With new crymys begouth affray me fair,
And dangerus rumour amang the commonys hedis Skalit and few of me in diuers ftedis, And, knawyng hym felf gylty, by hys confait Grathit hys wapynys of flycht and fals diflait ;
25 Nor ceffit he neuer his purpos to perfew Quhil the folyfting of Calcas I mycht rew : Bot quharto tell I or reherfis this, That be na ways difplefis gou, I wys ? Quhy tary I my deth ? and ge lyft, ftryke ;
30 Gyf that ge favour all the Grekis elyke,
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This is enewch at ge haue hard of me : Now haift my pane, fen algatis I mon de. Vlixes, quhilk is kyng of Ithacy, Wald it war fwa, and with gret price wald by 5 My deth Agamemnon als, and Menalay. Than haftit we, and brynt to heir hym fay, Defyrus all the maner forto heir, Myfknawyng the gret iniquiteis feir And fle craftis of Grekis in euery deid.
10 He quakand than, as it had bene for dreid, Begouth forto tell furth the remanent, Sayand on this wys, with ful diffemlyt entent : The Grekis oft in purpos war and will To fle from Troy and leif it ftandand ftill,
is And, wery of thar lang weir, pas away ;
Wald God fwa thai had done fyne mony a day ! The feys rage and ftorm thame iloppit oft, And from thar pafiage the north wynd onlbft Held thame abak, in angvvys and in feir ;
20 And principaly now, fen this hors was heir Of hattyr geftis beldit vp, but dowt, The ilormy clowdis our al the ayr gan rowt. We, dowtyng heiron, fend the prefte Erypilus Anfwer to feik at the tempill of Phebus,
25 And from the fecret oratory, fuyth to fayn, Thir foroful tythyngis he ws brocht agane : With blude and by the flauchtir of a maid, Grekis, ge mefyt the wyndis firft, he faid, Quhen that ge come of Troy to the cuntre ;
30 gour haym paflage by blude mon fundyn be,
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And haue gour afkyn by deth of a Gregyoun. Quhen to the commonys eris ran the fown Of thir wordis, with myndis affrayit, atanys The cauld dreid ran in throu thar banys, s For feir quhamto was fchape this deftanye, Or quho it was Apollo defyrit to die. Vlixes than, amang thame, with gret dyn, Calcas the gret dyvynour has brocht in, And biffely at hym inquiris he,
10 By refpons of the goddis, quha fuld de. Than mony ane demyt to me, ful rycht, The cruel wraik of that diffaitful flycht, And quyetly perfavit how it wald wend. This Calcas held his tong ten days to end,
15 Kepand fecret and cloys al his entent, Refufyng with his word ony to fchent, Or to pronunce the deth of ony wyght : Skars at the laft, throu gret clamour and flyght Of Vlixes conftrenyt, but mair abaid,
20 As was devifit, the laith word furth braid, And me adiudgit to fend to the altare. Tharto alhail the Grekis afientit are, And fufferit glaidly fo the mater pas ; Quhar as tofor eueryane tobafyt was
25 For hym felwyn, tho blyth was page and knycht The chance returnyt on a catyfe wyght. Cummyn was the duylful day that doith me grys, Quhen that of me fuld be maid facryfyce, With fait meldir, as weil the gyis is kend,
30 Abowt my heide a garland or a bend.
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I grant that from the deth my felf I fred, The bandis I braft, and faft away fyne fled Ontil a muddy marras, quhar, the dyrk nycht, Amang the ryfp and redis out of fycht
5 Full law I lurkit, quhil vp falys drew thai, Gif thai perchance be git paffit away. Now reftis thar na hope ; allace, fell me ! My natyve cuntre fal I neuer fe, Nor deir childryng, nor fader weil belovit,
10 Quham, as I traift, the Grekis, all ammovit For myne efchaping, turment fal with pane ; Thai, faykles wyghtis, fal for my gilt be flane. Quharfor, Schir king, be the hie goddis abufe, And thar mychtis that trewth beft knawis and lufe,
15 And by the faith onfylit, and leil lawte, Gyf it with mortale folkis may fundyn be, Haue rewth and piete on fa feil harmys fmart, And tak compaffioune in thi gentill hart ; Apon my wrechit fawle haue fum mercy
20 That gyltles fufferis fik dyfeys wrangwifly.
CAP. III.
oft/te traytowris fals controvytjlycht, That was belevit, allace ! with euery wyaht.
Pardon and lyfe to thir terys geif we, Quod Priamus, and mercy grantis fre.
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And, firft of all, the mannykillis and hard bandis Chargit he lows of this ilk manis handis ; With frendly wordis fyne thus onto hym faid, Quhat evir thou art, beis mery and glaid, 5 Forget the Grekis that loft ar and away, From thens fordwart thou falbe owris, perfay. Bot fchaw trewly this a thing I inquer, Onto quhat fyne this huge hors was heir, Of fa gret ftatur beldit vp on hie :
10 Quha wrocht the wark ? quhat may it fignyfie ? Quhat is it ? ane offerand of fum halynes ? Or fum engyne of batale ? as I ges, Said Priamu*s. Bot than the tother wight, Ful weil inftrukit of Grekis art and flycht,
15 Lowiit and laitly fred of al his bandis, Onto the ftarnys hevit vp his handis : O ghe, quod he, euerleftand lampis brycht, And gour dyvyne power and gour gret mycht, That aucht not beyn forfworn, I teftefy ;
20 And gou altaris, and cruel fwordis, quham I Am efchapit, and al gou goddis wys Quhais garlandis bair I as gour facryfys, Leiffull is now to brek, but mair abaid, The fworn promys that I to Grekis maid ; .
25 Leiffull is eik tha pepill fortil hait,
And fchaw furth planely al at euer I wait, Thar hyd flycht als to rype furth to the grund : To na cuntre nor lawis am I bund. Sa mot thou, Troy, quham I fal falue fra fkayth,
30 Kepe me thy promys and thi lawte baith,
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As I fal fchaw the verite like deill,
And for my lyfe fal rendir gou a gret weill.
The Grekis traft and comfort, mony gheris, From the begynnyng of thir mortale weris, 5 On Pallas help ftude haill this towne to get : Bot efter that Thedeus, wareit get, With Vlixes, fyndar of wykkytnes, The fatale rellyk of Palladium, I ges, Furth of hir tempill, and the hallowit hald, ] 0 To reif away forfabilly war fo bald, And fla the wachis of the cheif caftell, The haly ymage, gryfly forto tell, Pollute and fylit, and with thar bludy handis Hir vyrgyne valis and bliffit godly garlandis is Prefumyt twich; fen fyne has euermair
Bakwart of Grekis the hope went and weilfair ; Thar mychtis and thar ftrenthis feblit faft : So frawart thame hir mynd this god hes kalt That with na dowtfum takynnys, ma than twa, 20 Hir greif furth fchew this ilke Trytonia. Skarfly the ftatw was in thar tempill vpfet, Quhen all hir membris bittir terys fwet ; Hir eyn glowit as ony gleid for ire, Quharfra thar flaw mony fparkis of fyre ; 25 A teyrful thing, and wonderfull to tell ; Thrys fchynyng down on the grond fcho fell, Hyr targe trymlyng, and fchakyng faft hir fpeir. Onone, al moft ge wend to fey infeir, Cryis Calcas, nor Grekis inftrument 30 Of Troy the wallis fal neuer hurt ne rent,
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Les than agane the land of Arge be focht, With alkyn portage quhilk was hydder brocht In barge or bilgeit ballyngare our fee : The goddes mon be mefit als, quod he.
5 And now, fet thai, with this ilke wynd, haue focht Thar land of Grece or Myce, this is thar thocht, To graith thar armour and wapynnys by and by, And, with fupple of goddis in cumpany, In haift forto return agane our fee ;
10 Or ge beyn war, apon gou will thai be. Thus al per ordour declaris thame Calcas, At quhais monicioun als vp biggit was This buftuus form, in lyknes of a hors, For Palladium, and to appeis the fors
15 Of the goddes, and into recompens Of thar wrachit and dolorus offens. And mairatour, of fa huge quantite Calcas commandis beld this ftatw of tre, Thus large and gret, weil neir the hevyn on hycht,
20 So at the portis it ne entyr myght,
Nor git be brocht within gour wallys wyde, Nor gour pepill favour, help, nor gyde Eftir the auld relligioun and vfage. For gif gour handis had violet, in gour rage,
25 This haly prefand of the god Mynerve,
Gret wraik fuld follow that al fuld ge fterve, Priamus ryng diftroyit, and al gour pelf; Quhilk deftany goddis turn rather in hym felf ! Bot gif this ilk ftatw, ftandis heir wrocht,
30 War with gour handis into the cite brocht,
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Than Ichew he that the pepil of Afya, But ony obftakill, in fell batale fuld ga, Bet down the townys of Arge that regioun, And the fam fait happyn our fucceffioune.
5 By fik wylis and flychtis, mony one, Of fals controvit and maynfworn Synone, The mater is belevit with all it heris ; And takyn ar, by diffait and fengeit teris, Tha pepil quham the fon of Thedeus,
10 Nor fers Achilles, clepit LaryfTeus,
Nor Grece ten gheris in batale mycht ourcum, Nor git the thoufand ichippis al and fum.
CAP. IV.
Quhoujlranglit was the prejl hecht Laocon, And how the hors dam our the wattis qfjtone.
Betyd, the ilke tyde, a fer grettar woundir, And mair dreidful to catyvis be lik hunder,
15 Quhilk of Troianys trublit mony onwarnyt brelte. As Laocon, that was Neptunus preft, And chofyn by kavill onto that ilk office, A fair gret bull ojFerit in facrifyce Solemnytly befor the haly alteir,
20 Throw the ftyl fey, from Tenedos, infeir,
Lo ! twa gret lowpit edderis, with mony thraw, Faft throu the flude towart the land gan draw.
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My fpreit abhorris this mater to declare ; Abufe the watir thar hals ftude euermare, With bludy creftis owtwith the wallis hie ; The remanent fwam al ways vnder fee, 5 With gryfly bodeis lynkit mony fald ;
The fait fame ftowris from the fard thai hald : Onto the grund thai glaid with glowand eyn Stuffit full of vennom, fyre, and fellon teyn, Wyth tongis quhiflyng in thar mowthis red
10 Thai lyk the twynkland ftangis in thar hed. We fled away al bludeles for affeir ; Bot, wyth a braid, to Laocon infeir Thai ftart atanys ; and hys twa fonnys gyng Firft athir ferpent lappit lyke a ryng,
15 And, with thar cruell byt and ftangis fell, Of tendir membris tuke mony fary morcell ; Syne thai the preft invadit, baith twane, Quhilk with hys wapynnys dyd hys byffy pane His childryng forto helpyn and refkew.
20 Bot thai about hym lowpit in wympillis threw, And twys cyrkyllit his myddil rownd about, And twys faldis thar fprutlit fkynnys, but dowt, About hys hals ; bath nek and hede thai fchent : As he etlys thar hankis to haue rent
25 Of with his handis, and thame away haue draw, Hys hed bendis and garlandis all war blaw Ful of vennom and rank poyfon atanys, Quhilk infekkis the flefch, blude, and banys. And tharwith eik fa horribilly fchowtis he,
30 His cryis dynnyt to the fternys on hie ;
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Lyke as a bull doith rummyfing and rayr, Quhen he efchapis hurt from the altair, And charris by the ax with his nek wight, Gif on his forhed the dynt hyttis nocht rycht. 5 Syne thir twa ferpentis haftely glaid away ; Onto the cheif tempil fled ar thai, Of ftern Pallas to the hallowit place, And crap in vnder the feit of the goddes, Hyd thame behynd the boys of hir bukleir.
10 Than trymlit thar mony ftowt hart for feir, The onkowth dreid into thar breftis crap : All laid, Laocon juftly, iik was his hap, Has deir ybocht his wikkit and fchrewit deid, For he the haly hors or ftalwart fteid
15 With violent ftrake prefumyt forto deir, And tharintil to feflyn his curfit fpeir. Onto the hallowit fted bryng in, thai cry, The gret fygur, and lat ws facryfy The haly goddes, and magnyfy hyr mycht
20 With oryfonys and offerandis day and nycht. Quhat wil ge mair ? the barmkyn down we rent, And wallis of our cite we maid patent ; Onto that wark al fped thame biflely ; Turnand quhelis thai fet in, by and by,
25 Vndir the feit of this ilke byfnyng jaip ; Abowt the nek knyt mony baffyn raip : This fatale monftre clam our the wallis then, Gret wamyt, and ftuffit ful of armyt men ; And tharabout ran childer and madis gyng,
30 Syngand karrellis and danfand in a ryng ;
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Ful well war thame, and glaid was euery wight,
That with thar hand anys twich the cordis mycht.
Furth drawyn haldis this futtell hors of tre,
And mannyfand flydis throu the myd cite. f> O natyve cuntre, and rial realm of Troy !
O goddis hows Ilion ful of joy !
O worthy Troiane wallis chevalrus !
Four tymys ftoppyt that monftre peralus,
Evin at the entre of the portis wyde, 10 And four fys the armour, that ilk tyde,
Clynkit and rang amyd the large belly ;
Bot netheles, intil our blynd fury,
Forgetting this, inftantly we wirk,
And forto drug and draw wald neuer irk, 15 Quhil that myfchancy monftre, quently bet,
Amyd the hallowit tempill vp was fet.
Caffandra than the fatis to cum tald plane,
Bot, by command of Phebus, al was in vane ;
For thocht fcho fpayit the futhe, and maid na bowrd, 20 Quhat euer fcho faid Troianys trowit nocht a word.
The tempillis of goddis and fan£tuaryis all,
We fey pepill, allace ! quhat fay I fall ?
Quhamtill this was the duylfull lattir day,
With feftuale flowris and bewys, as in May, 25 Dyd weil anorn, and feft and ryot maid
Throu owt the town, and for myfcheif was glaid.
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CAP. V.
Grekis entrys by trayfoti in the cite, And how He6lor apperis till Ene.
Wyth this, the hevyn fa quhyrlit about his fpeir Out of the fey the dym nycht gan appeir, With hir dyrk weid bath erth and firmament Involwyng, by hir fecret fchaddowis quent 5 Covering Gregion and Myrmydonys ilyght ; Within the wallis to bed went euere wyght : Still warm all, and foft vapour of fleip Apon thar wery lymmys faft doith creip. Be than the army of mony a Gregioun,
10 Stuffit in fchippis, come fra Tenedon, Stil, vnder frendly fylens of the moyn, To the kend coftis fpeding thame ful foyn ; And quhen the takynnyng, or the bail of fyre, Rays from the kyngis fchip, vp byrnand fchyre,
15 Of the goddis be fra wart deftany Synon prefervit couth this fyng afpy ; The fyrryn cloferis oppynnys, but noys or dyn. And Grekis, hyd the horffis coft within, Patent war maid to fight and to the ayr.
20 Joyfull and blyth, from that boys ftatw thar, Difcending thai down! at by cordis atanys Therfander and Sthenelus, twa capitanys, The dowr Vlixes als, and Athamas, Pelyus nevo Pyrrus, and kyng Thoas,
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The firft Machaon, and Menelaus, And the engyne forgyar halt Epeus ; The cite thai invaid, and faft infeft, With wyne and fleip yberyit and at reft.
5 Slane ar the wachis liggyng on the wall ; Opnyt the portis, leyt in thar feris all, Togidder jonyt euery cumpany : Throu the cite fone rays the noys and fcry. Thys was that tyme quhen the fyrft quyete
10 Of naturale fleip, to quham na gyft mair fwete, Stelis on fordoverit mortale creaturis, And in thar fwewynnys metis quent figuris. Lo ! in my fleip, I fe ftand me befor, As to my fyght, maift lamentabil He&or,
15 Wyth large flude of teris, and al befprent, As he, vmquhile, eftyr the cart was rent, With barknyt blude and powder : O God, quhat fkath Boldynnyt ful gret war feit and lymmys baith, By bandis of the cordis quhilk thame drewch.
20 Ha ! walloway ! quhat harm and wo eneuch ! Quhat ane was he ! how far changit from joy Of that He&or, quhilum returnyt to Troy, Cled with the fpulge of hym Achillys, Or quhen the Troiane fyry blefis, I wys,
25 On Grekis fchippis, thyk fald he flang that day Quhen that he flew the Duke Prothefylay ! Hys fax and berd was fadyt quhar he ftude, And all hys hayr was glotnyt ful of blude ; Full mony woundis on his body bayr he,
30 Quhilk, in defens of hys natyve cuntre,
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About the wallys of Troy reffavyt he had. Me thocht, I firft, wepyng and na thing glaid, Rycht reuereutly begouth to clepe this man, And with fik dolorus wordis thus began :
5 O thou, of Troy the lemand lamp of lycht ! O Troiane hope, maift ferm defens in fyght ! Quhat has the tareit ? quhy maid thou this delay, He&or, quham we delyrit mony a day ? From quhat cuntre this wys cunimyn art thou ?
10 That, eftir feil flauchter of thi frendis now, And of thi folkis and cite efter huge payn, Quhen we beyn irkit, we fe the heir agayn ! Quhat hard myfchance fylyt fo thi plefand face? Or quhy fe I tha feil woundis, allace !
15 Onto thir wordis he nane anfwer maid, Nor to my voyd demandis na thyng faid, Bot with ane hevy murmour, as it war draw Furth of the boddum of his brefte weil law, Allace ! allace ! thou goddes ion, quod he,
20 Salf thi felf from this fyre, and faft thou fle ; Our ennemys has thir worthy wallys tane ; Troy from the top down fallys, and all is gane. Enewch has leftit of Priamus the ryng, The fatis wil na mair it induryng.
25 Gif Pargama, the Troiane wallys wyght, Mycht langar haue beyn fendit into fyght, With this rycht hand thai fuld haue be defendit ; Adew ! fair weil ! for euer it is endit. In thi keping committis Troy, but les,
30 Hir kyndly goddis clepit Penates ;
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Tak thir in fallofchip of thi fatis all, And large wallis for thame feik thou fall, Quhilk at the laft thi felf fall held vp hie, Eftir lang wandryng and errour our the fee. Thus laid He&our, and fchew furth in his handis The dreidfull valis, wymplis, and garlandis Of Vefta, goddes of the erth and fyre, Quhilk in hir tempil eternaly byrnys fchyre.
CAP. VI.
Quhou Eneas the trayjbn did perjave, And quhat debait he maid the town to fave.
In feyr placis throu the cite, wyth this, 10 The murmur rays, ay mair and mair, I wys, And clerar wolx the rumour and the dyne : So that, fuppos Anchyfis my faderis In With treys abowt ftude fecrete by the way, So buftuus grew the noys and furyus fray, 15 And ratlyng of thar armour on the ftreit, Affrayit, I glyftnyt of ileip, and ftart on feit ; Syne to the hows bed afcendis onone, With eris preft ftude thar als ftil as ftone. A fownd or fwowch I hard thar at the laft, 20 Lyke quhen the fyre, be fellon wyndis blaft, Is drevyn amyd the flat of cornys rank ; Or quhen the burn on fpait hurlys down the bank,
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Owder throu a watir brek, or fpait of flude, Ryvand vp rede erd, as it war wod,
4 Down dyngand cornys, all the pleuch laubour atanys, And dry vis on fwyftly ftokkis, treis and ftanys :
5 The iylly hyrd, feand this gryfly lyght, Set on a pynnakill of fum cragis hycht, Al abalit, nocht knawand quhat this may meyn, Wondris of the fovnd and ferly at he has feyn. Rychtfo I than, by cleyr takynnys enew,
1 o Manifeftly al the Grekis falfhed knew ; Thair hyd diffait wolx patent than to ws. The nobil lugyng of worthy Deyphobus Was fal to grond, the fyre vpfpred onone ; The nixt hows byrnys of Vcalegon :
15 The large feys and coftis Sygean,
Throu lycht of flambis and brycht fyris, fchane. Vplprang the cry of men and trumpys blift : As out of mynd, myne armour on I thryft, Thocht be na rayfon : perfave I mycht, but fail,
20 Quhat than the fors of armys couth avail ;
3it, hand for hand, to thryng out throw the pres With my feris, and rynnyng or we ces To the cailel, our hartis brynt for defyre ; The fury cachit our myndis hait as fyre,
25 So that we thocht maift femly in a feld To de feghtand, enarmyt vnder fcheld. Bot lo ! Panthus, flippit the Grekis fperis, Panthus Othriades fon, that, mony gheris, Was of the ftrenth, and Phebus tempill prefte,
30 Into his armys, lappit to his breift,
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The haly rellykkis of the fan&uary,
And eik our venquift goddis, by and by
With hym beryng, and, in bis hand alflb,
Harlyng hym efter his litil nevo, 5 Cummys lyke a wodman til our get rynnyng.
How now, Panthus, quhat tythingis do ge bryng ?
In quhat eftait is fan6tuary and haly geir ?
To quhilk other fortres fall we Ipeir ?
Skars faid I this, quheii, gowlyng petuufly, 10 With thir wordis he anfwerd me in hy :
The lattir day is cummyn of Dardanus end,
The fatale tyme quham na walyng may mend ;
We war Troianys ; vmquhile was Ilion ;
The fchynand glory of Phrygianys now is gone : 15 Fers Jupiter to Grece all has tranflait ;
Our al the cite, kyndillit in flambis bait,
The Grekis now ar lordis but ony fors.
Within the wallis, gone mekil ftandand hors
3ettis furth armyt men ; and now Synon 20 Is vi&our haill, kyndilland eueron
The new fyris glaidly, as it war fport.
At athir get beyn rufchit in iik a fort,
Sa mony thoufandis come neuer from Myce nor Arge ;
Sum cumpanyis, with fperis, lance and targe, 25 Walkis wachand in rewis and narow ftretis ;
Arrayit batalis, with drawyn fwerdis at gletis,
Standis reddy forto ftyk, gor and fla :
Skarfly the wachis of the portis twa
Begouth defens and melle as thai mycht, 30 Quheii blyndlyngis in the batail fey tha fyght.
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Throu thir wordis of Panthus, and goddis hefte, Amyd the flambis and armour in I prefte ; Rufchand thidder quhar forofull Erynnys, The noys and brute me drew, and quhar, I wys, 5 The clamour hard I rys vp to the ayr. And of our fallowis to me come twa pair : Repheus fyrft, be the lycht of the inoyn, Valiant in armys Ephitus followit foyn ; Hypanys fyne, and eik Dymas in hy,
10 Faft to our fyde adionyt by and by ; Mygdoneus fon alffb, Chorebus gyng, Quhilk in tha days, for fey luf hait byrnyng Of Caflandra, to Troy was cummyn that geir, To help Priam and Troianys in the weir ;
1 5 Onhappy he was, wald not beleif fermly Hys fayd fpowfis command and prophecy ! Quhen I thame faw this wys adionyt to me, And wilful forto ftryke in the melle, Thus I begouth thame forthirmar to Heir :
20 O ge maift forfy gong men that beyn heir, Wyth breftis ftrang, and fa bald curage hie, Invayn ge pres to fuccur this cite Quhilk byrnys al in fyre and flambys rede ; The goddis al ar fled out of this ftede,
25 Throu quhais mycht ftude our empyre mony day : Now all thar templis and altaris waift leif thai, Bot gif gour defyre be fa fermly preft To follow me dar tak the vtyrmeft, Quhat fortune is betyd, al thingis ge fe ;
30 Thar is na mair ; lat ws togidder de,
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And in amyd our ennemyis army fchute.
To venquift folkis is a comfort and bute
Nane hope of help to beleif, or refkew.
Swa, with thir wordis, the gong menis curage grew,
5 That in the dyrk lyke ravenus wolffis, on rawis, Quham the blynd fury of thar empty mawis Dryvis furth of thar den to feik thar pray, Thar litil quhelpis left with dry throtis quhil day ; So, throw the wapynnys and our fays went we,
10 Apon the ded ondowtit, and wald nocht fle. Amyd the cite we held the mafter ftreit, The dyrk nycht hyd ws with cloys fchaddowis meit.
CAP. VII.
The woful end, per ardour, heir, allace ! Followys of Troy, and yeftis of Eneas.
Quha fal the harmys of that woful nycht Expreme ? or quha with tong to tell hes mycht
1 5 Sa feil ded coriis as thar lyis flane ?
Or, thocht in cace thai weip quhil tens rayn, Equaly may bewail tha forowis all ? The ancyant, worthy cite down is fall, That mony geris held hie fengeory :
20 Stekit in ftretis heir and thar thai ly, Feil corfis ded of mony onweldy wyght, Dung down in howiis, fey thai fal all nycht,
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In lan&uarys and tempi is of goddis eik ;
Na quhar mercy nor fuccur mycht thai feik.
And not only of Troianys, throu owt the town,
The blude is fched, thus marthyrit and flane down, 5 Bot fum tyme eik to thame, ourcummyn and fchent,
Agane returnys in breftis hardyment,
So that fum Grekis vi&oris war fmyte ded.
Cruel womenting occupyit euery fleid ;
Our alquhar dreid, our alquhar wo and cayr, i o And of the deth feil gaftly fchaddowis thair. Bot firft enconteris ws Androgeus,
With a gret cumpany of the Gregyus,
Onwarly wenyng his fallowis we hadbe ;
In haymly wordis to ws thus carpis he : 15 Haift gou, matis, quhat flewth tareit gou thus lait ?
Our other feris rubbis, turfyng away, fut hait,
The fpreith of Troy, quhilk now is brynt to gledis,
And ge, fyrft from gour fchippis now gou fpedis.
Thus faid he, quhen that, fuddanly and onone, 20 He felt hym felf happynnyt amyd his foyn,
For we hym gave anfwer not traift enewch.
Eftonyt with the word, abak he drewch :
As quha onwar tred on a rowch ferpent
Lyggyng in the bus, and for feir bakwart fprent, 25 Seand hir, reddy to Hang and to infek,
Set vp hir vennamus gallo boldyn nek ;
On the lammyn wys, Androgeus, of our fyght
Gretly effrayt, fled in al his mycht.
On thame we fchot, and in thar myd rowt dufchit, 30 Hewit, hakkit, (mate down, and al to frufchit
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Tha fey Gregionys, on ilk fyde heir and thair,
With dreid ourfet, and wift not quhar thai war.
The firft lawbour thus lukkit weil with ws.
Joyus in hart of this chance Chorebus, 5 O ge feris, hald furth this way, quod he,
Quhar forton firft has fchawyn ws fik fupple ;
Hald thidder quhar our manned has ws taucht ;
Now lat ws change fcheildis, fen we beyn fawcht, . Grekis enfengeis do we cowntyrfeit ; 10 Quhidder by flycht, or ftrenth of armys gret,
A man ourcum his ennemy, quha rakkis ?
Thai fal ws rendir thir harnes of thar bakkis.
And fayand thus, Androgeus criftit helm
He hynt in hy, and our his hed gan quhelm ; 15 His fchynand fcheild with his bawgy tuk he,
And hang a Gregioun fwerd down by his the.
Syklyke dyd Rypheus, my felf eik, and Dymas,
And all the other gong men at thar was ;
Ful glaidly in that recent fpulge warm 20 Belyfe ilk man dyd thame felf enarm.
Amang the Grekis mydlit than went we, ^ Not with our awyn takyn nor deite ;
Mony debatis and onfettis haue we done,
And, throu the iilens of the nycht, ondone 25 Feil of the Grekis, and fend to hell adown.
Ane other menge fled fail out of town
To thar fchippis, and tha traift coftis nyce ;
Sum part alflb, for fchaymfull cowartyce,
Clam vp agane in the gret horffis maw, 30 And hyd thame in that belly weilbeknaw.
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Allace ! onleifull is ony man to weyn, Contrar the plefour of goddis, ocht may fuftene. Lo !, Priamus dochtir, the virgyne Caffandra, Was, from the tempill and fete of Mynerva, 5 Drawyn forfabilly bairhed, with hayr down fchake, Reuthfully invane behaldand hevyn, alake ! With glotnyt eyn ; for baith hir tendir handis War ftrengeit fayr, ybondyn hard with bandis. This dolorus fyght Chorebus mycht nocht fe,
10 Bot rufchit with furyus mynd in the melle, Reddy to de, and we all followit faft, Amang glavys and armour in we thraft. Heir war we fyrft to frufchit and hard byfet, With dartis and with ftanys all to bet
15 By owr awyn feris from the templis hycht ; A miferabil flauchtir thar begouth that nycht. The portratour of arrays was myfknaw, All war bot Grekis tymbrellis at thai faw. Als quhat for walyng of irus wordis fell
20 Agane refkewit faid by the damycell, Grekis flokkis togidder heir and thar, And ombefettis cruelly and fayr ; The fellon Aiax, and athir Atrides, And al the rowtis clepit Dolopes.
25 Lyke as, fum tyme, the fers wyndis ge fe, ^epherus, Nothus, and Eurus, all thre Contrarius blaw thar buftuus bubbys with byr, The woddis rerdis, bath ayk, elm, and fyr Ourturnys to grond, and Nereus the fomy
30 From the fey grond wod wraith is cachit in hy :
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On fiklyke wys the Grekis ws invadit. For than thai alls that fled war and evadit, Throu the dyrk nycht, quhen fum thar feris flew we, And thame had chafit throw owt all the cite, s Thai war the firft come now to do ws deir ; Our fengeit fcheildis, wapynys, and other geir Ful weil thai knew, and, by our vocis eik, Thai notyfy that nane of ws was Greik. By multitude and nowmyr apon ws fet
i o All geid to wraik, thar war we hail doune bet ; And firft of all, down fmyte is Chorebus By the rycht hand of Greik Peneleus, Befor the altare of armipotent Pallas : Rypheus down fell, ane the maift juft man was,
15 Amang Troianys beft kepand equite ; Bot other ways the goddis thocht fuldbe : Hypanys eik, and Dymas than alfTua War by thar fallowis throw gyrd bath twa : Nor git the, Panthus, quhen that thou fell down,
20 Thy gret pety, and godly religioun, Nor habyt of Apollo hyd from fkayth.
O ge cald aflys of Troy, and flawmys baith, And extreme end of cuntre folkis, heir I Drawis gow to witnes, and doys teftify,
25 Quhen that ge fell to grund thus and war (lane, I nowder fparit wapynnys, ftrenth, nor pane, Nor nane onfet efchewit of Grekis mycht ; And gif fatis wald I had fallyn in fyght, Thar with my handis wrocht I worth my ded.
30 Bot with the pres we war relit of that fted :
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Only with me Hyphitus and Pelyas ; For age Hyphitus waik and febill was, And Pelyas flawly mycht onethis go, By Vlixes for he was woundit fo.
CAP. VIII.
Quhou to the Kyngis palycejped Ene, Thatjyne was take, thar helpit na fuple.
5 Onone onto the palyce of Priamus The fchowtis and the cryis callys ws. Thar was ane hydwys batale forto leyn, As thar nane other bargane ayr had beyn, Lyke as nane flane war throu all the cite,
10 Sa wod ondantit melle thar we fe :
The Grekis rufchand to the thak on hyght, So thik thai thrang about the portis all nycht, That lyke a wall thai ombelet the gettis ; Vp to the fyd wallys mony leddyr fett is,
15 Quharon thai preys fail our the rufe to Ipeill, Coverit with fcheildis agane the dartis feill Thar left hand heich abuf thar hed gan hald, And oft with rycht handis grypp the battalyng wald. Troianys agane, fchaping defens to mak,
20 Rent turettis doune, and of hows hedis the thak ; Quhen all wes loft thai fe, at lattyr end, With (ik wapynnys thai fchupe thame to defend ;
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The gilt fperris, and geftis gold begane Down on thame flyng thai, and mony coftly ftane, The prowd and ryall werkis of faderis aid. And other fum, law down within that hald, 5 With drawyn fwerdis ftude reddy to kepe the ge't ; In a thik rowt tharat was mony fet. Our fpretis war reftoryt, and enrage grew The kyngis palyce to fuccur, and refkew The men tharin with all help and fupple,
i o To ftrenthing thame war venquyft neyr, we f e.
A fmall wykket thar was, or entre dern, A litil get clepit a poftern, On the bak half Priamus palyce almaift, Amang byggynnys ftude defolate and waift ;
15 Quharat was wont alane Andromocha To entir oft to Priam and Hecuba, And Aftyanax, hir gong fon, with hir bring Onto his grandfyre Priamus the kyng. Tharat I enterit, and to the wallys hyght
20 Vpwent, quhar wrachit Troianys, as thai mycht, Threw down dartis, thocht all was bot in waift. We ftart ontil a hie turate in haift, The top vpftrekand to the ftarnys hie, Quharon we wont war al Troy forto fe,
25 The Grekis fchippis, and thar tentis eik. With inftrumentis of irne we pyke, and feik Round al about quhar the jonyngis war worn, Reddy to fall, and corbalys al to torn ; We hoik and mynd the corneris for the nanys,
30 Quhil down belive we tumbil it al atanys ;
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A fellon rufch it maid, and fownd with all, And large on breid our Grekis rowtis dyd fall ; Bot fone ane other fort ftart in thar ftedis : Nowder ftanys, nor quarellis with fcharp hedis,
5 Nor na kynd of wapynnys war fparit than. And firft of al, befor the porch inran Hard to the entre, in fchynyng plait and mail, Pyrrus, with wapynnys ferfly to affaill : Lyke to the edder, with fchrewit herbis fed,
10 Cummyn furth to lycht, and on the grond lyis fpred, Quham wynter lang hyd vnder the cald erd ; Now flippit hir flowch with fchynand fkyn new brerd, Hir flydry body in hankis rownd al run, Heich vp hir nek ftrekand forgane the fon,
15 With forkit tong intyll hir mouth quytterand. To the aflalt with Pyrrus come at hand Periphas, and Automedon his fquyer Was wont to govarn Achilles cart in weir, And al the fenfabill men of Scyrrya
20 Bownys our the wallis and howfis hedis alfwa, And fyre blefis abuf the rufe garris fle. Bot firft of al, ane ftalwart ax hynt he, The ftern Pyrrus, to hew and brek the get, And furth of har the ftapillis has he bet,
25 And bandis all of bras yforgyt weill : Be that in twa the mafter bar ilk deill Is al tofrufchit ; fyne the hard burdis he hakkis, And throu the get ane large wyndo makkis, By the quhilk flop the place within apperis,
30 The wyde hallys wolx patent al infeiris
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Of Priamus and ancyant kyngis of Troy ;
Secret throwgangis ar fcliawyn wont to be quoy ;
Armyt men fe thai ftand at the firft port.
Bot than throw owt the inner palyce, at fchort, 5 With duylful fcryke and walyng al is confoundit ;
The holl howfis gowlit and refowndit
For womentyng of ladeis and wemen ;
The clamour vpftrak to the ftarnys then.
The woful moderis ran frayit on athir fyde 10 Ful lamentabill throw out the chawmeris wyde,
Brafand the poftis in armys, and durris cald,
And feil lys with mowthis kys thame wald.
Inftantly Pyrrus affailgeis with al his mycht,
By naturale ftrenth of his fader the wight, 15 That nowder cloferis, nor barryt gettis ftowt,
Nor git the keparis may hald thame langar owt.
Oft wyth the ram the port is fchaik and dufchit,
Down bet get chekis, and bandis al tofrufchit ;
The way is maid by fors, and entre brokkyn ; 20 Grekis infprent, the formafte haue thai ftokyn
And flane with fwordis ; the large hald heir and thar
Was fyllit full of Grekis our alquhar.
Not fa ferfly the fomy ryver or flude
Brekkis our the bankis, on fpait quhen it is wode, 25 And, with hys brufch and fard of watir brown,
The dykis and the fchoris bettis doun,
Ourfpredand croftis and flattis with his fpait,
Our al the feildis that thai may row a bayt,
Quhil howfys and the flokkis flyttis away, 30 The corn grangis, and ftandand ftakkis of hay.
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I faw my felf thair Neoptolemus Mak fellon flauchtir, wod and furyus, And athir brodir of Atrides alfwa : Eldmodir to ane hundreth thar faw I Hecuba,
5 And Priamus, at the altar quhar he ftude, All our byfprent and fperklyt ful of blude Of facryfice, quhamto he bet the fyre. Fyfty chawmeris held that rial fyre, Quhar warryn his gude dochteris, ladeis gyng,
10 Syk fayr beleif is loft of his offpryng ! The prowd geftis and durris gilt with gold Of barbary wark, and hungyn mony fold With riches and fpulge of feyr nationys, Sa far as from the fyre onbet adoune is,
15 The Grekis occupyis haly; al is tharis;
Quhat fo thame lyft tofpil is nane that fparis.
CAP. IX.
Into this nixt cheptour ge may attend Of Priam Kyng of Troy thefatde end.
Peraventur, of Priamus wald ge fpeir Quhou tyd the chance, hys fait gif ge lyft heir Quhen he the cite faw takyn and downbet, 20 And of his palyce brokyn euery get, Amyd the fecret clofettis eik hys fays, The auld grayth, al for nocht, to hym tays
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Hys hawbryk quhilk was lang furth of vlage, Set on his fchulderis trymlyng than for age ; A fword, but help, about hym beltis he, And ran towart hys fays, reddy to de. 5 Amyd the clos, vnder the hevyn al bayr, Stude thar that tyme a mekil fair altare, Neyr quham thar grew a rycht aid lawrer tre, Bo wand towart the altare a litill wie, That with his fchaddow the goddis did ourheld.
10 Hecuba thydder, with hir childer, for beild Ran al invane, and about the altare fwarmys, Brafand the godlyke ymage in thar armys, As for the ftorm dowis flokkis togidder ilkane : Bot quhen fcho faw how Priamus has tane
15 His armour, fo as thocht he hald beyn gyng ; Quhat fulych thocht, my wrachit fpows and kyng, Mo vis the now fyk wapynnys forto weld ? Quhidder haftis thou ? quod fche ; of na fik beld Haue we now myftir, nor fyk deffendouris as the,
20 The tyme is nocht ganand tharto we fe. In cace He6tor war prefent heir, my fon, He mycht nocht fuccour Troy, for it is won : Quharfor, I pray the, fyt doune and cum hydder, And lat this altare falue ws al togidder,
25 Or than atanys al heir lat ws de.
Thus faid fcho, and, with fik fembland as mycht be, Hym towart hir has brocht, but ony threte, And fet the auld doune on the haly fete. Bot lo ! Polytes, ane of Priamus fonnys,
30 Quhilk from the flauchter of Pyrrus away run is,
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Throw wapynnys fleyng and his ennemys all, By lang throwgangis and mony voyd hall ; Woundit he was, and come to feik refkew ; Ardently Pyrrus gan him faft perfew,
5 With grondyn lance at hand fo neir furthftrekit, Almaift the hed hym twichit and arekit. Quhil at the laft, quhen he is cummyn, I weyn, Befor his faderis and his moderis eyn, Smate hym down ded in thar fycht, quhar he ftude,
!0 The gaift he gald with habundans of blude. Priamus than, thocht he was halfdeill ded, Mycht nocht conteyn his ire nor wordis of fed, Bot cryis furth : For that cruell offens, And owtragyus fuyl hardy violens,
15 Gif thar be piete in the hevin abone
Quhilk takis heid to this at thou has done, The goddis mot condyngly the forgeld, Eftir thi defert rendring fik gayngeld, Caufit me behald myne awyn child flane, allace !
20 And with hys blude fylit the faderis face. Bot he, quhamby thou fenys thi ielf byget, Achil, was not to Priam fa hard fet ; For he, of rycht and faith efchamyt eik, Quhen that I come hym lawly to befeik,
25 The ded body of He&or rendrit me, And me convoyit hame to my cite. Thus fayand, the aid waykly, but fors or dynt, A dart dyd caft, quhilk, with a pyk, gan ftynt On his harnes, and in the fcheild dyd hyng,
30 But ony harm or other dammagyng.
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Quod Pyrrus, fen always thou faift fwa, To Pellyus fon, my fader, thou moft ga : Beir hym this meflage, ramembir weil thou tell Him al my warkis and dedis fa cruell ; 5 Schaw Neoptolemus is degenerit cleyn.
Now fait thou de : and with that word, in teyn, The aid trymlyng toward the altare he drew, That in the hait blude of his fon, fched new, Fundrit ; and Pyrrus grippis hym by the hayr
10 With his left hand, and with the tother al bayr Drew furth his fchynand fwerd, quhilk in his fyde Feftynnyt, and onto the hyltis dyd he hyde.
Of Priamus thus was the finale fait ; Fortone heir endit his gloryus eftait,
15 Seand Ilion al byrn in fyris brown,
And Troys wallis fall and tumlyt down ; That ryal Prince, vmquhile, our Afya, Apon fa feil pepil and realmys alfwa Ryngnyt in welth, now by the coft lyis ded,
20 Bot as a ftok, and of hakkit his hed ; A corps, but lyfe, renown, or other fame, Onknawyn of ony wight quhat was his name.
CAP. X.
Quhou Venus gan to Eneas appeir, And of his fader and other materisjeyr.
Fyrft than the gryfly dreid about me ftart ; Aftonyft I wolx, for fone prent in myne hart
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The ymage of my deir fader, quhen I The kyng his evyneild beheld fa cruelly By deidly wound galdand vp the fpreit. On deflblat Crevfe, my fpows fa fweit, 5 I thocht alflb, and dangeris of my place ; Of litill Afcaneus fayr I dred the cace. About I blent to behald, heir and thar, Quha of our feris remanyt with me thar. Al war thai fled full wery, left me alane ;
10 Sum to the erd loppin from hie towris of ftane ; Sum in the fyre thar irkit bodeis leit fall ; Thar was na ma bot I left of thame all : Quhen in the tempil of Vefta the goddas, Lurkand ful law, intil a fecrete place,
15 Tyndarus douchter, queyn Helene I efpy; The fyrys fchane fa brycht, as I went by, All thing was patent quhar fo euer I went. Scho, dreding les the Troianys wald hir fchent, And kail fum way for hir diftru&ioun,
20 Becaus all Troy, for hir, was thus bet doun, Sayr punytioun of Grekis dred fcho, als Hir hufbandis wroth, quham fcho left and was fals, And eik the common fatale fury of Troy, Hir felf fcho hyd tharfor, and held ful koy,
25 Befyde the altare fytting onethis feyn. My fpreit for ire brynt in propir teyn, And, al in greif, thocht cruel vengeans take, Of my cuntre for this myfchews wrake, With byttir panys to wreke our harmys fmart ;
so Thocht I, fal fcho pas to the realm of Spart
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Hailfkarth, and fe Mycene hir natyve land,
And with triumphe follow hir fyrft hufband ?
Or, lyke a queyn, fal fcho wend hame our fee ?
Hir frendis agane and childring fal fcho fe, 5 Accumpanyit with mony Troiane maid,
And Phrygiane feruandis in bondage with hir had ?
Sen now, by hir, with fword lyis Priam ded,
And ryal Troy all brynt in flambis red ;
Of Dardane eik the ftfandis and the flude 10 Sa oft has bene waterit or bathit in blude.
Na, na, nocht fwa, I wys, that fal fcho nocht :
And, fet it be nocht lovabill nor femly thocht
To punys a woman, bot fchameful hir to fla,
Na victory, bot lak followyng alfwa ; is ^it, netheles, I aucht lovit to be
Vengeans to tak on hir defervis to de.
It wil my mynd affwage, forto be wrokyn
On hir quham by Troy brynt is and down brokyn,
And, forto eik the myfcheif of hir ded 20 Til our forowis, fyllit with affis red.
Syk thingis I thocht half wod and furyus,
As owt of wit my mynd was cachit thus ;
Quhen that my bliffit moder, of lik bewte,
Apperit farer than euer I dyd hir fe, 25 Schynyng fill cleir for al the dyrk nycht,
Confeflyng hir tobe a goddes brycht ;
In iik form of quantite and eftait
As fcho is feyn with fpretis deificat.
Me by the rycht hand hynt fcho, and held faft, 30 And with hir rofy lippis thus faid at laft ;
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Son, quha fa gret and furyu8 cruelte
And hie ondantit ire has rafyt in the ?
Quhy gois thou mad ? quhidder is went thus onkynd
Our ramembrance, or we forget of mynd ?
5 Suld thou not firft think quhar thou left, but les, Thi wery fader, the agit Anchifes ? Wenys thou, or not, Crevfa git levand be, And Afcanyus thi gong fon ? quham al thre The Grekis armyis walkis rownd about ;
10 And, bot my myght rafiftit thame, fans dout Thai had bene brynt or this in flambis red, And with thar fays fwordis fmyt to ded. Not the bewte of Helene Laconya, Quham thou hatis, nor Parys, quhilk alfwa
15 Is blamyt oft, this ryches has gou reft ; Bot the wroth of the goddis has down beft The city of Troy from top onto the grond. Behald ! (for I, within a litil ftound, The clowd of dyrknes from thi fycht fo cleir,
20 That on gour mortell eyn, quhil ge beyn heir, Lyke to ane watry flowch ftandis dym about ; Thi moderis heift on na wys nedis the dowt, Na hir command refufyng to obey) Quhar thir towris thou feys downfall and fwey,
25 And ftane fra ftane down bet, and reyk vp rys, With ftew, powder, and dufte myxt on this wys, Neptune the fundamentis of thir wallis hie, With his gret mattok havand granys thre, Vndermyndis rownd about the towne,
30 Furth of the grond holkand the barmkyn doun.
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Maift cruel Juno has, or this, alffwa Sayfit with the fyrft the port clepit Sceya, And from the fchippis the oftis in fcho callis, Standing wod wraith enarmyt on the wallis. 5 The hie caftellis and ftrenthis to and fra, Behald, now Pallas of Tritonya All occupyis, fchynyng in weirlyke weid, Fell Gorgones hed into hir fcheild, tak heid. The gret fader Jupiter ftrenth and mycht
10 Diftributis happely to the Grekis in fyght, And eik the goddis ire prouokis he Aganys Troianys power in the melle. Fie thou, my fon, in haift away thou wend, And of this laubour onprofitabil mak ane end ;
15 I falbe with the foverly and ful koy, Quhil to thi faderis get I the convoy.
Thus fayand, fcho hir hyd in the cloys nycht. Than terribil figuris apperis to my fycht Of gret goddis, femand with Troy agrevit ;
20 And tho beheld I al the cite myfchevit, Fayr Ilion all fall in gledis down, And, fra the foyll, gret Troy, Neptunus town, Ourtumlyt to the grond : fo as ghe fe The lauboreris, into the montanys hie,
25 With fteil axis byffely hak and hew A mekil ayk that mony geir thar grew ; The tre branglis boftyng to the fall, With top trymlyng, and branchis fchakand all ; Quhil finaly it get the lattyr ftraik,
30 Than, with a rair, down dufchis the mekil aik,
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And with his fard brekis down bewis about.
Furth of that fted I went, and throu the rowt Of ennemyis and flambis I me fped ; The fyre and wapynnys gave me place, and fled. 5 So happely the goddes gydit me, Quhil that within the portis and entre Of my faderis lugyng am I cummyn ; My fader, than, quham I fchupe to haue nummyn, And caryit to the nerreft hillys hycht, J o And hym tharto folift with al my mycht ; Bot he reffufys or euer to leif in joy Eftir the rwyne and diftru&ioun of Troy : To fuffir exile he faid that he ne couth.
0 ge ! quod he, in blude and florift gouth,
15 That has gour ftrenth git, and gour forcy mycht,
Pas on gour way onone, and tak the flycht.
Gif goddis lykyt lenth my life langar Ipace,
Thai wald haue falwyt to me this litil place.
It is eneuch, eneuch, and mair, I weyn, 20 A diftru&ioun of Troy that we haue feyn,
Remanyng alyve eftyr the cite tane.
So, fo, hald on, leif this ded body alane ;
Say the laft quething word, adew, to me.
1 fal my deth purches thus, quod he :
25 Quhen our ennemys feys me enarmyt ftand, Sum fal haue jreuth, and (la me with his brand, To get my fpulge ; quhat of the body na cure ; The corps is fone warpit in fepulture. Hatit of the goddis, to all nedis onhabill,
30 Thir mony geris I left inprofitabill,
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Ay fen the fader of goddis and kyng of men With thunderis blaft me fmate, as that ge ken, And with his fyry levin me omberauch, That we intill our langage clepe fyreflauch. 5 Reherfyng this, fermly he dyd remane At his firft purpos fixt, and we agane Furthgetting teris, and our fpows Crevfa, Afcanyus gyng, and al our menge alfwa Beibwth my fader to -fame his wery banys,
10 And not be wilful to perys all atanys, And to efcheif the chance as it was went : Plat he reffufys, anherdyng to his entent, The fyrft fentence haldyng euer ane. To ftart to harnes I am compeld agane,
15 And, as mafte wrachit and miferabil catyve, Ded I defyrit, and irkyt of my lyve ; For by na wyfdome, nor chance, perfave I mycht We couth efchape, nor git by fors in fyght. O deir fader, quhat wenys thou for ded,
20 A fut, quod I, me to fteir of this fted,
And leif the heir ? O God ! quha euer couth Sik cryme to me be faid of faderis mouth ! Bot gif it lykis to the goddis hie Na thing be left of fa fayr a cite,
25 Or gyf thou heft in mynd decretit eik, And weil lykis thl felf and thine to eik Onto the rewyne of Troy, and tobe fchent, Ded at our dur is reddy and patent. From mekil blude fchedding of Priamus
30 Hiddir, belyfe, fal cum cruell Pyrrus,
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Quhilk brytnys the fon befor the faderis face, And gorris the fader at the altare but grace. Is this the way, my haly moder, at thou Suld kepe me, fays and fyris pafiand throu, 5 That I behald, within my chawmyr fecrete, Myne ennemys, and fe Afcanyus fwete, My deir fader, and Crevfa my wyfe, Athir in otheris hait blude leys thar lyfe ? Harnes, feruandis, harnes bryng hydder fone : 10 The lattyr end, thus venquyft and ondone, Callys ws agane to batale and affay ; Adone, cum on, this is our lattir day. Rendir me to the Grekis, or fuffir me The bargane agane begun at I may fe ; is This day onwrokyn we fal neuer all be flam-.
Abowt me than my fwerd I belt agane, And fchot my left arme in my fcheild al meit, Bownyng me furth ; quhen lo ! abowt my feit My fpows lappit fell down into the get, 20 And litill lulus forgane his fader vpfet : Gyf thou lyft pas, quod fcho, thi felf to fpill, Harl ws with the in all perrell quhar thou will ; Bot gif thou traftis, as expert in thi dedis, Ony help by fors of armys, than the nedis 25 Firft to defend and kepe this hows, quod fcho, Quharin thi gong fon and thi fader beyn, lo ! And I vmquhile that falbe clepit thi fpows ; Quham to fall we be left in this waift hows ?
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CAP. XL
Quhou Eneas hys fader bayr And how lie loft Crevfa by the ivay.
Wyth fkyrlys and with fcrykis thus fcho beris, Fillyng the hows with murnyng and fait teris ; Quhen fuddanly, a wonder thing to tell, A feirful takyn betyd of gret mervell.
5 For lo ! the top of litill Afcanyus hed, Amang the duylfull armys wil of red Of his parentis, from the fched of his crown, Schane al of lycht onto the grond adown. The leym of fyre and flambe, but ony ikath,
10 In his haris, about his halffettis baith,
Kyndyllis vp brycht, and we than, al in weir, Abafit, trymlyng for the dreidfull feir, The blefand haris bet furth at brynt fa fchyre, And fchupe with watir to floyk the haly fyre.
15 Bot Anchifes, my fader, blyth and glaid
Lyft eyn and handis to hevyn, and thus gatis faid ; O thou almychty Jupiter, quod he, With ony prayeris inclynyt gif thou may be, Tak heid to ws, and gif we haue deferuyt,
20 For our piete and rewth, tobe conferuyt, Haly fader, fend ws thi help als goir, And conferm al thir takynnys feyn befor.
Scarfly the auld thir wordis had warpit owt, Quhen fone the ayr begouth to rumbill and rowt
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On our left hand, towart the north ful rycht, And from the hevin fell, in the dyrk nycht, A fayr brycht ftarn, rynnand with bemys cleir, Quhilk on the top of our lugyng, but weir,
.5 Firft faw we lycht, fyne fchynyng went awa And hyd it in the foreft of Ida, Markand the way quhidder at we fuld fpur ; Thar followis a ftreym of fyre, or a lang fur, Caftand gret lycht about quhar that it fchane,
10 Quhil al enveron rekit lyke bryntftane. With that, my fader venquyft Hart on fute, And to the goddis carpis tobe our bute, The haly ftarn adornyt he rycht thar : Now, now, quod he, I tary na langar ;
15 I follow, and quhidder ge gyde me fal I wend.
0 natyve goddis, gour awyn kynrent defend, ' Salwe gour nevo ; gouris is this oracle,
In gour prote6tioun is Troy, for this myracle
1 wil obey, and grantis onto gour will :
20 My deir ion, quhidder euer thou wend will, I fal na mair reffus tobe thi feyr.
Thus fayd he, and be than, thar and heir, Throw out the wallis the rerd of fyris grew Ay mair and mair, and the heit nerrar drew.
25 Have done, quod I, fader, clym vp anone, And fet the evyn abuf my nek bone ; Apon my fchuldris I fal the beir, but weyr, Nor this lawbour fal do to me na deir : Quhat euer betyde, a weilfair and a fkaith
30 Salbe common and equale to ws baith.
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Lytil lulus falbeir me cumpany ; My fpows on dreich eftyr our trays fal by. And ge, my feruandis, tak held quhat I fay ; As ge pas furth of the cite this ilk way, 5 Thar is a mote, quhar ane aid tempil, but les, Now ftandis defert of the goddes Ceres, Befyde quham growis a fypir tre full auld, With forfaderis, feil geris, in wirfchip hald ; In that place lat ws nleit on athir fyde.
10 Fader, fen that we may na langar byde, Tak vp tha haly rellykis in tin hand, And our penates or goddis of this land : It war onleifful and wykkitnes to me From fa gret flauchter, blude fchedding, and melle
15 Newly departit, to twich thame, for the blude, Quhil I be wefchyn into fum rynnand flude.
And fayng thus, I fpred my fchulderis brayd, . Syne our my nek, abuf the wedis, laid A gallow fkyn was of a fers lyoun,
20 And tharapon gart fet my fader down ; Lytil lulus grippis me by the hand, With onmeit pays his fader faft followand ; Neir at our bak Crevfe, my fpows, enfewys : We pas by fecret wentis and quyet rewys.
25 And me, quham laitly na wapyn, nor dartis kaft, Nor pres of Grekis rowtis maid agaft, like fwouch of wynd, and euery quhifpir now, And alkyn fterage affrayt, and caufyt grow, Baith for my byrdyng and my litil mait.
30 Quhen we war cummyn almaift to the get,
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And al danger we thocht efchapit neyr,
A fellon dyn, belyve, of feit we heir :
My fader than lukand furth throw the fky,
Cryis on me faft, fle fon, fle fon in hy ! 5 Thai cum at hand ; behynd me I gat a fycht
Of lemand armour and fchynand fcheildis brycht.
Thar knaw I nocht quhat fremmyt god onkynd
So me aftonyft, and reft fra me my mynd :
For throu the fecrete ftretis faft I ran 10 Befor the laif, as weil bekend man;
Allace to me, catyve ! I wait neuer quhydder
My fpows Crevfe remanyt or we come thydder,
Or by fum fait of goddis was reft away,
Or gif fcho errit, or irkit by the way ; 15 For nevir fyne with eyn faw I hyr eft,
Nor neuer abak, fra fcho was loit or reft,
Blent I agane, nor perfyte mynd has nummyn,
Quhil to the mote of Ceres war we cummyn.
And fynaly, quhen we beyn gadderit thidder, 20 Faft by the haly tempil al togidder,
Scho was away, and betrumpit fuythly
Hyr fpows, hir fon, and all the cumpany.
Than wod for wo, fo was I quyte myfcaryit
That nowder god nor man I left onwaryit : 25 For quhat mair hard myfchance, quhen Troy down fell,
Apperit to me as that, or fa cruell ?
Afcanyus tho, and my fader Anchifes,
And eik our Troiane goddis penates,
Onto my feris betauch I, for to keip, 30 And hyd thame darn within a valy deip.
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To town agane I fped with al my mycht, Clafpit ful meit into fyne armour brycht, Wilful al aventuris newlyngis to affay, And forto fers Troy, euery ftreit, and way,
5 And eik my bed agane in perrell fet.
Bot firft tne wallis, the darn entre, and get, Quharat we yfchit furth, I feik agane, Haldyng bakwart ilk futftep we had gane, Lukand and ferfand about me as I myght.
10 The vgfumnes and filens of the nycht In euery place my fpreit maid fayr agaft. Fra thyne ontil our lugyng hame I paft, To fpy perchance gif fcho had thidder returnyt ; It was with Grekis befet, and hail ourturnyt,
15 Alhail the hows with thame fa occupyit : Belyve the fyre al waiftand I efpyit Bles with the wynd ; our the rufe, heir and thar, The flambe vpfprang and bait low in the ayr.
CAP. XII.
Quhou Eneas Jocht hysfpows, al the co/i, And how to hym apperis Mr gret go/I.
To Priamus palyce eftyr focht I than, 20 And fyne onto the tempil faft I ran : Quhar, at the porchis or cloftir of Juno, Than al bot waift, thocht it was gyrth, fbude tho
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Phenix and dowr Vlixes, wardanys tway, Forto obferve and keip the fpreth or pray. Thydder in a hepe was gadderit precyus geir, Riches of Troy, and other jowellis feyr
5 Reft from all partis ; and of tempillis brynt Of mafly gold the vefchel war furth hynt From the goddis, and goldyn tabillis all, With precyus veftmentis of fpulge triumphall : The gyng childring, frayt matronys eik,
10 Stude al on raw, with mony petuus fcreik Abowt the trefour quhymperand wondir fayr. And I alflb my felf fa bald wolx thair That I durft fchaw rny voce in the dyrk nycht, And clepe and cry faft throw the ftretis on hycht
is Ful dolorufly, Crevfa ! Crevfa ! Agane, feil fys, invane I callit fwa Throu howfys and the cite quhar I goyd, But owder reft or reflbn, as I war woyd ; Quhil that the figur of Crevfa and goft,
20 Of far mair ftatur than ayr quhen fcho was loft, Befor me, catyve, hyr fekand, apperit thar. Abafyt I wolx, and widdyrfyns ftart my hayr ; Speke mycht I not, the voce in my hals fwa ftak. Than fcho, belyfe, on this wys to me fpak,
25 With fik wordis my thochtis to affwage : O my fweit fpows, into fa furyus rage Quhat helpis thus thi felwyn to torment ? This chance is not, but goddis willis went ; Nor it is nocht leifful thing, quod fche,
30 Fra hyne Crevfe thou turs away with the,
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Nor the hie governour of the hevin abufe is Wil fuffir it fo tobe ; bot the behuffis From hens to wend ful far into exile, And our the braid fey fail furth mony a myle, 5 Or thou cum to the land Hefperya, Quhar, wyth foffc cowrs, Tybris of Lydya Rynnys throu the rych feldis of pepil ftowt : Thar is gret fubftans ordanyt the, but dowt, Thar fait thou have aj realm, thar fait thou ryng.
10 And wed to fpows the douchtir of a kyng. Thy wepyng and thi teris do away, Quhilk thou makis for thi luffyt Crevfay ; For I, the neyce of mychty Dardanus, And gude douchtyr onto the blyffit Venus,
15 Of Myrniydonys the realm fal nevir behald, Nor git the land of Dolopeis fo bald, Nor go to ferve na matron Gregion ; Bot the gret modir of the goddis ilkan In thir cuntreis withhaldis me for evyr.
20 Adew, fayr weil, for ay we mon diffevir !
Thou be gude frend, lufe weil, and keip fra fkath Our a gong fon is common til ws baith. Quhen this was fpokkyn, fra me away fcho glaid, Left me wepyng and feil wordis wald have faid ;
25 For fche fa lychtly vanyfyt in the ayr, That with myne armys thrys I prefyt thar About the hals hir fortil haue belappit, And thrys, al waift, my handis togidder clappit : The figur fled as lycht wynd, or the fon beym,
30 Or maift lykly a waverand fwevyn or dreym.
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Thus finaly, the nycht al paffit and gane, Onto my fallofchip I return agane, Quhar that I fand aflemlyt, al newly, So huge a rowt of our folkis that I
5 Wondryt the nowmyr ; thai fa mony weir Of men and women gadderit al infeir, And gong pepil to pas in exile abill, And of commonys a fort fa miferabill, Fra euery part that flokkyng faft about,
10 Baith with gude wil and thar moblis, but clout, Reddy to wend in quhat colt or cuntre That evir me lift to cary thame our fee.
Wyth this the day ftarn, Lucifer the brycht, Abuf the top of Ida rays on hyclit,
15 Gydand the day hard at his bak followyng: The Grekis than we fe in the mornyng Stand forto kepe the entreis of the portis : And thus, quhen na hope of refkew, at fchort, is, My purpos I left, obeyand deftanye,
20 And careit my fader to Ida hyll on hie.
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Hornyt Lady, pail Cynthia, not brycht, Quhilk from thi brodef borrowis al thi lycht, Rewlare of paflage and ways mony one, Maiftres of ftremys, and glaidar of the nycht, 5 Schipmen and pilgrymys hallo wis thi mycht,- Lemman to Pan, douchtir of Hyperion, That flepand kyffit the hyrd Endymyon ; Thy ftrange wentis to write God grant me flycht, Twiching the thryd buke of Eneadon.
10 The feirful ftremys and coftis wondyrfull Now moft I write, althocht my wyt be dull, Wild aventuris, monftreis and quent effrays ; Of onkowth dangeris this nixt buke hail is full : Nyce laborynth, quhar Mynotawr the bull
15 Was kepte, had nevir fa feil cahuttis and ways ; I dreid men clepe thame fablis now on days ; Tharfor wald God I had thar erys to .pull Myfknawis the creid, and threpis otheris forvayis.
Incays thai bark, I compt it nevir a myte ; 20 Quha kan not hald thar peice ar fre to flyte ; Chide quhil thar hedis ryfe, and hals worth hays :
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Weyn thai to murdrys me with thar difpyte ? Or is it Virgill quham thame lift bakbyte ? His armour wald thai pers ? quhar is the place ? He dowtis na dynt of polax, fword, nor mace : 5 Quhat wenys thou, frend, the craw be worthyn quhite, Suppos the liolkis be all ourgrowyn tin face ?
Deym as ghe left that kan not demyng weill ;
And, gentill curtas redaris, of gude geill,
I gow befeik to gevin aduertens ; 10 This text is full of ftorys euery deill,
Realmys and landis, quharof I haue na feill
Bot as I follow Virgill in fentens ;
Few knawis all thir coftis fa far hens ;
To pike thame vp perchance gour eyn fuld reill : 15 Thus aucht thar nane blame me for fmal offens.
By ftrange channellis, fronteris, and forlandis, Onkouth coftis, and mony wilfum ftrandis Now goith our barge, for nowder howk nor craik May heir bruke fail, for fchald bankis and fandis. 20 From Harpyes fell, and blynd Cyclopes handis, Be my laid ftar, virgyne moder, but maik ; Thocht ftorm of temptatioun my fchip oft fchaik, Fra fwelth of Sylla, and dyrk Caribdis bandis, I meyn from hell, falue al go not to wraik.
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CAP. I.
Quhou Eneas fra Troy has tane hys rays, And Polidorus graf has fund in Trace.
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Eftyr that feyn and thocht expedient Was by the goddys to dyftroy and fchent Of Afya the empyre, and down to bryng, But offens, Priamus pepil and offpryng,
5 And prowd Ilion was brokyn and bet down, And from the foyl al Troy, Neptunus town, Ybrynt in fmoke of flambis and in reik ; Syndry landis and cuntreis forto feik, And wend exile in diuers nationys,
10 Of the goddis by reuelacionys,
We war admonyft feil fyth, as is laid. Schippis we graith, and navy reddy maid, Betwix Anthandros and the mont of Ida, Oncertane quhidder the fatis wald we fuld ga,
1 5 Or quhar we fuld remane git fynaly ; Our men togidder gadderit we in hy.
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"& And fkant begunnyn was the frefch veir, Quhen that Anchifes, myne awyn fader deir, Bad ws mak fail and follow deftany. Than, weping fayr, my native coft left I,
• 5 The havynnys, and the feildis diflblait Quhar Troys ryall cite ftude of lait :
Furth fail I banyft throw the deip fee, • f*
With my gong fon Afcanyus and our menge,
And with our frendly goddis, Penates hait,
1 0 And eik our gret Goddis of mair eftait.
Thar lyis a weirly cuntre weil far thens, With large feildis lauborit ful of fens ; Of Trace the pepill ar thar inhabityng,' • / Quhar that vmquhile ftrang Lycurgus was kyng':
15 Ane ancyant and ane tendir herbry place To Troianys, quhil we ftude in fortonys grace, Our pepil togidder confederate and aly. By fchip thiddir, our fey, careit was I, Quhar, at the bayand coftis fyde of the fee,
20 Begouth I firft fet wallis of a cite,
Althocht my foundment was myffortunat : The towne I nemmyt efter myne eftait, And fra my name it clepit Eneadas. Onto my moder, of Dyona douchter was,
25 Sacrifice I maid, and to the goddis all
Quham for new warkis men happy helparis call ; And to the kyng of hevinly wightis, that tyde, A quhite bull flew I by the coftis fyde. On cace, thar ftude a litil mote neir by,
*30 Quhar hepthorn buflds on the top grew hie,
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And evin faplynnys of myrthus, the tre funeral e. Thiddir I went, greyn bewis doune to haill, Hard by the grond myne altare forto dycht With burgyonys and with branchie al at rycht : 5 A gryfly takyn, feirful to tell, I fe. As from the foyll vprent was the firft tre By the rutys, the blak droppis of blude Diftillit tharfra, that al the erth quhar it ftude Was fpottit of the fylth, and ftenyt, allaik !
10 The cald dreid maid all my membris quaik, And for effeir my blude togidder frefyt. Ane other Imal twyft of a tre I chefit Forto brek down, the caufys to aflay Of this mater, that war onknawyn alway ;
is And git the blude folio wit on the lam maneir Furth of the bark of that other, but weir. Than in my mynd of mony thingis I mufyt, And to the goddeffis of wildyrnes, as is vfyt, Quhilk Hamadriades hait, I wirlchip maid ;
20 Onto Gradyus fader, that ryngnys glaid Our all the land of Getya and Tars, Quhilk clepit is the god of armys, Mars ; Befekyng this avifioun worth happy, And the oracle profperite fuld fignyfy.
25 Bot efter that the thryd fyoun of treys, Apon the iandis fyttand on my kneys, I fchupe to haue vprevyn with mair pres, (Quhidder fal I fpek now, or hald my pes ?) Furth of the graif a duylful murnyng law
30 I hard, and to myne eris come this faw ; 1
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Ene, quhy rentis thou a wrechit creatur ? Haue reuth of hym now laid in fepultur, And forto fyle thi denote handis fpair : Of Troy I born am, to the na ftrangar :
5 This blude droppis nocht from that ftok in thi hand. Fie fone, allace ! furth of this curfyt land : Fie from this avarus kyngis coft in hy ; For lo ! thus, Polidorus heir I ly, Througyrd with dartis, and thyk fteil hedis fchote,
10 Apon iik wys ourheildit on this mote;
The fcharp lancis growis greyn and fpredis owt. Than wift I not quhat I fuld do for dowt, The feir affrayit my mynd eftonyft als, Vpftart my hayr, the word ilak in my hals.
15 With a gret fold of gold fey Priamus Secretly vmquhile fend this Polidorus, Quhilk was his fon, to Polyneftor kyng Of Trace, to kepe and haue in nuryfyng, Quhen firft of Troiane defens begouth he dowt,
20 And faw the town befegyt all abowt.
Bot this ilk kyng of Trace, feand how Troy Loffyt his myghtis be forton turnyt from joy, The party cheiis of Agamenon, Anherdand to the vi&orius fyde onone ;
25 Al faith and frendfchip brak he than in hy, And Polydorus flane hes cruelly, And thus, be fors, the trefour he doith withhold. O curlyt hungyr of this wrachit gold ! Quhat wikkytnes or myfcheif may be do
30 At thou conftrenys not mortale myndis tharto?
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Eftir this effray was fra my banys went, Of the goddis thir feirfull wordis quent Onto the noblis and grettaft of our men, And to my fader fyrft, rehers I then, 5 And, quhat thar purpos was, eik I inquir. Thai war al of a will and a defyr, To pas furth of this wareit realm of Trace, And for to leif that pollut herbry place, And fet our navy to the wynd, but weir.
10 Tharfor, to Polidorus vp a beyr We erekkit, and of erd a gret fluyr Keft in a hepe abuf his fepultur : Syne, in ramembrance of the fawlis went, The dolorus altaris faft by war vpftent,
15 Crownyt with garlandis al of haw fey hewis, And with the blaiknyt cypres dedly bewis. The Troiane wemen ftude with hayr down fchaik, About the beir weping with mony allake ! And on we keft of warm mylk mony a Ikul,
20 And of the blude of facrifyce cowpis full : The fawle we bery in fepultur on this wys, The lattir hailfyng fyne lowd fchowtit thrys, Rowpand atanys, adew ! quhen al is done, Ilkane per ordour, the mon we follow fone.
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CAP. II.
Quhou Eneas Jbcht anfwer at Apottyne,
And quhou he to tlte land of Crete isjalytjyne.
Syne, quhen we fe our tyme to fail maift habill, The blaftis mefit, and the fludis ftabill, The fofte piping wynd callyng to fee, Thar fchippis than furth fettis our menge :
5 <3e mycht haue fene the coftis and the ftrandis Fillit with portage and pepil tharon ftandis. Furth of the havin we falit al onone ; The ficht of land and cite fone is gone. Amyd the fey yclepit Egeos
10 Ane haly iland lyis, that hait Delos,
Beluffit of Neptune, and the moder alfwa Of the Nereydes, clepit Doryda ; Quham the cheritabil archer, Appollo, Quhen it flet rollyng from coftis to and fro,
15 Saifit and band betwix other ilis twa, Quhilk clepit ar Mycone and Gyara, Stablifyng fo that it mycht lauborit be, And comptis nowthir the wynd nor ftorm of fee. Thidder ar we careit, and, in that plefand land,
20 A fovir havyn reflavit ws at hand. Al wery beyn we yfchit furth of fchip The cite of Apollo to wirfchip : The kyng tharof, yclepit Anyvs, Prince of the men, and prefte eik to Phebus,
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With bendis baith and haly lawrer crown Set on his hed, met ws withowt the town ; His agit frend Anchifes knew this kyng. Handis we fchuke with hartly welcumyng,
5 And to his palyce al with hym we went, Quhar that I wirfchip, as wes rayne entent, The god Appollo, within his hallo wit hald Or tempil beldyt al of ftanys aid. O thou, quod I, Appollo Tymbreus,
10 Sum propir dwellyng place thou grant to ws ; We the befeik that fchaw alfib thou wald To ws irkit fum ftrenth and ftalwart hald, And at thou grant ws eik fucceffioun, And for to dwel in a remanand town.
15 Salve ws, lattir wardis of Troy, that we ne fpill, Levyngis of Grekis and of the fers Achill. Geif ws thine anfwer quharon we fal depend ; Quhidder wilt thou, fader, at we now wend ? Quhar fall we fet our lugyng to remane ?
20 Condifcend in our myndis, and fchaw this plane.
Scars war thir wordis laid, quhen that I fe Al thingis trymmyl and fchaik neir abowt me, The durris and the lawrer tre, but dowt, And al the montane movit rownd about :
25 A murmur or a rumyfyng hard we haue Within the court yng and the fecret cave ; The quyet clofettis oppynnyt with a rerd, And, we plat law gruflyngis on the erd, A voce com til our erys, fayand thus ;
30 O ge dowr pepil difcend from Dardanus,
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The like grond, fra quham the firft ftok cam Of gour lynnage, with blyth bofum the fam Sal gou refiaue thidder returnyng agane : To feik gour aid moder mak gou bane. 5 Thar fal Eneas lynnage haue fengeory Our al realmys and landis vndir the fky, And thar fonnys, and fonnys fonnys fyne, And al that evir fuccedis of thar lyne.
Thus faid Phebus ; and than, our folkis amang, 10 Mixt with blithnes a fellon dyn vpfprang : Quhat place was this, euery ane faft gan frane, Quhidder callis Phebus ? byddis he ws turn agane ? My fader than, revoluyng in his mynd, The difcens of forfaderis of our ftrynd, 15 Nobillis, quod he, harkis quhat I fal fay, And leyr at me gour weilfair, I gou pray. The ile of Crete lyis amyd the fee, The native land of Jupiter maift hie ; Thar is the firft hyll, yclepit Ida, 20 Thar our forbearis firft in thar credlys lay ;
The land maift plentevs of wyne, oyl, and quhete, Inhabyt with a hundreth citeis gret, Quharfra thar com, gif I remembir rycht, Our gret forfader Teucrus the wycht, 25 Firft to the coft of Rethea in Phrygy, And for his cite chefit the fet faft by : For git than was not Ilion vpbeld, Nor the ftrang wallis of Troy ; bot on the feld Thai dwelt in lugys and mony litil cave. 30 The adornar eik of our realm we haue
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From that land, the moder of goddis Cybele, And blaft of brafyn trumpettis, as ge fe : From thens com eik the wod of Idea, And the traift ferymonys of facrifice alfwa : 5 The faflbn eik and gys we lernyt thar
Quhou the lyonys fuld draw the ladeis char. Haue done onon, tharfor, and lat ws wend Thidder quhar the goddis oracle haith ws kend. The wynd firft lat ws meys, or that we ga,
10 Syne feik the realm of Crete and Gnofia : It is not thens lang cowrs nor vyage far ; Our navy fall, with help of Jupiter, The thrid morow be at the coft of Crete. This beand faid, ganand offerandis ful mete
15 Befor the altaris he (lew in facrifyce ; A bul firft to Neptune, as is the gys, A bull to brycht Appollo for his beheift, And to the god of tempeftis a blak beift, And to the chancy wyndis ane mylk quhite.
20 The fame was than, of Crete the coft ftude quyte Diffolate, but prince ; for Idomeneus the kyng Was by the pepil expellit from his ryng, The lugyngis voyd and reddy to thar fays, The fete left waift til ony it vptais.
25 The porte thar with, Ortygia, leif we,
And with fwift cowrs flaw throu the fait fee ;
By the iland fwepit we onon
With hillis ful of wynys, hait Naxon,
By Douyfa quhar growis the marbill greyn,
30 And by Paron with his quhite marbill fcheyn,
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By Olearon, and mony ills, but les, Skatterit in the fey, yclepit Cyclades ; We flyde throu fludis endlang fell coftis fayr. The noys vpfprang of mony marynar
5 Byfiy at thar wark, to takilling euery tow, Thar feris exerting, with mony heys and how, To fpeid thame faft to wart the realm of Crete, With thar forfaderis and progenitouris to mete. The followand wynd blew ftrek in our tail,
10 Quhill finaly arrive we, with bent fail), Apon the ancyant coft of Curetanys, A kynd of pepill quhilk into Crete remanys. And fone I me enfors with diligence To byg a wallit cite of defens ;
1 5 Pargamea I namyt it, but baid :
Our folkis than, that warryn blyth and glaid Of this kowth furname of our new cite, Exort I to graith howfis, and leif in le, And rays on hycht the ftrenth and fortales.
20 Our fchippis, or this, ful weil we gart adres, And lay almaift apon the dry fand : The gong men fortil laubour thar new land, And in honour of wedlok, as is the gys, Makkis thar offerand and thar facryfys,
25 And I thar ftatutis and feyr lawis thame tawcht, Aflyngnand ilkane propir howfis and aucht. Quhen fuddanly a cruel peft and traik, So that cornys and frutis goith to wraik, Throu the corruppit ayr and cowrs of hevyn,
30 A dedly geir, far wers than I kan nevin,
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Fell on our membris with fik infe&ioun, Was na remeid, cure, nor corre6tioun ; The fweit fawlis lefis the bodeis ded, Or feik thai ly gafpand in euery fted.
5 And forthir eik, Syryvs, the frawart ftar, Quhilk clepit is the fyng canicular, So brynt the feildis al was barrand maid ; Herbis wolx dry, wallowyng, and gan to faid ; The feik grond denyis hys fruyt and fudis.
10 My fader exortis ws turn agane our fludis To Delos, and Apolloys anfwer fpeir, Befekyng hym of fuccurs ws to leir, Quhat end ontil our irkfum panys he fendis, And be quhat way we mycht affay amendis
15 Of this turbacioun, or quhidder and quhar that he Wil at we feik or fet our cowrs our fee.
CAP. III.
Quhou Troiane goddys apperis tyll Enee, And how that he wasjlormflad on thejee.
Cummyn is the nycht, that euery beift on grond Defiris reft by kynd, and flepis fovnd ; Quhen that the figuris of our goddis blift, 20 And the Phrigiane Penates, or I wift,
Quhilkis from amyd the fyris of Troy I brocht Thidder with me, quhar I lay and flepit nocht,
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Gan to appeir ftandyng befor myne eyn : With fill gret lycht graithly I haue thame feyn, Quhar as the ful moyn fchawing bemys brycht Inthrou the tyrlyft wyndo fchane by nycht.
5 Than faid thai thus, with wordis to affwage My thochtis and ray hevy fad curage ; That thing, quod thai, quhilk Apollo wald fa And thou war brocht onto Ortygia, Heir he the fchawis, and eik, as thou may fe,
10 Onrequirit hes fend ws hidder to the.
Quhen Troy was brynt, we followit thi prowes, Vnder thi gward to fchip we ws addres, Ourfpannand mony fwelland feys fait ; And to the ftarnys eik we fal exalt
15 The childryn for tocum of thine offpryng ; Thi cite fal we geif em pyre to ryng Our al the erth : tharfor to goddis grete Begyn to graith gret wallis and ryal fete ; Leif not thi langfum lavbour, bot fle away ;
20 This duelling place thou mon change, we the fay Delyvs Apollo, certis, as thou thocht, Tocum onto this coft perfwadit nocht, Nor chargit neuer in Crete thou fuld remane. A land thar is, in Grekis langage plane
25 Hefperya clepit, a bald cuntre in weir, A fru&uus grond of corn and riches feir, By kyng Onotryvs inhabit firft with wyne, Bot in our days laitly, the fame is fyne, Eftir thar duke it is namyt Italy :
30 Thar beyn our propir fetis and our herbry ;
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Tharof com Dardane and his brothir Jafyvs,
And from that ilk prince, Schir Dardanus,
Is the difcens of our genealogy.
Get vp onone, tel thi aid fader blythly 5 Thir tythyngis, quhilk beyn trew and certan thing.
Seik to Coryce, and Italy the ryng ;
For the feldis in Crete neyr Dy6teus
Jupiter denyis to granting onto ws.
Of this vifioun eftonyft quhar I lay, 10 And of tha wordis quhilkis the goddis gan fay,
(For this wes nowthir dreym nor fantafy ;
Thar propir viflage befor me ftand knew I,
With garlandis and thar cirkillettis on thar hair ;
Thar figur faw I prefent to me thair ; is The cald fweit our al my body ran ;)
Furth of my bed on fute fon fprent I than,
And, ftrekand vp my handis towart hevyn,
Myne oryfon I maid with devote ftevyn ;
A cleyn facrifyce and offerand maid I fyne, 20 Into the fyris gettand fens and wyne.
The ferymoneis endit, blyth and glaid
To my fader per ordour al I faid
As ge haue hard, quhat nedis tell agane ?
And of this mater maid hym fill certane. 25 Onone he knew our elderis dowtis ilk deill,
And of our clan the dowbill ftok full weill :
He grantis the unkouth errour hym diflavit
Of ancyant placis, quhilk he not perfavit.
Syne faid he, fon, thou irkit art al gatis 30 By the contrarius frawart Troiane fatis ;
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Now I remembir only quhou Caffandra Ful oft maid menfioun of Hefperya, And oft als of the realm halt Italy, Thir materis me declaring by and by.
5 That land now knaw I deftinate to our kyn : Bot quha wald haue belevit at euer within The realm of Itail Teucrus blude fuld cum ? Or quha wald than, mair than fcho had bene dum. Set by the prophetes wordis Caffandra ?
10 Lat ws obey Phebus, and wend awa,
As we bene monyft, follow our chance, but pleys. Thus faid he, and we glaid al hym obeys : A few folkis thar left to kepe the town, This fted alffo leif we, and fail maid bown ;
15 In bo wit bargis throu the large ilreym we flyde.
Quhen fycht of land was tynt on euery fyde, Sa that na coft apperis quhilk we mycht fe, Bot the fchippis haldand the deip fee, The hevin abufe, and fludis al abowt ;
20 A watry clowd, blak and dyrk, but dowt, Gan tho appeir abone our lied ful rycht, And down a tempeft fent als myrk as nycht. The ftreym apperis vgfum of the dym fky ; The wyndis weltris the fey continualy,
25 That huge wallis boldynnys apon loft ; Skatterit widequhar our the fame ful oft War our fchippis, and the brythnes of day, Inuolvit al with clowdis, hyd away. The rayn and royk reft from ws fycht of hevin ;
30 The brokkyn fkyis rappis furth thunderis levin ;
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Forfwiftit from our richt cowrs, gan we ar Amang the blynd wallis waverand far. For Palynurus him felf maiit expart, For al his cunnyng of fchipman craft and cart, 5 Amyd the fey forget the richt way, Denyand als that the nycht from the day He mycht difcern be fycht of firmament. Apon fik wys oncertanly we went Thre days wilfum throii the myfty ftreym,
10 And als mony nychtis but ftarnys leym,
That quhidder was day or nycht oneith wift we ; Bot at the laft, on the ferd day we fe On far the land appeir, and hillis rys, The fmoky vapour vpcafting on thar gys.
15 Down fallis falis, the aris fone we fpan; But mair abaid, the marineris euery man Egirly rollis our the fomy flude, And the haw fey weltis vp as thai war woid. Salve from the wallis at the coftis of Strophe
20 With al our navy firft arryvit we.
CAP. IV.
Quhou till Ene the harpy es dyd gret wo, And of the drery prophete Celeno.
Strophades in Grew leid ar nemmyt fo, In the gret fey Handing ilis two ;
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The quhilk fey clepit is Ionium ;
And, in thir ilandis quhidder we ar becum,
Dwelt and inhabit the cruel Celeno,
With all the otheris harpeys mony mo, 5 Evir fen thai war expeld from the land
Of Arcad, quhar kyng Phyneus was dwelland,
And for dreid at his tabil durft not remane.
Mair wikkit monftreis than thai kan be nane,
Nor nane mair cruel peftilens is fund, 10 Nor fiiry of goddis that cummys from hellis grund,
Furth of the flude of Stix that fory place. • Thir fowlis hes a vyrgynys wit and face,
With handis like to bowland byrdis clewis ;
Bot the vile belleis of thai curfit fchrewis 15 Aboundis of fen maift abhomynabill,
And pail al tyme thar mowthis miferabill
For wod hungyr and gredy appetite. At this ilke coft as we arryvit, als tyte,
And in the port entrit, lo ! we fe 20 Flokkis and herdis of oxin and of fe,
Fat and tydy, rakand our alquhar,
And trippis eik of gait, but ony kepar,
In the rank gyrs pafturyng on raw ;
With wapynnys thame we brittyn, but dreid or aw 25 To goddis fyne and Jupiter we pray,
And thame diftribut a party of our pray.
Syne eftir, endlang the fey coftis bay,
Vp fonkis fet, and defys dyd array ;
To meit we fat with habundans of cheir : 30 Quhen fuddanly, with horribill dyn and beir,
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From the montanys the harpeis on vs fell, With huge fard of weyngis and mony a gell. Our mefis and our mete thai reft away, And with thar laithly twich al thing fyle thai ; 5 Thar voce alflb was vgfum fortil heir.
With fa corruppit flewyr nane mycht byde neir. From that place fyne ontil a caif we went, Vndir a hyngand hewch, in a dern went, With treys clos bilappit rownd about,
i o And thik harfk granyt pikis ftanding owt : Thar, vp agane, our tabillis haue we dicht, And on the altaris bet the fyris bricht. Bot, of the hevin agane from fyndry artis, Out of quyet hyrnys, the rowt vpftartis
15 Of thai birdis, with byr and mony a bray, And in thar crukyt clawis grippis the pray : Evir as thai fle about fra fete to fete, With thar vyle mowthis infek thai al our mete. Quhen I faw this, our feris command I than
20 Tak thar wapynnys, and bargane euery man Agane tha cruell pepill, or byrdis fell. As I thame chargit, fchortly for to tell, Sone haue thai done ; and, vnder the gers, al bair Ful prevaly thar fwerdis in thai ftair,
25 And darnly eik thar targis al ourheildis ; So that, quhen the fey coftis and the feildis Refoundis at down come of thir harpeys, Myfenus, the wait, on the hie garet feys, And, with his trumpet, thame a takyn maid.
so Our fallofchip thir fowlys gan invayd,
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And onkouth kynd of batail dyd aflay,
With wapynnys forto bet and dryve away
Thir laithly fey byrdis of fyk effeir.
Bot thar was na dynt mycht thar fedderis fcheir.
5 Nor in thar bodeis wound refiave thai nane : Bot fuddanly, away tha wyfk ilkane Furth of our fycht, heich vp in the (ky ; The pray half etyn behynd thame lat thai ly, With fat ftedis vyle and laith to fe.
10 Ane, on a rolkis pynnakill perkit hie, Celeno clepit, a drery prophetes, Furth of hir breift thir wordis warpis expres : Theyfage lynnage of fals Laomedon, Addres ge thus to mak bargane onon ?
15 Becaus ge have our oxin reft and flane,
Brytnyt our ftyrkis and gong beftis mony ane, Schaip ge, tharfor, harpeys expell and dyng, But ony offens, forth of thar faderis ryng ? Reflave for that, and in gour breftis enprent
20 My wordis, quhilk I, gretaft fury of torment, Schawis gou ; that thing quhilk Jupiter maid hie Schew to Phebus, and brycht Phebus tald me. I knaw ge fet gour cowrs to Italy : 3e cal eftir gude wyndis and profpir (ky :
25 To Itale fal ge wend, and thar tak land. Bot firft, or wallis of the cite vpftand Quhilk by the goddis is gou predeftinate, For ftrang hungir fal ge ftand in fik Hate, In wraik of our iniuiis and beflis flane,
30 That with gour chaftis to gnaw ge falbe fane,
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And runge gour tabillis al and burdis, quod Iche ; And fone away in the thik wod gan fle.
The fuddane dreid fo ftonyft our feris than, Thar blnde congelit and al togiddir ran ;
5 Dolf wolx thar fpretis, thar hie curage downfell, No mair thame lykis affayng lik batell ; Bot, with offerandis and eik devot prayer, Thai wald we fuld perdoun and pace requer, In cace gif thai war goddeffis or fowlis,
10 Vengeabill wightis, or git laithly owlis. Bot our fader, hevand vp his handis, The gret goddis dyd call, and on the fandis Hallowis thar mycht with detful reverens : O hie goddis, forbyd fyk violens,
15 Stanch this boft and ondo this mylcheif,
Salve petuus folkis, ameys gour wrath and greif, Quod he ; and tharwith chargit ankyrris haill, Do lows the rabandis, and lat down the faill. The fowth wyndis ftentis furth ftrait our fchete :
20 Swiftly we flyde our bullyrand wallys grete, And followit forth the fammyn went we have, Quhar fo the wynd and fteryfman ws drave ; Quhil that, amyd the fludis, gan we fe The woddy ile Zacynth, with mony tre ;
25 Dulichium fyne, and Same we afpy, And Neritos with his rochis hie ; By craggis and hewys of Itachia, That was Laertes realm, we flyde alfwa, And faft we wary and curfyt oft, but les,
30 That land quhilk bred the cruel Vlixes.
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Belyve the myfty toppys of mont Lewcas Apperis, quharon Appollois tempil was, That feirful is til euery maryner. Al wery of our vayage thidder we fteir,
5 And come onon afor the litil town,
And of our forfchip ankyrris leit we down : Endlang the coftis fyde our navy raid.
And thus at laft brocht to land blyth and glaid, Quhar as to have arryvit we not belevit,
10 We clenge ws firft, les Jupiter war aggrevit; Syne on the altaris kendillit facrifyce, And, langgis the channel, eftir the Troiane gys, The a&ive gemmys and fportis gart aflay. Our fallofchip excers paleftral play,
15 As thai war wont at hame, with oyll envnte, Nakyt wreflyng and ftruglyng at nyce punte. Joyvs thai war to haue efchapit at hand Sa mony citeis of the Grekis land, And to haue fled til falfte on this wys
20 Throu the myd rowtis of thar ennemys.
CAP. V.
Eneas arryms at Epyria,
And how hejpak thar with Andromacha.
Be this the fon had circulit his lang ger, And frofty wyntir fcharpit the watir cleir
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With cald blaftis of the northin art. Quhen feffon come that tyme was to depart, Apon a poft in the tempyl I hang A bo wand fcheild of plait, quhilk Abas ftrang
5 Bair vmquhile, and, the maner to rehers, I notyfy and tytillis with this vers, Eneas hec de Danais vi&oribus arma ; That is to fay, Eneas feftnyt thus This armour of the Grekis viftorius.
10 Syne, to depart of that havyn, I command Syt down on hechis, and fpan aris in hand. Byflely our folkis gan to pyngil and ilryve, Swepand the flude with lang rowthys belyve, And vp thai welt the ftowr of fomy fee ;
15 Quhil fone the citeis of Corfyra tyne we, And vp we pyke the coft of Epyrus, And landit thar at port Chaonyus : Syne to the hie town of Butrot afcendit ; Quhar tythingis, oncredibill to thame not kend it,
20 Come to our erys, fchawyng that Helenus, The lauchful fon of the kyng Priamus, Bang kyng our mony citeis in Greik land, Berand tharof the ceptre and the wand, By reffon of his fpows adionyt, but les,
25 Be Pyrrus vmquhil fon of Achilles ; And that Andromacha wes wed agane Onto ane other hufband and man Troiane. Heirof awondrit, with breift hait as fyre, Be fervent luf kendillit in gret defyre
30 Our cuntre man to vifiy and with hym talk, To knaw thir ftrange cafys, on I ftalk
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From the port, my navy left in the raid.
That ilke feffon, percace, as I furth glaid, Befor the cite, in a Ibhaw, I wys, Befyde the fengeit flude of Symois,
5 Andromache maid anniuerfar facrifyce And funerale fervyce, on ful dolorus wys, To He&oris puldir or hys aflis brynt : Oft wald fcho clepe and call, and oneth ftynt, Apon the fawlis that onbodeit war,
10 Befyde He&oris voyd tumbe ftannand thar, Quhilk fcho vpbeildit had of herbis greyn, With twa altaris ; and oft with wepyng eyn Bewalis fcho that hard diflyverance. And alffone as fcho me afpyis perchance,
15 And Troiane armour and enfengeis with me law, Affrayit of the ferly, fcho ftude fyk aw, And at the fyrft blenk become fo mait, Naturale heyt left hir membris in lik ftait Quhil to the grond half mangit fel fcho down,
20 And lay a lang tyme in a dedly fwown
Or ony fpeche or word fcho mycht furth bring : <3it thus, at laft, fayd eftir hir dwawmyng ; Is that thine awyn face, and fuythfaft thyng? Schawis thou to me a verray fovir warnyng ?
25 Levis thou git, fon of the goddes ? quod fche, Gif thou be ded, quhar is He&or ? tell me. And, with that word, fcho bryft furth mony a teir, And walit fo that piete was to heir, Quhil al about dynnys of hir womentyng.
30 A few wordis fkars as I mycht furth bryng.
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For to comfort that maift lamentabill wight, With langfum ipeche faid, quhifpirand, as I mycht ; I leif forfuyth, and ledis lyfe, as ge fe, In al hard chance of fortunes extremyte. 5 Be nocht agaft, ge fe bot fuythfaft thyng. Allace ! quhat aventur, in this onkouth ryng, Is the betyd, and hes degradit, quod I, Eftir thi hulbandis deth, was maift douchty? Or quhat fortune mycht fufficient happyn the.
10 Spows to maift worthy He6bor, Andromache? Art thou, or na, to Pirrus git bywed ?
Hyr viffage down fcho keft, for fchame adred, And, with a bas voce, thus faid, as fcho mycht ; O thou alane, befor al madynnys bricht,
15 Happy was, virgyne douchtir of Priam kyng, Quhilk, vnder the wallis hie of Troys ryng, Apon thine ennemeis grafe was maid to de ; Thou fuffert no kut nor kavillys caft for the, Nor in bondage away was thou nocht led,
20 Nor git twichit na vi6tour lordis bed.
Bot we, quhen that ybrynt war our kynd landis, Careit our fremmyt feys and diuers ftrandis, The dortynes of Achillis offpring, In bondage, vndir the prowd Pyrrus gyng,
25 By fors fuftenyt thraldome mony a day, Quhil he at laft enfewit ane othir may, Hermyone, the dou'chtir of Helena, In fey wedlok at Lachidemonya ; Than fend he me, his feruand, hiddir thus,
30 Tobe fpowfit with his feruand Helenus.
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Bot Oreftes, cachit in furyus rage
For cryme of his moderis flauchtir, and favage,
In lufe bait byrnyng for his fpows byreft,
Or he was war, fet on this Pirrus eft, 5 And in Delphos, quhat nedis wordis mair ?
Smate of his hed befor his faderis altair.
Thus, by deces of Neoptolymus,
Of the realm a part fell to Helenus ;
The quhilk boundis and feildis braid alffwa 10 He has to name clepit Chaonya,
Eftir his brodir of Troy Chaonyus,
And Troiane wallis heir has beild vp thus,
And on thir motis a ftrenth hait Ilion.
Bot quhat wyndis thi cowrs has hydder gone ? 15 And quhat aventur has the hyddjr dryve?
Or of the goddis quha maid the heir arrive
At our marchis, myfknawyng our eftait ?
Quhou faris the child Afcanyus now of lait,
Quham to the bayr Crevfe, thi fpous and joy, 20 That tyme enduryng the fege lay about Troy ?
Levis he git in helth and in weilfair?
Ha ! how gret harm and ikaith for euermar
That child has caucht throu lefyng of his moder ! O lord ! quhat ancyant vertuys, ane and othir, 25 And knychtly prowes in hym fteris frendis befor,
Baith fader Eneas, and hys vncle He&or !
Syk wordis fcho fpak, wepyng with petuus mayn, And with lang fobbis furthgettand teris invayn ; Quhen that hir lord hym felf cummys from the town, 30 Kyng Priamus fon, Helenus of renown.
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Neir he approchit with ful gret cumpany, And hys awyn natyve frendis knew in hy, And blythly to hys cite hes ws led : Betwix ilk word feil bricht teris furth he fched.
5 We paflit on, and litil Troy I knaw, Lyke the gret cite contyrfait on raw, With Ilion, and wallis lyke Pergama, And a fmal burn half gane dry alfwa, Onto his furname clepit Exanthus.
10 At port Seya I entir, and eik with ws Al our Troianys togiddir welcum war Onto thar frendly cite famyliar. In hys wyde palyce the kyng reffauyt thaim all, And, in the myddis of the mekil hall,
15 Thai byrl the wyne in honour of Bachus ; Gret feft with joy wes maid for luf of ws ; The mefis and the danteis thyk dyd Hand, And goldyn cowpis went fra hand to hand.
CAP. VI.
Quhou Helenus dedaris tyll Ene
Quhat dangeris hejuld thoill on land andjee.
Thus drave we our in folace day be day, 20 Quhil at the weddir prouokis ws to afiay Our falis agane ; for the fowth wyndis blaft Our piggeis and our pynfalis wavit faft.
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Onto the prophet Helenus tho went I, And with fyk wordis befocht hym reuerently ; O gentil Troiane, dyvyne interpretur, Quhilk the refpons of Phebus hes in cur ;
5 Quhilk knawift eik the reuelationys Of god Apollois diuinationys, Vndir hys treftis and burdis at Delphois fchene, And into Claryus vndir the lawrer grene That vnderftandis the cowrs of euery ftar
10 And chyrm of euery byrdis voce on far,
And euery fowle on weyng fleyng in the fky, Quhat thai betakyn, and quhat thai fignyfy ; Say me, I pray the, quhat dangeris principaly In to my cowrs and vayage efchew fall I,
]5 Or how I may, or be quhat meyn, efchaip Sa gret aduerfiteis quhilkis beyn to me fchaip. For as to me al devote godly wightis Schew we fuld haue a profpir rays at rychtis, And euery oracle of goddis admonyft eik
20 That we the realm of Italy fuld feik,
Enfew tha landis quhilkis war for ws provyde Alanerly newlyngis on that other fyde ; Schame for to fay, the Harpye Celeno Spays onto ws a feirful takyn of wo ;
25 A vengeans from the goddis pronuncis fche, With fchameful hungir fal happyn our menge.
Helenas than, eftir the rytis and gyis, The gong beftis flew in facryfys, Purchefyng favour of goddis to ftanch thar fed, 30 And lowfit the garlandis of his haly hed :
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Syne me, Phebus, he ledis by the hand Onto thi tempil, on feyr materis mufand ; Quhar this gret preift gan fpekyn and declar To me thir wordis of the goddis anfvvar : 5 Son of the goddes, fen traift is manifeft That throu deip feys thi wayage is addreft, And eik, of forton by the boundis hie, The purviance dyvyne wil fo it be ; The kyng of goddis fo diftributis the fatis,
10 Rollyng the chancis, and turnyng thame thulgatis ; Of mony wordis, fchortly, a quhoyn fall I Declare, at thou mayr fovirly tharby May feik out throu the ftrange ftremys onkend, And at a port of Itale arryve at end :
15 The remanent heirof, quhat evyr be it,
The werd Syfteris defendis that fuld be wyt, And eik the douchtir of auld Saturn, Juno, Forbyddis Helenus to fpeik it, and cryis, ho ! Firft fay I the, that twichand Italy,
20 Quhilk thou traftis be at hand and faft by, And the addreffis ignorantly, but weyr, To entyr fone in the port, as it war neir, Lang wylfum ways, and far landis alfwa A ful gret fpace diflyveris gou tharfra.
25 3our aris fy1^ m*0 tne Sycil fee
Bedyit weill and bendit oft mon be ;
And of Aufonya the fait ftremys eik
Rownd about with gour fchippis mon ge feik,
And Avernus, clepit the layk of hell, 30 And Aheie, the ile quhar Circes dwell,
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Or euer thou may Ibvirly vpbeild
Thi cite in land of Italy or feild.
I fall the fchaw takynnys tharof ful meit,
Quhilkis thou fal hald within thi mynd fecreit. 5 Quhen thine alane mufyng as thou fal ga,
By aventur, endlang a watir bra
And vndir ane aik, fyndis, in to that fteid,
A gret fow ferryit of gryfis thretty hed,
Lyggyn on the grond, mylk quhite, al quhite brodmell 10 About hir pappis fowkyng, thar, I the tell,
Is the richt place and fted for gour cite,
And of gour travell ferm hald to reft in le.
Nor the nedis nocht to gruch, in tyme tocum,
The rungyng of gour tabillis euery crum : 15 Deftany fal fynd tharfor a ganand way,
And Phebus fal gou help, quhen ge lift pray.
Bot ombyfchew this coft of Italy
Quhilk nixt onto our bordouris ghe fe ly,
Bedyit with flowyng of our feys flude, 20 Sen al tha citeis with wykkit Grekis, not gude,
Inhabit ar ; for the Naricyanys,
Othir wys nemmyt Locry, thar remanys,
Quhilk come with Aiax Oylus to the fecht ;
And, neir the hill that Salentynus hecht, 25 The feildis all ar occupyit full meit
Be Idomeneus the kyng expellit from Crete ;
Thar is alffo the litil cite, but les,
Of the Duke of Melyboy, Phylodetes,
Clepit Petilya, clofyt with a wall : 30 Efchew thir citeis and thyr coftis all.
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Forthir, quhen that beyond the fey fall ftand All thi navy, and thar apon the ftrand Settis vp ane altare thi facrifyce to geild, Thyne haris with a purpur vail ourheild, 5 Les than amyd the godly fyris, per cace,
Thi ennemeis mycht occur, and knaw thi face, , And fo perturbyng all thi facrifyce : Thou caws thi feris keip the famyn gys In thar oblacionys, arid this vfage condyng ;
10 Obferve, thi felf and thi chaift offpring, Every ferimony of our religioun. And, fra the wynd haith fet thi cours adoun From Itale towart the coft of Sycilly, And the ftrait fowndis of the mont Pelory
15 Vanyfys away peys and peys, than the land Strekis all tyme towart the left hand, And the left iyde lang fait thou, but dowt, Cyrkil, and fail mony feys about : On the richt fyde the coft and wall is evaid ;
20 For tha partis vmquhile, as it is fayd, Be fors of ftorm war in fondir ryfe, And a huge deip gat thar hoik it belyfe. Behald quhat change and fa onkouth a kaft May be myfknaw, throw tymys lang bipaft ;
25 For, quhen that baith tha landis war al ane, The feys rage draif in, and maid thame twane, And fors of ftreym from the fyde of Itale The ile of Sycill devydit hes al haill ; Ane narow fyrth flowis, baith evyn and morn,
30 Betwix tha coftis and citeis in fondir fchorn.
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The rycht fyde tharof with Scilla ombefet is, And the left with infaciabil Carybdys ; Quhar, in hir bowkit byfme, that hellys belch The large fludis fuppys thrys in a fwelch,
5 And othir quhilis fpowtis in the ayr agane, Dryvand the ftowr to the ftarnys, as it war rane. Bot Scilla lurkand in darn hyddyllis lyis, Within hir cave, fpredand hyr mouth feil fyis To fowk the fchippis amang rolkis onfure.
10 Lyke to a woman hir ovyr portrature, A fair virgynys body doun to hir fcheir ; Bot hir hynd partis ar als gret, weil neir, As beyn a hydduus huddon, or a quhaill, Quharto beyn cuppillit mony meyrfwyne taill,
15 With empty mawys of wolfis ravenus : Efchew, tharfor, this paffage dangerus ; For bettir is thou feik the coft about Of Pachynus in Scycill, than ftand in dout, And turn thi cowrs on bawburd, a weil far way,
20 Than anys tobe into fa hard affay As forto fe the vgly monftre fell, Scilla, and heir the craggis rowt and gell For barking of fey doggis in hir wame. And mair atour, gif owthir wit, or fame,
25 Or traift may be geif Helenus the prophete, Or gif with verite Phebus infpiris hys fprete, This a thing, fon of the goddes, I the tech, Abuf al othir, this a thyng I the prech, And principaly repetis the fam agane,
30 And feir tymys monyfis heir in plane ;
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Firft of Juno thou wirfchip the gret mycht, And glaidly hallow with facrifice al at rycht The power of Juno, and that mychty prynces To pies lawly with offerandis the addres : 5 And on fik wys quhen thou hir favouris hes get, And heft alffo thi cours from Sycil fet Towart the boundis of Italy our fee, Syne, quhen thou art careit to that cuntre, And cummyn is to the cite of Cumas,
10 And by the lakys dedicate to goddis doith pas Outthrou the ibundand foreft of Avern, Vndir a roch, law within a cavern, Thar fait thou fynd the godly prophetes, Ful of the fpreit dyvyne, that fchawis expres
15 The reuelationys and fatis forto cum,
In palm tre leiffis thame notand al and fum, Writand vp euery word as fal betyde, Direkking the leiffis per ordour furth on lyde. Quhat euer this virgyne difcrive in hir endyte,
20 Without the cave clofyt fcho lays the write : Tha leiffis remanys onfterit of thar place, Ne partis not furth of rewle, quhil per cace The piping wynd blaw vp the dur on char, And dryve the leiffis, and blaw thaim out of har
25 In at the entre of the cave agane, That al hir fyrft laubour was invane : Bot, fra the blaft and get pertrubbil thus Tha thyn leiffis, fcho is fo dangerus, Nevir eftyr dengeing hir within the cave
so To gaddir togiddir thame with the wynd bewave.
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Ne forto put thame into rewle agane, Nor jone hir writis as thai dyd firft remane. Thus oft the pepil but anfwer gays thar ways, And wareis the fet of Sybil al thar days.
5 Fail not, for los of tyme that may betyde, Bot thou pas to that prophetes, thocht the tyde And profpir wyndis challance the to the faill, «3a, thocht thi fallowyis cry owt, illyr haill ! On burd ! a fair wynd blawis betwix twa fchetis !
10 Befeik hir or thou wend, thocht thine hart betis, Oppynnand hir voce, fcho plefit fchaw the evyn Thy deftaneys, be hir awyn mowthis ftevin. Scho fal ryply declare to the in hy The maneris of al pepill in Italy ;
15 The batellis forto cum fcho wil the fchaw,
And on quhat wys al dangeir thou fal withdraw, Or how thou may al lauborus payn fuftene ; Wirfchip this haly religyus woman cleyn, Scho fal the grant a profpir cours at hand.
20 This is the effeft, fchortly to vnderftand,
That I am levyt with my wordis the to charge : Adew, pas on, and by thi fatis large The fame of mekil Troy bair vp to hevyn ! Eftir at this prophet, with hys frendly ftevyn,
25 Thir dyvyne anfweris thus pronofticate, Seyr weghty gyftis of mafly goldyn plate Onto our fchippis chargit he beir onon, And gret ryches of polyft eveir bone : Our karvellis howys ladis and prymys he
30 With huge charge of fyluer in quantite,
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With caldronys, and othir feir vefchell ma, In Epyr land maid at Dodonea. To me he gaif a thik clowyt habyrgeon, A thrynfald hawbrik was al gold begone,
5 A rownd rich helm with crefte and tymbrete fair, The armour quhilum Neoptolemus bair : Syne to my fader, effering to his age, Rych rewardis he gaif of hie parage ; Tharto alffo he eikis and gaif ws then
10 Gentill horffis, pylotis, and lodifmen ;
He ws fuppleyt with rowaris and marynerie, And armour plente atanys for al our feris.
CAP. VII.
Of Helenus and of Andromache, And howfra thame departing gan Ene.
In the meyn quhile Anchifis, my fader, in hy Reddy forto fail chargis mak our navy,
is Les than, percace, it mycht our cours delay, Gif fo the wynd blew fair that othir day ; Quhom till this wys interpretour of Phebus, Helenus, with gret honour carpys thus : O thou Anchifis, that worthy was, quod he,
20 With fair Venus conionyt for to be, And twys delyverit by purviance dyvyne, And twys efchapit of Troy the fayr rewyne,
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Lo ! gondir for the Aufonya or Itaill ; Onto gone coft fyde gondir lalt thou faill. And netheles, thocht it be neceffar Out our the fey to gondir grond ge fair,
5 That part of Itale is a far way hyne
Quhilk is previdyt gour kyn be Appollyne. Wend on, fays he, thou happy and fortunate Of thi devote fon by the godly eftate. Bot quharto fuld I mak langar delay ?
10 As I haue faid, fayr well, pas on gour way ; Quhat-nedis with my fpeche gou tary mor, Or Hop this fair wynd blawing evyn befor ? This not theles, Andromacha, wo begone, The lattir tyme we fuld depart onon,
15 Brocht to ws brufyt clathis, and rych wedis, Figuryt and prynnyt all with goldyn thredis, And to Afcanyus a prowd tawbart gave Sik as was honorabill hym to weir and have ; Hym and his feris of hir nedyll wark
20 And wovyn dowreys furnyft, worth niony mark And thus fcho faid, my child, reffaue alfwa Thir remembrance wrocht with my handis twa, In takyn lang tyme to thynkyng apon me, Thine vncle He6touris wife, Andromache :
25 Tak thir with the as lattir prefandis feir Of thi kynd natyve frendis gudis and geir. O leif is me ! the lykaft thing levyng, And verray ymage of my Aftianax gyng ! Syk eyn had he, and fyk fair handis tway,
30 For all the warld, fyk mowth and face, perfay ;
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And, gif he war on lyve quhil now infeir,
He had bene evyneild with the, and hedy peir. Quhat wil ge mair ? quhen we behuffyt depart,
Terys bryfting furth on fors, and with fair hart, 5 To thame I faid ; deir frendis, weil ge be,
Weil mot ge leifm gour felicite,
Quhamtill the profpir forton is brocht till end ;
Bot we, from werd to werd, and chance, mon wend.
3our reft is fund, gou nedis fewch throw na feys, 10 Nor feik feildis of Itail, that evir ws fleys :
Symylytude of Exanthus, and Troy ge fe
Quhilk gour awyn warkis hes beldit vp on hie ;
God grant in bettyr tyme thai be begunnyn,
And neuer eft with Grekis fors ourrunnyn ! 15 Gif evir in Tybir to entyr me betydis.
And, on the feildis neirby Tybris fydis,
May behald wallis vpfet for my menge,
Or may the frendly citeis fum tyme fe,
Lat ws of Epyrus and of Italy, 20 Cummyn baith of Dardanus genealogy,
And quhamto eik the chance of fortoun is ane,
Mak but a Troy of athir realmys twane ;
And this fam lyge with our pofterite
Sal evir remane in faith and vnyte.
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CAP. VIII.
Quharfyrft Eneas Itak dyd qfpy, And mom/Jlrange wentis hesjalyt by.
Furth on, with this, throu owt the fey we flyde, By the forland Cerawnya faft befide, Quhar fra, out our the fludis forto faill, The fchortaft way and cours lyis to Itaill. 5 Down gois the fon be than, and hillis hie Wolx dyrknyt with fchaddowis of the Iky ; We fort our aris, and cUefis rowaris ilke deill, And at a fownd or coft we likit weill We ftrike at nycht, and on the dry ftrandis
10 Dyd bawne and beyk our bodeys, feyt, and handis. Sone on our irkyt lymmys, lethis, and banys The naturale reft of fleip flaid al atanys. And, or the ipeyre his howris rollit richt Sa far about that it was fears mydnycht,
15 Not fweir, bot in hys dedis deligent, Palynurus furth of his cowch vpfprent, Lyfnyng about, and harknyng our alquhar With erys preft to kep the wynd or ayr. Of euery ftarn the twynklyng notis he
20 That in the ftill hevyn move cours we fe, Arthuris huyf, and Hyades betakynnand rayn, Syne Watlyng ftreit, the Horn, and the Charle wayn, The fers Orion with hys goldyn glave ; And, quhen he lies thame eueryane perfaue
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Into the cleir and ferene firmament, Furth of his eft fchip a bekyn gart he ftent : We rays, and went on burd in our the waill, Syne flakis down the fchetis, and maid fayll.
5 Be this the dawyng gan at morn walx red, And chalit away the ftarnys fra euery fted; The dym hillis on far we dyd afpy, And faw the law landis of Italy. Italy ! Italy ! fyrft cryis Achates,
10 Syne al our feris of clamour micht nocht ces, Bot with a voce atanys cryis, Itaill ! And hailfyng gan the land with hey and haill. Than my fader, ammyral of our flote, A mekil tankart with wyne fild to the throte,
15 And tharon fet a garland or a crown, And to the goddis maid this oryfoun, Sittand in the hie eft caftell of our fchip, With ful devote reverens and wirfchip : O 36, quod he, goddis haldis in poufte
20 Weddir and ftormys, the land eik and the le, Grant our vayage ane efy and reddy wynd, Infpyre gour favouris that proipir cours we fynd. Scars this wes faid, quhen, evyn at our defyre, The feffonabil ayr pipis vp fair and fchyre ;
25 The havyn apperis, and thiddir nerrar we draw, And of Mynerva the ftrang tempill faw Set in the caftell apon ane hillis hycht. Our fallowis fangis in thar falys tyght, And towart the coft thar ftevynnys dyd addres.
30 A port thar is, quham the eft fludis hes,
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In maner of a bow, maid bowle or bay, With rochys fet forgane the ftreym ful flay, To brek the fait fame of the feys ftowr : On athir hand, als hie as ony towr, 5 The byg hewis ftrekis furth lyke a wall :
Within the hawyn goith lown, but wynd or wall, And at the port the tempill may not be feyn. Heir fyrft I faw apon the plefand greyn A fatale takyn, fowr horffis quhite as fnaw
10 Gnyppand grefys the large feildis on raw. Ha ! lugyn land, batale thou ws pretendis, Quod my fader Anchilis ; for, as weil kend is, Horffis ar dreffit for the bargane feil lys ; Weir and debait thir ftedis fignyfyis.
15 Bot, fen the fammyn four futtit beftis eik Beyn oft vfyt, ful towartly and meik, To draw the cart, and thoil brydill and renge, It is gude hope pace follow fal, fays he.
Than wirfchip we the godhed and gret mycht
20 Of Pallas, with clattering harnes fers in fyght, Quhilk heth ws firft reflauyt glaid and gay : Our hedis befor the altar we array With valys brown, eftir the Troiane gys, And, onto Juno of Arge, our facryfys
25 Maid reuerently, as Helenus vs bad, Obferuyng weil, as he commandyt had, The ferymonys leill. Syne, but langar delay, Fra that perfurnyft was our offerand day, Onon the nokkis of our rays we writh ;
30 Down fallys the fchetis of the falys fwith :
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The Gregionys herbry and fronteris fulpek We left behynd, and efter, in effek, Of Taurentum the fyrth we fe, but les, Biggit, as thai fay, by worthy Hercules ; 5 And, our forgane the tother fyde alffo, Rays vp Lacynya the tempill of Juno ; Of Cawlon cite eik the wallys hie, And Scyllacium quhar fchipbrokyn mony be. Syne, far of in the flude, we gan afpy
10 The byrnand Ethna into Sycilly, And a fell rage rowting of the fey Alang way thens, and on the rolkis hie We hard the jawpys bete, and at the coft A hyduus brayng of brokyn feys voft :
15 Apon fchald bankis boldynnys hie the flude : The ftowr vpbullyrris fand as it war wode. My fader than cryis, how ! feris, help away, Streke aris atanys with all the fors ge may ; No wondir this is the felkouth Caribdis :
20 Thir horribill rolkis and craggis heir, I wys, Helenus the prophete ful weil dyd ws declare.
The fammyn wys as thai commandyt ware Thai dyd onon, and Pallynurus fyrft Hard halys the fchete on fyde, and faft gan thryft
25 The forfchip to the wallis and the tyde, Saland on bawburd to wart the left fyde ; Towart the left, with mony heys and haill, Socht all our flot faft baith with rowth and faill. The fwelland fwyrl vphefyt ws til hevyn ;
30 Syne wald the waw fwak ws doun ful evyn,
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As it apperit, vnder the fey to hell.
Thrys the holkyt craggis hard we gell,
Quhar as the fwelch had the rolkis thyrlyt ;
And thrys the fame furth fpowt, that fo hie quhirlyt
5 It femyt watir the ftarnys, as we thocht.
Be this the fon went to, and ws forwrocht Left diffolat ; the wyndis calmyt eik : We, not bekend quhat rycht cours mycht we feik, War warp to feywart by the outwart tyde
10 Of Ciclopes onto the coftis fyde.
The port, quhamto we cappit, wes ful large, And, fra al wyndis blaft, for fchip or barge Sovir al tyme : bot netheles, faft by, The grifly Ethna dyd rummyll, fchudder and cry ;
15 Sum tyme thrawing owt, heich in the ikyis, The blak laithly fmoke that oft dyd rys As thunderis blaft, and rekand as the pyk, With gledis fparkand as the hail als thik ; Vpfpring the blelis and fyry lumpis we fe,
20 Quhilk femyt forto lik the ftarnys hie ; Sum tyme it rafyt gret rochys, and oft will Furth bok the bowellis or entralis of the hyll, And lowfyt ftanys vpwarpys in the ayr Rownd in a fop, with mony crak and rayr :
25 The ftew of byrnand heyt law from the grond Vpftrikis thar, that doith to hevyn rebound. The rumour is, doun thrung vndir this mont Enchelades body with thundir lyis half bront, And hydduus Ethna abufe his belly fet ;
30 Quhen he lyft gant or blaw, the fyre is bet,
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And from that furnys the flambe doith brift or glide Quhou oft he turnys our his irkit fyde All Sycil trymblys, quaking with a rerd, And vgly ftew ourquhelmys hevyn and erd. 5 That nycht, lurkand in woddis, we remane, Of feirfull monftris fufferand mekil pane ; Bot quhat caufyt fyk noys na thing we law : For nowthir lycht of planetis mycht we knaw, Nor the brycht poyll, nor in the ayr a ftarn, 10 Bot in dyrk clowdis the hevynnys warpit darn; The moyn was vndir walk and gave na lycht, Haldyn ful dym throu myrknes of the nycht.
CAP. IX.
Of the Greik clepit Achemenydes Reherfyng Ene the natur of Ciclopes.
The fecund day be this fprang fra the eft, Quhen Aurora the wak nycht dyd areft
1 5 And chays fra hevyn with hir dym fkyis donk Than fuddanly, furth of the woddis ronk, We fe a ftrange man, of form onknaw ; A lenar wight, na mayr pynyt, I ne faw, Nor git fa wrachitly befeyn a wy ;
20 Towart the coft, quhar that we ftude in hy, Hys handis furth he ftrekis afkand fupple. We hym behald, and al hys cors gan fe
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Maift laithly ful of ordur, and hys berd Rekand doun the lenth neir of a gerd ; Hys tawbart and array lewyt with breris : Bot he was Greik be all hys othir feris,
5 And vmquhile was, as eftir well we kend, To Troy intil hys faderis armour fend. This ilk man, fra he beheld on far Troiane habitis, and of our armys wes war, At the firft ficht he ftyntit and ftude aw,
10 And fra hys pays begouth abak to draw ; Bot fone eftyr cummys rynnyng in a rays Down to the fchoir, wepyng and afkand grace : O ge Troianys, be all the planetis, quod he, Be all the ilarnys and the goddis hie,
15 And be the hailfum fpreit of hevynnys lycht, I befeik tak me with gou, catyve wycht, And leid me in quhat land at euer ge pies : That may fuffys ; that war my hartis eys. I knaw me ane of the Grekis navy ;
20 In weir to Troy cuntre, I grant, focht I ; For the quhilk deid, gyf that of our trefpas Sa gret the offence and the iniurys was, Rent me in pecis, and in the fludis fwak, Or drown law vndir the large feys brak.
25 Gyf that I perych, it is git fum comfort That I of mennys handis deing at fchort.
Quod he ; and tharwith, grulyng on hys kneis, He lappit me faft by baith the theys : We hym exort to fchaw quhat was his name,
30 Of quhat kynrent and blude cummyn at hame,
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And fyne to tell quhat forton had hym betyde. My fader Anchifis na ma wordis wald byde, Bot furthwith gaue that gong man his richt hand, And affurys hys fpreit with that prefand : 5 He at the laft this dreid has done away, And on this wys begouth to carp and fay ;
Of the realm Itachia I am, but les, And of the cumpany of fey Vlixes, And Achemenydes onto name I hait,
10 Cummyn onto Troy with my fader of lait, Bot a puyr wageour, clepyt Adamaftus ; Wald God git the fam forton remanyt to ws ! My fallofchip onwytting forget me heir, Quhen tha thir cruel marchys left for feir,
15 And in the Ciclopes huge cave tynt me; A gowfty hald within, laithly to fe, Ful of vennom and mony bludy meys. Buftuus hie Poliphemus fet at deys Thar remanys, that may the ftarnys fchaik ;
20 3e goddis delyvir this erd from iik wraik ! For he is vgfum and gryfly forto fe, Hutyt to fpeke of, and aucht not nemmyt be. Thir wrachit mennys flefch, that is hys fude, And drynkis worfum, and thar lappyrrit blude.
25 I faw myfelf quhen, gruflyngis amyd his cave, Twa bodeys of our fort he tuke and rayf ; Intil hys hyddus hand thame thrymlyt and wrang, And on the ftanys owt thar harnys dang, Quhll brayn, and eyn, and blude al poplit owt :
30 I faw that cruel fend eik thar, but dowt,
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Thar lymmys ryfe and eyt, as he war woid, The gouftir tharfra chirtand and blak blude, And the halt flefch vndir his teith flykkerand. Bot not onwrokyn, forfuyth, this fefte he fand ;
5 Nor Vlixes lift not lang fuffyr this, Ne this kyng of Itachy hym felf nor his Myghtyn forget, into fa gret a plyght. For fammyn as that horribyll fendlich wight Had eyt his fyll, and drunk wyne he hym gave,
10 Sowpit in fleip, his nek furth of the cave
He ftraucht, fordronkyn, lyggyng in his dreym Bokkis furth and gyfkis of gowftyr mony ftreyin, Raw lumpys of flefch and blude blandyt with wyne. We the gret goddys befocht, and kavillys fyne
15 Kaftis, quhat fuld be euery mannys part ; Syne al atanys abowt and on hym ftart, And, with a fcharpyt and brynt fteyng of tre, Out dyd we boyr and pyke hys mekil E, That lurkit alane vndyr hys thrawyn front large,
20 Als braid as is a Gregioun fcheild or targe, Or lyke onto the lantern of the moyn : And thus at laft haue we ravengit foyn Blithly the goftis of our feris ded. Bot ghe, onhappy men, fle from this fted,
25 Fle, fle this coft, and finyte the cabil in twane ! For quhou gryfly and how gret I gou fayn Lurkis Polyphemus, gymmand his beyftis rouch, And al thar pappis mylkis throuch and throuch, Ane hundreth otheris, als huge of quantite,
30 Endlang this ilke coftis fyde of the fe,
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Gret Ciclopes inhabitis heir and thar, And walkis in thir hie montanys our alquhar. The moyn hes now fyllyt hir hornys thrys With new lyght fen I haue, on this wys, 5 My lyfe in woddis led, but fyght of men, In defert hyrnys and feyr wild beiftis den, And far out from my cavern dyd alpy The grym Ciclopes, and oft thar gryfly cry And eik flamping of thar feyt maid me trymmyl.
10 My wrachit fude was berreis of the brymmyll, And ftanyt heppis, quhilk I on bufkis fand, With rutis of herbis I holkit furth of land : And vyflyand al about, I fe at laft This navy of gowris drawing hyddir fait,
15 Quhamto I me betaucht and gan avow,
Quhat flote at euer it was ; for wayt ge quhou It is enuch that I efchapyt haue <3one cruel pepil ; I fet not of the lave : For, rather ge or I fal in fyk wraik,
20 Quhat deith ge pleis, the lyfe fra me gar taik.
CAP. X.
Of Poliphemus, and monyjlrange co/i, And how Ene hys fader in SyciU loft.
Skars this wes fayd, quhen fone we gat a fycht Apon ane hyll ftalkand this hydduus wight,
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Amang hys beyftis, the hyrd Poliphemus, Down to the coftis bekend draw towartis ws : A monftre horribyll, onmefurabill and myfchaip, Wanting hys fyght, and gan to ftab and graip
5 With hys burdon, that wes a gret fyr tre, Fermand his fteppis, becaus he mycht not fe ; The wollyt fcheip him followyng at the bak, Quharin his plefur and delyte gan he tak. About hys hals a quhiffil hung had he,
10 Wes all his folace for tynfell of hys E ; And, with his ftaf fra he the deip nude Twichit, and cummyn at the feyfyde ftude, Of hys E dolp the flowand blude and attir He wyfch away al with the fait wattir,
15 Graflilland his teith, and rummyfand full hie. He wadis furth throu myddis of the fee, And git the wattir wet not hys lang fyde.
We, far from thens affrayt, durft not abyde, Bot fled onon, and within burd hes brocht
20 That faithful Greik quhilk ws of fuccurs focht, And prevyly we fmyte the cabill in twane ; Syne, kempand with aris in al our mane, Vp weltris watir of the fait fey nude. He perfauyt the fownd, quhar that he ftude,
25 And towart the dyn movis hys pays onon : Bot quhen he felt at we fa far war gone, Sa that his handis ws areke ne mycht, Nor the deip fey Ionium, for all hys hycht, Ne mycht he waid equale ws to areft,
30 A fellon bray and huge fchowt vp he keft,
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Quharthrou the fey and al the fludis fchuke ; The land alhail of Itail trymlyt and qwoyk ; And holl cavernys or furnys of Ethna rownd Rummyft and lowyt, fordynnyt with the found.
5 Bot than, forth of the woddis and hillys hie, Walkynnyt with the cry, a huge pepill we fe Of Ciclopes cum hurland to the port, And fillyt all the coft fydis at fchort. Tha elrych bredyr, wifti tliar lukis thrawyn,
10 Thocht not avalyt, thar ftandyng haue we knawyn ; Ane horribil fort, with mony camfcho beik, And hedis femand to the hevyn areik : Syklyke as quhar that, with thar hie toppis, The byg akis ftrekyng in the ayr thar croppys,
15 Or than thir cipreffis berand heich thar bewys, Growand in the woddis or hie vp on hewis, In fchawys aid, as men may fe from far, Hallowyt to Dyane or git to Jupiter. The fcharp dreid maid ws fo to each haift,
20 Withdrawand faft, as thocht we had bene chaift, And for to fet our fail quhidder we beft mycht, To follow the wynd, and hald na courffis rycht. Aganys the counfale of Helenus, our feris Perfwadis to hald furth evyn the way that fteris
25 Mydwart betwix Charibdis and Scylla, A litil fpace fra ded by athir of twa : For, bot we hald that cours, for owtyn fail, Bakwartis, thai faid, on Ciclopes mon we faill. Bot lo ! onon a fair wynd, or we wift,
30 Rays of the north, blawing evyn as we lyft,
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From the flrait bay of Pelorus the mont And fone we fwepyt by, at the fyrft bront, The mouth of flude Pantagyas ful of ftanys, The fownd Megarus, and Tapfum ile atanys.
5 The namys of thir coftis, Achemenydes, The compangeon of onhappy Vlixes, Raknys to ws, as we pad ane by ane ; For we return the fammyn went agane Quhar thar navy had waverit by thar rays.
10 Within the fyrth of Sycill, forgane the face Of the flude Plemyrion full of wallis, Thar lyis ane Hand, quhilk our elderis callis Orthigia ; quhar that the fame is fo That Alpheus, ane of the ryveris two
15 Of the cite of Elys in Archaid,
Vndir the fey gan thyddir flow and wayd Throu fecrete cundytis, and now eik, as thai fay. Arethufa, at thi mouth or ifchay, It entris rynnyng in the Sycill fee.
20 The gret goddis of that place wirfchip we, At command of my fader ; and fra thyne The fertill grond of Helory paflyt fyne, Quhilk flude watyris al the feild about. Thar on the craggis our navy ftude in dowt ;
25 For on blynd ftanys and rolkis hyrflit we, Tumblit of mont Pachynnus in the fee : And far from thens the loch Cameryna, Quham the fatis forbyddis to do away, Apperis to ws, and of Geloy the feildis,
30 Quhar that the gret cite Gela vpbeild is.
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Havand the furname fra the flude faft by : Syne heich Agragas far of we gan afpy, A hyl and cite with large wallys of fors, Quhar vmquhile bred war the maift weirlyke hors
5 And the alffo, Selynys, I left behynd,
For al thi palm treys, with the folio wand wynd. 1 The dangerus fchaldis and coft vppykyt we, With al hys blynd^rolkis, of Lylibe.
Thar the port of Drepanon, and the rayd,
10 Quham to remember my hart may nevir be glaid, Reffauyt me, quhar that, allace, allace ! I leys my fader, al comfort and folace, And al fupple of our travell and pane ; Thar, thar allaik ! fa feill dangeris bygane
15 And tempeftis of the fey. O fader moft deir, Anchifes, defolate quhy left thou me heir Wery and irkyt in a fremmyt land ? O weilaway ! for nocht wes all, I fand, That thou efchapit fa mony perrellis huge.
20 Helenus the dyvyne, as we with hym gan luge, Quhen horribill thingis feir he dyd aduert, Schew not befor to me thir harmys fmert, Nor git the fellon and akwart Celeno. This wes extreme laubour of pane and wo ;
25 Thys was the end of all hys lang vayage : And hyddir fyne, warpyt with feys rage, Apon gour coftis, as I fra thens was dryve, Sum happy chance and God maid me arryve. The Prynce Eneas, on this wys, alane
30 The fatis of goddys and rafys mony ane
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Reherlyng fchew, and fyndry ftrange wentis ; The queyn and all the Tyrryanys takand tentis. And at the laft he ceflyt and faid no moir, Endyng his tayll as ge haue hard befor.
THE PROLOUG OF THE FERD BUKE.
With bemys fcheyn thou bricht Cytherea, Quhilk only fchaddowift amang ftarris lyte, And thi blyndyt weyngit fon Cupyd, ge twa Fofteraris of byrnyng, carnail, halt delyte, 5 3our Joty wo neidlyngis moft I endyte, Begynyng with a fengeit faynt plefance, Continewit in luft, and endyt with pennance.
In fragil flefch gour fykkil feyd is faw, Rutyt in delyte, welth, and fude delicate, 10 Nurift with fleuth and mony onfemly faw ;
Quhar fchame is loft, thar fpredis gour burgeonys hait ;
Oft to revolue ane onleful confait
Rypys gour peralus frutis and oncorn :
Of wikkyt grayn quhou fal gude fchaif be fchorn ?
1 5 Quhat is gour fors bot feblyng of the ftrenth ? curyus thochtis quhat but mufardry? fremmyt glaidnes leftis not ane howris lenth ; 3our fport for fchame ge dar not fpecify ; 3our frute is bot onfru6luus fantafy ;
20 3°ur fary J°ys i>eyn °ot jan^iyng and japys,
And gour trew feruandis fylly goddys apys.
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3our fweit myrthis ar mixt with byttyrnes ; Quhat is gour drery gemme? a myrry pane ; 5 our wark onthrift, gour quyet is reftles, ^our luft lykyng in langour to remane, 5 Frendfchip turment, gour traift is bot a trane : O luf, quhidder art thou joy or fulychnes, That makis folk fa glaid of thar diftres ?
Salomonys wyt, Sampfon thou rubbift hys fors, And Dauid thou byreft hys prophecy ; 10 Men fays thou brydillyt Ariflotyll as ane hors, And crelyt vp the flour of poetry : Quhat fal I of thi myghtis notyfy ? Fair weil, quhar that thy lufty dart aflalis, Wyt, ftrenth, ryches, na thyng bot grace avalis.
15 Thou cheyn of luf, ha benedicite !
Quhou hard ftrenys thi bandis euery wyght !
The god abuf, from his hie maiefte,
With the ybond, law in a maid dyd lycht ;
Thou venquyft the ftrang gyant of gret mycht ; 20 Thou art mair forcy than the ded fa fell ;
Thou plenyft paradyce, and thou heryt hell.
Thou makift febill wight, and lawyft the hie ; Thou knyttis frendfchyp quhar thar beyn na parage ; Thou Jonathas confederat with Davy ; 25 Thou dantyt Alexander for all his vaflalage ; Thou feftnyt Jacob fourteyn gheir in bondage ; Thou techit Hercules go lern to fpyn, Reke Dyomeir hys mays and lyoun flcyn.
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For luf Narfyfus peryfyt at the well ; For luf thou ftervyft moft douchty Achill ; Thefyus, for luf, hys fallow focht to hell ; The fnaw quhyte dow oft to the gray maik will. 5 Allace ! for luf how mony thame felf dyd fpill ! Thy fury, luf, moderis taucht, for difpyte, Fyle handis in blude of thar gong chyldering lyte.
O Lord, quhat writis' myne author of thi fors, In hys Georgikis ! quhou thyne ondantyt myght 10 Conftrenys fo fum tyme the ftonyt hors That, by the fent of a meyr far of fyght, He bradis brays onon, and takis the flyght ; Na brydill may hym dant nor buftuus dynt, Nowther bra, hie roch, nor brayd fludis ftynt.
15 The buftuus bullys oft, for the gong ky, .
With horn to horn wyrkis othir mony a wound, So rumyfyng with hydduus lowand cry The feildis all doith of thar rowftis reibund : The meyk hartis, in bellyng, oft ar fond
20 Mak fers bargane, and rammys togyddir ryn ; Baris twyte thar tufkis, and fret otheris fkyn.
The reuthtfull fmart and lamentabill cace Quhilk thar he writis of Leander gyng, Quhou for thi luf, Hero, allace, allace ! 25 In fervent flambe of hait defyre byrnyng,
By nychtis tyde, the hevynys lowd thundering, And, all with ftorm trublyt, the feys flude Bettand on the rolkis, and rowtand as it war wod ;
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Set he hym not to fwym our, wallaway ! The fyrth betwix Seftos and Abydane, In Europe and in Afya citeis tway ; Hys fader and moder mycht hym not call agane : 5 O God, quhat harm ! thar wes he drynt and flane ; And quhen his lufe faw this myfcheif, atanys Out our the wall fcho lap, and brak hir banys.
Lo, quhou Venus kan hir feruandis acquyte ! Lo, quhou hir paffionys onbridillis al thar wytr! 10 Lo, quhou thai tyne thame felf for fchort delyte ! Lo, from all grace quhou to myfcheif thai flyt, Fra weil to fturt, fra payn to ded ! and gyt Thar beyn bot few exempil takis of othir, Bot wilfully fallys in the fyre, leif brothir.
15 Be nevir our fet, myne author techis fo, With luft of wyne nor warkis veneryane ; Thai febill the ftrenth ; revelys fecrete bath two Stryfe and debait engendris, and feil hes flane ; Honefte, prowes, dreid, fchame and luk ar gane
20 Quhar thai habound ; attempyr thame for thy. Childir to engendir oys Venus, and not invane ; Hant na furfat, drynk bot quhen thou art dry.
Quhat ? is this lufe, nys luffaris, at ge meyn, Or fals diffait fair ladeys to begile ? 25 Thame to defowle, and fchent gour felf betweyn, Is al gour lykyng, with mony futtel wyle. Is that trew lufe, gude faith and fame to fyle ?
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Gyf luf be vertu, than is it lefiill thing ; Gif it be vyce, it is gour ondoyng.
Luft is na lufe, thocht ledis lyke it weill ; This furyus flambe of fenfualite 5 Ar nane amouris bot fantafy ge feill : Carnale plefance, but fyght of honefte, Hatis hym felf forfuyth, and luffis nocht the : Thare beyn twa luffis,' perfyte and imperfyte, That ane leful, the tother fowle delyte.
10 Lufe is a kyndly paffioun, engendryt of heyt Kyndlyt in the hart, ourfpredyng al the cors : And, as thou feys fum perfon waik in fpreyt, Sum hait byrnyng as ane onbridillyt hors ; Lyke as the pacient hes heyt of our gret fors,
15 And in gong babbys warmnes infufficient, And into agyt failgeis, and is out quent ;
Rycht fo in luf thou may be exceffyve, Inordinatly luffand ony creature ; Thi luf alflb it may be defe&yve, 20 To luf thine awin and geif of otheris na cure : Bot quhar that lufe is rewlyt by meflure, It may be lyknyt to ane hail mannis eftait, In temperat warmnes, nowthir to cald nor hait.
Than is thi lufe inordinat, fay I, 25 Quhen ony creatur mair than God thou luffis, Or git luffis ony to that fyne, quharby
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Thi felf or thame thou frawartis God remufis : Fortil attempir thine amouris the behuffis : Lufe euery wyght for God, and to gude end, Thame be na wys to harm, bot to amend.
5 That is to knaw, lufe God for his gudnes,
With hart, hail mynde, trew fervyce, day and nycht ; Nixt luf thi felf, efchewand wykkytnes ; Lufe fyne thi nychtburris, and wyrk thame nane onrycht, Willyng at thou and thai may haue the fyght
10 Of hevynnys blys, and tyfte thame not tharfra, For, and thou do, fyk luf dowe nocht a ftra.
Faynt lufe, but grace, for all thi fengeit lay is, Thy wantoun willis ar verray vanyte ; Grafles thou afkis grace, and thus thou prayis ; 15 Haue mercy, lady, haue reuth and fum piete ! And fcho, reuthtles, agane rewys on the : Heir is na paramouris fund, bot all haitrent, Quhar nowthir to weill nor reflbn tak thai tent.
Callys thou that reutht, quhilk of thar felf ne rakkis ?
20 Or is it grace to fall fra grace ? nay, nay ;
Thou fekis mercy, and tharof myfcheif makkis : Renown and honour quhy wald thou dryfe away ? A brutale appetyte makis gong fulys forvay, Quhilk be reflbn lyft not thar heyt refreyn,
25 Haldand opynyon deyr of a boryt beyn.
Says nocht gour fentens thus, fkant worth a fas,
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Quhat honefte or renoun is to be dram ? Or forto drowp lyke a fordullyt as ? Lat ws in ryot leif, in Ijport and gam ; In Venus covrt, fen born tharto I am, 5 My tyme weil fal I fpend. Wenys thou not fo ? Bot al gour folace fal return in gram, Syk thewles luftis in byttir pane and wo.
Thou auld hafard lichour, fy for fchame,
That flotteris furth euermar in fluggardry K) Out on the, auld trat, agit wyfe, or dame, •
Efchamys na tyme in rovfte of fyn to ly !
Thir Venus warkis in gouthed ar foly,
Bot into eild thai turn in fury rage ;
And quha fchameles dowblis thar fyn, ha fy ! 15 As doith thir vantouris owthir in gouth or age?
Quhat nedis avant gou of gour wykkytnes, 3he that beyn forcy alane in villans deid ? Quhy gloyr ge in gour awyn onthriftynes ? Efchame ghe not rehers and blaw on breid 20 3our awJn diffame, havand of God na dreid Nor gyt of hell, provokand otheris to fyn, 3he that lyft of gour palgardry nevir blyn ?
Wald God ghe purcheft bot gour awyn myfchans, And war na banareris forto perych mo ! 25 God grant fum tyme ge turn gou to pennans, Refrenyng luftis inordinate, and cry ho ! And thar affix gour luf and myndis fo,
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Quhar euer is verray joy without offens, That all fyk beiftly fury ghe lat go hens.
Of brokkaris and fyk bawdry quhou fuld I write, Of quham the fylth ftynkis in Godis neys ?
5 With Venus henwyffis quhat wys may I flyte, That ftrakis thir wenfchis hedis thame to pies ? Douchtir, for thy lufe this man hes gret dyfeys, Quod the byfmeyr with the flekyt fpeche ; Rew on hym, it is meryte hys pane to meys :
10 Syk poyd makcrellis for Lucifer beyn leche.
Efchame, gyng virgynys, and fair damycellis, Furth of wedlok forto dilteyn gour kellys ; Traift nocht al talis that wanton woweris tellis, <3ow to deflour purpofyng, and nocht ellys : 15 Abhor fyk pryce or prayer wirfchip fellys.
Quhar fchame is loft quyte fchent is womanhed ; Quhat of bewte, quhar honefte lyis ded ?
Rew on gour felf, ladeys and madynnys gyng, Grant na fyk reuth for evir may caus gou rew : 20 3ne frefch gallandis, in hait defyre byrnyng, Refreyn gour curage fyk paramouris to perfew ; Grund gour amouris on charite al new ; Found gow on refibn ; quhat nedis mair to preche ? God grant gou grace in luf, as I gou tech !
25 Fy on difiait and fals diflymulans,
Contrar to kynd with fengeit cheir fmylyng,
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Vndyr the cloik of luffis obferuans, The venom of the ferpent reddy to ftyng ! Bot al fyk crymys in luffis caus I refyng To the confeflioun of morale Jhonne Gower ; 5 For I mon follow the text of our mater.
Thy dowbill wound, Dido, to fpecify, I meyn thyne amouris, and thi funeral fait, Quha may endyte, but teris, with eyn dry ? Auguftyne confeffis hym felf wepit, God wait, 10 Redyng thy lamentabill end myffortunat. By the wil I repeyt this vers agane. Temporal joy endis wyth wo and pane.
Allace, thy dolorus cays and hard myfchance ! From blys to wo, fra forow to fury rage, 15 Fra nobylnes, welth, prudens and temperance, In brutell appetite fall, and wild dotage ; Danter of Affryk, Queyn foundar of Cartage, Vmquhil in ryches and fchynyng gloyr ryngnyng, Throw fulych luft wrocht thine awyn ondoyng.
20 Lo ! with quhat thocht, quhat byttyrnes and pane,
Lufe onfylly bredis in euery wight !
Quhou fchort quhile doith hys fals plefance remane !
Hys reftles blys how fone takis the flicht !
Hys kyndnes alteris in wraith within a nycht : 25 Quhat is, bot turment, all hys langfum fayr,
Begun with feir, and endyt in difpayr?
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Quhat fufiy, cuyr, and ftrange ymagynyng, Quhat ways onlefull, hys purpos to atteyn, Hes this fals luft at his firft begynnyng ! Quhou fubtell wylis, and mony quyet meyn ! 5 Quhat flycht diffait quently to flat and feyn ; Syne in a thraw kan not hym felvyn hyde, Nor at his firft eftait no quhile abyde !
Thou fwelch, deuourar of tyme onrecoverabill, O luft, infernal furnys, inextingwybill, 10 Thy felf confumyn^ worthis infaciabill, Quent fendis net, to God and man odibill ! Of thi tryggettis quhat tong may tell the tribbill ? With the to wrafyll, thou walxis euer moir wyght ; Efchew thyne hant, and mynnys fal thi mycht.
15 Se, quhou blynd luffis inordinate defyre Degradis honour, and refibn doith exile ! Dido, of Cartage flour, and lamp of Tyre, Quhais hie renoun na ftrenth nor gift mycht fyle, In hir faynt luft fa mait, within fchort quhile,
20 That honefte baith and gude fame war adew ; Syne for difdeyn, allace ! hir felvyn flew.
O ! quhat avalit thi brute and gloryus name, Thi moblys, trefour, and werkis infinyte, Thi citeis beilding, and thi ryal hame, 25 Thy realmys, conqueft, weilfar and delyte ? To ftynt al thing falue thine awyn appetite
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So wes in lufe thi frawart deftane :
Allace the quhile thou knew the ftrange Ene !
And ien I fuld thy tragedy endyte, Heir nedis nane othir invocatioun : 5 Be the command I lufty ladeis quhyte, Be war with ftrangeris of onkouth natioun Wyrk na fyk woundris to thar dampnationn ; Bot til attayin wild amouris at the thai leir : Thy lufty pane begouth on this maneir.
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CAP. I.
The thochtfutt queyn, with mony amorus claws, Til hirjyjlir complenys in lujfis caws.
Be this the Queyn, throw hevy thochtis onfound, In euery vayn nuryfys the greyn wound, Smytyn fo deip with the blynd fyre of lufe Hir trublyt mynd gan fra all reft remufe.
5 Compafing the gret prowes of Ene,
The large wirfchip feill fys remembris fche Of his lynnage and folkis ; for ay prefent Deip in hir breift fo was hys figur prent, And all hys wordis fixt, that, for bifly thocht,
10 Noyn eys hir membris nor quyet fuffir mocht.
The nixt day following, with hys lamp brycht As Phebus dyd the grund or erth alycht, Eftir the dawing heth the donk nychtis clowd Chafyt from the Iky, and the ayr new fchrowd ;
15 Ful evil at eys queyn Dido on this kynd Spak to hir fyftir, wes of the fammyn mynd.
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My fiftir An, quhat fwevynnys beyn thir, quod fche,
Quhilk me affrays in fik proplexite?
Quhat be he, this gret new geft or ftranger,
Onto our realm laitly is drevyn heir? 5 Quhou wys in fpeche, and in his commonyng,
He fchawys hym felf ! O God, quhat wondir thing !
Quhou ftout in curage ! in weir quhou vailgeand !
I trow liftir, and, as I vndirftand,
Myne opinion is nanej oncertane thing, 10 Thai beyn fum lynnage of verray goddis offpring;
For dreid always and fchaymful kowardys
Degeneryt wightis and bowbartis notyfys.
Allace ! quhat wondir fatale aventuris
Hes hym bywaif ! quhat travel, pane and curis, 15 How huge batellis, be hym efchewit, tald he !
Now, certis, war it not determyt with me,
And fixit in my mynd onmovabilly,
That to no wyght in wedlok me lift I
Cuppil nor knyt, fen my firft luf is gane, 20 By deth diffoverit, and left me alane ;
War not alfib to me is difplefant
Genyvs chalmyr or matrymone to hant ;
Perchans I mycht be venquift in this rage,
Throu this a cryme of fecund mariage. 25 Annes, I grant to the, fen the deces
Of my fory hufband Syche, but les,
Quhar that our hows with brodyrris ded wes fprent,
Only this man hes movit myne entent,
And heth my mynd inducyt to forvay : 30 I knaw and felis the wemmys and the way
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Of the aid fyre and flambe of luffis lieit. Bot rather I defyre baith cors and fpreit Of me the erth fwelly law adown, Or than almychty Jove with thundris fovn 5 Me fmyte ful deip onto the fchaddoys dern, Amang pail gaftis of hellis holl cavern, In the profond pot of deth and dyrk nycht, Or I becum fo fchamful wrachit wyght That I myne honefte fyle or womanhed, 10 Or brek gour lawis ; na, quhil I be ded ! He, that me firft to hym in wedlok knyt, My firft flowr of amouris tuke, and gyt For euermair with hym he fal thame haue, And he moft keip thame with hym in his grave. 15 Thus fayand, the brycht teris onon owtbrift, And fillyt all hir bofum or fcho wift.
Annes anfwerd ; O thou, fa mot I thry ve, To thi fyftir derrar than hir awyn lyve, Quhiddir gif thou wilt alane, in wedowhed, 20 Evir murnand thus waift away thy gouthed,
Nowthir gyt the comfort of fweit childring thou knawis, Nor the plefour felis of Venus lawys ? Quhat ! wenys thou affys cald and gaftis in grave Of al fyk walyng ony feft fal haue ? 25 In cays that in thi duyl afor thir days, Thy lord new ded, the lift inclyne na ways Nowthir prynce nor duke to tak as for hulband ; Suppos thou lychtlyit than, of Lyby land, Hyarbas kyng, and othir heris all, 30 Quhilkis in the rich fulge triumphall
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Of Aufrik boundis dwelling wyde quhar ; Quhat ! wilt thou als debatyng euer mar Agane this lykand lufe, cummys of plefance ? Confideris thou not, and hes in remembrance, 5 Amyddys quhays grond heir thou remanys ? On this hand, citeis of Getulyanys, A kynd of pepill invincibill in batell ; Heir the ondantit folk of Numyda dwell, And, on that other part, ombyfet, I wys,
10 We ar with buftuus onfrendly Syrtis ; And gondir the defert region alffwa, Ay full of thryft, in barrand Libya ; And wydquhar thens the wild pepil of Barchay. The weris moving from Tyre quhat fal I fay,
15 And the gret brag and mannans of our brothir ? Be difpoficioun of goddis, I weyn, nane othir, And by the purvyans of Juno, to our lupple, Thir Troiane fchippis by profpir wynd our fee Heth hyddir fet thar courfys fortunate.
20 O fyftir myne, confider in quhat eftait Thys cite, quhilk thou beildis, fal vprys ! Perfaue quhou that this realm may, on fyk wys, Beyn vpheyt throu fa nobil a mariage ! Behald quhou mekill the glory of Cartage
25 Salbe extollyt, and encres in euery thyng, Throu help in armys of the Troianys oflpryng ! Quharfor, the nedis befeik goddis of thar grace, With facrifyce, tobe favorabil in this cace. Do fet alhaill thi cure and diligence
30 To caufyng hym mak with the refidence,
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And fenge caufys to tary hym and wythhald,
So lang as thus, duryng the wyntir cald,
The fey ragis throu watry Orion,
And quhil the ftormys be al our blawyn and gon ;
And quhil hys fchippis, with the tempeft fchaik,
Be bet, byd fpair nowthir fyr, elm, nor aik.
CAP. II.
Dido enflambyt in the lujiy heyt,
With amorus ihochtis trublys al hirjpreit.
Wyth thir wordys the fpreit of Dido queyn, The quhilk tofor in lufe wes kyndlyt grene, Now al in fyre the flambe of lufe furth blefys ;
10 Hir doutfum mynd with gude hope fo fcho efys That al the fchame and dreid wes blaw away ; And to the tempill furth held tha baith tway. Eftir the ferymonys of thar payarie gys, Beneuolence and gude luk, fyndry wys,
15 Thai fekyng and thai fers at ilke altar;
And twyntris, walit for facrifyce, heir and thar Thai brytnyt ; and fum in honour dyd addres Of the law ledar Ceres, the goddes ; To Phebus, and to Bachus part alfib ;
20 Bot principaly onto the queyn Juno, Quhilk heth in cuyr the band of mariage. Hir felf, moft gudly queyn Dido of Cartage,
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Held in hir richt hand a cowp full of wyne ; Betwix the hornys twa furthget it fyne Of ane ontamyt gong quy, quhite as fnaw : And, othir quhilis, wald fcho raik on raw,
5 Or pays tofor the altaris, wyth fat offerandis Ay chargyt full ; and oft, with hir awyn handis, Renew and beyt the facrifyce all day ; And rich gyftis geif Troianys ; and wald ay The beiftis coftis, as thai debowellit wer,
10 And thar entralis behald flekkyr and fteir, Accordyng the auld vfans to that effed, Sum augury to perfaue or gude afped. O wallaway ! of fpamen and dyvynys The blynd myndis, quhilkis na way diffynys
15 The fors ne ftrenth of Luf with hys hard bandis ! Quhat avalyt thir facrifice and offerandis ? Quhat helpis to vyfly tempillis in luffis rage ? Behald onhappy Dido of Cartage In this meyn feffon byrnyng hait as gleyd :
20 The fecrete wound deip in hir mynd gan fpreyd, And of hoyt amouris the fubtell quent fyre Waiftis and confumys merth, banys, and lyre. Our all the cite enragyt fcho heir and thar Wandris, as ane ftrykkyn hynd, quhom the ftalkar,
25 Or fcho perfave, from far betis with hys flane Amyd the woddis of Creyt, and lattis remane The braid hed, onknaw the befte was hyt : Scho fkypping furth, as to efchew the byt, Gan throu the foreft faft and gravys glyde ;
30 Bot evir the dedly fchaft ftykkis in hir fyde.
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Sum tyme the queyn Ene with hir dyd leid Throu ,owt the wallys onto euery fteid, The trefour al and riches of Sydony Schawyng to hym ; and offerit al reddy
5 The cite of Cartage at hys commandment : Begyn fcho wald to tell furth hir entent, And in the myd word ftop, and hald hir ftyll. And quhen the evyn come, it wes hir will To feik ways hym to fefte, as fcho dyd ayr ;
10 And, half myndles, agane fcho langis fayr For tyll enquyre and heir the fege of Troy, And in a ftair behaldis hym for joy. Eftir all wes voydyt, and the licht of day Ay mair and mair the moyn quynchit away,
15 And the declynyng of the Harris brycht To fleip and reft perfuadis euery wight, Within hir chalmyr alane fcho langis fayr, And thocht al waift for lak of hir luffar. Amyd a voyd bed fcho hir laid adoun,
20 And of hym abfent thinkis fcho heris the fown ; Hys voce fcho heris, and hym behaldis fche, Thocht he, God wait, far from hir prefens be : And fum tyme wald fcho Afcanyus, the page, Caucht in the figur of hys faderis ymage,
25 And in hir bofum brace, gif fcho tharby The lufe ontellabill mycht fwik or fatiffy. The wark and wallys begun ar not vpbrocht ; The gounkeris dedis of armys excerfis nocht ; Nothir fortres nor turettis fuyr of weir
30 Now graith tha mair ; for al the wark, but weir,
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Ceffis and is ftoppyt, baith of pynnakillis hie, And byg towris, femyt to rys in the fkie.
CAP. III.
Tyl Venus carpys Juno the goddes,
And of tharfpech andjermond, mar and les.
Alffwyth as Juno, with fyk maleys ourtane, Perfauyt hir deir frend that remeid was nane, 5 Nothir fame ne honour the rage refyft mycht, Saturnus douchtir with fyk wordis on hyght Begouth to carp onto Venus, I wys ; A huge honour and lawd ge fal of this Raport, and richt large fpulge beir away,
10 Thou and tin child forfuyth, quod fcho, bath tway O Lord, quhou gret power and notabil mycht, Gif that, of twa hie goddis throu the flycht, A fylly woman fal ourcummyn be ! Not fo, I wys, hes thou diffavyt me,
15 Bot that I knaw thou had in feir and dreid Our cite, and held the lugyng fufpek, in deid, Of our renownyt hie burgh of Cartage. Bot on quhat wys fall fefyng al this rage ? Or now quhat nedis fa gret ftryfe and contak ?
20 Far rather perpetuell pes lat ws mak, And knyt vp band of mariage thartill, Sen thou hes gottin al thyne hartis will ;
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For Dido byrnys in bait lufe al atanys, Tbe brym fury glydis throu owt hir banys.
Lat ws thir pepill to ws common, for thy,
Be frendly favouris govern equaly ; 5 So that it lefum be Dido remane
In Ipoufage bund, and ferve a lord Troiane,
And fuffir Tirreanys, and al Lyby land,
Be geif in dowry to thi ion in hand.
Than Venus, knawing hir fpech of fengeit mynd, 10 To that effe& fcho mycht the Troiane kynd,
And werys to cum furth of Itail alflwa,
With hald and kepe from boundis of Lybia,
Anfwerd and fayd : quhat wikkyt wyght wald euer
Refuys lyk proffyr, or gyt with the had levir 15 Contend in bataill, or ftand at debait,
Gif that, as thou reherfis, the deid algait
Als fovirly mycht follow fortunabill ?
Bot I affeir me les the fatis onftabill,
Nor Jupiter, confent not, ne aggre, 20 That bot a cite to Tyryanys fuld be
And eik to folkis from Troy in vayage cummyn,
Or lift appreif thai pepillis all and fummyn
Togiddir myddill, or joyn in lyge or band.
Thou art hys ipows ; til the to tak on hand 25 Is lefull with requeft hys mynd to affay.
Pas on befor, I follow the perfay.
Than Juno queyn fyk anfwer maid agane :
This laubour I tak on hand, al myne alane.
Bot on quhat wys, fen tyme is convenabill, 30 The faffbn quhou this ftant to do maift habill,
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Hark, at fchort wordys that poynt I fal gou lay. Eneas and onfilly Dido, baith tway, To foreft grathis in huntyng furth to wend, To morow, als faft as Titan doith afcend,
5 And our the warld gan hys bemys ipreid. Quhen that the rangis and the faid on breid Dynnys throu the gravys, ferfyng the woddis wyde, And fetis fet the glen on euery fyde, I fal apon thame a rayrk fchour down fkaill
10 Of weit and wynd, mydlit wyth fellon haill, And all the hevyn with thundyrris blaft fa fteir That all thar fallofchip fall withdraw for feir. Enclofyt with a myft als dyrk as nycht Dido and eik the Troiane duke full rycht,
15 Alanerly, bot be thame felvyn twane, Togiddir fal entir in a cave of ftane : Thar fal I be reddy, and, but delay, Gif thi mynd be ferm tharto the ilk day, In fovir wedlok I fal conioyn hir thar,
20 To be his propir fpous for euermair :
Apon this wys thar wedding falbe wrocht. Affermys all hir wil, contrarying nocht, Of Cetheron Venus the goddes brycht, Lauchyng fcho fund had fo controvit a flycht.
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CAP. IV.
Quhou that the Queyn to huntyng raid at morow, And of the firjl day ofhirjoy andjbrow.
Purth of the fey, with this, the dawyng fpryngis. As Phebus rays, faft to the gettis thringis The chos gallandis, and huntmen thame befyde, With ralys and with nettys ftrang and wyde,
5 And huntyng fperys ftyf with hedis braid : From Maffillyne horfmen thik thiddir raid, With rynnyng hundis, a full huge fort. Nobillys of Cartage, hovand at the port, The Queyn awatys that lang in chawmyr dwellys :
10 Hyr fers fteyd ftude ftampyng, reddy ellys, Rungeand the fomy goldyn byt gynglyng ; Of gold and pal wrocht hys rych harnafyng : And fcho, at laft, of palyce yfchit owt, With huge menge walking hir abowt,
15 Lappyt in a brufyt mantill of Sydony, With gold and perle the bordour al bewry, Hyngand by hir fyde the cays with arowis grund ; Hir bricht treffis envolupyt war and wond Intil a quayf of fyne gold wyrin threid ;
20 The goldyn button clafpyt hir purpour weid : And furth fcho paflyt with all hir cumpany. The Troiane pepill forgaderit by and by, Joly and glaid the frefch Afcanyus gyng. Bot firft of all, maift gudly, hym felf thar kyng
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Enee gan entir in fallofchip, but dout, And onto thame adionyt hys large rowt. Lyke quhen Apollo lift depart or ga Furth of hys wyntring realm of Lyfya, 5 And leif the flude Exanthus for a quhile, To vifly Delos, his moderis land and ile, Renowand ryngis and danfys, mony a rowt ; Mixt togiddir, hys altaris ftanding about, The pepil of Creit, and, thame of Driopes,
10 And eik the payntit folkis Agathirces,
Schowtand on thar gys with clamour and vocis hie Apon thi top, mont Cynthus, walkis he, Hys wavand haris, fum tyme, doyng doun thryng With a foft garland of lawrer fweit fmellyng ;
15 And vmquhile thame gan balmyng and enoynt, And into gold addres, at full gude poynt ; Hys grundyn dartis clattering by hys fyde. Als frefch, als lufty dyd Eneas ryde ; With als gret bewte in hys lordly face.
20 And eftyr thai ar cummyn to the chace, Amang the montanys in the wild foreft, The rynnyng hundis of cuppillys fone thai keft, And our the clewys and the holtis, belyve, The wild beiftis doun to the dail thai dryve.
25 Lo ! thar the rays, rynnyng fwyft as fyre,
Drevyn from the hyghtis, brekkis out at the fwyre : Ane othir part, fyne gondyr mycht thou fe The herd of hartis with thar hedis hie, Ourfpynnerand with fwyft cours the plane vaill,
30 The hepe of dufte vpftowryng at thair taill,
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Fleand the hundis, levand the hie montanys. And Afcanyus, the child, amyd the planys, Joyus and blith hys ftartling fteid to aflay, Now makis his rynk gondir, and now this way 5 Now prekis furth by thir, and now by thame ; Langyng, amang faynt frayt beiftis ontame, The fomy bair, doun from the hyllis hycht, Or the dun lyoun difcend, recontyr he mycht. In the meyn quhile, the hevynnys al about 10 With fellon noys gan to rummyll and rowt. A bub of weddir followyt in the tayll, Thik fchour of rayn myddillit ful of haill. The Tyriane menge fkales wydequhar, And al the gallandis of Troy fled heir and thar ; 15 And eik with thame the gong Afcanyus, Nevo to kyng Dardan and to Venus. For feir, to diuers ftedis throu the feildis, Thai feik to haldis, howfis, hyrnys and beildis : The ryveris rudly rufchit our hillis bedene. 20 Within a cave is entrit Dido queyn,
And eik the Troiane duke, al thame alane, By aventur, as thai efchewyt the rane. Erth, the firft moder, maid a takyn of wo, And eik of wedlok the pronuba Juno, 25 And of thar cuplyng wittering fchew the ayr : The flambe of fyreflaucht lychtnyt heir and thar
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And on the hillys hie toppis, but les, Sat murnand nymphis, hait Oreades. This wes the formafte day of hir glaidnes, 30 And firft morrow of hir wofull diftres.
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For nother the faffon nor the maner fche Attendis now, nor fame, ne honefte ; Ne, from thens furthwart, Dido ony mor Mufis on lufe fecrete, as of befor, 5 Bot clepis it fpoufage ; and, with that fayr name, Clokyt and hyd hir cryme of oppyn fchame.
CAP. V.
Of Fame that monftre, and kyng Hyarbas fury, And how fra Jove wesjend the god Mercury.
The fame heirof, belyve, gan walx and fpreid
Throu cheif citeis of all Affrik on breid :
Fame is myfcheif, quham na harm vndyr the lyft 10 In motioun nor fterage is mair fwyft.
Movand fcho growis, and, pafiand our alquhar,
Hir ftrenth encreffis and walxis mair and mayr.
Lytil, for feir, the fyrft tyme femys fche ;
Sone eftir ryfys to the ftarnys on hie ; 15 Apon the grond fcho walkis fra fted to fted,
And vp amang the clowdis hydis hyr bed.
Throu greif of goddis commovyt, and nocht glaid,
Erth, the gret moder, bayr this child, as is faid,
Laft fyftir to Ceyos and Enchelades, 20 Ane huge, horribill, and ftrange monftre, but les,
Spedy of fut, and on weyngis fwyft as wynd.
Quhou mony fedderis bene on hir body fynd,
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Als mony walkryfe eyn lurkis thar vndir, Als fell tongis, that for to tell is wondir, With als feil mouthis carpis fche and beris, Als mony hes fcho prik vpftandand eris. 5 By nycht fcho fleys amyd the hevyn throu owt, Circuland the fchaddow of the erth about With huge fard, nother cuyr gevand nor keip Hir eyn anys to reft nor tak a fleip : Al day fcho fyttis, wachand byffely,
10 Apon the top of nobillis howfis, to fpy, Or on thir princis palyce with towris hie, And with hir noys gret citeis affrays fche ; Als weil ramembring fengeit and fchrewit fawys, As fcho the treuth and verite furth fchawis.
15 Thys ilke wenfch, that tyme, with mony a tail), Glaidly this rumour gan throu the pepill fkaill, Telland the thing wrocht, and not wrocht, togiddir Quhou of the Troiane blude wes cummyn thiddir Ene, with quham the fair Dido be wed
20 Dedenyt, and as hufband go to bed ;
And how the wyntir feffbn betwix thame tway Thai fpend in lang reffell, luft, and play, Of thar realmys na thing remembring, In fowle delyte ybond be Cupyd kyng.
25 Thys menfkles goddes in euery mannys mouth Skalys thir newis eft, weft, north, and fowth. Hir cours, onon, but langar tarying, Addreflys fcho ontill Hyarbas kyng ; With hir fawis his mynd inflambyng as fyre,
so Prouokand hym to wreth and fellon ire.
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To Amon he wes fon, beget alfwa Apon the maid revift Garamantida : Within his large realmys huge braid Ane hundreth tempillis to Jupiter he maid ; 5 Ane hundreth altaris, quharon the walkryfe fyre He dedicate, al tymys byrnand fqhyre ; Set wachis in honour of goddis perpetuelly ; Of beiflis blude the fat grond nevir dry, Strowit with garlandis, and flowris of diuers kynd.
10 This ilke kyng, wod wi'oith, half owt of mynd, And for thir fchrewyt rumouris for ammovit, In prefens of the goddis quhilk he luffit, Befor the altar, to Jupiter, as thai fay, Hevand vp handis, devotly thus gan pray :
15 Almychty Jove, quod he, quhamto, feill fys, On brufyt beddis hie feft and facryfys Of Mawrufya the pepill hantis thus, Offeryng to the the honour of Bachus, Confideris thou this ? or quhidder, fader, gif we
20 For nocht the dredis, quhen thou lattis thundir fle ? Or gif thi fyreilaueh, the blynd clowdis within, To fley our myndis, invane makis noys and dyn ? ,3one woman, lait exile and vagabund Com to our boundis, that by pryce bocht the grund
25 A litil village to byg, and quhamto we For to manuyr gave the ftrand of the fee, Quhamto our lawis and ftatutis we gart mak, Our mariage gan lychtly and forfaik, And in hir ryng hes tane Ene for lord.
30 And now that fecund Parys, of ane accord
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With his onworthy fort, fkant half men beyn, Abufe his hed and halffettis, weil befeyn, Set lyke a mytir the Troiane foly hat, Hys hair enoynt weil prungeit vndir that,
5 By reif mantemys hir fuld owris be ; Becaus onto thi templis dayly we Bryngis offerand, and invane hallowis thi name.
With fyk wordis kyng Hyarbas at hame Makyng hys prayeris, and grippand the altar,
10 Him hard onon almychty Jupiter,
And hys eyn turnys towart the riall wallis Of Cartage, and thir luffaris, quhilkis fo fallis At thai thar fame and glide renown forget. Syne thus laid to Mercuryus, but let,
15 And with fik maner charge gan hym direk :
Pas, fon, inhaift, graith the wyndis in effek ; Slyde with thi feddyrame to gon Troiane prynce, Quhilk now in Cartage makis refidence, Gevand no cuyr of citeis in Italy
20 To hym ygrant by fatale deftany ;
Do beir my meffage fwyftly throw the (kyis, Sa to hym thus my wordis on fyk wys : His derreft moder promift ws not that he Of hys gydyng fa faynt a man fuld be,
25 Nor, for fyk caufys, hym delyverit twys Furth of the Grekis handis, hys ennemys ; Bot at he fuld haue beyn wys, fage, and grave, Hie fengeoreis and gret empyre to have, And Itale dant, quhilk brandyfis in battell,
30 And, by his dedis, declair and cleyrly tell
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Hym cummyn of Teuceris hie genealogy, And to fubdew the warldis monarchy. Of fa gret thingis thocht na wirfchip hym fteris, Nor for hys honour lift not laubour as efferis, 5 £jt than, the fader aucht na wys to envy That Afcanyus bruke Romys fengeory. Speir quhat he beildis, or how that he dar dwell Amang a pepill falbe hys ennemys fell. Hys lynnage tocum in Jtale forgettis he,
10 And gevis na compt of Lavyne the cuntre. Byd hym mak faill : this is all in effek ; Thiddir on our meflage thus we the direk.
Said Jupiter : and Mercur, but areft, Dreflyt to obey hys gret faderis beheft :
15 And firft ontill hys feyt faft buklyt he
Hys goldyn weyngis, quharwith he doith fle, Quhen fo hym lyft, abuf the fludis on hyght, Or on the erth, with gret fard and fwyft flycht. Syne tuke his wand, quharwith, as that thai tell,
20, The pail fawlis he cachis furth of hell,
And other fum tharwith gan fchet full hoyt Deip in the forofull grifly hellys pote ; Quharwith he makis folk fleip, magre thar hed, And revis fra othir al fleip, and to the ded
25 Clofis thar eyn, and brekis the ftryngis tway : Throu help tharof he chafys the wyndis away, And trubly clowdis dyvidis in a thraw. Tho furth he fleys, till at the laft he faw The heich top and fydis braid onevyn
30 Of hard Atlas, baryng on his crown the heyyn ;
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The myfty clowdis cirkilland his hed about, Quharon of fyrryn treis ftant mony rowt, With wynd and ftorm full oft to fchaik and blaw ; Hys fchulderis heildit with new fallyn fnaw : 5 Furth of the chyn of this ilk hafard auld
Gret fludis ifchis, and ftyf ife fchokkyllis cauld Doun from his ftern and gryily berd hyngis. Heir firft Mercur, with evynly fchynand weyngis, Gan hym areft, and with hail fard fra thens
10 Vnto the fey fludis maid hys difcens;
Lyke till a fowle that, endlang the coil fyde, About the ftrandis, of fyfch plentuus, and wyde, Fleys by the watyr, fkummand the fludis law : Betwix the hevyn and erth, the fam wys, flaw
15 Mercury, clepit the <child Cyllenyus,
Difcendyng from hys moder granfcher thus ; The fandy coftis and defertis of Lyby, And eik the wyndis, perfyng by and by. And, with the weyngit folys of hys feyt,
20 As he of Cartage fyrft tred on the ftreyt, Eneas foundand towris he gan afpy, And garrand beild new lugyngis byffyly : Belt he wes with a fwerd of mettale brycht, Of quham the fcawbart with brown jafp wes pight :
25 His rych array dyd our hys fchuldris hyng, Bet of a purpour claith of Tyre glittering, Fettyfly ftykkit with prynnyt goldyn thredis ; Of mychty Didois gift wrocht all his wedis. Mercur recontris hym, and faid onon :
30 Of Cartage now the prowd wallis of ftone
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Thou foundis, quod he, and biggis at al devyce A cite, excerfyt intill a wyfis feruyce, Thyne awyn materis and realm forgetting, allace ! Hiddir onto the, from his bricht hevynly place,
5 The governour of goddis heth me lent,
Quhilk rewlys at will erd, hevyn, and elyment ; He bad me throw the fkyis bair this charge : Quhat beildis thou heir in Lyby or Cartage ? Or to quhat fyne or heleif takis on hand
10 To waift thi tyme into this fremmyt land? Gif that na lavd ne honour move the lift Of fa hie thingis as ar to the promyft, Nor thi felvyn thou wil not occupy To purches thine awyn renown ne glory ;
15 gyt than, behald Afcanyus vpwalxing, And the gret hope of his feid and offpring, Quhamtil the realm and kynryk of Itaill, With Romys boundis, beyn deftinate, fans faill. On fyk wys thus carpys Mercuryus,
20 And in the myddis of his fermond, thus, He vanyft far away, I wait nevir quhar. Furth of this mortale fyght, in the fchyre ayr. .
CAP. VI.
Quhou Eneas hym grathys to depart,
To quhom Dido heir carpys withfayr hart.
Bot than Ene half mad and dum ftude als, Vpftart his hair, the voce ftak in his hals.
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Sayr he langis to fle and to depart ; And that fweit cuntre, on the tother part, To leif fill laith wes hym, or go at large. Aftonyft he wes to fyt fa hie a charge,
5 Or dyfobey the gret godis behefte.
Allace ! quhat fuld he do ? oneth he wift ; Or with quhat wordis fuld he now aflay The amorus queyn forto requir and pray,
10 Or on quhat wys hys taill he mycht begyn ; Baith to and fra compafyng, hys breift within, Feill purpoflys for euery part about. And, at the laft, thus as he ftude in dout, Thys reflbn hym femyt fynaly the beft :
15 He callys to hym Myneftheus and Sergeft,
And ftrang Cloanthus ; and bad thai fuld, in hy, Do graith hys fchyppys and navyn fecretly, And gaddir hys folkis towart the coft togydder; Armour and al thyng neceflar bring thyddir,
20 And to diflymyll, gif ony axit quhy
Thai thus addreffyt thar geyr fa fuddanly : Hym felf, he faid, the meyn quhile, fuld aflay To purches leif to pas and go away, And wait hys tyme to fpeke tharof maift habill,
25 Quhen that the queyn Dido, maift honorabil, Suld not beleif fa fone he kouth depart, Nor fa gret luf diflyvir mycht be na art. At hys command thai al glaidly furth went, And biflely begouth fpeid hys entent.
Bot fone the queyn perfavyt al the flycht : 30 Quhay may begile a luffar, day or nycht ?
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Thar departing at hand fyrft 1'cho afpyis, Dredyng all fovir thing, as is the gys Of euery luffar al tyme to ftand in feir. This ilke curfyt Fame, we fpak of eyr, 5 Bair to the amorus queyn noys, and gan rown,
The fchippis ar grathand, to pas thai mak thaim boun. Quharfor, inpacient, and myndles in hir rage, Scho wyfkis wild throu the town of Cartage ; Syk wys, as quhen thrr nunnys of Bachus
10 Rufchis and relis our bankis, brays, and bus, Quhen, euery thryd geir, on thar payane gys, Thar goddis feift thai hallow with lowd cryis, That, al the nycht, the mont of Cytheron Refoundis of thar clamour, quhar thai gone.
15 And at the laft, git thus, of hir fre will, Eftir lang mufyng, fcho fpak Eneas tyll :
With diflymulance wenyt thou, onfaithfull wight, Thou mycht haue hyd fra me fa fals a flycht, And, myne onwyttyng, fteill furth of my land ?
20 That nothir our gret lufe, promys, nor rycht hand Gevyn me vmquhile, may the heir withhald, Nor cruel deth of Didois cors fo cald ! Gif thou depart, and forthir quhat wald thou do, In wyntir fefibn pres graith thi navy, lo !
25 And the addres to pas throu the wod fee,
Myd tyme quhen ftormys and wyndis blaw maift hie ; Art thou fa cruel ? I put the cace, alffo, That to nane onkouth landis the lift go, Nother to fremmyt place, nor ftedis will,
30 Bot that auld Troy war gyt vpftandand ftill ;
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Aucht thou, git than, leif this weilfair and joy, And in fik perrell feik throu the fey to Troy ? Quhat ! wilt thou fle from me ? allace ! allace ! Be all thir teris trygland our my face,
5 And be that rycht hand vmquhile thou me gave ; Sen to my felf nocht ellis left I have, Now wrachit catyve ; be our treuth plychting eyk, And be our fpowfage begunnyn, I the befeik, Gif euer ony thank I defervit to wart the,
10 Or ocht of myne to the wes leif, quod fche, Haue mercy of our lynnage reddy to fpill ; Gif tyme remanys git thou heir prayeris will, This fremmyt mynd, I pray gou, do away. For the I haue beyn hatyt, this mony a day,
15 With all the pepill of Affrik, and with the kyng That rewlys the land of Numyda and ryng ; For the myne awyn Tyrianys ar with me wraith ; For the is womanheid went and wirfchip baith, And my firft fame, lavd, and renownye,
20 Quharby I wes rafyt to the flarnys hie. Reddy to de, and my felvyn to Ipill, My fweit geft, quhamto thou me leif will ? My geft, ha God ! quhou al thyng now invane is, Quhen of my fpows nane othir name remanys !
25 Bot quharto fuld I my ded langar delay ? Sal I abyde quhil thou be went away, And quhil myne awyn brothir, Pigmaleon, Bet down the wallis of my cite onon, Or ftern Hyarbas, kyng of Getule,
30 Led me away into captiuite ?
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Bot, at the leift, tofor thi wayfleyng,
Had I a child confavyt of thyne offpryng,
Gif I had ony gong Eneas fmall,
Befor me forto play within my hall, 5 Quhilk reprefentit by fymylitude thi face ;
Than femyt I nocht, thus wys, allace ! allace !
Aluterly diffauyt nor diflblate.
Thus faid the queyn Dido, in febil eftate.
Bot, apon Jovis mefiage fermly he 10 Stude mufyng fo, he movit nocht ane E ;
Refrenyt his will, hydand in hart his thocht,
And, at the laft, thir few wordis hes furth brocht :
0 gentil queyn, that fall I nevir deny, Thy gude deid and defart is mair worthy
1 5 Than thou with wordis or tong may expreme ; Nor it fal nevir me irk, na git myfleym, The worthy Dido to hald in frefch memory, So lang as that my felf remembir may I, Or quhil the fpreit of lyfe this body fteris.
20 As the mater requiris, a litil heris :
1 purpofyt nocht forto hyde thyftuufly My vayage, nor, as ge weyn, fecretly Away to fteil ; quhat nedis gou fa to feyn ? For I pretendit nevir, be na meyn,
25 With gou to mak the band of mariage, Nor in that gok, ne frendfchip in Cartage, 3yt come I nevir : bot gif the fatis, but pled, At my pleibur fufferit me lyfe to led, At my fre wil my warkis to modyfy,
30 The cite of Troy than firft agane fuld I
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Reftore, and of our deir frendis remanys
Gaddir togiddir, and to the venquift Troianys
Raparal with my handis agane thar wallis,
And beild vp Priamus palyce at now fallis. 5 Bot fen Appollo, clepit Gryneus,
Gret Italy to feik commandis ws,
To Itale eik oraclys of Lycia
Admonyft ws, but mair delay, to ga ;
Thar is my luft now, and delyte at hand, 10 Thar is my cuntre, and my natyve land.
Gif the, of Cartage the burgh and towris fwa,
Quhilk art a woman of Phenycia,
And the afpe& of citeis Aftricane
Delytis, and withhaldis heir to remane, 15 Quhat wrang is it, caus of envy or fchame,
Thocht Troianys feik to Itale for thar hame?
Or is it nocht als lefum and ganand
That fynaly we ieik to onkouth land ?
Als oft as day is gone, and the dyrk nycht 20 With hir donk fchaddow hydis of the erth the fycht,
Als oft as fchynyng ilarnys doith vprys,
My faderis goft, Anchifes, als feil fys
Into my fleip mannafis me tharto faft,
And oft his feirfull ymage doith me agaft ; 25 And, in lyke wys, the child Afcanyus,
Quhais deir hed fuffir iniurys is hard to ws,
Quham of the realm of Itail I defraud,
And fra the grond to hym promyft withhawd.
Be athir of our hedis this I fweir ; 30 Now laitly eik of goddis the meffynger,
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From hie Jupiter in hafty meflage fent,
Down throu the ayr brocht the ilk commandment
On fair day lycht, myne awyn felf dyd I fe
Mercur, the God, entyr in this cite,
And his wordis with thir fam eris hard I.
With thy complayntis ony langar, forthy,
Lat be to vex me, or thy felf to fpyll,
Sen I feik nocht to Itale with fre will.
CAP. VII.
Ofthefcharp wordy s queyn Dydo dyd jay., And how Eneas bownysfaji away.
Dydo, aggrevit ay quhil he his tayl tald, 10 With acquart luke gan to wart hym behald,
Rollyng vmquhile hir eyn, now heir, now thar,
With fyght onftabil waverand our alquhar ;
And all enragyt thir wordis gan furth braid : Nothir wes a goddes thy moder, as is fayd, 15 Nor gyt kyng Dardanus cheif ftok of thi kyn,
Thou treuthles wyght ; bot, of a cald hard quhyn,
The clekkyt that horribill mont, Cawcafus halt ;
Thou fowkyt nevir womanis breift, weil I wait,
Bot of fum cruel tygir of Araby 20 The pappys the fofterit in the wod Hyrcany.
To quhat effe6t fuld I hym langar perfwaid,
Or quhat bettir may beleve than he hes faid ?
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Quhiddir gif he murnyt quhen we wepit and walyt ? Quhiddir gif he fteryt his eyn, as ocht hym alyt ? Quhidder gif, for rewth, he furthget anys a teyr, Or of hys lufe had piete ? na, not to geir.
5 Quhou fal I begyn, quhat firft, quhat laft to fay ? Now, now, nothir gretaft Juno, wallaway ! Nor Saturnys fon, hie Jupiter, with juft eyn Hes our querrell confident, na ourfeyn ; For no quhar now faith nor lawte is fund.
10 I reffavyt hym fchyp brokkyn fra the fey grund, Williim, and myftyrfull of al warldis tliyng, Syne, myndles, maid hym my fallow in this ryng : Hys navy loft raparalyt I, but faill, And hys feris fred from the deth alhaill.
15 Allace ! enragyt or enchantit am I ; Quhen now Appollo, with hys foffery, And quhilis, he fays, the kavillys of Lycia, And quhilis, fra Jupiter down fent alfiwa, The meflynger of goddis bryngis throu the Ikyis
20 Sa feirful charge and command on this wys : Lyke as the goddis abufe nocht ellys rocht, Bot on thi paffage war al thar cuyr and thocht. Nothir wil I hald the, nor thi wordis contrar : Pas on thi way, to wart Itale thou fair ;
25 Seik throu the fludis with wyndis to that ryng. Forfuyth, gif reuthfull goddis may ony thing, Amyd thi way, I traift, on rolkis blak Thou fal deir by thy treuth thou to me brak. And clepe oft my richt name, Dido, Dido !
30 With fyre infernale, in thine abfens alffb,
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I fal the follow ; and, fra the cald ded Reif from my membris this fawle, in euery fled My goft falbe prefent the to agrys : Thou fait, on worthy wyght, apon this wys, 5 Be punyft weil ; and tharof wald I heyr ; The fame tharof fal cum onto myne eyr, Vndir the erth, amang the fchaddowys law.
And this fpokkyn, hir fermond, with the ilk faw, Brak fcho in twane, ful dolorus in hir thocht :
10 The lycht fcho fled, and, als faft as fcho mocht, Turnys frawart hym, and wyfkyt of hys fycht, On feir materis leifand hym penfyve wight, And purpofyng to haue faid mony thyngis. The damycellis faft to thar lady thryngis,
15 That was in dedly fwoun plat for difpar: Vp thai hyr hynt, and to hyr chawmyr bayr, Quhilk was of marbill wrocht, and in hir bed Laid foftly down apon rych carpettis fpred. Bot gyt, althocht the reuthfull Eneas
20 The dolorus queyn to meys ful bifly was, To do hir comfort, and hir dyfeys aflwage, And with hys wordis return hir fad curage, Bewalyng mekill hyr forow and diftres, Proplexte in mynd by gret lufe ; netheles,
25 The command of the goddis, by and by, He execut, and vyffeys hys navy. Than byffely the Troianys fell to wark, And mony gret fchyp, ballyngar, and bark, Langis the coft brocht in, and bet full weill.
30 Now fletis the mekil hoik with tallonyt keyll :
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The burgionyt treys on burd thai bring for aris,
Weltis down in woddis gret maftis, and na thing fparis,
Sayfyng half onwrocht, fo ithand thai war fair bown.
Rynnand heir and thar, and wendyng faft of town, 5 <3ne mycht haue leyn thame haift, lyke emmotis grete
Quhen thai depulge the mekill byng of quhete,
And in thar byke it careis, all and fum,
Providing for the cald wyntir tocum :
The blak fwarm our the feildis walkis garn, 10 Turfand throu the gers thar pray to hydlys darn :
Sum on thar nek the gret cornys vpwrelis,
And our the furris biffely tharwith fpelys ;
Sum conftrenyng the otheris faft to wirk ;
And fum the fleuthful chafteis, that thocht irk 15 Of thar labour; quhil euery rod and went
Wolx of thar ithand wark hait, quhar thai went.
CAP. VIII.
Quhou Dydojend hirjyjlir Ene to pray, And of the gry/ly 'Jynynys dyd hir affray.
Quhat thocht thou now, Dydo, feand thir thingis ? Quhou mony fobbys gave thou and womentyngis, Quhen thou, out of thi caftell from the hycht, 20 The large coftis beheld thus at a fycht Ourfpred with Troianys, in fervent biffynes Gan fpedely for thar vayage addres,
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And of thar clamour befor thine eyn dyd fe Dyn and refoundyng al the large fee ?
O wytles lufe ! quhat may be thocht or do, At thou conftrenys nocht mortell myndis therto ? 5 Scho is compellit to fal agane to teris, And Eneas affay with new prayeris ; And condifcendyt hir provd hart to liibmyt Onto the ftrenth of lufe thus anys gyt : Les fcho onwar, but caus, hir deth purvayt,
1 0 Hir lift na thyng behynd leif onaffayt. Till hir fcho gan hir fyftir call in hy :
Annes, quod fcho, thou feys how byflely, Our al the coil, for this vayage haift thai, And now the wynd blawis weil to fail away :
15 The maryneris glaid lays thar fchippis vndyr croys. O fyftir ! in tyme kouth I haue trowyt this loys, And fa gret dolour, I had providyt, but weir, That this difplefour fuld haue beyn eith to beir. And netheles, for me, onhappy wight,
20 Do this a thing, Annes, with al thi mycht : Sen gon ilk faithles man, deir fyftir, the Was wont to cherys, and hald in gret dante, And als hys fecretis onto the reveill ; Hys fweit entres fum tyme thou knew ful weill,
25 Nane bot thou only the tyme of hys cummyng. Pas on, fyftir ; in my name this a thyng Say lawly to my provd fa, and declair, That in the port Aulyda I neuer fwair With the Grekis the Troianys to diftroy ;
30 Nor I non navy fend to fege Troy ;
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Nor gyt his fader Anchifes graf fchent ; I nothir the muldis nor banys tharof rent. Quhy doith he reffus my wordis and prayeris To lat entir in his dul ontretabill eris ? 5 Quhidder haiftis he fa faft from hys behufe Befeik hym grant ontil his wrachyt lufe This lattir reward, fen algatis he wil fle ; Tary quhil wynd blaw foft, and ftabill fee. His aid promys na mair wil I hym crave,
] 0 Nor band of wedlok, quhilk he hes difTave ; Nor gyt him pray go not to Italy, Ne leif fair realmys, onto him deftany : A litil delay I afk, but othir eys, A fpace my furor to aflwage and meys ;
15 Quhill that my frawart forton and eftait Of my beleve fchaw me I am fruftrait, And tech me for to murn mair paciently. This lattir gift only at hym a(k I. Haue mercy, fyftir, of thy fyftir deyr :
20 Quhilk feruyce quhen thou done hes, without weir, I fal the recompens weil twenty fald, And, quhil my ded, the fam in memor hald.
With fyklyke wordis hir requeft fcho maid. Hir fupplicatioun, with teris ful onglaid,
25 Reportis hir fyftir, and anfwer brocht agane Quhou al hir prayeris and defyre was invane : For al thar wepyng mycht not him anys fteir ; Nane of thar wordis lykis hym to heir, Thocht he of natur was tretabill and curtas.
30 The fatis war contrar thar defyre netheles,
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And hys benyng eris the goddis dyttit, That of thar afkyng thar was nocht admittit. And lyke as quhen the ancyant aik tre, With hys byg fchank, by north wynd oft we fe 5 Is ombefet, to bet hym down and ourthraw, Now heir, now thar, with the fell blaftis blaw, The fwouchand byr quhifland amang the granys, So that the hyaft branchys, al atanys, Thar croppys bowis towart the erth als tyte,
10 Quhen with the dynt the maifter ftok fchank is fmyte ; And, netheles, the ilk tre, fixit faft, Stikkis to the rochis, not doun bet with the blaft : For quhy ? als far as his crop heich on breid Strekis in the ayr, als far hys rut doith fpreid
15 Deip vndir erth, towart the hell adoun : The fammyn wys was this gentil baroun, Now heir, now thar, with wordis ombefet, And in his ftout breift, ful of thochtis het, Of reuth and amouris felt the perturbance.
20 Bot euer his mynd ftude ferm, for ony chance Onmovyt, quhar hys fyrft purpos was fet, That al for nocht the teris war furthget. Than fuythly, the fey Dydo, al affray t, Seand fatis contrar, eftir deth prayt :
25 Scho irkit of hir lyfe, or to tak tent Forto behald the hevynnys firmament. Tharfor, in takyn hir purpos to fulfill, And leif the lycht of lyfe, as was hyr will, As on the altaris byrnand ful of fenfe
30 The facrifyce fcho offerit, in hir prefence,
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A grifly thyng to tell, fcho gan behald In blak adyll the hallowyt watir cald Changyt and altyr, and furthget wynys gude, Onon returnyt into laithly blude.
5 This vifioun fche to nane reveil wald, Nor gyt to An, hir deir fyftir, it tald. In wirfchip eik, within hir palyce get, Of hir firft huflband, was a tempil bet Of rnarbill, and hald in ful gret reverens,
10 With fnaw quhite bendis, carpettis, and enfens, And feftuale burgeonys arrayt, on thar gys : Tharin was hard vocis, fpech, and cryis Of hir faid fpous, clepand hir ful lowd, Evir quhen the dyrk nycht dyd the erth fchrowd ;
15 And oft with wild fcryke the nycht owle, Heich on the rufe, alane, was hard gowle With langfum voce and a ful petuus beir. And eik bygane the feirful fawis feyr Of the dy vynys, with terribil monyfyngis,
20 Affrayt hir by mony gryfly fyngis.
And in hir fleip, wod wroth, in euery place Hir femyt cruel Eneas gan hir chace ; And evir, hir thocht, fcho was left al alane, And, but cumpany, mony far way had gane,
25 To feik hir folkis in a wilfum land.
Lyke kyng Pentheus, in his wod rage dotand, Thocht he beheld gret rowtis ftand in ftaill Of the Ewmenydes, fureys infernale, And in the lyft twa fonnys fchynand cleir ;
30 The cite of Thebes gan dowbil to hym appeir :
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Or lyke Oreftes, fon of Agamenon, On theatreis, in farcis mony one, Rowpyt and fung how he his moder fled, With fyre brondis and blak ferpentis ourcled, And faw the fiiryis, and grifly goddis fed, Sittand in the tempill port to wrek hir ded.
CAP. IX.
Qufiou Dydo queyn, hir purpos to covert, Of enchantment dyd contyrfait the art.
Thus quhen Dydo had caucht this frenafy,
Ourfet with forow and fyk fantafy,
And determyt fermly that fcho wald de ; 10 The tyme quhen, and maner quhou it fuld be,
Compafyng in hir breift, but mair abaid
Onto hir dolorus fyftir thus fcho fayd,
Hir purpos by hir vifiage diflymuland,
Schawand by hir cheir gude hope and glad fembland 15 Syftir germane, quod fcho, away gour fmart ;
Beys of gour fyfteris weilfar glaid in hart.
I haue the way fundyn, quharby gone fyre
Salbe to me rendryt at my defyre,
Or me delyvir from hys lufe al fre. 20 Neyr by the end of the gret occiane fee,
Thar as the fon declynys and goys doun,
At the far fyde of Ethiope regioun,
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A place thar is, quhar that the huge Atlas On fchuldyr rollys the round fpeir in cumpas. Full of thir lemand ftarnys, as we fe : Thar dwellys, fyftir, as it is fchaw to me,
5 Ane haly nun, a ful gret prophetes, Born of the pepill of Mafiylyne, I ges, And wardane of the ryal tempil, thai fa, Set in the gardyngis hecht Hefperida, And to the walkryfe dragon mete gave fche,
10 That kepyt the goldyn apyllis in the tre, Strynkland to hym the wak hunny fweit, And fleipryfe chefbow feyd, to quykkyn his fpreit. This woman hechtis, with hir enchantmentis, From luffis bandis to lows al thar ententis
15 Quham fo hir lyft, and bynd other fum alffo In langfum amouris vehement payn and wo : The rynnand fmdis thar watir Hop kan fcho mak. And eik the ftarnys turn thar cours abak ; And on the nycht the ded gaftis afTemmyll :
20 Vndir thi feyt the erd rayr and trymmyll Thou moft fe, throw hir incantatioun, And from the hillys treys difcendyng down. To wytnes the gret goddis draw I heyr, And thy fweit hed, myne awyn fyftir deir,
25 Agane my wil, ful fayr conftrenyt am I Art magyk to excers or foffbry. Richt fecretly intil our innar clos, Vndir the oppyn Iky, to this purpos Pas on, and of treys thou byg a byng
30 To be a fyre, and tharapon thou hyng
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3on mannys fword, quhilk that wikkyt wight Left ftykand in our chawmyr this hyndir nyght ; Hys cote armour, and othir clethyng all, And eik that maift wrachit bed coniugall, 5 Quharin I perychit and wes fchent, allace ! For fo the religyus commandyt has, To omdo and diftroy al maner thyng Quhilk may gon wareit man to memor bring. This layd, fcho held hir tong ; and tharwithall
10 Hir viflage wolx als pail as ony wall. Thocht Annes wenyt not hir fyftir wald Graith facryfice for hir ded body cald, Nor that fyk fury was in hyr breift confavyt ; For by na reflbn dred fche, nor perfavyt
15 Now mor diiplefour or harmys apperand Than for Sycheus ded, hir firft hufband : Quharfor, fcho hes hir command done ilk deill. Bot quhen the gret byng was vp beildit weill Of ayk treys and fyrryn fchydis dry,
20 Within the fecrete clos, vndyr the iky,
The place with flowris and garlandis ftentis the queyn, And crownys about with funerale bewis greyn : Abuf the mowe the forfaid bed was maid, Quharin the figur of Ene fcho layd,
25 Hys clethyng, and hys fword at he had left, Ramembryng weill the thyng that followyt eft. Feill altaris ftude about the fyre funerale, And the religyus nun, with hair down fkaill, Thre hundreth goddis with hir mouth rowpyt fche ;
30 Herebus, the gryfly of the deyp hellys fee,
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Chaos, confoundar of Elymentis, alffua, And the thrynfald goddes Proferpina, The thre figuris of the virgyn Dyan. And evir the watir ftrynklis fcho onan,
5 Contyrfait to be of Avernus the well,
Quhilk lowch is fituat at the mouth of hell : Spryngand herbys eftir the cours of the moyn War focht, and with brafyn hukis cuttit foyn, To get thar mylky fap and vennom blak :
10 Thai feik alflb, and owt gan rent and tak The lump betwix the new born folys eyn. And fra the moder byreft the lufe fa greyn. The queyn hir felf faft by the altar ftandis, Haldand the meldyr in hir devote handis ;
15 Hir ta fute bayr, and the bandis of threyd Nocht feftynnyt, bot hung by hyr lowys weyd : And, remembring fcho was in poynt to de, The goddis all onto wytnes drew fche, The ilarnys and planetis, gydaris of fatis,
20 And gif thar ony deite be, that watis Or perfavys luffaris inequale of beheft, To haue in memor hir juft caus and requeft.
CAP. X.
Quhatjorow dreys queyn Dydo all the nycht, And how Mercur bad Ene tak the flycht.
The nycht fol lowys, and euery wery wight Throu owt the erth hath caucht, onon rycht,
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The fownd plefand fleip thame lykit beft ; Woddis and rageand feys war at reft : As the ftarnys thar myd cours rollys doun, All feildis ftill, but othir noys or fown,
5 All beiftis and byrdis of diuers cullouris feir, And quhatfumeuer in the braid lochis weir, Or, amang bufkis harfk, leyndis vndir the fpray, Throu nychtis fylence flepit quhar thai lay ; Mefyng thar bifly thocht and curis Imart,
10 All irkfum laubour forget and owt of hart. Bot the onreftles fey fpreit dyd not fo Of this onhappy Phenyflane Dydo ; For neuer mair may fcho fleip a wynk, Nor nychtis reft in eyn or breift lat fynk :
15 The hevy thochtis niultipleis euer on ane : Strang luf begynnys to rage and rys agane And fel^on ftormys of ire gan hir to fchaik Thus fynaly fcho owt bradis, allaik ! Rollyng alane feir thyngis in hir thocht :
20 Ha ! quhat do I ? quod fcho, all is for nocht. Sail I thus mokkit, and to hething dryve, My fyrft luffaris agane aflay bely ve ? Or fal I lawly fum lord Numydane Pray and befeik of mariage now agane,
25 Quhom I fa oft lychtlyit to fpows or this ? Na, wyll I not : quhat ? fal I than, I wys, Follow the Troiane navy in ftrange landis, And reddely obey al thar commandis ? I hope it fal profyte, na litill thyng,
so My gret help done thame and fuppowellyng ;
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For amang kynd folkis this is na dreid, Weil is remembrit the aid thankful deid. Bot thocht, in cace, to do this war my will, Quha wald me fuffir my purpos to fulfyll, 5 Or in thar prowd fchippis me reffaue ?
Thus drevyn to hethyng, and al thi grace bywave, Tynt woman, allace ! baris thou not gyt in mynd The maynfweryng of fals Laomedonis kynd ? And maratour, quhat ettill I for to do ?
10 A Queyn alane to fteil away thus, lo ! Accumpanyit bot with mery maryneris ? Or than with all my Tyrianys, as efferis, And all my power aflemblit me about, On fchipburd entyr with al that huge rowt
is Quhilk furth of Sydon fcarfly draw I mycht, Sal I thame each agane our leys lycht ? Byd thame mak faill onon, and a new rays ? Na, rather de, as thou defervyt has, And with a fwerd mak of this duyl ane end.
20 O fyftir germane, thou me fyrft taucht and kend, Allace the quhile ! and offerit me to my fo ; Thou with thir harmys ourchargit me alflb, Quhen I fell fyrft into this rage, quod fche, Bot fo to do my teris conftrenyt the.
25 Was it not lefull, allace ! but cumpany, To me but cryme in chawmyr alane to ly, Or led my lyfe lyke to thir beiftis wild, And not beyn thus with thocht nor harmys fild ? Allace ! onkepit is the trew cunnand
30 Hecht to Sycheus affys, my firft hulband.
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Syk gret complayntis from hir breift bryft kan. Bot Eneas, fovir to depart or than, And al hys neidful thyngis grathit, by and by, Heich in hys eft fchyp fownd flepand kan ly;
5 Quhamto in vifioun the fam god dyd appeir, In fyklyke figur as that he dyd eyr, Onto Mercuryus lyke, in al faffon, Baith cullour of viflage, and of vocis fown, In form of a gongker with membris fair,
10 Plefand of cheir, and gallow glytterand hair. Hym thocht agane he monyft on this wys :
Son of the goddes, quhou is this heir thou lyis ? Quhat? may thou vndir fa-gret danger fleip, And, al forvayit, takis nothir cuyr nor keyp
15 For to behald quhat perrellys about the ftandis, Nor harknys the fair wynd blawys of landis ? Scho quham thou knawys, within hir breift ful hait Sorowfull vengeans compafis and difiait, And certanly determyt for to de,
20 In diuers ftowris of ire brandyfys fche : Quhy wilt thou not fle fpedely be nycht, Quhen forto haift thou hes lafer and mycht ? Thou lalt, onon, behald the feys large All ombefet with toppyt fchyp and barge,
25 The feirful brandis and blefys of hait fyre, Reddy to byrn thi fchippys, lemand fchyre, And al the coft belyve of flambys fcald, Gyf, quhil to morow, tary in this land thow wald, Haue done, fpeid hand, and mak na mair delay,
30 Variabill and changeand thyngis beyn wemen ay.
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And fayand this, into the dyrk nyght
He gan hym hyde, and vanyft out of fycht.
Eneas, of this hafty vifioun affirayit, Gan ftart on fut, and faft his feris afiayit :
5 A walk onon, get vp my men in hy, Tyte to gour wardis, fpan aris bifiely, Schaik down the falys fone, and lat ws wend. From the hie hevyn the god agane is fend, Lo ! fpurrand ws to haift and fle away,
10 And byddis fmyte the twyne cabyll in tway. O bliflyt wyght ! quhat god at evir thou be, We fal obey thi charge, and follow the, And thy command fulfyll agane blithly ; Befekyng the affift to ws frendly
15 Help and fupport, with profpir influens The hevyn and ftarris dres our vayage hens. And, with that word, hys fcherand fword als tyte, Hynt owt of fcheith, the cabil in twa gan fmyte. The fam maner of haift caucht al the lave :
20 Thai hurl away, ankyrris vphynt and rave ; Left the coftis defert on athir fydis ; The ftabil fey vndir the fchippis flydis ; The ftour of fame vpwelt thai egyrly, And fwepis our the haw fludis in hy.
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CAP. XL
Quhou queyn Dydo beheld Ene depart,
And quhatfchojaid with harmys at hir hart.
Be this Aurora, leifand the purpour bed Of hir lord Titan, heth the erd ourfpred With new days licht : and quhen the queyn The firfl grekyng of the day hes feyn, 5 And fra hir hie wyndoys gan efpy, With bent fail forth caryand, the navy ; The coftis and the fchor al defolate Behaldis eik, but owthir fchip or bate ; Hir fayr quhite breift, thar as fcho dyd Hand,
10 Feil tymys fmate fcho with hir awyn hand, And, ryvand hir bricht haris petuufly, Jupiter, quod fcho, fal he depart, ha, fy ! And leful tyll a vavengeour ftranger Me and my realm betrump on this maner ?
15 Sal not my men^e to harnes ryn in hy Our al the town, and follow biffely ? Speid, tak gon fchippis, on burd faft to the raid, Haift fone, and kaft on thame fyre blefis braid, Schute dartis thik, and qwel thame with gour glavys.
20 Quhat faid I ? or quhar am I ? now thou ravys ; Quhat wodnes, fey Dydo, movis thi mynd ? Now art thou hyt with frawart werdis onkynd? Sa til haue done than had bene mair ganand Quhen thou hym gave the ceptour of thi land.
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Ha ! now behald hys gret prowes, quod fche, Hys reuthful piete, and faith ! is not gon he, Quham, as thai lay, the goddis of hys land In hys navy careis our fey and fand ?
5 Is not gon he, quhom on his fchulderis, thai fay, For reuth his agit fader bair away ? Mycht I not caucht and rent in pecis his cors, Syne fwak the gobbettis in the fey by fors Of hym and all hys fallowys ? weill I mocht :
10 And eik gone fam Afcanyus mycht I nocht Haue trynfchit with a fword, and maid a meys To his fader tharof to eyt at deys ? Forfuyth, in cace the aventur of bataill Had beyn doutfum ; wald God it war afiaill !
15 Quham fall I dreid, now reddy for to de? Wald God I mycht, in gon navy I fe, The hait fyre brandis fet, and euery boyr Fyll all with flambys red, and forthirmor Baith fader and fon, with hail generacioun,
20 That I had brynt, diftroyit, and bryttynyt doun, And thame abuf fyne dec! my felf had laid ! O thou brycht fon, that, with thi bemys glayd, All erdly laubour clengis, circuland about ; And thou Juno, mediatrix, but dout,
25 Of al thir hevy thochtis, and weill thame knawis ; And thou Proferpyne, quhilk, by our gentile lawys, Art rowpit hie, and gellyt lowd by nyght, In forkyt ways, with mony mudy wight ; And ge infernale fureys, that wrekis al wrang ;
30 And ge goddis eik, quham now amang
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Dido ftandis reddy to cum in poynt to de ; Reflaue thir wordis quhilkis I fal fay, quod fche, Withdraw fra byne gour gret mychtis, quharby Schrewis awcht be punyft for thar cryme, and not I ;
5 And thir our prayeris accept, we gou befeik. Gyf it be neceffar, and determyt eik, <3on wikkit bed in portis of Itale To entir and cum, or to thai boundis faill ; And gyf the fatis and Jove wil it be fo,
i o And lies decreit he fynaly thyddir go ; 3it, at the left, thar mot he be affail, With hardy pepill ay trublyt in bataill ; By fors of armys expellyt hys boundis eik, Far from Afcanyus help, conftrenyt befeik
15 Ayd and fupple ; and als that he behald Feil cayrfull corfys of hys folk ded and cald : And quhen alffo hym felf fubmyt hes he Vndir payee and lawis of iniquite, That he bruke nowthir realm, nor gude lyfe led,
20 Bot fal fey or his day, and fone be ded, And ly onerdyt in myddis of the fandis. Thys I befeik gou, hevand vp my handis : This is my lattir word at I conclude, Furthgettand it togidder with my blude.
25 And forthirmor, O ge, my Tyrianys,
Quhilk now in Affrik at Cartage remanys, 3 one clan, with thar fucceffioun and kyrirayd, Perfew with haitrent perpetual, and invaid : • Onto my aflys grant this a gift, quod fche.
30 Nevir luf nor payee betwix thir pepill be :
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Of our levingis fum revengar mot fpryng,
With fyre and fword to perfew and doun thryng
The lauboreris difcend from Dardanus.
Now fra thyne furth, all that fuccedis til ws, 5 Quhen euer thai may fynd tyme, with ftrenth and mycht
Batail to batail mot thai debait in fyght :
Thir coftis mot be to tharis contrar ay,
And to thar flremys our feys fra wart, I pray,
Thar offpring eik amang thame felf mot debate. 10 Thus faid fcho, and with that word, God wate,
Hir faynt fpreit in al partis writhis fche,
Sekand the wayf alflbne as it mycht be,
Forto bereif hir felf the irkfum lyve.
Tho callys fcho to hyr Barcen belyve, 15 Nurys vmquhile to Sychey hir hufband ;
For hir awyn nurys in hir native land
Was beryit in to affis broun or than.
Deir nurys, quod fcho, fech my fifter An ;
Byd hir in haift with watir of a flude 20 Hir body ftrynkil ; the beftis, and the blude,
And clengyng graith fcho knawis, with hir bring :
Se on this wys fcho cum, forget na thyng ;
And thou thy felf thine halffettis als array
With haly garland. My will is to aflay, 25 And now perform the faery fyce in hy,
That onto Pluto dewly begun haue I ;
To mak end of my dolorus thochtis all,
And byrn gon Troiane ftatw in flamb funeral.
Thus faid Dido ; and the tother, with that, 30 Hychit on furth with flaw pays lyke a trat.
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CAP. XII.
Heir followis ofthefamus queyn Dydo The/aide dynt of detli and mortale wo.
Bot now the hafty, egyr, and wild Dydo, Into hyr cruell purpos enragyt fo, The bludy eyn rollyng, in hir hed, Wan and ful paill for feir of the neir ded,
5 With chekis freklyt, and al of tythirris byfprent,
Quakyng throu dreid, rufchit furth, or fcho wald ftent,
Onto the innar wardis of hyr place,
As wod woman clam on the byng, allace !
And furth fcho drew the Troiane fwerd, fute hait,
10 A wapyn was neuer wrocht for fyk a nate. And fone as fche beheld Eneas clething, And eik the bed bekend, a quhile wepyng, Stude mufyng in hir mynd ; and fyne, but baid, Fel in the bed, and thir laft wordis faid :
15 O fweit habyte, and lykand bed, quod fche, So lang as God lyft fuffir and deilane, Reflaue my blude, and this fawle that on flocht is, And me delyvir from thir hevy thochtis. Thus lang I levyt haue, and now is fpent
20 The term of lyfe that forton heth me lent ; For now my gret goft vndir erth mon go. A richt fair cite haue I beild alfib : Myne awyn wark and wallys behald haue I : My ipows wrokyn of my brothir ennemy,
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Fra hym byreft hys treflbur, and quyt hym weill.
Happy, allace ! our happy, and ful of feyll,
Had I beyn, only gyf that neuer nane
At our coft had arryvit fchip Troiane. •r> And fayand this, hir mouth faft thriftis fche
Doun in the bed : Onwrokyn fal we de ?
De ws behufis, fcho faid, and quhou, behald !
And gan the fcharp fword to hir breift vphald ;
3a, thus, thus lykis ws ftarve and to depart : 10 And, with that word, rave hir felf to the hart.
Now lat gon cruel Troiane fwelly and fe
This our fyre funerale from the deip fee,
And of our deth turs with hym fra Cartage
Thys takyn of myfcheif in hys vayage. 15 Quod fcho: and, tharwith, gan hir feruandis behald
Hir fallyn and ftekit on the irne cald ;
The blude outbullyrand on the nakyt fwerd ;
Hir handis furthfprent. The clamour than and rerd
Went to the toppys of the large hallys ; 20 The noys ran wild out our the cite wallis,
Smate all the town with lamentabill murnyng.
Of greting, gowlyng, and wyfly womentyng,
The ruffis dyd refound, bray, and rayr,
Quhil huge bewalyng al fordynnyt the air : 25 Nane other wys than thocht takyn and doun bet
War al Cartage, and with ennemys ourfet,
Or than thar natyve cite, the town of Tyre ;
And furyus flanibe, kendillit and byrnand fchyre,
Spredyng fra thak to thak, baith but and ben, 30 Als weil our templis as howfis of othir men.
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Hir fyftir An, fpreitles almaift for dreid,
Heirand fa feirful confluens thyddir fpeid,
With nalys ryvand reuthfully hir face,
And fmytand with hir nevis hir breift, allace ! 5 Faft rufchis throu the myddis of the rowt,
And on the throwand, with mony fprauch and fchout,
Callys by name : Syftir germane, quod fcho,
Och ! was this it thou fengeit the to do ?
Hes thou attempyt me with fyk diflait ? 10 This byng of treys, thir altaris, and fyris hait,
Is this the thyng thai haue onto me dycht ?
Quhat fall I firft compleyn, now diflblate wight ?
O deir fyftir, quhen thou was red dy to de,
Ha ! quhy lies thou fa far dyfpyfyt me 15 As to reffus thi fyftir with the to wend ?
Thou fuld haue callyt me to the fammyn end ;
That the ilk forow, the fammyn fwerd, both tway,
And the felf hour, mycht haue tane hyne away.
Thys funeral fyre with thir handis biggyt I, 20 And with my voce dyd on our goddis heir cry,
To that effe6t as, cruel, tobe abfent,
Thou beand thus fa duylfully heir fchent !
Siftir, allace ! with my counfell haue I
The, and my felf, and pepill of Sydony, 25 The heris all, and eik thi fayr cite,
Diftroyt and ondoyn for ay, quod fche.
Fech hiddir fone the well watir lew warm,
To wefch hir woundis, and hald hir in myne arm ;
Syne with my mowth at I may fowk, and fe 30 Gyf fpreit of lyve left in hir body be.
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This fay and, the hie byng afcendis onane, And gan enbrays half ded hir fyftir germane, Culgeand in hir bofum, and murnand ay, And with hir wympil wipyt the blude away. 5 And fcho agane, Dydo, the dedly queyn, Preflyt fortil vplift hir hevy eyn, Bot tharof falys ; for the gryfly wound Deip in hir breift gapis wyde and onfound. Thrys fcho hir felf raxit vp to rys ;
10 Thrys on hir elbok lenys ; and als feill fys Scho fallys bakwart in the bed agane : With eyn rollyng, and twynkland vp ful fane, Aflays fcho to fpy the hevynys lyght ; Syne murmouris, quhen fcho tharof gat a fycht.
15 Almychty Juno havand reuth, by this, Of hir lang forow and taryfum ded, I wys, Hir mayd Irys from the hevyn hes fend, The throwand fawle to lowys, and mak ane end Of al the jun6buris and lethis of hir cors :
20 Becaus that, nothir of fatis throu the fors, Nor git by natural ded, peryfchit fche, Bot fey, in hafty furour emflambyt hie, Befor hir day had hir felf fpilt ; Or that Proferpyne the gallow haris gilt
25 From hir fortop byreft, or dubby t hir bed Onto the Steygian hellis flude of ded. Tharfor dewy Iris throu the hevyn With hir fafron weyngis flaw ful evin, Drawand, quhar fcho went, forgane the Ion cleir,
30 A thoufand cullouris of diuers hewys feir ;'
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And abufe Dydoys bed areft kan : I am commandyt, faid fcho, and I man Omdo this hayr, to Pluto confecrate, And lowis thi fawle out of this mortale ftait. 5 Thys fayand, with rycht hand hes fcho hynt The hair, and cuttis in twa, or that fcho flynt ; And thar withall the naturale heyt outquent, And, with a puft of aynd, the lyfe furthwent.
THE PROLOUG OF THE FYFT BUKE.
Gladys the grond the tendir florift greyn, Byrdys the bewys and thir fchawys fcheyn, The wery huntar to fynd hys happy pray, The falconeyr rych ryver onto fleyn ; 5 The clerk reiofys hys bukis our to feyn, The luffar to behald hys lady gay ; <3ong folk thame fchurtis with gam, folace, and play Quhat maift delytyth or lykis euery wight, Tharto fteris thar enrage day and nycht.
10 Knychtis delytis to affay fterand ftedys,
Wantoun gallandis to trayl in fumptuus wedis ;
Ladeys defyris to behald and be feyn ;
Quha wald be thrifty courtyouris fays few credis :
Sum plefance takis in romans that he redis, 15 And fum hes luft to that wes nevir feyn :
Quhou mony hedis als feil confatis beyn ;
Twa appetitis oneth accordis with othir ;
This lykis the, perchance, and not thi brothir.
Plefance and joy richt hailfum and perfyte is ; 20 So that the wys tharof in proverb wrytis, A blith fpreit makis greyn and floryft age.
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Myne author eyk in Bucolykis endytis, The gong enfant fyrft with lauchtir delytis To knaw hys moder, quhen he is litil page : Quha lauchis not, quod he, in thar barnage, 5 Genyus, the God, delytyth not thar tabill, Nor Juno thame to kepe in bed is habill.
The hie wyfdome and maift profound engyne Of myne author Virgile, poete dyvyne, To comprehend, makis me almaift forvay,
10 So crafty wrocht hys wark is, lyne by lyne.
Tharon aucht na man irk, compleyn, nor quhryne : For quhy ? he altyrris hys ftyle fa mony way ; Now dreid, now ftryfe, now lufe, now wo, now play, Langeir in murnyng, now in melody,
1 5 To fatyfy ilk wightis fantafy ;
Lyke as he had of euery thyng a feill, And the willys of euery wight dyd feill ; And tharto eyk fo wyfly writis he Twiching the proffyte of the common weill, 20 Hys fawys beyn full of fentencis, euery deill, Or morale do&ryne, that men fuld vycis fle : Bot gyf he be nocht joyus now lat fe ; For quha fo lyft feyr glaidfum gemmys leyr, Ful mony myrry abaytmentis followis heir.
25 Now harkis fportis, myrthis, and myrry plays, Full gudly paftans on mony fyndry ways, Endyte by Virgil, and heir by me translate,
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Quhilk William Caxton knew never al hys days For, as I fayd befor, that man forvays ; Hys febil proys beyn mank and mutulate ; Bot my propyne come from the pres fute hait, 5 Onforlatit, not jawyn fra tun to tun, In frefch fapour new from the berry run.
Bachus of glaidnes, and funeral Proferpyne, And Goddes of triumphe, clepyt Vi&orie, Sal I gou call as gour name war dyvyne ? 10 Na, na, it fuffyfyth of gou ful final memorie : I byd nothir of gour turmentis nor gour glorie ; Bot he quhilk may ws glaid perpetualy, To bryng ws tyll hys blys on hym I cry.
Sen erdly plefour endis oft with forow, we fe, 15 As in this buke nane exemplys ge want, Lord, our prote6tour to all traftis in the, But quham na thing is worthy nor pyflant, To ws thy grace and als gret mercy grant, So forto wend by temporal blythnes 20 That our eternale joy be nocht the les !
THE FYFT BUKE OF ENEADOS.
CAP. I.
Enefra Cartage falys, and quhou belyve He with the tempefl was in Sycill dryve.
In the meyn quhile tho gan Eneas hald Sovirly hys cours throu the gray fludis cald, Hys navy with north wynd fcherand the feys : Towart Cartage he gan behald, and feys 5 Be than the wallys lemand brycht and fchyre Of the onhappy Dydoys funeral fyre. Quha had this gret fyre maid, and to quhat end, Thai marvellyt, for the caufys war onkend : Bot by the forofull takynyng, not the les,
10 The Troianys in thar breiftis tuke a ges Quharfor it was ; for weil wyft Eneas In violait lufe quhat ftrenth of dolour was, And knew alfib quhat thyngis mycht be controvyt By women in fury rage that ftrangly luffyt.
15 Bot fra the fchippys held the deyp fee, That now na mair fycht of the land thai fe,
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Salve hevyn abufe, and fludis all about, A watry clowd, blak and dyrk, but dout, Gan our thar hedis tho appeir fill rycht, And down a tempeft fent als dyrk as nycht ;
5 The ilreym wolx vgfum of the dym fky. Palynurus, the maiftir, gave a cry From the eft caftell heich, thar as he ftude ; Quharfor, allace ! famony clowdis onrude, Quod he, bylappyt hes the hevynnys, lo ?
10 Fader Neptune, quhat etlys thou to do ? This beyiig faid, commandis he euery feir Do red thar takillis, and Hand hard by thar geir, And wightly als thar arys vp to haile : Hymielf infangis the le fchete of the faill,
15 And eftir faid ; maift curageus Ene,
Althocht our helpar, gret Jove, wald hecht it me, I traift not with this weddir to wyn Itale. The wynd is contrar, brayand in our bak faill, Hard in our berd vpblawand wondir fayr,
20 And al with bubbys ombefett is the ayr ; Nor we may nocht fbryve nor infors fa faft Agane the llorm, bot ftowtar is the blaft : And fen that forton mafteris ws, tharfor Lat ws follow tharon, and ryn befor,
25 Quhiddyr that the wyndis callys ws fet faill. Not far hens, as that I beleif, fans faill, The frendful, brotherly, coftis of Erycys, And fovir portis of Sycil beyn, I wys, Gif I remembir the methys of ftarnys weill.
30 Tho quod reuthful Eneas, fo haue I feyll,
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I faw langfyne the wyndis ettyll that way, And the, invayn, agane thame ftryve perfay : Tyte turn gour falys and fet thyddyr gour went ; Thar is na land mair lykand to myne entent,
5 Nor quhar me lyft fa well, and profitabill Our wery folkis to reftyng and eftabill, Than in that cuntre quharin doith remane, Ful deir to me, Aceftes of blude Troiane, And in his boundis, derreft outour the lave,
10 My faderis banys enbrafys, layd in grave. This beand fayd, towart the port thai ftevyn, The followand wynd blew ftrek thar faill furth evyn Fall our the wallys flydis the navy, And in fchort quhile arryvit ar blythly
15 At the ftraridis and coftis weil bekend. Bot, on the hie top of a hyll afcend, Aceftes gan behald, and had gret wondir, And to the coft, als fers as ony thundyr, To meit hys frendis fchippys dyd he fpeid,
20 A beyr fkyn of Affryke abone hys weyd,
Ful grym of luke, with dartis keyn and rude : Hys moder Troiane of Crinofus the flude Confavyt hym and bayr, as it is faid. Not forgettyng hys aid kyn, blyth and glaid
25 Of thar return was he, and myrrely Thame welcumand reflauyt by and by ; Gave thame of rural metis with glaid femlance, And cheryiyt thame with frendly purvyance.
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CAP. II.
Eneas in Sydtt, but langar tary,
Maid for his fader theferuyce anniuerfary.
The nixt morow, als fone as the brycht day, The fon vpryfand, chafyt the ftarnys away, Eneas gan fra euery coft about Hys folkis all aflembill in a rowt,
5 Syne fpak thir wordis on a knollys hycht ;
O ge my Troiane pepill, ftowt and wyght, Difcend from worthy Dardanus the kyng, And of the hie goddis ryall offpryng, The fon hes run hys hail cours circular,
10 Hys monethis twelf, and the tyme anniuerfar, Sen that the reliqueis and bonys- infeir Of my dyvyne fader we erdyt heir, And eyk the dolorus altaris confecrate. Les than I be difiavyt, weil I wait
15 Thys is the day that euermor fall I
Meyn and regrait, and al tyme reverently In wirfchip keip, and with gret honour hald For fo it plelith gou, goddis, and fo ge wald. 3a, thocht I war wilfum, and banyft this da,
20 Amang fey fandis of Getulya,
Or gyt with ftorm ourfet in the Greik fee, Or in the cite of Myce hapnyt tobe, Netheles fuld I feruyce anniuerfar, And exequeys, with folemnyt pomp and fair,
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Dewly perform, and, with myne awyn handis, Adorn the altaris with thar juft offerandis. Now, as I weyn, or we perfavyt the chance, Not but the myghtis of goddis and purvyance, 5 Onto the affis and the bonys deir Of my fayd fader bene we caryit heir, Entrit in frendly portis and arryve : Tharfor haue done, and lat ws all, belyve, Perform this honour blithly, as efferis ;
10 Afk profper wyndis, and befeyk euery geris That my fader wald eftir this reffaue This facrifyce, quhilk I begunnyn haue, Within our cite that we mon beild, God wait, In tha templys onto hym dedicate.
15 Aceftes, cummyn of Troy, for hys wirfchip, Twa oxin fal gou geif for euery fchyp. Our Penates and Troiane goddis, for thy, Bryng furth hyddir onto the maniory : Do fech me eyk tha goddis to this coft,
20 Quhilk wirfchippit ar by Aceftes, our hoft. And forthirmar, gyf that the nynt day Bys fair and cleyr, with hys brycht morow gay, And gan hys bemys our the erth fpreid, Firft fal I ordand for my Troianys, in deyd,
25 Quha hes the fwyftaft fchippis of our navy, With al thar fors to ftryfe for the maftry ; And eik, quha beft on fute kan ryn, lat fe, To preif hys picht, or werfyll, and bair the gre, Or dartis kaft, and beft fchute arrowis lycht ;
30 Or, lyke a douchty campioun into fyght,
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With buftuus bafton darryn ftry ve, or mays : Lat euery man addres hym to this place, And mak hym reddy agane the fammyn day, Fortil opteyn, and bayr the pryce away.
5 Annerd heirto, ilk man, rycht favorabilly, And hald gour payee, but owthir noys or cry, And do gour hedis with frefch bewys array. And fayand this, he gan hys templis twa Covir with myrthus, that is his moderis tre.
10 The fam wys dyd gret Helymus, perde; Rycht fo hym felf kyng Aceftes the aid, Richt fo the child Afcanyus fo bald ; Quham followys al the laif in lyke maner. The prynce Ene, from the counfale in feyr,
15 With mony thoufandis walkand hym about, Went to the tumbe amyd the thykkeft rout ; Quhar fyrft, eftir thar payane ryte and gys, Twa flaconys ful of wyne, in facryfys, Apon the erd he get, and other twane
20 Full of new mylkyt my Ik, and fyne agane Twa full of hayt blude was of the offerandis, And purpour flowris ftrowis with hys handis ; Syne faid : Hail, haly fader ! hail agane 3e affys cald, reffauyt al invane,
25 Vmquhile contenyt my faderis fawle and goft. Allace ! was it not leful, thou onloft, The boundis of Itale, with the, and fatale landis, Forto haue focht, and eik onto the ftrandis Of Tybir in Aufonya, quhar evir it be,
30 Arryvit found, in fallowfchip with the ?
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Scars laid he thus, quhen, of the holl graf law, A gret eddir flydand gan furth thraw, In fevyn lowpis lynkyt, and tymys fevyn Circulyt the tumbe about fweitly and evyn, 5 And glydand fyne amang the altaris onon : Of freklit fprutlis al hir bak fchone, As goldyn mailgeis hir (kalys glytrand brycht ; Lyke to the rayn bow amang clowdis lycht, Drawand always, forgane the fon cleir,
10 A thoufand cullouris'of diuers hewis feir. Eneas of the fyght abafyt fum deill : Bot fcho at laft, with lang fard, fair and weill, Crepis amang the vefchell and cowpis all ; The drynk, and eyk the offerandis gret and imall,
15 Snokis and lykkyt ; fyne full the altaris left, And, but mair harm, in the graf enterit eft. Quharfor Ene begouth agane renew Hys faderys hie fawle queith ; for he not knew Quhiddir this was Genyus, the god of that fted,
20 Or than the feruand of hys fader ded :
Fyve twyntyrris brytnyt he, as was the gys, And alimony fwyne, and tydy quyis With hydys blak ; and into cowpys fyne In gret plente get furth the hallowyt wyne,
25 Bowpand the fawle of gret Anchyfes gone, And hys goft fred from the nude Acheron. Hys feris eik, euery man in thar degre, Of fyk thyng as thai mycht get plente, Blithly thar offerandis addreffis to inbring ;
30 Chargis the altaris, and brytnys ftyrkis <5yng.
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Sum othir per ordour caldronys gan vpfet, And, Ikatryt endlang the greyn, the colis het Vndir the fpetis fwakkis, to royft in threyt The raw fpaldis ordanyt for the mulde meyt.
CAP. III.
Of the (jemmy s proclamyny, and the play, Quhaisfyrfl dereynfourjchippis dyd ajjay.
5 Cummyn be thys was the defyryt day : The nynte morow vpfpryngis frefch and gay, And Pheyton gan hys faderis chayr furth dryve. The fame of this triumphe gan fpreid belyve, That, for wirfchip of Aceftes, thar kyng,
10 All folkis enveron dyd to the coftis thryng, Glaidly occupyand al the ftrandis about ; Sum, to behald Eneas cowrt and rowt, And fum, alffo, to ftryfe for the maftry. At the begynnyng, the wageouris by and by,
15 And the rewardis, in myddis of the feild Befor thar eyn war fet, at all beheld : The gilt treftis, and the greyn tre, The lawrer crownys, for the pryce and gre, With palmys fcheyn in takyn of vi&ory,
20 Fair armouris of triumphe and myche glory, The robbys fyne of purpour richly dycht, Seir talentis eik of gold and filuer brycht.
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Tharwith, the trumpet blew, as beyn the gys, Apon ane hyght, declaris and notyfyis The gemmys tobe excerfyt for that day. With arys fquair, the bargan gan affay
5 Four galeys fyrft, chofyn of al the flote.
The fwyft Pyftris witht fpedy routht, fute hoyt, Furth fteris the ftern Myneftheus onan, Quhilk eftir bycam a lord Italian ; Of quhays offpring and genealogy
10 The pepill ar difcend, clepyt Memny. The buftuus barge, yclepit Chimera, Gyas, with fellon fard, furthbrocht alifua, Sa huge of byrth a cite femyt fche ; Quham, a gret nowmyr of gong Troiane menge
is In thrynfald ordour, caufis furth toglyde; The arys rays thre rawis on athir fyde. The thryd ichip, yclepit Centaurus, Furth haldis, with hir patron Sergeftus, Quham fra the famyle come hait Sergia.
20 The fovir fey fchip tho, namyt Scylla, Cloanthus gydis ; efter quham, gyt fyne, In Roym the pepill beyn callyt Cluenthyne.
Weil far from thens ftandis a rock in the fee, Forgane the fomy fchor and coftis hie,
25 Quhilk, fumtyme, with the boldynnand wallis quhite, Is by the jawpe of fludis coveryt quyte, Quhen the foutht eft wynd, in the wynter tyde, Gan with his ftormy clowdis the ftarnys hyde ; And, in the calm or lowyn weddir, is feyn
30 Abufe the fludis hie, a fair plane greyn,
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A Handing place, quhar fkarthis with thar bekis, Forgane the fon, glaidly thame pronge and bekis. In this place ftykkyt heth the prince Ene A mark or wyttir of a greyn aik tre,
5 In te'rm and takyn onto the maryneris, Quhar, forto turn agane, as thame efferis, And fet about thar lang cours, thai mycht knaw. By kuttis than, per ordour, al on raw, Thar place thai cheyfyt at the coftis bay.
10 The patronys in eft caftellis, frefch and gay, Stude, al in gold and purpour fchynand brycht : The remanent of the rowaris, euery wight, In poppil tre branchis dyght at poynt, With fpaldis nakyt, fchayn of oyl enoynt ;
15 Apon thar feyttis and thoftis all atanys Thar placis hynt, arrayit for the nanys, With armys reddy outour thar aris fald, Abydis lyfnand the takyn to behald, Thar hartis onflocht, fmytyn with fchame fumdeill ;
20 Bot glaid and joly, in hope forto do weill, Ralys in thar breiftis defyre of hie renoun. Syne, but delay, at the firft trumpys fown, From thar marchis atanys furth thai fprent. Vpfprang the clamour, and the rerd furth went,
25 Heich in the Ikyis, of mony maryner : The fomy ftowr of fey rays thar and heir, Throu fers bak drauchtis of feil gardeys fquair. Thai fewch the fludis that, fwouchand quhar thai fair, In fondyr flydis ; ourweltyt eyk with arys,
30 From thar forftammys the bullyr brays and raris.
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Nevir fa ferfly, in feild nor in barrer, The dowbill gokkyt cartis in feir, of wer Or for triumphe, furth of thar ilabillys gan rufch ; Nor nevir fa thyk, with mony lafch and dufch, 5 The cartaris fmate thar horffis faft in teyn,
With rengeys flakkyt, and fwete drepand bedeyn : For, throu the gild and rerd of men fo geld, And egyrnes of thar frendis thame beheld, Schowtand, row fail ! all the woddis refoundis ;
10 Endlang the coftis the vocis and the fowndis Rollys inclufyt, quhill the mekyll hyllys Bemys agane, hyt with the brute fo fchil is. Amyd the pres, thus as the rerd vpwent, Befor the laif Gyas fchyp furth fprent,
is Ourflydand wallys croppys byflely ; Quhom Cloanthus followys nixt in hy, Mayr fle in rowrth, thocht fum deil flaw was fche, For that hir holl was of fa hevy tre. And eftir thame, elyke, furth in evyn fpace,
20 Piftris and Centawr ftraif for the fyrft place : And now hes Piftrys the fordell, and fyne, in hy, The byg Centawr hyr warris, and flyppis by : Now glyde tha bath togidder furth in front, Sewchquhand fait fame with thar lang kelis blont.
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CAP. IV.
quhou thejchippysjlryvys on tkejee, Ofthar nyce rays, and quha that won the gre.
Wyth this thai gan towart the meyth approche, And war almaifl cummyn onto the roch, Quhen that the patron Gyas, amyd the flude, Wenyng hym felf vi&our, thar as he ftude, 5 Callys on hys fteris man, hayt Meneyt by name ; Quhidder goys thou fo on fteirburd ? fy forfchame ! Frawart me thou haldis ; fet thi cours innarmor ; Seik hard on burd endlang faft by the fchor, And fuffir that the palmys of our arys
10 Hyrfyl on the crag almaift, ilk rowth, and waris: Lat the othirris hald furth the deip fey large. Quod Gyas : Bot Menetes, for hys barge Of the hyd rolkis blynd fum deill afferyt, Towart the deip fludis hyr ftevin ay fteryt.
15 Quhar, dyfmall, wilt thou now? gan Gyas cry; Hald to the crag agane, Meneyt, faft by. And tharwith, lo ! Cloanthus he dyd behald Hard at hys taill, that gan the nar way hald : For, rycht betwix the rolk and Gyas fchyp,
20 On bawbord faft the innar way he leyt flyp, And wan befor the formaft fchip in hy : Now is he paffyt the wittir, and rollys by The roch, and haldis fovirly throu the fee. Bot than, God wait, quhat payn in hart gan dre
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The gong Gyas ! hym thocht al brynt hys banys ; The watir bryft from baith hys eyn atanys ; Forget was wirfchip and hys honefte thar, Forget was of hys fallofchip the weilfair,
5 The ancyant treuth of Meneyt forgettis he, And fwakkyt hym our fchipburd in the fee : Hym felf, as fkyppar, hynt the fteir in hand, Hym felf, as maftir, gan maryneris command, And threw the ruddyr to the coftis fyde.
10 Be than the auld Meneyt our fchipburd flyde, Hevy, and al his weid fowpyt with feys, Skars from the watir grond vpboltyt he is, Syne fwymmand held onto the craggis hycht, Sat on the dry rolk, and hym felf gan dyght :
15 The Troianys lauchys faft feand hym fall, And, hym behaldand fwym, thai keklyt all ; Bot maft, thai makyn gem and gret ryot, To fe hym fpowt fait watir of hys throte. Heir firft gude hope arays to the twa laft,
20 That is to knaw, Myneftheus and Sergeft, Gyas fchyp thar by to ourcum wenyng, That tarays fum deill for lak of gude fteryng. Tho Sergeft gan the fyrft place occupy, With fchip approchand towart the roche in hy ;
25 And, netheles, hail befor wan fcho nocht,
Bot thrang hir forfchip formaft, as fcho mocht, So that Piftrys, hyr weryour, all the way, Hyr forftam by hir mydfchip haldis ay. Than, rowmyng to and fra hys fchyp our all,
30 Myneftheus gan hys feris exhort and call :
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Now, now, ge vailliant feris of worthy He&or, Hail ftoutly vp gour arys ; thynk on gour glor ; Thynk quhou, the lattir rewyne of Troy, gou I Haue walyt, and brocht with me in cumpany : 5 Now fchaw that ftrenth, now fchaw that hie curage, Quhilk on the fchaldis of Affryk, in ftormys rage, 3he dyd excers, and the ilk fors, I wys, 3he fchew betwix Scylla and Carybdys, Quhar that loneum clepyt is the fee,
10 And als forgane the ftyth ftremys of Malee. As to the fyrft place, now byd I nocht craif it, Althocht I be Myneltheus, wont til haue it ; Nor I byd not to ftryve and wyn the gre, Howbeyt, wald God, that war a gloir to fe !
15 Do lat thame bruke the maftry and the pryce, Quhamto Neptune lyft grant at hys devyce ; Bot gret lak war to return althar laft : Deir frendis, defend gou fra that kankyrryt kaft, And do ourfet fa fchaymful hard myfchance.
20 With al thar fors than at the vtyrance, Thai pynglyt arys vp to bend and haill, With ia ftrang rowthis apon athir wail, The mychty karvell fchuddryt at euery ftraik, Down fwakand fludis vndir hyr brayd bilge of aik :
25 So clappys the braith in breiftis with mony pant, Quhil in thar dry throtis the aynd worth fkant, And fwait down triglys in ftremys our alquhar. Betyd a chance that ilk tyme fell thame fair, And grantyt thame that honour tha defyryt :
30 For as Sergeft, with fers mynde half enfyryt,
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Turnyt hys ftevyn towart the rolk our neir, Ontil a wykkyt place hys fchip dyd Heir, Quhil on the blynd craggis, myfchewfly, Faft ftykkis fcho, choppand hard quhynnys in hy,
5 And on the fcharp fkelleis, to hir wanhap, Smait with fyk fard, the arys in flendris lap ; Hir forfchip hang, and fum deil fcoryt throu owt. The marynaris Hart on fut with a fchout, Cryand, byde, how ! and with lang bolmys of tre
1 0 Pykyt with irne, and' fcharp roddis, he and he Inforcis of to fchowyn the fchyp to fave, And brokkyn aris gadderyt on the ftreym thai haue. Now quha was blith bot Myneftheus, ful gor, Quhilk, for this chance, mair egyrly than befor,
1 5 With fwyft fard of arys, and wynd at wyll, The reddy way held our the fludis chyll, And frakkis fail outthrow the oppyn fee. Als fwyftly as the dow affrayit doith fle Furth of hir hoyll, and richt darn wynnyng wayn,
20 Quhar hir fweit neft is holkyt in the ftayn, So ferfly in the feildis furth fcho fpryngis, Quhil of hir fard the howfys ryggyng ryngis ; And fone eftir, fcherand the lownyt ayr, Down from the hycht difcendis foft and fair,
25 Not byffy weyngyt, bot planand efyly : So flaid Myneftheus throu the fey in hy, So followys Piftrys, was langeyr allthar laft, With fellon fard furth fwepand alffo faft. And fyrft Sergeft behynd fone left hes he,
30 Wreland on (kelleys and ondepys of the fee,
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With brokkyn aris lerand to haift agane,
And cryand, help ! bot that was al invane.
Syne Gyas fchyp, the fellon Chimera,
Perfewys he faft, quhilk gave hym place alffwa, 5 For fcho was fpulgeyt of hir fterifman.
Thar reftis na ma bot Cloanthus than ;
Quham fynaly to perfew he addreft,
And pynglys hir onto the vtyrmeft.
The noys and brute tho dowblys lowd on hycht ; 10 For, on the coftis fyde, faft euery wight
Spurris the perfewaris to roll biffely :
Set on hym now ; haue at hym thar, thai cry ;
That huge clamour fordynnyt al the ayr.
The formaft thocht thar awyn wirfchip fo fair, 15 And had difdeyn bot thai thar honour fave,
To bruke it quhilk fo hard wonnyn thai have,
Or thai thar lawd fuld loys or vafTyllage,
Thai had far levir lay thar lyfe in wage.
The favorabill forton, and thar happy chance, 20 So gan the breiftis of the otheris avance,
Thame thocht thai mocht thame wyn witht laubour lycht,
Becaus it femyt to thame at fo thai mycht.
And peraventur, with equale ftevynnys atanys,
The pryce thai fuld haue baith caucht for the nanys, 25 War not Cloanthus in the fludis cauld
With devote prayeris baith his handis gan hald,
And on the goddis callys, and maid hys vow :
O ghe goddis, quhays fludis I ryn throw,
Vndir gour empyre rewlyng the large fee, so I fal glaidly on this coft fyde, quod he,
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A quhite bull offir in gour facryfyce, So I my vow may bruke, and wyn the pryce ; The entrails eyk, far in the fludis brak, In gour reuerens, fal I flyng and fwak, 5 And get tharin the fweit liquor of wyne. And, be hys wordis warryn brocht to fyne, Law fra the boddom of the feys deip Hys prayeris war except : tharto tuke keip The nymphis all, clepyt Nereydes,
10 And thai that folio wis Phorcus, all the pres ; The maid alffo quhilk Panopea hait : The fader of havynys, Portunus, al the gait With his byg hand fchot the fchip furth hir went, That fwyftar than the foutht wynd on fcho fprent,
15 Or as a fleand arrow to land glaid, And in the deip port enterit, but abaid.
CAP. V.
Quhou Eneas onto the maryneris Gaifeuery man thar reward, as effeiris.
Anchifes fon Eneas, than, ful wys, Callys thame forrowth hym al, as wes the gys, And, with ane harraldis lowd voce, gan declare 20 Cloanthus vi&or was, and on hys hair Gart fet a crown, was of the lawrer greyn ; And bad onto thar fchippis bair bedeyn
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Thre gong oxin onto euery barge, Prefandis of wyne, and of filuer a charge. Bot principaly to the capitanys he gave Honorabill rewardis, as thame efferit to haue :
5 To the viftour, a mantil brufyt with gold, With purpour felvage writhyn mony fold, And al byrunnyn and lowpyt luftely, As rynnys the flude Meander in Theflaly ; Quharon was weyf, in futtel goldyn thredis,
10 Kyng Troyus fon, the fair Ganymedys, Vnder the thyk wod bewys of Ida The fwyft hartis chafand to and fra, And with hys dartis baldly thame gan beyt : He femyt porturyt pantand for the hete ;
15 Quham, witht a furs, fwyftly, Jovys fquyar Caucht in hys clewis, and bair vp in the air : The eldar huntaris, and hys keparis than, Clapand thar lufis and thar handis, ilk man, Sayr awondryt gan the ftarnys behald ;
20 For hundis quefte it femyt the lyft ryfe wald. Onto hym, fyne, Eneas gevyn has, That by hys vertew wan the fecund place, A habirgyon of byrnyft mailgeis brycht, With gold ourgilt clowit thrynfald full tycht,
25 Quhilk he, fum tyme, with his ftrang handis two, Tyrvyt and rent of bald Demoleo, Quham vndir Troys wallys venquyft he, Quhar Symois rynnys fwyftly in the fee : This wirfchipful gift to Myneftheus he gave,
30 That was hys beild in armys hym to fave.
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Sa payfand was this cote that fcarfly mycht Phegeus and Sagaris, twa ferwandis wight, Bair it on thar nek chargyt mony fald : Bot, tharwith cled, Demoleo ryn faft wald, 5 Chafand the Troianys fkatterit far on breid. The thryd gyft fyne, Eneas gaif in deyd Twa gret caldronys of bras forgyt hoyt ; Twa fyluer choppis fchapyn lyke a boyt, Punfyt ful weil, and with fyguris ingrave :
10 And thus thar gyftis gottyn al thai haue.
Apon fyk wys, ful prowd of thar reward, Ilkane of thame, furth pranfand lyke a lard, Arrayit weil the tymplis of thar hed With purpour garlandis of the rofys red :
15 Quhen from the fcharp rolk, fcarfly, with gret flycht, Sergeftus gan vpwreil hys fchyp evill dycht ; Of brokyn arys febilly with a raw, Mokkyt and fchent, fcho cummys hame ful flaw. Lyke as oft happynnys the eddyr amyd the way
20 Lurkand or glydand, in the hait fymmyrris day, Quham the hevy fchod cart quheil doith ourtak, Preflyng hir down, and ryvand hir tewch bak, Or, with fmart dynt or flane kaft, half ded neir, And kut in tway, leifis the travelleir ;
25 Scho preffand fle, al for nocht, byflely, Lang wrynklys makis oft with hir body ; The ta part fers and fell, with byrnand eyn Strekand hyr nek with hyffis lowd in teyn ; The tother part, lamyt, clynfchis and makis hir byd,
30 In lowpis thrawyn and lynkis of hir hyde :
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With fyklyke routhe this fchip flawly furth went, Syne maid fail at the laft, and, tharwith bent, Entyrris in the havyn ; and Sergeft Eneas Rewardis weil, as that his promys was ;
5 For glaid he was the fchip was falue onloft, And brocht hys ferys hailfkarth to the coft. To hym a fervand woman, hayt Pholoa, Was geyf, and, fowkand hyr, hir twynnys twa : Of Creyt, as to hyr kynrent, born was fche,
10 And in the craft of Mynerve wondyr fie.
CAP. VI.
Into this nixt cheptour followys heir Thefut mmnys rynkis and rewardis feir.
Gentyll Ene, this fport endyt and done, Ontyl a fayr plane greyn paflyt fone, Quhilk was enveronyt al with hyllys hie, Schaddowyt with woddys rank, and mony a tre
15 Amyd the vale, in maner of cyrkyl rownd, A playng place was markyt on the grond, Syk as that clepyt beyn a theatry. Thiddir the heir with mony thoufand gan hy, And evyn amydwart in hys troyn grete,
20 For hym arayt, takyn hes hys fete :
Quhar, with rewardis feir, he dyd provoke The curage and myndis of gong foke ;
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Syk as lykkyt fwyftly on fute to ryn, Cum bayr the pryce away, and wageour wyn. On athir half than gadderis hym about Of Troianys fammyn and Sycilyanys a rowt ; 5 And firft come Nyfus and the frefch Evrille : Ewrillyus in grene gouth and luf fylle, Maift eligant of perfon, for quhays frendfchip And tendyrnes come Nifus in fallofchip : Quham followis nixt nobyl Dyores the gude,
10 Cummyn of the ftok of myghty Priamus blude ; And eftir hym thar followys fone onon Twa othirris fammyn, Salyus and Patron, Of quham the tane born of Epyria, And the tother was of Archadya,
15 Cummyn of the blude of Tegea that cite : Twa othir gong men fyne of Sycille, Helymus and Panopes, baith feris Onto the kyng Aceftes aid of geris, Hantyt to ryn in woddis and in fchawis :
20 Seir othir come eik, quhais namys onknaw is, For that thai war of law ftait and degre. Amyddys of thame all, thus fayd Ene ; Tak tent frendis, remembir quhat I fay, Mark this in myndis glaidly, and bair away :
25 Neuer ane of al this fallofchip, quod he, Sal onrewardyt hyne depart fra me. I fal gou geifiyn ilk man as efferis : With brycht hedis, wrocht in Creyt, twa fchort fperis, A fyluerit ax alflb, to bair in hand ;
30 For gou al equale falbe fyk prefand.
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The thre formafte falbeir the pryce and gre, Thar hedis crownyt with greyn olyve tre : Quha cummys fyrft, and viftour our the laif, Ane hors with precyus harneffyng fal haif :
5 The fecund, ane arow cays of Amazon, Ful of arrowy s of Trace, fal haue onon, Hungyn by a braid tyfche of gold ilke joynt, The bukkil clafpyt with a jemmys poynt : The thryd raoft go hys way, and Hand content
10 Bot of this Gregion helm, lo, heir prefent.
Quhen this was laid, thar placis haue thai tane, And, fra thai hard the takyn, fone onane Richt fwyftly on thar rafys gan thai tak ; The ftand thai leif, and flaw furth with a crak,
15 As wyndis blaft, etland to the rynkis end. Befor thame all furth bowtis with a bend Nyfus a far way, ftart mair fpedely Than thud of weddir, or thundyr in the fky. Nyxt onto hym, bot nocht neir be far way,
20 Followys Salyus ; and, a Ipace eftir thame tway, Ewrialus was the thryd : quham fyne infeir Followyt Helymus ; quhamto held evir neir Dyores, quhidderand at hys bak fute hait, Hys tays choppand on hys heill al the gayt,
25 Writhand with hys fchuldir to haue thrung hym by ; And, had he anys won mair rowm, tho in hy He liild ful fone haue fkyppyt furth befor, And left in dowt quha come fyrft to the fkoyr. Be this thai wan neir to the rynkis end,
30 Irkyt fum deill befor the mark weil kend ;
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Quhen that Nyfus fallys, onhappely, Apon the glotnyt blude, quhar as faft by The ftyrkis for the facrifyce, per cace, War newly brytnyt ; quharof al the place, 5 And the greyn gers, bedyit was and wet. As this gongker heiron tred and fute let, Joly and blyth, wenyng hym vi&our round, He flaid and ftumryt on the flydry grond, And fell at erd gruflyngis amyd the fen,
10 Or beiftis blude of facrifyce ; gyt then Forgettis he not Ewrialus luf, perfay, Bot keft hym evyn ourthourtyr Salyus way, Grulyng as he mycht apon the flydry grene, Maid hym lycht wyndflaucht on the grond onclene.
15 Furth fprent Ewrialus formeft, and, by fupple Of his frend Nyfus, the firft place wan he. With rerd and favorabil hailfyngis furth he fprang, As oft befallys, fyk tymys, commonys amang. Helymus nixt onto the Hand is cummyn :
20 The thryd place now and gre Dyor has nummyn. Tho Salyus fyllys al the court about With lowd ramingis, and with mony a fchowt, And gan, in prefens of the nobillys, pray Reftor hys honour by dyflayt ftollyn away.
25 The favour defendis Eurialus of hys ferys, And of hys eyn bryfting the feymly terys, Sched for dyfdeyn he fuld fwa leys hys pryce ; The vertew, eyk, mair gracyus at all devyce Was haldyn, at come of fa feymly perfon.
30 That helpyt mekyl ; and Dyores evir onon
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Chydis for hym faft, for alfmekill as he The thrrd place than had wonnyn and the gre ; Bot all for nocht may he the laft pryce beleif, Gyf that to Salyus the fyrft reward beys geyf. 5 Than the rewthfdll Eneas fpak and iayd : 3our enterprys, childeryng, beys blyth and glaid, Remanys Ibvir to ym. ; for, owt of weir, As fyrft was fet the pryce, lal na man fteir. It mode be to me leful rewth to haue 10 Of my frendis myfchance, hys lak to lave, Quhilk in hys awyn defalt tynt not the gre. And, layand thus, to Salyus gare he A builuus lyonys (kyn of Getuly, With goldyn clewys, lokkerit and weghty. 15 Ha ! than quod Xyfus, gyf fyk reward lalbe Gevyn onto thame at fallys and tynys the gre : Gif the lyft rew on lyk, quhat gyft condyng Wilt thou geif Nyfus, ran fwyft in a lyng, And worthy was the fyrft croun to haue caucht, 20 War nocht the lam myfforton me ourraucht Quhilk Salyus betyd ? and, with that word, Hys face he Ichew befinottyrit for a bourd. And al hys membris in mud and dung bedoyf. Than lewch that ryal prynce on hym to goyfj 25 And bad do fech a rych Icheild, wrocht quently Sum tyme by ane Dodymaon maift crafty, And by the Grekis alflo doun was dyng Of Xeptunys tempyll poft, quhar it dyd hyng : This worthy gong man with that gyft Ibverane 30 Rewardis he, of fyk geyr as mycht gane.
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CAP. VII.
Of the twa kempysJiMJlryfe in the pres, The biiftuus Entettus and DarJm.
Eftyr thir rafys done, and gyfbys geif ; Now cummys heir, faid Ene, quha lyft preif To ftreke thar armys furth, and heys on hycht, For mays or burdon arrayit weil at rycht :
5 Quha hes tharto reddy bald fpreit lat fe. For athir party the pryce ordanyt hes he : For the vi&our a bul, and al hys hed Of goldyn fchakaris and roys garlandis red Bufkyt full weil ; to hym venquyft, alffua,
10 A rych helm and a fyne fword, baith twa, Set for hys folace. Than, but delay, Darhes With buuftuus fors fchew hys face in the pres. As he vpftart, onon gret rumour rays Amang the commonys, fayand, lo ! qubar he gays,
15 Alane was wont agaiie Parys debait:
3<>n fam is he quhilk, at the tumbe, fute hait, Quhar beryit was Hedor of maift renoun, The campion Butes ourcom and bet doun, Al flat hym fpeldyt on the dun fand,
20 In the dedthrawis : quhilk Butes, to vnderftand, Fra Bebrycy com, of ftatur huge rude, And hym avanfyt of kyng Amycus blude. Thys ilk Darhes, berand hys hed on hie, Reddy for batale, fchew fiirth, at al mycht fe,
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Hys fchulderis braid, and fwakkis heir and tbar Hys armys ftrecht with gret flappys in the ayr. Ane othir mache to hym was focht and fperyt ; Bot thar was nane of al the rowt at fteryt,
5 Ne durft prefume meyt that man on the land, With mace nor burdon to debait hand for hand. Joly and glaid tharof, baith al and fum Into bargane wenyng fortil ourcum, Beforn Eneas feyt ftad but delay :
1 0 The bul he grippys by ane of hornys tway With hys left hand, and faid apon this wys ; Son of the goddes, gyf na man wil rys, Ne dar hym felf aventur in batelle, Quhy ftand I thus ? quhou lang efferis me dwell ?
is Command me leid away the pryce al fre. The Troianys with hym fammyn, he and he, Murmuryt and bemyt on the ilke wys : Reyk to the man the pryce promyft, all cryis. Tho gan the grave Aceft with wordis chyde
20 Entellus, fat on greyn fonk hym befyde : Entell, quod he, vmquhile the forcyaft Of campionys clepyt, and the worthyaft, Invane that name thou beris, I dar fay, Gyf thou, fa thoilmude, fufferis leid away
25 So gret a pryce, but dereyn of batell. Quhar is he now, gret Erix, as thai tell, Our God renownyt, and maftir, al for nocht ? Quhar now that fame, our al Sycil onflocht Quhilum dywlgate, is becummyn and gone ?
30 Quhar beyn the fpulge triumphal mony one,
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Within thine hows hyngis on euery poft ?
The tother anfuerd : nowthir for dreid ne boft The luf of wirfchip nor honour went away is, Bot certanly the dafyt blude, now on days, Walxis dolf and dull throw myne onweldy age ; The cald body hes mynyft my curage : Bot war I now, as vmquhile it hes bene,
as gon wanton vouftour, fa ftrang thai weyn, had I now fyk gouthed, traiftis me,
10 But ony pryce, I fuld al reddy be ; Na lufty bull me tyl induce fuld neid, For nothir I fuld haue cravyt wage nor ineyd. Quhen this was faid, he hes, but mair abaid, Twa kempys burdonys brocht, and befor thame laid,
15 With al thar harnes and braferis by and by, Of weght ful huge, and fchap onmefurly ; Quhar with, vmquhile, the ftern Erix was wont To feght in bargane, and geif mony dont, In that hard bellan hys brawnys to enbrace.
20 All wolx eftonyft beheld thame in that place : So huge weght, and fo gret quantite Thai war, that weil thame ferny t for to be Of curbulle corvyn fevyn gret oxin hydis, Styf as a burd that ftude, on athir fydis
25 Stuffyt and cowchit ful of irne and leid. Abuf al otheris, Darhes, in that fted, Thame to behald abafyt wolx grettumly, Tharwith to mel reffufyng aluterly : Bot, ful of magnanymyte, Eneas
so Pafys thar weght als lychtly as a fas,
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Thar hydduus braferis fwakand to and fro. Syk wordis gan the auld reherfyng tho : Quhat wald he haue faid, that perchance had fe Hercules burdon and wapynnys heir, quod he,
5 And on this ilke coft the forofull bargane ?
Thir fammyn wapynnys Erix, thi broder germane, Was wont to bair : behald thame fmottyt quyte Of his red blude, and harnys tharon owtfmyte. With thir agane gret Hercules itude he ;
10 With thir was I wont mach in the melle,
Quhil my frefch blude mair fors and ftrenth me lent, Or that onfrendlich eild had thus byfprent My hed and halffettis baith with canus hair. Bot, gyf that Troiane Darhes reffufys thair
15 With thir, our cuntre wapynnys, in feild to pas, And eik it lykis the curtas Eneas, So that Aceft my foverane that appreve, Be not efferd, Darhes ; na thing the greve ; Erix macis to the on fyde lay I,
20 And thou thi Troiane burdon alffb do by : With equale wapynnys lat ws go to fone. And, with that word, of hys fchulderis hes done Hys dowbill habyt ; and hys lymmys fquair, Baith byg bonys and brawnys, maid al bair ;
25 Syne ftythly in the fand vpftandis he, Of hyduus ftatur and of quantite.
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CAP. VIII.
The bargane of the kempys curageus, Thefers Darhes, andjlalwart Entellus.
The prynce Anchifes fon, Eneas, than
Twa evynly burdonys walyt, as cunnand man,
And equale armour, but dyverfyte,
On fchulderis and thar gardeys buklys he. 5 Than athir gan contrar othir ftyth Hand,
With fyngeris faft faikand thar mace in hand,
Syne heich abufe thar hedis in the ayr
Onabafytly rafyt thar armys fquair,
And from the ftraik thar nek drew far abak. 10 Now, hand to hand, the dynt lychtis with a fwak ;
Now bendis he vp hys burdon with a mynt,
On fyde he bradis fortil efchew the dynt ;
He etlys gondir hys avantage to tak,
He metis hym thar, and charris hym with a chak ; 15 He watis to fpy, and fmytis in al hys mycht,
The tother keppys hym on hys burdon wycht ;
Thai foyn at othir, and eggis to bargane.
Lychtar on fute and agil was the tane,
And in hys lufty gouth fum deil enfuris : 20 The tother, of lymmys byggar, and cors mair ftuyr, is,
Bot hys faynt fchankis gan for eild fchaik ;
Hys gowfty coft and membris, euery ftraik,
The febil braith gan to bete and blaw.
Thir hardy kempys, al in waift, leyt draw,
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Athir at other, mony rowtis grete : On holl fydis feill dowbill dyntis gan bete, And on thar breiftis lychtis with huge fownd ; Oft in the ayr about thar hedis rownd 5 Thar handis waveryt, and the ftrayk went mys ; Hard halffettis clappyt oft vndir the dynt, I wys. Entellus ftandis ftyf and grave of cors, Not movyng from hys fyrft ftand in a fors, And, with hys body only, and walkryfe E, 10 The ftrakis onfar enchewys and keppyt he. Bot Darhes walkis about rycht craftely, Of hys fyrft purpos fruftrat, to efpy Sum avantage, with diuers aflaltis algait Hym ombefetting fair, and handland hait : 15 Lyke as by gret engynys quha fa wald A ftrang cite aflail, or ftalwart hald, To wyn that ftrenth, or gyt by craftis fle To mynde the caftell on the rochys hie, Lurkand in harnes wachis round about ; 20 Now this tocome, now by that way gan lowt, Quhar beft he may cum to hys purpos fone, Avyfand weil the place maift oportone. Entellus raxit hym, and hevis on hycht Hys rycht hand, for to fmyte in al hys mycht : 25 The tother, feand the dynt cum, gan provide To efchew fwyftly, and fone lap on fyde, That al hys fors Entellus gan apply Into the ayr ; fo that hys grave body, All hym alane, with huge weght and fayr, 30 Rufchyt flatlyngis to the grond with a rair :
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So as, quhilum, the mekil kofch fyr tre, On Erymanthus the mont of Archade, Or in the wod of Ida, with a fownd Vp by the rutis rent, rufchis to grond.
5 The goungkeris tho of Troy and Sycilly Gan ftarting all on fut delyvirly : The clamour rays, quhil al the hevyn dyd ryng, And fyrft to hym ran Aceftes the kyng, And, for compaffioun, hes vphynt in feild
10 Hys frend Entellus, onto hym evyn eild. Bot, nother eftonyft nor abafyt heiron, Mair egyrly the vaillyant campion Agane to bargane went als hoyt as fyre : Hys ftrenthys now encreflis al of ire ;
15 For fchame, alflb, and for that weil he knew Hys auld prowes, hys fors dowblyt and grew ; And ardently, with fury and mekil boift, Gan Darhes kach and dry ve our al the coft : Now with the rycht hand, now with the left hand, he
20 Dowblys dyntis, and, but abaid, leyt fle, That nothyr reft nor quyet may he tak, Als faft as rayn fchour rappys on the thak, So thyk with ftrakis this campion maift ftrang, With athir hand, feil fys at Darhes dang,
25 And drave hym to and fra with mony rowt. The prynce Eneas, than, feand this dowt, Na langar fuffer wald fik wreth precede, Nor fers Entellus mude thus rage and fprede ; Bot of the bargane maid end, but delay,
30 And wery Darhes hes withdrawyn away.
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With wordis hym to mefyng thus he faid : Onfylle wight, quhou dyd thi mynd invaid Sa gret wodnes ? felys thou not gyt, quod he, Othir ftrenth or manuys fors hes delt with the ? 5 Seys thou not weil thi felf at thou art fey ? Tharfor to God thou geild the and obey : The power of goddys ar turnyt in thy contrar : Obey to God. And with that word, but mair, The bargane he diflblvyt : and than Darhes
1 0 Hys trew compangeonys ledis of the pres, Harland hys wery lymmys dolf as led, For forow fchakand to and fra hys hed, And fchaddis of blude furth fpyttand throu hys lyppys, With bludy gammys, led hym to thar fchippys ;
15 The helm and eik the fword with thame hes tane, As thai commandyt war, and left alane The bul ontil Entellus : fa was defynd.
He vidour than, and abufe in hys mynd, Prowd and reiofyt of this bull, gan fay ;
20 Son of the goddes, and Troianys, I gou pray, Behald, arid knaw by this takyn and fyng, Quhat ftrenth was in my cors quhen I was gyng : Se fra quhat ded Darhes is favyt onflane. Quod he ; and ftandand the bullys face forgane,
25 Quhilk of thar dereyn was the pryce and gre, Hys ftern burdon behynd hys bak on hie With hys rycht hand gan tais and mefour fwa, It fmait hym evyn betwix the hornys twa ; Perfyt the harn pan, draif out the brayn in hy :
30 Down dufchit the beift ded on the land gan ly,
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Sprewland and flekkyrand in the ded thrawys. And he abufe hym furth warpys fyk fawys : For Darhes ded, Erix, lo ! this, quod he, A far mair ganand fawle, I offer the ; 5 And viftour eyk my craft and wapynnys fair Vprendris heir, for now and evir mair.
CAP. IX.
Into this nixt cheptour ge may efpy Nys craft offohotyng and of archery.
Onon Eneas induce gan to the play,
With arowys forto fchute quha wald affay :
The pryce tharfor ordanys ; and fyne, but let, 10 With fors of mennys handis vp hes fet
Amyd the greyn Sergeftus fchippys maft ;
Apon the top tharof gart feflyn faft
A fleand dow intil a cord, quharat
Thai fuld thar arowys fchuyt. The men with that 15 Conuenyt togiddir, and in a helm of fteill
Thar kavillys haue thai caftyn fair and weill.
And firft of al, with frendly noys and found,
Hyppocaon the firft place hys hes fond,
That was of kynrent cummyn from Hirtacus : 20 Quham nixt eftyr followys Myneftheus,
Vi&our afor amang the fchip bargane ;
The grene olyve about hys forhed fchane.
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The thryd kavill betyd Evricyus, Thy brodir, O maift doughty Panderus ; Quhilk vmquhile, forto brek the trewis command, On the Grekis fyrft let with fpeir in hand : 5 And of the helmys boddom al thar laft The ancyant kyng Aceftes lot furth pafl, Quhilk, for Eneas fayk, durft anys affay With hys awyn hand gong mennys fport and play.
Than euery man, accordyng thar ftrenth ful meyt, 10 Thair byg bowys gan bend, and at thar feyt Dyd fchaik onone thar arowys of thar cays. 3ong Hippocaon, quhilk had the firft place, A quhidderand arow leyt fpang fra the ftryng, Towart the hevyn faft throu the ayr dyd thryng ; 15 The maftis top it hyt, and tharin ftak, Quhil al the tre trymlyt with the fwak : The fowle affrayt flychtris on hir weyngis ; Of gret rumour than al the feildis ryngis. Nixt fcharp Myneftheus, war and avyfye, 20 Onto the hed hes halyt vp on hie
Baith arow and eyn, etland at the mark. Bot it was reuth, the fowle, for al hys wark, Ne mycht he twich ; and, netheles, gyt quyte The bandis and lyamys in twa dyd he fmyte, 25 Quharwith, by baith the feyt, thar faft was fche Attachit at the maftis top on hie : Scho in the ayr and dyrk fkyis flaw onon. With arow reddy nokkyt than Ewricion Plukkis vp in hy hys bow, and maid hys yow 30 Onto hys brothir Pander : with that the dow
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Heich in the lyft fill glaid he gan behald, And with hir weyngis forand monyfald ; Hys arow he threw vndir the clowdis blak, And perfyt hir quyte owtthrou the bak. 5 Hyr lyfe fcho loft heich vp in the ayr,
Down fallys ded, and has brocht with hir thar
The arow brochyt throu owt hir body.
Aceftes now alane ftude all reddy
To fchute, quhen that the pryce was tynt and won
10 And, netheles, to fchiiyt he lies begun, And threw ane arow in the ayr on hycht, Schawand hys craft, and hys byg bowys mycht, That lowfyt of the takill with a fpang. And fone betyd, and in thar fychtis fprang,
15 A fellon gryfly monftre and wondryng, As weil was knaw fyne at the endyng : The feirfull fpa men tharof pronofticate Schrewyt chancis to betyde and bad eftate. For quhy, this fchaft, fleand in the moyft ayr,
20 Brynt in a bles, and the randoun alquhar With low and flambys gan do notyfy, And, al confumyt, vanyft in the fky : As doys oft ftarnfchoit fallyng fra the hevyn, Drawand thareftyr a taill of fyry levin.
25 Eftonyft in thar myndis, abafyt ftude The folk of Sycill and all the Troiane blude ; And, netheles, maift douchty Eneas Reffufyt nocht the takyn, bot gan embras Aceftes glaidly, and rych gyftis him gave :
30 Syne faid hym thus ; Tak, fader myne, reflkue
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Sik favorabill afpe&is benevolent As the gret kyng of kevyn heth to the fent, That lyft with onkouth fyngnys honour the. Thou fal haue heir this reward and degre, 5 A cowp of gold engrave with figuris feir, A prefand vmquhile of my fader deir, Ancyant Anchifes, quham Cyffeus, of Trace kyng, In remembrance hym gave and lufe takynnyng. And fayand thus, hys tymplis al, but weir,
10 He gan involue and belt with grene lawrer; And fyne hes caufyt, al the othiris befor, Proclame Aceftes, and declair vi&or. Nor gentill Euricion hys gloyr envyes nocht, Quhoubeyt that he only the fowle down brocht,
15 And in the fkyis fmait hir ded, gyt than The fecund place he tuke as curtas man : Nixt eftir quham, the wageour hes reffaue He that the lyfch and lyam in fondir drave ; And laft rewardyt was he, that hys flycht
20 Into the maftis top feftynnyt on hyght.
CAP. X.
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Quhou that Afcanyus and gong childer gent othir, in maner of turnament.
Eneas fyne, the derenys not al done, Epytides to hym hes callyt fone,
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Maftir and gydar of Afcanyus gong, Quhais fecrete haris warryn gyt onfprung, And in hys trafty eyr thus prevaly He rownys, fayand ; pas thi way in hy,
5 Se gyf Afcanyus hes now reddy dycht Hys fallofchip of childer and horflys lycht, Arrayt for the rynkis and the play : Byd hym bryng hyddir hys rowtis to turnay, And do hys grandfchir honour and renown,
10 In hys harnes fchaw hym felf reddy bown. Sayd Eneas ; and tharwith gave command About the cowrt the pepil on rowm to Hand, That al the feild within fuldbe patent.
Than fone the childer, arrayit fair and gent,
is Enterit in the camp alfammyn, fchynnand brycht, On ftedis pranfand in thar faderis fyght ; And, quhar thai went, al the gallandis of Troy And Sycill wondyrris with gret brute and joy. Thar harys all war tukkyt vp on thar crown,
20 That baith with how and helm was thryftyt doun : Twa javillyng fperis with blunt hedis fum bair, Sum on thar fchuldyr a cace with dartys fair ; The wryth of gold, or chane lowpyt in ryngis, About thar hals down to thar breiftis hyngis.
25 Thai war in nowmyr cumpaneys thre, On horffis rydand ; and for ilk menge A.capitane walkis rewland al hys rowt : Twys fax childir followys ilkane about In thar parfmentis, arrayit in armour brycht :
30 The chiftanys warryn equale of a hycht.
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A ward thar was of childir quham, ful joyus, Berand hys grandfchiris name, gong Priamus Led and rewlyt, quhilk thi genealogy, O Polytes, plantyt in Italy ; 5 Apon a hors of Trace dappil gray He raid, qnhays formeft feyt bath tway War mylk quhyte, and hys creft on hycht bair he, With bawfand face, rynggyt the forthir E. The fecund, Atys, on a curfour bay,
10 Fra quham the Latyn lynnage to this day A&ii bene nemmyt ; and this litill Atys With child Afcanyus weilbelovyt is. Lufty lulus, in bewte dyd all exceid, Come laft montyt on a Sydon fteyd
15 Of cullour quhyte, quham Dydo, the fair Lady, In hir remembrance hym gaTe and luf drowry. The remanent of the fallofchip, euery one, Sycill horfiis gan fwyftly ryde apon. That from the auld Aceftes purcheft wer.
20 With revell, blythnes, and a maner feir, Troianys reflauys thame, and rycht glaidly Thar viflage gan behald, and dyd afpy The prent of faderis facia on childir syng. Eftyr thai had all cirkillyt in a ryng,
25 On horfbak, hail the place and feild abowt, And joyufly behaldyn all the rowt, All reddy hufand thar courfys forto tak ; Epytides on far a lyng gan mak, Smait with a clap, and cryis, go togidder !
30 Than ran thai fammyn in pans with a quhidder :
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The rowtis thre brak ; ilkane chefyt hys feir ;
And, quhen thai by war runnyn, thar horfis thai fteir,
And turnys agane incontinent at commandis,
To preif thar fors with javillyngis in thar handis : 5 Syne went abak in fondyr a far fpace,
Ilkane at othir rynnyng with a rays.
Syndry courfys and retumyngis maid thai ;
Faft athir fort gan othiris rowt cumray,
And gan excers, by femblance, vndir fcheild 10 The fymylitude of batell or a feild.
Sum tyme the bak thai turn, as thai wald fle ;
Sum tyme at othir threw dartis, he and he ;
And, fone eftyr, affernmyl wald with a crak,
Thar handis fchak, and pes togyddir mak. 15 Swa, as tha fay, vmquhile the hows in Creyt,
Hait Laborynthus, with mony went and ftreyt,
Had wrynkillyt wallys, a thoufand flychtis wrocht,
Forto diflaue al onkouth tharin brocht,
To wavyr and er thar onreturnabilly, 20 The fubtell throwgangis folio wand fa quently ;
Nane othir ways, in courfys mony ane,
Quhirlys thar trays thir gong childir Troiane.
Thai lowke togiddir, and countyrfatis a chays
In maner of bargane, makand mony a rays 25 And feir derengeis in thar fport and play ;
Als fwyft as dalphyn fyfch, fwymmand away
In the wak fey of Egyp or Lyby,
Perfand the wallys, that plays jolely.
Thir maner of rynkis and jupertyis of bataill 30 Afcanyus hantyt, and brocht fyrft in Itaill,
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Quhen he with wallys clofyt lang Albay, And taucht the aid Latynys to hant fyk play, The fammyn gyis as he, a child, now wrocht, And othir Troiane childir with hym brocht.
5 The Albanys taucht thar childir the fammyn way ; And mychty Roym, fyne efter mony a day, Syk oys refiavyt hes, and gan vphald In wirfchip of thar anteceflburis auld ; And now, childring hantyng fyk gem and joy
10 Beyn Troiane rowtis namyt, and weir of Troy.
CAP. XL
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Quhou Irystjendfra Juno in gret ire,
Gart Troiane wemenjet thar f chippy s infyre.
Thus, hyddyrtyllys, warryn derenys feyr Excerfyt in wyrfchip of hys fader deyr : And in this tyme gan forton fyrft remove Fra thame agane hir fykkill faith and lufe.
15 For, as Troianys dyd hallow on this wys, By diuers gemmys, as was tho the gys, Solemnytly, the feruyce anniuerfar Befyde Anchifes graf, furth of the air, And hevynnys hie, Saturnus get, Juno,
20 That gan of wreth and malyce nevir ho, Not fatiffyit of hir aid fury ne wrok, Rollyng in mynd full mony kankyrryt blok,
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Hes fend adoun onto the Troiane navy Irys ; and, that fcho fuld go ipedely, The profpir wynd gan eftyr hir infpyre. Thys virgyn fprent on fwyftly as a vyre,
5 And throu the clowdis hir trace, quhar fcho went, Schupe lyke a bow of diuers hewis ment. Sone flaid fche doun, onfeyn of ony wy, Gret confluence of pepill dyd afpy : Scho walkis about the coftis of the fee,
10 Havynnys and flote left diffolate fand fche ; And al the Troiane wemen dyd fche ken Syttand on the fchor, fecret far fra men, The gret loys of Anchifes regratyng fair, And al togiddir gan to weip and rair,
15 Behaldand the deip feys forowfully, And, with a voce, fayand al halely : Allace ! behald, famony ftremys gray, And of thir fait fludis fa braid a way Remanys gyt, fortyl ourflyde and fayll,"
20 By ws wemen irkyt of lang travaill !
Thai al befocht God fend thame fone, ilkane, A cite or a town forto remane, And tedyus thocht the feys laubour to bair. Iris heirfor afpyis hir tyme beft thair,
25 As fcho that was in myfcheif ful expart : Amyddis of thame all in gan fcho dart, Hir godly figur and hir weid laid by, And bycame agyt Beroes in hy, In maner fchap of fymylitude and face,
30 That was Doryclus fpows, born of Trace,
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Quhilk vmquhile was of hie genealogy, Of gret renoun, and childir had mony ; And on fyk wys amang matronys Troiane Tranfformyt entrys fcho, and in is gane.
5 O woful wrachit wemen all, quod fche, Quhilk to the deth, vndir the wallys hie Of gour natyve cite and kynd landis, War not in batell harlyt by Grekis handis ! O pepill onhappy ! to quhat myfchews end
10 Forton referuys gou of this warld to wend? Lo ! fen the fal of Trdy and dolorus weir, Byrunnyn is the fevynt fymmyr and geir, Sen that famony feys, and onkouth landis, Sa hug§ wilfum rolkis, and fchawd fandis,
is And ftormys gret, ourdrewyn and fufferyt haue we; Lo ! thus faland throw out the mekill fee, Quhar that we chays Itale, that fleys ay, And we ly warpyt on the wallys gray. Heir beyn the bredyrly boundis of Erix ftowt ;
20 Our frend Aceftes is our hoft but dowt : Quha will ws warn to beild vp wallys hie, And to our citefanys fet heir a cite ? O natyve land, and kynd goddis, al invane Reft from our fays ! fal nevir nane agane 25 Troiane wallys be namyt nor vpbeild ? Sal I nevir fe, allace ! in all my eild, He&oriane fludis, Exanth and Symois? Haue done tharfor, and now with me, I wys, Thir fey onhappy fchippys al bedene
30 Lat ws go byrn : for, in my fleip giftreyn,
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The figur of Caffandra, prophetes, Gave me byrnand fyre brandis, and faid expres, Heir fuld we reft ; bad feyk Troy na forthar ; Heir was our dwellyng place for euermar. 5 Now is the tyme ganand our wark to Ipeyd ; To tary ma fatale fyngnys quhat fuld neid ? Lo ! gondir beyn four altaris byrnand fchyre ; Neptune, the god, thir hait brandis of fyre Diftributis to ws, and alflb hardyment.
10 And fayand thus, to perform hir entent, The peralus fyre firft hynt fcho forfably ; With flambys fchynand on far thai mycht efpy Hir rycht hand rafyt, the blefys in to caft. Of Troiane wemen the myndis worth agaft,
15 And al thar hartis fum deil ftupefak ;
Quhen ane, the eldaft amang thame al, fpak, Clepyt Pirgo, the quhilk had beyn, feil fys, To mony of kyng Priamus childir nurys :
O matronys, gon was nevir Beroys, quod fche,
20 Born a Troiane, and Doryclus fpous, traift me. Confidir of hir bewte fyngnys dyvyne ; Behald fo brycht as baith hir eyn doith fchyne ; Quhat fweit favour and fmell from hir fpryngis ; Quhatkyn viflage hes fcho ; quhou thynk ge ryngis
25 Hir vocis fown, or quhat pays goys fcho now. My felf left Beroes, as I come hyddir rycht now, Lyand feyk at hame, and ful ennoyit wight, That fcho alane fuld want this ryal fyght, And, as fcho wald, mycht not mak facryfyce
30 In Anchyfis honour and funerale feruyce.
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Thus faid Pirgo : bot than the matronys all Stude fyrft in dowt quhat thing tha do fall, And with evil willy eyn the fchippys behaldis, On hovir betwix wrachyt defyre, thame haldis
5 Forto abyd within that prefent land, And of the fatis, on the tother hand, That onto othir realmys doith thame call : Quhen lo ! the goddes, in form celeftiall, With equale weyngis fleys vp to the hevyn,
10 And, in hir went, ichup vndir the clowdis evyn The figur of a raynbow huge grete. Than pryncipaly begouth thar hartis bete ; Of fyk wondris eftonyft, thai al in hy Cachit with wodnes begouth raym and cry,
is And from the hallo wyt ingill reft the fyre ; Part fpulgeis altaris of thar flambys fchire, And byrnand branchis, faggottis, and fyre brandis, Into the fchippys fwak they with thar handis : The flambe vpkyndilling blefys braid at large
20 Throw hechis, ourloft, ayr, and payntyt targe.
CAP. XII.
Ofihefyrejloknyng, qtihilk tlie navy derys, And quhou in Sytitt Ene hes left hysferis.
Ontyl Anchifes graf and theatry
Firft brocht Ewmolus word, quhou the navy
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Was al infyryt. Thai luke, and gan behald The fyre fparkis fleand vp thyk fald In a blak fop of reik : and fyrft Afcanyus, As he on hors playt with hys ferys joyus,
5 Als fwyft and ferfly fpurris hys fteid fute hoyt, And, but delay, focht to the trublyt flote. Hys maftirys, half ded for affray and dreid, Mycht nocht withhald hym : thyddir gan he fpeid ; And cryit, allace, O wrachit citefanys !
10 Quhat new wodnes be this that gou ourtane is? Quhou now, quhou now ? quhat meyn ge for to do ? <3our ennemys floyt, nor Grekis fchippys, lo, «3e byrn not, bot al hope of gour weil fair ; Se, this is I, gour awyn Afcanyus, ayr
15 Onto my fader: and, with that word, his helm Befor thar feyt al voyd doun dyd he quhelm, Quharwith in the derenys cled was he, And countyrfait the maner of a melle. Eneas than, and al the rowtis Troianys,
20 Faft as thai mycht, fped thame thiddir atanys. Bot than the wemen al, for dreid and affray, Fled heir and thair, endlang the coft away ; Socht to woddys and cavys in euery rolk, Efchamyt with thar deid, knew thar awyn folk,
25 Thar myndis changit, fled the lycht for difpyte, Al Junois rage fmate from thar breiftis quyte. Bot not for this the flanibys and byrnand bleys Dyd ftanch thar fors ondantyt, ne appeys : The tuffyng kyndillys betwix the plankis wak,
30 Quharfra outthrawis the pykky fmoke coil blak ;
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The hait fyre confumys faft the howe ; Our al the fchip difcendys the peralus lowe : Thar was na ftrenth of vaillyant men to waill, Nor large fludis on get, that mycht avail.
5 Reuthful Ene than of hys fchulderis tway The claith hes rent, and gan the goddys pray, Vp baith hys handis hevand in the Iky : Almychty Jove, quod he, aluterly Gyf thou hes not al Troianys at haitrent,
1 0 Or gif thi reuthfiill clemens takis tent,
As thou was wont, to mennys travel and pyne, Now, haly fader, thi maiefte inclyne ; Grant at our navy this fyre may efchaip, And from diftru&ioun delyvir and outfcrape
1 5 Thir fobir trumpys, and meyn graith of Troianys : Or, gif I haue deferuyt, with the remanys, Smyte al togyddir ded with feirful thundir ; Lat thi rycht hand heir fchaik ws al in fondir. Scars this wes fayd, quhen that a blak tempeft
20 Brays but delay, and al the lyft ourkeft : A huge weyt gan down powre and tumbill ; Hillys and valys trymlyt of thundir rummyll ; The drumly fchour get furth our al the ayr Als blak as pyk, in bubbys heir and thar,
25 Fyllys the fchippys, quhil thai flet our the walys ; Wrayngis half brynt bedyit in watir falys ; That al the fors of fyre was flokyt owt, And from the perrell falf and out of dowt Was al the navy, outtake four fchippys loft.
30 And, quhil he rowmys vp and doun the coft,
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The fader Eneas, fmyte with this fmart cace, Now heir, now thar, gan huge thyngis compace ; Rollyng in mynd quhiddir he fuld or nay Remane in Sycill, or thens pas away,
5 Or gif he fuld feik gyt to Italy, Lyke as he had forget hys deftany.
Thus as he mufys, ftad in fykkyn dowt, Ane of the eldaft herys ftude abowt, Clepyt Nawtes, quham the goddes Mynerve
10 Our al the layf inftrukkyt hym to ferve, And rendryt had ful fcharp and rype of wyt, Syk anfwer gave, and plane declaris it ; Quhat pretendis this fellon goddes greif, And eik, accordyng thar fatis, quhat was releif ;
15 And, comfortand Eneas, thus gan fay : Son of the goddes, lat ws follow that way, Bakwart or fordwart, quhyddir our fatis dryve ; Quhat evir betyde, this is na bute to ftryve : All chance of forton tholand ourcummyn is.
20 Heir is thi tendir frend Troiane, I wys, Worthy Aceftes, of dyvyne lynage ; Cal hym to the in counfale, wys and fage, And weil willyng to thi purpos to apply. Leif with hym all may nocht in thi navy
25 Be turfyt now, for lak of fchippis loft ; Al fyk as beyn ennoyt, and irk almoft Of thi gret purpos, thi dedis, and efferis ; And thai that beyn agyt paflyt dait of geris, Or aid matron ys wery of the fee :
30 Wail out al thame beyn waik and onweilde,
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Or gyt afferyt beyn in like affray ; Syk cummyrryt wightis fuffir, I the fay, To haue ane hald and dwel heir in this land : The cite falbe, as was firft cunnand,
\s Acefta clepyt, eftir Aceftes kyng.
With fyk wordis, and prudent fermonyng Of hys wys agit frend, than Eneas On al fydis gan ithandly cumpas Quhat was to do : and as the dirk nycht
10 Rollyt hys cart ourthourt the polys bricht, Eftir that all was went to reft and pace, The ymage of hys fader Anchifes Gan from the hevin appeir, and, but abaid, Ontil Eneas heth thir wordis faid :
15 O thou my child, derrer, fo mot I thrive, Quhil that I levit, than myne awin lyve ; O fon, in Troiane fatis exercit iayrly ; Hiddir, at the command of Jove, cummyn am I, Quhilk from thi navy ftanchit the fyre, quod he,
20 And from hie hevin at laft heth reuth on the. Follow the counfale is maift ganand and heynd, That agit Nautes gave the, thi trew frend ; And chofe gong men of harte mafte curagious Turs in Itale with the. I tel the thus ;
25 A dour pepill, and of conditioun fell, The nedis in Latium durcum in batell. Bot firft, of Pluto the infernale fee, And deip regioun of hell, behufis the fe, To cum and fpeke with me, myne awin fon deir.
30 Be not agaft, my child, and haue na feir :
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For I am nocht withhald, I lat the wyt,
In Tartarus, the foroful hellys pyt,
Nor drery pottis deip of faulis paill ;
Bot in the hailfum rowtis, furth of baill, 5 I dwel amyd the plane of Elyfe.
The chaift virgyn Sibil wil convoy the
The rycht way thidder, quhilk at thou fal tak
By blude offerit of mony beftis blak.
Thar fal thou lern all thi genolegy, 10 And quhat cite is to the deftany.
Adew ; as now na langar dwell I may :
The donk nycht is almaift rollyt away,
And the fers Orient wil at I withdraw ;
I feil the ayndyng of hys horflys blaw. 15 Thus hes he faid; and with that word, but mair,
Vanyft away, as the reik in the ayr.
And quhen Eneas faw him pas, he faid,
Quhidder bradis thou now fa faft, without abaid ?
Quhidder haftis thou fwa ? quhom fleys thou ? me, allace ! 20 Quhat is the let I may the nocht enbrace ?
Thus fayand, the aflys and coverit fyre bet he ;
To Troiane Ingil, and the cannos Vefte,
Within hys fecret clofet maid reuerence,
With hallowyt flour, deuotely, and incence. 25 Syne fone aflemlyt his feris all in pres,
Bot firft of al the ancyant Aceftes :
The wil and plefour of Jove fchew thame cleir,
And eik the charge brocht by hys fader deir,
And tald thame planely his mynd and defyre. 30 Thai tary nocht at counfale ; for this fyre,
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Aceftes, was al reddy at command. Than al tha folk, quhilk lift bide in that land, For this new cite titil thai and writis : The matronys firft, and fik as nocht delytis
5 Nor hes in cure defyre of hie renoun, Thai deput, and thai ordand for this town. Thar hechis and thar ourloftis fyne thai beit, Plankis and geftis gret, fquair and meit, Into thar fchippis jonand with mony a dynt,
10 Infted of thame war with the flambys brynt ; Thar cabillis new, and thar hed towis reparis, And gan to forge newly wrayngis and ayris : In numbir war thai bot a few menge, Bot thai war quyk and vailliant in melle.
i 5 In the meyn tyme, Eneas with a pleuch The cite circulit, and merkit be a feuch ; By cavillys fyne the tenementis dyd depart : Heir ordanys Ilion, and, in gondir art, Of Troy commandis beld othir memoriallis.
20 Of this new cite, and thir frendly wallis, Glaid wolx Troiane Aceftes, and, but mair, Did mak proclame thar merkattis and thar fair ; And all the hedifmen gadderis and fet down, Stabillis thar lawys and ftatutis for that town.
25 Syne, on the top of Erix the montane,
Full neir the lift, thai found, of marbill ftane, A tempil to Venus of Idalia ; And, about Anchifis fepultur alffua, Ane hallowit fchaw on breid, as fanduar,
so Plantit thai haue, and ftabillit preftis thar.
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CAP. XIII.
Eneas gan depart, and quhou Venus Maid for hirjon requejl to Neptunus.
Be this has al the pepil, euery hyne, The fefte continewit fully days nyne, And on the altaris, as was tho the gys, Thar offerandis endit and hie facrifice :
5 The ftabil ayr has calmyt weill the fee, And fowtht pipand wyndis fair on hie Challancis to pas on burd and tak the deip. Bot quhen thai mofte depart, lord, quhou thai weip ! Quhat huge waling rays all the coftis bay !
10 Brafand and halfand thai dwel al nycht and day. And now thai moderis, and thai onweldy men, Quhom til, vmquhile, forto behald and ken The feys figur was abhominabill, And eyk the fors tharof intollerabill, .
15 Now wald thai wend, for all the feys rage, Reddy to thoill al travale in vayage : Quhom curtas Eneas with wordis frendly Comfortis, and fyne, wepand full tendirly, Betaucht ontil Aceft his coufing deir.
20 Thre velys tho, as was the auld maneir, In wirfchip of Erix he bad down quell, And a black gowe to God of tempeftis fell : Syne chargit hail thar cabillis vp belyve. Hys awin hed warpit with a fnod olyve,
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Heich in a fchippis forcaftell dyd ftand, Haldand a cowpe of gold intil hys hand, The beftis entrails in the fee can fwak, And get the cleir wyne furth in fludis brak.
5 From the eft fchip vprays onone the wynd, And followit faft the fee fararis behynd ; Eyk al the flote fmate faft with arys the flude, Kempand to welt our wallys as thai war wode. In the meyn fefibn Venus, al onflocht,
10 Amyd hir breift reuoluand mony a thocht, Spak to Neptune with fik petuus regrate : Neptune, quod fcho, the fel ire and confate Of queyn Juno, with mynd infaciabill, Conftrenys me to condifcend thus ftabill
15 In all maner of requeft and prayeris ;
The quhilk Juno nowdir lang days nor geris, Nor na divyne facrifice, may apples ; Scho reftis nevir, nor may fcho leif at eys, Albeit the power and charge of Jupiter
20 Refiftis fcho wait, and fatis ar hir contrar. Scho thinkis it nocht eneuch and fufficient By wikkit malice to downbet and fchent, And for euer put to diftru&ioun, Matter of the pepil of Frigia, Troys town,
25 And for tobe wrokin, be alkin panys, Apon thar fary levingis and remanys : Bot euer in ane git ftil perfewis fche The ded banys and cald aflys to fpulge Of filly Troy, quhilk is to rewyne brocht.
30 A wondyr quhou fcho may, intil hir thocht,
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Of fa gret furour half the caufys confaue. Thi felf is witnes quhou, laitly, our the laif, Sa mafterful ftorm amyd the Libiane fee Scho rafit fone, quhil vp to hevynnys hie
5 The fludis kachit war, and fair oppreft, Throu help of Eolus wyndis and tempeft : Sa gret wrang in thi realme durft fcho excers. O this deteftabil wikkitnes to rehers ! Lo ! hes fcho nocht, newlingis, fa fchamefully,
10 The Troiane matronys maid byrn thar navy, By hir wod rage ? and ar, for fait of fchippis, In onkouth land left from thar fallowfchippis ? In tyme cummyng, I the befeik, quod fche, Schaw thi mychtis, that falfly throu the fee
is It may be leifful thai thar falys fet : Grant at thai may alffo atteyn, but let, The flude Tybir, throu Lawrent feildis flydis. Admyt myne afldn, gif fo the fatis gydis, Or gif that my defyre may grantit be,
20 Or git werd iifteris lift geif thame that cuntre.
Saturnus fon Neptunus tho, I wys, That of the deip fee fludis dantar is, Anfuerit and faid : Citherea the fair, It is reffon, and ganand euermair,
25 Thou be affurit to reft at thi lyking
In my boundis, and throw out al my ryng, Quharfra thou hes thi firft original, As thi kynd grund and cuntre natural. In othir placis als, furth of my land,
30 I haue deferuit thankis at thi hand,
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And oft tyme hes fa gret curage, thou knawis, Dan tit baith of fee and buftuus wynd at blawis. To witnes draw I of this at I fay, Exantli and Symois, Troiane fludis tway, 5 That I na les cuyr tuke of thine Ene, To falue him on the land, than on the fee. For quhen the fers Achil perfewit fair, Chafand affrayt Troianys heir and thar, The gret rowtis to the wallis thrymland,
10 Tofor his face half ded for feir trymlaud, And mony thoufandis on the grund layd ded, The ryveris dittit with ded corpfys wolx rede, Vndir bodeis bullyrrand ; for fik multitude Of llauchtir he maid, quhil Exanthus the flude
15 Mycht fynd na way to ryn onto the fee : Than, apon cace, with Achillis Ene Matchit in fecht, nowdir of ftrenth or mycht Equale be far, nor git fa weil at rycht Favorit of the goddis as Achillis, perfay,
20 By a dyrk clowd I flaw thi fon away:
Quhoubeit, the ilk tyme, my defyre was fet Law fra the grond al Troy forto down bet, Tha maynfworn wallis biggit with my handis. As twichand Ene, quhou evir the chance flandis,
25 The fammyn wys git perfeueris my mynd : Haue thou na dreid. I falbe git als kynd. Onto tha havynnys he fal cum fovirle, As thou defyris, and furthir him eyk fal I Ontil Avern, clepit the louch of hell.
30 Ane fal alanerly be lofte, I the tell,
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Quham thou fal leik, among the fludis, dede ;
For help of mony thar falbe gevin a hede. Eftir that with fik wordis Neptunus
Had mefit the uiude of the goddes Venus. 5 Tho kan this fader of the fee, but mair,
Hys horffis gok to draw his c&rt or chair.
With fomy bridill danting the fers beftis ;
Thar rengeis and thetys, at thame areftis,
With hys awin handys leit do flyp and llakkis, 10 And lichtly our the fludis croppis frakkis
Hys watry chair, furth fleand with a fownd,
Quhil al the wallis dowkis to the grownd ;
Vndir the brayand quhelis and affiltre
The fludis ftrekis plane our al the fee : 15 The bubbis and wyudy clowdis, heir and thar,
Gran fle onon furth of the large ayr.
Than of his court apperit figuris feir ;
The hydduus quhalys, and al the rowtis in feir
Of agit Glaucus with his cannos hair, 20 And Palemon, Inoes Ion and ayr ;
The fwift Tritones, with trump playand thar fpryng
Phorcus, with al his follofehip and oflpryng :
And on hys left hand furth haldis Thetis,
With al the Nyinphis hait Nereidis, 25 Sik as Melite, Spyo, Penopea,
Cymodoce, Nyfe, and Thalia.
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CAP. XIV.
Throu owt theflude merely Jalys Ene, And Palynurus drownys in the fee.
Glaidnes and comfort than, in to fum part, Begouth to kittill Eneas thochtful hart. Keys heich the cros, he bad, al mak thaim bown, And feflyn bonnettis beneith the mayn fail down.
5 Than al fammyn, with handis, feit, and kneis, Dyd heys thar fail, and troflyt down thar teys : Now the le fchete, and now the luf, thai flak, Set in a fang, and threw the ra abak ; Baith to and fra al dyd thar nokkis wry :
10 Profper blaflis furth careis the navy. Befor the laif, as lodis man and lard, And al his falis vp with fellon fard, Went Palynure ; and hail the remanent Was chargit hald the fammyn cours and went.
15 Be than, the donk nycht had run almaift evin His myd cours or methis in the hevin, And euery maryner, but langar kepe, Thar bodeis reftis with the plefand fleip, Endlang the hechis lyand heir and thar is,
20 Or in thar hard fettis lenand on ayris : Quhen that the fwift God of fleip gan flide Furth of the ftarnyt hevin, by nychtis tide, And dyd away the dirknes of the ayr, Removing fchadowit fkyis maid al fair ;
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Onto the, Palynurus, hes he focht,
And the, al innocent, foroful flepis brocht.
Heich in the eftfchip dyd this God appeir,
In figur of Phorbantus, a maryneir, 5 And frendfully gan warp ilk wordis owt :
Jalyus fon, Palynur, luke about ;
The fobir feys beris fownd our navy ;
The wyndis blawis ful evin and rycht makly :
Thou may fovirly tak the ane howris reft, 10 Leyn doun thi hede, and fleip, for that is beft
Thy wery eyn thou prevely withdraw
From langfum laubour, and fleip a litil thraw ;
And I my felf fal glaidly, in thi place,
Beir thyne office, and fteir a litil fpace. 15 To quhom Palynur, fkars liftand his eyn,
Anfuerd and faid ; quhat thing wald thou meyn ?
Byddis thou me be fa nyce I fuld myfknaw
This calm fait watir, or ftabil fludis haw ?
Wilt thou I trafte this monftre perellus ? 20 Or quhat in wyndis fa diflaitful til ws,
And this cleir hevin fa oft hes trumpit me,
Wald thou I lippynnyt the maift nobil Ene ? Sik wordis he faid, grippand the helmftok faft,
Lenand tharon, and by na way nor caft 25 Wald part tharfra, haldand his eyn ful evin
Ay to behald the ilarnys in the hevyn.
Quhen lo ! this God fmate bath his tymplis twane
With a ful fleipry and bedyit grane,
Wet in the myndles nude of hell, Lythe, 30 And fowpit in Stix, the forcy hellys fee :
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Hys glotnyt and fordovirrit eyn two He clofyt hes, and found gart ileip alffo. Bot fcarfly gan the firft reft of fleip, Or he was war, thus on his membris creip,
5 Quhen on him lenys this God, and tho he kneld, And with a fwak, as that the fchip gan helde, Ourburd him keft amyd the flowand fee, Richt al togidder with the helmftok of tre : Than al for nocht apon his feris he cryis.
10 This God flaw vp lyke a bird in the fkyis.
And nocht the les the fchip held furth hir went, As fcho did ayr, throw the calm feys fprent, But ony harm, and al the navy fone, By the promys of the fader Neptune.
15 With this almafte thai careit ar infeir Onto the rochis and fkelleis weill neir Of Syrene, that we Marmadynnys clepe ; Dangerus vmquhile, for a mekil hepe Of dede banys lay tharon ful quhite ;
20 So gan the fait jawpis ythandly fmyte The holl rolkis, maid a fownd ful hays. Quhen Prince Ene perfauyt, by his rays, Quhou that the fchip dyd rok and tailgeve, For lak of a gud fterifman on the fee,
25 Him felf hes than fone hynt the rudyr in hand, And throu the fludis fteris the fchip to land, Bewaland gretly in his mynde penfyfe, For that his frend was fal, and loft the lyfe. Allace ! our mekil thou lippynnyt hes, quod he,
30 Into the ftabillit hevin and calmyt fee :
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Bair and onerdit, in ane onkouth land,
Palynurus, fal thou ly on the fand.
Thus wepand faid, and leyt his flote go large,
Quhill at the laft, baith ballyngar and barge 5 Apon the coft, that hait Ewboica,
Arryvit neir the cite of Cuma.
Than to the ftreme thai turnyt thar forfchip ;
Keft down thar bewchit ankyrris, ferm of grip,
Into the raid ; endlang the coftis bay 10 Thar eft caftellis gan muftyr in array.
And al the 3ongkeris fpedis haftely
Onto the fchore of Hifperia faft by :
Sum fmytis fyre furth of the hard flynt ftane ;
Sum fpedely to the thik wod ar gane, 15 In dern dennys, quharin wild beftis dwellis ;
And fum dyd fchaw the new fund fpringand wellis
To beit thar myftir al biffy for the nanys,
Sum to this turn, fum to that, ftart atanys.
2 P
THE PROLOUG OF THE SAXT BUKE.
Pluto, thou patron of the deip Achiron, Fader of tormentis in thyne infernal fee, Amyd the fludis, Stix and Flagiton, Lethie, Cochite, the watyris of oblivie, 5 With dolorus quhirling of furyus fiftyris thre, Thyne now falbe my mufe and drery fang : To follow Virgil in this dyrk poyfe Convoy me, Sibil, that I ga nocht wrang.
Quhat wenys fulys this faxt buke be bot japis,
10 Al ful of leys or aid ydolatryis?
O hald gour pace, ge verray goddis apis ! Reid, reid agane, this volume, mair than twys : Conlider quhat hyd fentence tharin lyis : Be war to lak, les than ge knew weil quhat ;
15 And gif gou lift not wirk eftir the wis, Heich on gour hede fet vp the foly hat.
All is bot gaiftis and elrich fantafyis, Of browneis and of bogillis ful this buke : Owt on thir wandrand fperitis, wow ! thou cryis ; 20 It femys a man war mangit, tharon lift luke, Lyke dremys or dotage in the monys cruke,
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Vayn fuperftitionys aganyft our richt beleve : Quhat of thir fureis, or Pluto that plukkit duke, Or cal on Sibil, deir of a revyn fleif ?
Wald thou I fuld this buke to the declare, 5 Quhilk war impoffibil til expreme at fchort ? Virgil is ful of fentence our all quhare ; Bot heirintil, as Seruius gan proport, Hys hie knawlage he fchawis, that euery fort Of his claufys comprehend lik fentence, 10 Thar bene tharof, fet thou think this bot fport, Maid gret ragmentis of hie intelligence.
In all his warkis Virgil doith difcrive The ftait of man, gif thou lift vnderftand ; Baith life and ded in thir fyrft bukis fy ve ; 15 And now, intil this faxt, we haue on hand, Eftir thar deth, in quhat plyte faulis fal ftand. He writis lyke a philofophour naturall : Twichand our faith mony claulis he fand Quhilk beyn conform, or than collaterall.
20 Schawis he nocht heir the fynnys capital ? Schawis he nocht wikkit folk in endles pane ? And purgatory for fynnys venyall, And vertuus pepil into the plefand plane ? Ar al fik fawis fantafy and in vane?
25 He fchawis the way, evir patent, down to hell, And rycht difficil the gait to hevin agane, With ma gude wordis than thou or I kan tell.
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Heir tretand vertu, taxis he pane for vyce, Fell woful turmentis of wrachit catyvis fary, Notabil hiftories, and diuers proverbis wyce, Quhilkis to rehers war our prolixt a tary : 5 Althocht he, as a gentile, fum tyme vary, Ful perfitely he writis feir mifteris fell, As quhou thir heithin childir thar werdis wary, Wepand and waland at the firft port of hell.
And, thocht our faith neid nane authorifing 1 0 Of gentiles bukis, nor by fik heithin fparkis,
3it Virgil writis mony juft claus conding,
Strenthing our beleve, to confound payan warkis.
Quhou oft reherfis Auftyne, cheif of clarkis,
In his gret volume of the cite of God, 15 Hundreth verfis of Virgil, quhilk he markis
Agane Romanys, til vertu thame to brod !
And of this faxt buke walis he mony a fcor, Not but gude reflbn ; for, thocht Crifte grund our faith, Virgil fawis ar worth to put in ftor. 20 Thay aucht not be hald vagabund nor waith, Ful riche trefour thai bene and precius graith : For oft by Sibilys fawis he tonys his ftevyn ; Thus faithfully in his Bucolykis he faith, The maide cummyth bringis new lynnage fra hevyn.
25 As twiching hym writis Afcentyus ;
Feil of his wordis bene like the appoftilis fawis, He is ane hie theolog fentencyus,
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And mafte profound philofophour he him fchawis, Thocht fum his writis frawart our faith part drawis Na wondir ; he was na criftyn man, per De, He was a gentile, and levit on payane lawis, 5 And git he puttis a God Fader mafte hie.
We trow a God, regnand in perfonys thre, And git angellis hevinly fpiretis we call ; And of the hevinly wightis oft carpis he, Thocht he belevit thai war not angellis all. 10 Quhil Criftis paffioun, of Adam from the fall, All went to hell, thocht all war nocht in pane : Or Crifte he wrait this buke, quhar reid ge fall Deftinit in hell fpecialy placis twane.
And principaly the fted of fell tormentis, is With feyr departingis in that laithly hald ; Ane other place quhilk purgator reprefentis, And, dar I fay, the Lymbe of faderis aid, With Lymbus puerorum, as I haue tald. Schawis he not eik, by werkis meritory, 20 Quhou juft pepil, in welthis monyfald, Raiofys, fyngand fangis of hevinly glory ?
And, as he twichis greys feyr in payn, In blys, elike wys, fyndry ftagis puttis he. Quhat fal I of his wondir warkis fayn ? 25 For al the plefance of the camp Elyfe, Odauian, in his Georgikis, ge may fe : He confalis nevir lordfchip in hell defyre,
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Bot evir in hevin, intil fum hie degre,
To cheys his place, and not amang the fyre.
Quhat criftyn clerk kouth hym haue confalit bettir? Al thocht he was neuer catholyk wight, 5 He hes writtin fill mony attentik lettir. In that ilk buke he techis ws ful richt, The warld begouth in veyr, baith day and nycht ; In veir he fays that God als formyt man, The fon, the mone, and all the ftarnys bright : 10 We grant in veir that firft the warld began.
Happy war he knew the caus of al thingis, And fettis on fyde all dreid and cuyr, quod he, Vndir his feyt at treddis, and down thryngis, Chancis ontretabill of fatis and deftane, 15 All feir of ded, and eik of hellis fee ; Happy he callys fik wightis, and fa do I : Quhar may we fwa optene felicite ? Neuer bot in hevin empire abone the fky.
Tyll write you all hys tryit and notabil vers 20 Almaift impoffibil war, and half in vane,
For me behuffyt repeting and rehers
In feir placis the fammyn wordis agane.
This may fuffice, I wil no mor fane :
Ane movar, ane begynnar puttis he, 25 Suftenys all thing, and doyth in all remane ;
And, be our faith, the fammyn thing grant we.
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I fay nocht all hys warkis beyn perfyte, Nor that fawlys turnys in othir bodeys agane ; Thocht we trafte, and may preif be haly write, Our fawle and body fal anys togiddir remane. 5 At thar bene mony Goddis I will not fane, Thocht haly fcriptur juft men, Goddis, clepe. Quhora call I Pluto, and Sibilla Cumane, Hark ; for I wil na fals Goddis wirfchepe.
Sibilla, til interpret propirly, 10 Is clepit a maid of Goddis fecret preve, That hes the fpiret divyne of prophecy. Quha bettir may Sibilla callit be Than may the gloryus moder and madyn fre, Quhilk of hir natur confavit Crifte, and buyr 15 All hail the myfteris of the Trinite,
And maift excellent wark had vnder cure.
Thou art our Sibill, Criftis moder deir, Prechit by prophetis and Sibilla Cumane ; Thou brocht the hevynly lynage in erd heir, 20 Moder of God, ay virgyne doith remane, Reftoring ws the goldin warld agane. Sathan the clepe I, Pluto infernall, Prynce in that dolorus den of wo and pane, Nocht God tharof, bot gretaft wrech of all.
25 To name the God, that war a manifeft le ; Is bot a God, maker of euery thing : I fauour nocht the errour of Manache.
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THE PROLOUG.
Set thou to Wlcane haue ful gret refembling, And art fum tyme the minifter of thundring, Or fum blynd Ciclopes of thy laithly wra, Thou art bot Jovys fmytht, in the fyre blawing, 5 And dyrk fomace of perpetuall Ethna.
Thou wrocht na thyng, bot maid thi felf a devill, And that was not to mak, bot rather failge : For Auftyn fays, fyn, myfcheif, or evill, Is nocht at all : for quhy ? thai nocht availge. 10 The dym dongeoun of Ditis till aflailge, Or in the lyknes this myfty poetry, Help me, Mare ; for certis, vail que vailge, War at Pluto, I fal hym hunt of fty.
THE SAXT BUKE OF ENEADOS.
CAP. I.
Ene afpyis Dedcdus wark e&pres, And with Sibittafpak, the prophetes.
Qwil on this wys ilk man occupyit was, Reuthful Eneas bownys hym to pas, Onone to fers the ftrenth and tempil tho Dedicat ontil the myghty Apollo ; 5 That feirfull gowfty cave far from the way, And fecret hald of Sibilla the may ; Quhais hait memor and reflbn oft infyrit Delyus, the prophet divyne, and fo infpirit That fcho the fecretis fortocum did knaw.
10 With this thai entrit in the hallo wit fchaw Of the thrynfald pafiynger Dyane, And hows of brycht Apollo gold bigane.
The fame is fo, that Dedalus, the wright, Furth of king Mynos realm takand his flycht,
15 Sa bald was with fwiffc fedrame, and happy To aventur hym felf heich in the Iky,
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And by a quent onvfyt way to knaw, To wart the frofty poil artik he flaw : Bot, at the laft, foftly he gan alicht Of Chalcydonys apon the caftell hicht ;
5 And rendrit fyrft into thir landis, he Offerit and hallowit, Phebus, onto the, The fard and flycht of baith hys weyngis two, And thar grathit a fair tempil alffo. Apon the portis dyd he carve and grave
10 Androgyus flauchtir, falfly brocht to grave, And for hys deth the vengeance and the wrake ; Quhou of Athenes commandit war, alake ! Twys fevyn childir onto Creyt be fend, Perpetualy ilk geir, a fair prefand :
15 The dedly vrn ftand porturat inycht thai knaw, Owt of the quhilk the lottis warrin draw. Forgane Athenes, a litil our the fee, The ile of Crete he wrocht, mufterand ful hie ; The kingis cite thar hecht Gnofya ;
20 Quharin he porturit als ful, wallowa ! The lufe abhominabill of queyn Pafyphe, Quhou pryvely with the bul forlane was fche : The blandit kynd, and birth of formys twane, The monftruus Mynotawr, doith thar remane,
25 Ane horribill takin of fchrewit Venus wark. Thar was alfib craftely fchape and mark That namekouth hows, quhilk Laborynthus bait, Ful of wrynkkillit onreturnabil diflait. Bot, netheles, Dedalus, cawcht piete
30 Of the gret luf of fayr Ariadne,
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That was the kyngis douchtir, tawght ful rycht Of this quent hows fortil omdo the flyclit ; Quhou by a threid the fubtell wentis ilkane Thai myghtin hald, and turn that way agane. 5 And thou alffo, the gong child Icharus, Quhilk fon was onto this ilk Dedalus, A gret part of this wark fuld haue beyn thyne, Gyf that the dolour and the huge pyne Had fufferit hym to kyth his craft on the.
10 In gold to grave thi fall twys etlyt he,
And twys, for rewth, failgeis the faderis handis.
Eneas tho, and al at with hym ftandis, This fculptur al efpyit had on breid, Ne war Achates, quhilk befor him geid,
15 Be than returnyt was, and with him brocht The religyus woman quham thai focht, Baith confecrate to Dyane and Phebus, Hait Deiphobe, the douchtir of Glawcus ; Quhilk to the king fone fpak apon this wys :
20 This tyme, quod fcho, to ftair and to devys, Govand on figuris, is not neceflary. Mair ueidfull now it war, but langar tary, Sevin gong ftottis, that gok bur nevir nane, Brocht from the bow, in offerand brittin ilkane,
25 And alfmony twyntyrris, as is the gys, Chofyn and ganand for the facrifys.
On this wys till Eneas fpak Sibill ; And Troianys tareis nocht forto fulfill Hir commandment, that, but langar delay,
30 The facryfyis and offerand done haue thai ;
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And iyne the nun to the hie tempill thame brocht, Quhilk in maner of ane gret cave was wrocht, Of Cuma holkit in the hillis fide. Ane hundreth entreis had it, large and wyde ;
5 Ane hundreth durris tharon ftekit clos, Out at the quhilkis rufchit alimony a voce, Gevand refpons onto this Sibilla. Tho to the dur threfwald cummyn ar tha, Quhen that this virgyn faid : To afk anfweris
10 Now is the tyme ; lo, lo, the God me fteris ! And as fcho gan fik wordis fay and cry, Without the entre ftandand, fuddanly Nowdir viffage nor cullour, as thai war air, Remanys than, nor hir weil dreffit hair ;
is Bot faft hir breift the breth dyd clap and bete ; Hir fers hart boldynnys vp ful grete, Enragit of the fprete divyne alflb, That of mair ftatur gan fcho femyng tho ; Hir voce ne fovndis lyke a mortale wight ;
20 For, with the goddis maiefte and myght
Twichit and fmyte, that drew hir mynde ful neir, Hir hart pipis gan to flekkir and fteir. Blyn nocht, blyn nocht, thou gret Troiane Ene, Of thi bedis nor thi prayeris, quod fche ;
25 For, bot thou do, thir gret durris, but dreid, And grifly gettis, fal nevir warp on breid. And, with that word, fcho ceffit, and no mor faid. The cald dreid gan the Troianys invaid, Thirland throu owt hard banys at euery part :
30 The king hym felf than inkirly from his hart
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Maid this oryfon, and devotly faid :
O bright Phebus, that evir reuth has had On Troys hard aduerfite and wo, Thow quhilk direkkit the Troiane dartis fo 5 In Achillis body, fchot by Parys hand ; This fee, at goys about mony gret land, Thou beand my gidar, entrit haue I, And eyk the wilfum defert land Mafylly, Quhar the fchald fandys ftrekis endlang the fchor
10 Now at the laft, that fled ws evir mor, The forther coft of Ital haue we kaucht, Tliocht, hiddertillis, hard fortoun has omberaucht The Troianys, and perfewit onfrendfully. Now all ge Goddis and Goddeffis, quham by
15 Vmquhile was thocht gret Ilion fill of joy, And the fchynand gloryus town of Troy Semyng refift and gaynitand gour godhede, Lefum it is to defift of gour fede, And now to fpair the puyr pepil Troiane.
20 O thou maift haly prophetes fouerane,
Quhat is to cum hes knawlage of all thingis, Grant at Tewcranys may dwel in Ital ringis ; For I ne afk na land, nor realm algatis, Bot quhilk is grantit to ws by our fatis :
25 Schaw, and declar for our goddis errand, That cachit bene our mony fee and land, Quhar fal thar refting place be to remane. So eftir that to Phebus, and Diane, Of fownd marbill tempillis beld may I,
30 And feftual days for Appollo gar cry.
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To the, alflb, within our realmys, falbe Mony fecrete clofet and reveftre, Quharin thi warkis and fatale deftaneis, Thi fecret fawis, and thi propheceis, 5 Endite of my kyn and genolegy, I fal gar kepe and obferue reuerendly ; And, O thou bliffit woman, onto the Wys walit men fal dedicate and facre : So that thou write nocht on the levis thi wordis,
10 For dreid al turn bot til a mok or bourdis,
Gif that the wynd thame fkattir and blaw away. Pronunce it with thyne awin mowth, I the pray.
Tharwith he held hys pace, and faid no mor. Bot than Sibill the prophetes, ful gor
15 Within the cave, as half enragit wight,
Kouth nocht contene of Phebus the gret mycht ; And evir the mair fcho hyr enforcys ay The gret God from hir breift dryve away, The mor he gan invaid hir and infeft,
20 Hir rageand mowth and fers hart, as him left, Danting at wil, and forgeand hir fayngis : Scho was conftrenyt to fchaw al futhfaft thingis.
CAP. II.
The anfweris and the wordy s to andfra Betwix Eneas and this Sibitta.
The hundreth gret durris of that hows, with this, At thar awin willis warpit wide, I wys,
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And brocht the prophetis anfuer to thar erys :
0 Eneas, that, eftir mony gheris,
Now finaly hes dryve to end, quod fche, Sa mony huge gret dangeris of the fee !
5 Bot on the land, I tel gou al and fum, Far grettar perellis remanys forto cum. The Troiane pepill to the realm of Lavyne Sal cum ; that is determyt be goddis dy vyne ; Out of thi mynde iik dowtis do away :
10 Bot forthirmor, I wil onto the fay,
Quhen thai the grond of Italy haue nummyn, Thai fal defyre neuer thiddir to haue cummyn. Batalis, horribil batalis, to conclude,
1 now behald, and Tibris, the gret flude,
15 For gret habundance of blude on fpait walx reid. Nowdyr Exanth nor Symois in that fted Sal thou mys, nor git the Grekis army. Thou fal befor the fynd in Italy Ane othir Achil, born als of a goddes :
20 Nor Juno, Troianys perfewar expres, Sal neuer mair failge in gour contrary. And quhen thou art thar, as thou waldbe cary, Of fuccurs and of help al defolate, Quhat pepill, and quhat citeis than, God wait,
25 In Ital fait thou befeik of fupple ! Few fal remane onrequerit, traft me. The caufys of al this myfcheif and pane, Ane othir woman, a fremmyt geft agane For the Troianys, is to be fpows and wed,
30 A ftrange bride, or fcho be brocht to bed.
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Withdraw the from na perellis, nor hard thrift ;
Bot evir infors mair ftrangly to refift
Agane dangeris, than fortune fufferis the.
3°ur firft refkew of fuccurs and fupple 5 Furth of a Gregioun cite falbe fchaw,
Quhilk thou lefte wenys, a wondir thing to knaw. Furth of hir fecret clofet, thus onane,
Sik fawis warpis this Sibilla Cumane ;
Horribil anfweris, ful dowtfum to confave, 10 Quhar as fcho fat rumyfand in hir cave,
In fubtel wordis of obfcurite
Involupand the trewth and verite :
For on fik wys Apollo hir refrenys,
Bridillis hir fprete, and, as him lift, conftrenys, 15 From hir hart pipis his fers brod withdrawing.
As the divyne fury gan firft fefling,
And eik hir ragiand mowth begouth to reft,
Devoyt Eneas begynnys als preft,
And faid : Virgyn, na kynd of pane may rys 20 Onknaw to me, of new that may me grys :
Or now I am warnyt of al fik chance,
And hes thame rollit in my remembrance.
Bot a thing I befeik the and requeir ;
Sen the entres and port, thai fai, bene heir, 25 Of the infernal king, and the layk dyrk
Of Acheron, gorgeit with fludis myrk ;
Thocht it be rycht difficil, git grant me
Thai quent realmys I may behald and fe,
And cum onto my deir faderis light : 30 Thiddir the paflage, and al ways rycht,
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Do teche me, and tha fecret portis onfchet. I hym delyuerit amyd from flambis het, And on thir fclmlderis careit him away, A thoufand fperis followand to aflay,
5 From myd ennymeis brocht him to falfte : In my vayage, accumpaneit with me, He went throu owt al feys and ftrange ftrandis, All maner perrellis of fludis, ftremys, and fandis, And ftormys of the hevin, thocht he was waik :
10 He fufferit and fuftenyt, for my faik, Ful huge pane, as he had beyn a page, Abufe the flrenth and common curs of age. And forthir he me chargit, and gan befeik, To the, lady, I reuerently fuld feik,
15 And pas hiddir to thi fted and dwelling place. Haue reuth now, haly woman, fchaw fum grace Baith to the fon and fader, I requeir ; For thou may do all thing, I wait, but weir : Ne not but gude reffon, ful weil I knaw,
20 Befide Avernus, our hir hallowit fchaw, Proferpyn maid the patron and maftres. Gif Orpheus mycht reduce agane, I ges, From hell his fpoufis goft with his fweit ftringis, Playand on his harp of Trace fa plefand fpringis ;
25 Or gif Pollux redemyt his broder Caftor, As he that was immortal get and boyr, Partyng with him his immortalite, A thir for other fufferand forto de, That ych of thame, by courfis alternate,
30 Sa oft gais and returnys that gait ;
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Is it nocht anys lefum I pas that way ?
Of Thefyus quhat nedis mair to fay,
Or of the ftrang mafte dowchty Hercules,
Quhilk thidder went with fa gret fors and pres ? 5 Am I nocht eik difcend from Jupiter? Sik prayer maid he, grippand the altar ;
Quhil thus begouth the prophetes fpeke agane :
Of goddis blude, Anchifes fon Troiane,
It is richt facil and eith gait, I the tell, 10 Forto difcend and pas on down to hell :
The blak gettis of Pluto, and that dirk way,
Standis evir oppin and patent nycht and day ;
Bot tharfra to return agane on hyght,
And heir abufe recovir this aris licht, 15 That is difficil wark, thar lawbour lyis.
Ful few thar bene, quhom heich aboue the fkyis
Thar ardent vertue has rafit and vphyeit,
Or git quhom equal Jupiter deifyit,
Thai quhilk bene gendrit of goddis, may thidder attayn. 20 Al the myd way is wildirnes onplayn,
Or wilfum foreft, and the laithly flude
Cochytus, with his drery bofum onrude,
Flowis enverom rownd about that place.
Bot gif fa gret defyre and luf thou has 25 Twys til our fayll of Stix the dedly layk,
And twys behald blak hellis pyt of wraik,
Or fa huge laubour delytis the, quod fcho,
Harkyn quhat firft behuffis the to do.
Amyd a rank tre lurkis a goldin bewch, 30 With aurial levis, and flexibill twyftis tewch,
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Onto Juno infernal confecrate, That ftandis lowkit abowt and obumbrate With dirk fchaddowis of the thik wod fchaw. Bot it is na wys lefum, I the fchaw, 5 Thir fecret ways vndir the erd to went, Quhil of the tre this goldin grayn be rent : Fair Proferpyn hes inftitute and command To offer hir this, hir awin propir prefand. Ane othir goldin grane, to the ilk effed,
10 Thou fal nocht mys, thocht the firft be down brek ; Incontinent evir of the fammyn mettall Sik a lyke branch fal burgion forth withall. The nedis, tharfor, to hald thine eyn on hight, It forto fers and feik ; fyne all at right,
15 Quhen it is fund, thou hynt it in thi hand. For, gif it lift, efely that fammyn wand, Of the awin will, fall follow thi grip fut hait, Gif fo the fatis wil thou pas that gait ; Or ellis be na ftrenth thou fal it ryve,
20 Nor kut in twa with wapyn, fword, or knyve. And mair atour, beforn the in the place, At thou ne wait, of thi deyr frend, allace ! Onerdyt lyis of new the ded body, That with hys corps pollutis al thi navy ;
25 The felf tyme flane thow afkand our anfwer, And in this place remanys with ws heir. Firft fe that hym to hys lang hame thou haue, And, as efferis, gar bery law in graue. Til his funeral entyre, or facrifys,
so Do bring the blak beftis, as is the gys :
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Lat tha be gour firft expiationys, And clenging graith, eftir gour ferymonys. So at the laft, of Stix the cayrful fchaw, And realmys wilfum for levand men to knaw, Thou fal behald. Quod fcho ; and tho gan fes, Hir mowth clappit togiddir, and held hir pes.
CAP. III.
Of Myfenus entyrment at wasjlane, And quhou Eneas f and the goldin grane.
Ene, with drery cheir, and eyn down caft, Levand the cave, furth on his way is paft, And in his brefte gan rollyng all on raw
10 Thir onkouth chancis, wondir ftrange to knaw. Achates, hys trafte frend, furth by hym went, Ilk ftep and pays mufyng the fammyn entent : Ful mony diuers fermondis betwix thame two Talkand and carpand oft quhar as tha go ;
15 Dowtfum quhilk of thar feris this might be, The prophetes thame tald was done to de, Or quhat corps was this fcho thame bad bery. And, as thai come apon the ftrandis dry, Thai gan behald, ligging in the ilk fted,
20 Myfenus new flane be onworthy ded ; Myfenus, Eolus fon, nane mair cunnand Oftis to aflembill with brafyn trump in hand ;
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That, with his fovnd and weirly blaftis, oft fys The martial curage maid in breftis rys. Sum tyme he was ane of gret He&oris feris ; About He&or evir hantit he the werys,
5 Now blawing with his trump mafte craftely, Now with a fpeir jonand hys maftir by : Eftir Achil reft him the lyfe in wer, Til dowchty Ene this forcy chyvaler Adionyt hes him felf in fallofchip,
10 A man of na les prowes nor wirfchip.
Bot now, percace, with his boys trump as he Went onprowifitly blawand by the fee, To ftryfe prowoking the goddis with his fpringis, Gif it be lefum to traft fa fchameful thingis,
15 Triton the God, havand tharat difpite, Or he was war, him hyntis, and dyd fmyte Amang the fomy rolkis law adown, And in the fait wallys the man gan drown. Quharfor about his corps with gret clamour
20 The Troianys ftude murnand, and maid dolour ; Bot principaly the rewthfull Eneas. Sibillais hefte, as he commandit was, Tho fped in haift forto perform weping : For the fepulcre funerale fyre or byng,
25 Ane hepe of treis thai pres onone to dycht, And vp onto the hevynnys rays on hight. Ontil ane ancyent foreft focht thai then, Entrand in mony dern wild beftis den : Ful of rofet down bet is the fyr tre ;
30 Smyte with the ax dyd rayr the akis hie ;
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Gret efchin ftokkis tumlys to the grond ; With weggeis fchydit gan the byrkis fovnd ; The felloun elmys weltis down the hillys. Ene him felf alflb, with ful gude willys
5 Into lik warkis, with the firft, al day For tobe bifiy gan his feris pray, With loome in hand fail wirkand lyke the laif ; And in hys brefte gan to and fra confaif, Ful hevely, thir materis war betyde,
10 Behaldand the large wod on athir fyde, Thar as he ftude thus makand hys prayer : Wald God gon goldyn branch lift now appeir, And kyth the felf to ws in this foreft ! Sen lo, al thing the prophetes expreft
15 Of the, Myfenus, ar our trew, allace !
Skars war thir wordis faid, quhen, in that place, A payr of dowis fra hevin come with a flycht, And richt forgane the mannys face dyd lycht, And on the grene fward thar place tuke law.
20 This rial prynce, alffbne as he thame faw, His moderis byrdis knew, and blithly than Hys orifon hes maid, and thus began :
O haly fowlys, gif the way may be went, Be ge my gydis to compleit myne entent ;
25 Addres gour cours throu owt the ayr in hy Onto that haly fchaw, with foyl myghty, Quhar as that rych branch the grond ourheildis. And ge, my bliffit moder, that our beild is Into this dowtfum cace, be nocht away ;
30 I gou befeik be favorabil to our way.
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And prayand thus, efter the fpamen werd, He prentit baith his futfteppis in the erd, Behaldand redly quhat fyngnys thai fchaw, Or quhidder thai mark, etand, pafyng on raw. 5 Thai at the laft gan flychtir furth a fpace, Half ftalkand on the grond a foft pace, Sa fer befor Achates and Ene As thai mycht weil behald thame with thar E. And alffone as thai come to the entre
10 Of Avernus, that ftynkand hellys fee, Vprays thai fwyftly, and in the mofte ayr Flaw furth, and fyne gan alycht and repair Apon thar fegys, quhar thame lift tobe, Of divers naturis perkit on the tre,
15 Throw quhais branchis, of feir hewis mony ane, The brycht glittyrrand goldin cullour fchane. Lyke as ful oft, in chil wyntiris tyde, The gum or glew, amyd the woddis wide, Is wont to feym gallow on the grane new,
20 Quhilk nevir of that treis fubftance grew, With faffron hewit frute doyng furth fprowt, Circulis and wymplis rownd bewis abowt : Siklyke was of this gold the figur brycht,
. That burgionyt fayr on the rank akis hycht.
25 Evir as the branch for pypand wynd reboundit, The goldin fchakeris ratlis and refoundit. Eneas fmertly hynt the grayn at fchone, And, but delay, hes rent it dovn anone ; Defyrus to compleit hys way alflua,
30 Bair it onto the hald of Sibilla.
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And netheles Troianys, this ilk tyde,
Myfenus deth bewalit at the coft fyde,
Onto the dolorus onfilly body
Funeral feruyce completand by and by. 5 At the begynnyng firft vp hie thai beild
A huge heip or byng amyd the feild,
Of dry ayk fchydis and fat rofet treys :
Al fydis tharof, als fer as ony feys,
Was dek and coverit with thir dedly bewis, i o And wild cipres, the tre of mortall hewys ;
The top abufe arrayit was at richt,
And adornyt with fchynand armour bricht.
Sum fpedis to graith hait watir biffely
In caldronys playand on the fyre faft by : 15 The cald ded corps is wefchin and invn6t,
Embalmyt with rich gummys euery junft.
Thai fchowting, gowling, and clamour, abowt him maid ;
The body fyne bewalit haue thai laid
In a foft bed, and thar abuf was fpred 20 Purpour robbis, quharwith he wont was cled :
Sum on thar fchulderis the gret beir vpbair,
A dulful office, with mony fob and rayr,
And, as the maner of tendir frendis is,
For forow thar facis writhis away, I wys, 25 Puttand the kyndling in with hait fyre brand.
Gret hepis of cens vpblefit fra hand to hand ;
Cowpis and goblettis warpit in the fyre,
Ful of oyl dolyve, brynt vp brycht and fchyre.
Eftir all was fallin in puldir and in as, 30 And the gret heit of flambis quynchit was,
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The reliqueis and the dry ammeris fyne Thai floknyt, and gan wefchin with fweit wyne : The banys, walit by and naitly chofit, Choryneus in a braflyn twn hes clofit ;
5 And this ilk man his feris al,' but dowt, With cleyn watir clengit thrys abowt, Strinkland a litil dewing, as was the gys, With the branch of a happy oly ve thrys ; He purgit and afpergit weil the men,
10 The lattir word, al is done ! faid he then.. Eneas tho gart vp erekkit be A fepultur, of ful huge quantite, In takynnyng of the mannys inftrumentis, Ane ayr and eik a trumpet tharon prentis,
15 Vndir the mont, vmquhile Aeryus
Was clepit, quhilk now is hait Myfenus ; Eftir his name callit perpetualy, That evir fal his memor teftify.
CAP. IV.
Of Eneas Jacrifyis be nycht,
And quhou to hel he tuk the way ful rycht.
This beand done, Sibillais commandment 20 Ene addreffis perform incontinent.
Thar ftude a dirk and profound cave fall by, A hieduus hoill, deip gapand and grifly,
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All ful of cragis and of thir fcharp flynt ftanys, Quhilk was weil dekkit and clofit for the nanys With a fowle layk, als blak as ony craw, And (kuggis dyra of a ful dern wod fchaw ; 5 Abufe the quhilk na fowle may fle but fkath. Exalationys or vapouris blak and laith Furth of that dedly golf thrawis in the air, Sik wys na byrd may thiddir mak repair ; Quharfor Grekis Avernus clepis this fted, 10 The place but fowlis, to fay, or pyt of ded. Heir firft Ene, at this ilk entre vyle, Fowr gong ftottis addreffit, blak of pyle : The nun Sibilla refiauys thame, and fyne Amyd thar forhedis quhelmyt on cowpis of wyne, 15 And of thar top, betwix the hornys twa, The ovirmaft haris has fcho pullit awa, And in the haly ingil; as was the gys, Kelt thame, in maner of the firft facrifice, Apon Hecate cryand, with mony a gell, 20 Mychtful in hevin and dym dungeon of hell. Sum flevit knyvis in the beftis throtis, And otheris, quhilk war ordand for fik notis, The warm new blude keppit in cowp and peys. Ene him felf a gow was blak of flece 25 Brittynnyt with hys fword, in facrifice ful hie Onto the moder of the fureys thre, And hir gret fyftir ; and to the, Proferpyne, A geld kow all to trynfchit; and eftir fyne To the infernal kyng, quhilk Pluto hait, 30 Hys uycht altaris begouth to dedicate :
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The hail bowkis of beftys, bayn and lyre, Amyd the flambys keft and haly fyre ; The fat oly dyd he get and peyr Apon the entralys, to mak thame byrn cleir.
5 Bot lo ! a litill befor the fon ryfyng,
The grond begouth to rummys, croyn, and ryng, V.ndir thar feyt, and woddy toppis hie Of thir hillys begyn to move thai fe : Amang the fchaddowys and the fkuggis mark
10 The hell liundys hard thai gowl and bark, At cummyng of the goddes Proferpyne. Sibilla cryis, that prophetes dyvyne, All ge that bene prophane, away, away ; Swith, owtwith al the fan&uar hy gow, hay !
15 And thou, quod fche, hald on thi way with me ; Draw furth thi fwerd ; for now is neid, Ene, To fchaw thi manheid, and be of ferm curage. Thus far fcho faid, fmyte with the godly rage, And tharwith entris in the oppynnyt cave :
20 Eneas onabafit, fra all the lave,
Followis his gide with equale pays ful rycht. O ghe Goddis, in quhais power and mycht The fawlis beyn, and ghe dern fkuggis dyrk, Confufyt Chaos, quharof all thing beyn wirk,
25 Skaldand hellis nude, Flagiton, but lycht, Placis of filence and perpetuall nycht ; Mot it be leful to me for to tell Tha thyngis quhilkis I haue hard faid of hell, And, by gour myghtis, that I may furth fchaw
30 Seir thingis drynchit in the erd ful law,
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And deip envoluyt in myrknes and in myft.
Thai walking furth fa dyrk, oneth thai wyft Quhidder thai went, amyd dym fchaddowys thar, Quhar evir is nycht, and nevir lyght dois repar,
5 Throwout the waift dongion of Pluto kyng, Thai voyd boundis, and that gowfty ryng : Siklyke as quha wald throw thik woddis wend In obfcure licht, quhen moyn may nocht be kend As Jupiter, the kyng etheryall,
] 0 With erdis fkug hydis the hevynnys all, And the myrk nycht, with hir viflage gray, From every thing hes reft the hew away. Befor the porch, and fyrft jawys of hell, Lamentatioun and wraikfull Thochtis fell
1 5 Thar lugyng had ; and tharat dwellis eyk Pail Maladeis, that caufys folk be feik ; The feirful Dreid, and als onweldy Age, The fellon Hungir with hir ondantit rage : Thar was alffo the laithly Indigence,
20 Terribill of port, and fchameful hir prefence ; The gryfly Ded, at mony ane hes flane, The hard Labour, and difeyfful Pane, The flottry Sleip, Dedis coufyng of kynd, Inordinat Blithnes of peruerfit mynd ;
2.5 And in the get, forganyft thame, dyd Hand The mortall Batall with hys dedly brand, The irne chalmeris of hellys Fureys fell, Witles Difcord, that wondryng maift crewell, Wymplit and bufkit in a bludy bend,
30 With fnakis hung at euery harys end.
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And in the myddis of the vtyr ward, With braid branfchis fpred owr al the fward, A rank elm tre ftude, huge gret, and ftok aid : The wlgar pepil in that fammyn hald
5 Belevis thir vayn dremys makis thar d welly ng ; Vndir ilk leif ful thik thai ftik and hyng. Thar beyn eik monftreis of mony diuers fort : The Centawres war ftablit at this port. The dowbil porturat £>cilla with thame infeir,
10 Bryareus with ane hundreth formys feyr, The byfnyng bell, the ferpent of Lerna, Horribilly quhyfland, and quent Chymera With fyre enarmyt on hir toppis hie, The laithly Harpyes, and the Gorgones thre ;
15 Of thrynfald bodeys gaiftly formys dyd grone, Baith of Erylus and of Geryon.
Eneas fmartly, for the hafty dreid, Hynt furth hys fwerd in this place, and, gud fpeid, The drawin blaid he profferis thar and heir
20 Onto tha monftreis, evir as thai drew neir ; And war not his expert mait Scybilla Tawcht him thai war bot voyd gaiftis all tha, But ony bodeis, as wandrand wrechis waift, He had apon thame rufchit in gret haift,
25 Antf with his bytand brycht brand, all invane, The twme fchaddowis fmyttyn to haue flane.
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CAP. V.
Tyll heUys fludys Enejocht neddyrmar, And Palynurus, hys fteryfman, fand that:
Fra thyne, ftrekis the way profond onone
Deip onto hellys flude of Acheron ;
With holl byfme, and hydduus fwelch onrude,
Drumly of mud, and fkaldand as it war wod, 5 Popland and bulrand furth on athir hand
Onto Cochitus all his flyke and fand.
Thir ryveris and thir watyris kepit war
By ane Charon, a grifly ferryar,
Terribil of fchap, and fluggart of array : 10 Apon his chyn feil cannos harys gray,
Lyart feltrat tatis ; with burnand eyn red,
Lyk twa fyre blefys fixit in his hed ;
Hys fmottrit habyt, owr his fchulderis lydder,
Hang pevagely knyt with a knot togiddir. 15 Hymfelf the cobill dyd with hys bolm furth fchow,
And, quhen hym lyft, halit vp falys fow.
This aid hafart careis owr fludis hoyt
Spretis and figuris in hys irne hewyt boyt,
All thocht he eildit was, or ftep in age, 20 Als fery and als fwippir as a page ;
For in a god the age is frefch and greyn,
Infatigabill and immortall as thai meyn. Thiddir to the bra fwarmyt all the rowt
Of ded goftis, and ftud the bank abowt ;
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Baith matronys, and thar hufbandis, all yferis,
Ryal pryncis, and nobill chevaleris,
Smal childering, and gong damyfellis onwed,
And fair fpringaldis laitly ded in bed, 5 In fader and moderis prefence laid on beir.
Als gret number thiddir thikkit infeir,
As, in the firfl froft eftir hervift tyde,
Levis of treys in the wod doys flyde ;
Or byrdis flokkis owr ithe fludis gray, 10 Onto the land feikand the nerrefl way,
Quhom the cald feffon cachis owr the lee,
Into fum benar realm and warm cuntre.
Thar ftude thai prayand fum fupport to get,
That thai mycht with the formaft owr be fet, 1 5 And gan vp heving petuufly handis twa,
Langand to be apon the forthir bra.
Bot this foroful boytman, with brym luyk,
Now thir, now thame, within his vefehel tuke ;
And other fum expellit, and maid do ftand 20 Far from the ryvage fyde apon the fand. Awondrit of this fterage, and the pres,
Say me, virgyn, quod Ene, or thou ces,
Quhat menys iik confluence at this watir fide ?
Quhat wald thir fawlys ? quhy nyl thai nocht byde ? 25 Quhilk caufis beyn, or quhat diuerfite,
Sum from the brays thame withdraw I fe ;
Ane other fort, eik, of thir fawlys ded
Rollyt owr this ryver, cullorit as the led ?
Thys ancyant religius woman than, 30 But mair delay, to anfwer thus began :
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Anchifes get, heynd child, curtas and gude, Difcend ondowtabil of the Goddis blude, The deip ftank of Cochitus doith thou fe, And eik the hellis puyll, halt Stix, quod fche,
5 Be quhais myghtis the Goddis ar full laith, And dredis fair, to fweir, fyne fals thar aith. All thir, thou feis ftoppit at the fchor, Beyn helples folk, onerdit and forlor ; 3on gryfly ferryar to name Charon hait ;
10 Thai beyn all bereyt he careys in hys bayt. It is not to him lefull, he ne may Thame ferry owr thir rowtand fludis gray, Nor to the hydduus gonder coftys haue, Quhil thar banys be laid to reft in graue.
15 Quha ar onbereit ane hundreth ger mon bide, Waverand and wandrand by this bankis fyde : Than, at the laft, to pas owr in this boyt Thai beyn admyt, and coftis thame not a grote, And frely may behaldyn or efpy
20 Tha lakis, quhilkis thame langis to vifly. Anchifes fon tho ftyntis a litil ftownd, And baith his futfteppis fixit in the grond, Mufyng in mynd fum deil, fad in a part, And of this hard forton kauth rewth in hart.
25 Thar faw he, dolorus and wofiill of cheir, But funeral feruyce, nevir laid on beir, Lucafpes and Orontes, baith twane, Quhilum mafteris of the fchyp Lyciane ; Quham baith yfeir, as faid befor haue we,
30 Saland from Troy throw owt the wally fee,
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The dedly ftorm ourquhelmyt with a quiddir, Baith men and fchip welt vnder flude togyddir.
Lo ! Palynurus eyk, his fteryfman, Amang otheris faft to the watir ran,
5 Quhilk laitly faland in the Libyane fee, As that he gan behald the ftarnys hie, Togidder with the helmftok, quhar he ftude, Owr fchipburd fwakkit was amyd the flude. And fkarfly as Ene gan hym efpy,
10 Amang dirk fkowgis ftandand full drery, Firft he him gretis, fayand to him thus ; Quhilk of the goddis, O Palynurus, The ws bereft, and drynt amyd the fee ? Quhow tyd that cace ? declar me, I pray the.
15 For certis, bricht Apollo nevir or now Was fals to me ; bot I wait neuer how Of hys anfwer twiching the he ravyt, And heg my mynd tharin al hail diflavit ; That fchew thow fuld hailfkarth owr the fee
20 Onto the grond of Ital cum, quod he : Se, thus his lawte and promyt is keip !
The tother anfweris with a petuus peip : Maift worthy Duke, Anchifes fon fa deir, Nowder hath the of Phebus the anfwer,
25 Vndir his fecrete cortyne, fo diflave, Ne git na God fa far has me bywave, Nor drownyt in the deip, as ge beleve. Bot, as I flaid our burd to my myfcheve, The helmftok, or gubernakil of tre,
30 Quharwith I rewlit owr cours throu the fee,
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Lenand tharon fa faft, per cace it threw, And rent away owr burd with me I drew. The wally feys to wytnes draw I heir, That for my felf tuke I nane fa gret feir 5 As of thi fchip, quhom that I knew ful quyte Spulgeit of hir graith, and lodyfman furth fmyte, Dreding fcho fuld haue perift in fik neid, Owr the huge fwelland fludis rays on breid. The fowth wynd Nothus thre days me drave
10 Throw owt the fee, with violent wallys wave : Skars on the ferd day at morn dyd I fpy, Heich from the wallys croppis, Italy. Huly and fair onto the coft I fwam : And tho almaift in furte cummyn I am ;
is Ne war the crewel pepil of tha laud is, As that I grippit with my crukit handis The fcharp rolkis toppys at the fchoyr, In hevy wayt frog ftad, and chargyt foyr, Thai gan with irne wapynnys me invaid,
20 Wenyng a fpy that I had beyn, thai faid, From thar cuntre fum pray to dryve away. So now I am bedyit in fludis gray, And wyndis warpis my corps apon the ftrandis. Quharfor I pray the, hevand vp my handis,
25 And be the plefand light of hevin requiris, And by the hailfum ayr at thou infpiris, And be thi weilbelovit fader dyng, And gude hope of thi gong fonnys oflpryng ; O thou onvenquyft valyant champyoun,
30 Delyuyr me fra thir gret harmys onon :
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Or, at the leift, grave me in fepulture, Sen well thow kan, and may perform that cur : Speir to the portis quhilkis Velynos hayt ; Or gyf thar may be fundyn ony gayt,
5 Quhilk thy blyffit moder lies the techit rycht, Reke thy rycht hand onto this wrechit wight, And haue me with the our thir fludis red ; So, at the leift, I may, eftir my ded, Into fuin plefand ftecj remane and reft :
10 For I beleve fermly thou nocht addreft Sa large fludis, but Goddis authoryte, Nor Stix this layk fortil owr fwym, quod he. Quhen that he had thir wordis faid expres, Syk anfwer til hym maid the prophetes :
15 Palynurus, quod fcho, thou fary fyre,
Quhiddir is becummyn fik ondantyt defyre To the, and fers will fa onreffonabill ? Wenys thou, onerdyt now, and thus onhabill, Owr Stix the hellys puyll fik wys to fair,
20 And gryfly fludis, abowt quham doith repar Thir dreidfull fureys, to behald and fe ? Oncallyt, on the gondyr bra wald thou be ? Defift, and ces to weyn with thy prayer The goddis decrete at thou may brek or iteir.
25 Bot now inprent in thy remembrance Thir wordys, in folace of thy hard chance. Quhar thy body is at this tyme prelent, For feir tharof, the pepil adiacent, By wondir takynnys from the hevynnys Ichaw,
30 Conftrenyt, fal bygrave thy banys law,
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And on thy corps erect a fepultur, Doyng tharto folempnyt funeral cur : Palynurus to name that place for thy Sal bare, and clepit be perpetualy.
5 With thir wordis afluagit hys hevy thocht, And fra hys forofull hart, as that he mocht, Sum deil expellyt hes the dolorus cayr, Reiofyt of the grond hys furname bayr. Quharfor Eneas and Scybill, baith tway,
10 As thai begunnyn had, held furth thar way.
CAP. VI.
Owr Stix theflude quhou that Ene dydfair, And Cerberus in cave hard gell and rayr.
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And as thai gan approch toward the flude, This churlych boyt man, on Stix quhar he ftude, Alfwyth as he perfavit thame cum fwa Throw the darn wod, and draw nerar the bra ;
1 5 Firft* with lik buftuus wordis he thame grat, And, but offence, gan thame chidyng thus plat : Quhat evir thou be, that cummys enarmyt fo Towart owr fludis, quhiddir etlys thou go ? For quhat caus come thou hyddir ? tell me tyte ;
20 Stand ftyl thar as thou art, with mekill fyte. Pres na forthir, for this is the hald richt Of Gaiftis, Schaddowys, Sleip, and dovyrrit Nycht :
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Onlefull war, and ane forbodyn thing, Within this paffyngear our Stix to bryng Ony levand wight. Certis, in myne entent, I am nocht glaid gyt of the laft fa went ; 5 Nor that I careyt Hercules owr this layk, Ne Thefeus, and Pyrothous hys mayk : All thocht thai war cummyn of goddis lynage, And invynfibill of ftrenth and vaflallage. For this ilk Hercules^ with hys ftalwart handis,
10 The grym wardane of hell ftrenyt in bandis, And drew hym trymlyng from the kyngis trone : The tothyr twa gret violence wrald haue done ; The frefch Proferpyne, Plutois lady gay, Furth of hir bowr begouth to led away.
15 To hym agane this anfwer maid expres Of Amphrifya Phebus prophetes : Do all fufpicioun furth of thy confate ; Heir is, quod fcho, nane lik gyle nor diffate ; Na violence owr wapynnys doith pretend :
20 Weill lykis ws, it doith ws not offend, Thocht in his cave gour hydduus portar Rowland affray the ded gaiftis evyrmar ; We Hand content, it fufficyth ws alffua, That ay remane the chafte Proferpina
25 Within hir fader broderis boundis and ryng. Bot heir is cummyng, of kyng Troas offpring, Eneas, full of piete and knychthed, To vifly hys luffit fader, quhilk is ded, Difcendit to the law fkuggis of hell.
30 Of fa gret vertu and piete, quhilk I tell,
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Gyf na confiderance may the move, quod fche, At leift thou knawys this goldin granyt tre : And, with that word, the branch fchew and omdyd, That pryvely vndir hyr clok was hyd. 5 The rageand hart, all full of wraith and ire, Than wolx appelit of this laithly fyre, And, but ma wordys, or langar delay, Awondryt of the prefand frefch and gay, Thys fatale wand fa precyus was, I meyn,
10 That he tofor a lang tyme had nocht feyn, Hys watry hewyt boyt, haw lyke the fee, Towart thame turnys and addreffis he, And gan approch onto the bra in heaft. Syne othir fawlys expellit lies and chafl
15 Furth of hys bayt, quhilk fat endlang the wayll ; He ftrekyt fone hys ayris, and grathis his faill, And tharwithall the byg weghty Ene Within his vefchell boddum reflavis he. Vndir the payfand and the hevy charge
20 Gan grane or geig full faft the fewit barge, Sa ful of ryftys, and with lekkis perbrake, Scho fuppit huge watir of the layk. Bot, at the laft, owtour the flude git than Salfly fcho brocht baith prophetes and man,
25 And furth thame fet amyd the fowl glar, Amang the fawch ryfpys harfk and fear.
Cerberus, the hydduus hund, that regioun Fordynnys, barkand with thre mowthis fown, Onmefurabill in hys cave quhar he lay
30 Richt our forgane thame in the hie way :
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Quhom till the prophete, behaldand quhou in hy Hys nekkis wolx of eddyrris all gryfly, A fop, ftepyt intill hunny als faft, And of enchantit cornys maid, gan caft. 5 For hungyr wod, he gapys with throtis thre, Swith fwellyand that morfell raucht had fche, And tho hys terribyll body with a rerd He tumlys owr, liggyn on the erd ; Of huge ftatur, and fellon quantite, 10 Our all the cave furth ftrekit him hes he.
CAP. VII.
The circulyt ways in liell Eneas J "aw,
And f and queyn Dido in the myr trefchaw.
Thus quhil the portar in fleip fowpit lyis,
The entre tho Eneas occupyis,
And owr the fludis bank ful fwyftly fprent,
Quhais paffage is onreturnabill went. 15 Onon thai hard feir vocis lamentabill,
Gret walyng, quhympring, fprachis miferabill.
In the firft cyrkill, or the vtyr ward,
<3<>ng babys fawlys weping for thai hard ;
Quhom the hafty and blak duylful day 20 Sowkand thar moderis pap had reft away,
From the fwete lyfe twynnyt ontymufly,
As cayrful corps plungit in grave gart ly.
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Nixt thame, the fecund place tha folkis hes Wrangwyfly put to ded for cry me fakles. Nor, fykkyrly, thir fettis to ilke wight War nocht affignit but juge, doym, and rycht :
5 For kyng Mynos, inquifitour and juftice,
The fatale vrne and ballance at device
Rewlys equaly, and be difcretioun fteris
To confale and to jugement as efferis ;
, The filly goftis callys in that fecret cage,
10 Baith of thar life and crymys takkand knawlage.
Syne eftir thir, al fory and full of cayr, The thryd place haldis, and fal evir mayr, Giltles folk, that for difdene, wo, or fed, With thar awin handis wrocht thar felf to ded,
15 And, irkit of the life at thai war in,
Thar fweit fawlys maid fra the body twyu. O, quhat penuryte and hard diftres infeir Wald thai now fuffir tobe in this warld heir ! Bot the fatis and goddis decrete gaynftandis
20 That thai may nevir return onto thir landis : The woful puyl with watyr onlufly Withhaldis thame, fo at thai may nocht go by, And Stix, the flude, bylappis thame abowt Nyne tymys, fa clos at thai fal nevir wyn owt.
25 Nocht far from thens, wide quhar on euery lyde, Thai mycht behald the large fieldis wyde And boundis of Complaynt, all voyd of lycht ; Sa beyn thai clepit properly at rycht ; Quharin war all by ftrang lufe in thar days
30 ^With fik crewel infeftioun waftit away is :
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The hydlys held thai and the roddis darn, A myr tre wod about thame lowkyt garn : Thar paynfull mufyng and thar hevy thocht, Eftir thar ded alflb, forget thai nocht. 5 Thar was Phedra, the fpows of Thefeus, And Procrys eyk, the wyfe of Cephalus ; In that ilke fted was trift Eryphyle ; Hir crewell fonnys wondis fchawis fche : Evadne he beheld, and Laodomya,
10 And Pafyphe in fallofchip with tha,
And Ceneus, firft a wench, and fyne a man, In hyr aid fchap eftir ded changit than. Amang otheris the Phenyflyane Dido Within the gret wod walkis to and fro,
15 The greyn wound gapand in hir breift all new: Quhom as the Troiane barrown nerrer drew, And throw the dyrk fchaddowis firft dyd knaw ; Sikwys as quha throw clowdy fkyis faw, Or, at the leift, wenys he heth do fe,
20 The new moyn quhen firft vp walxis fche ; The terys leyt he fall, and tendyrly With hartly lufe begrat hir thus in hy.
O fey Dido, fen I perfave the heyr, A fovir warning, now I knaw ful cleir,
25 Was fchawin me, at thou with fwerd was flaw, Byreft thi felf the lyfe, and brocht of daw. Alace, I was the caufar of thy ded ! By al the ftarnys fchynys abone our hed, And be the Goddis abone, to the I fwer,
30 And be the faith and lawte, gif ony heir
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Trewth may be fund deip vndir erd, quod he, Malgre my wyl, Prynces, fa mot I the, From thy coftis depart I was conftrenyt. Bot the commandment of the Goddis onfenyt, 5 Quhais gret mychtis hes me hyddir dryve, To pas throwout thir dirk fchaddowis belyve, By gowfty placis, welch favorit, muft, and hair, Quhar profund nycht perpetual doith repar, Compellit me from the forto diflevir ; 10 Nor in my mynde ymagyn mycht I nevir, For my departing or abfens, I wys, Thou fuldift kaucht fa gret dyfeys as this. Do ftynt thy pays ; abide, thou gentil wight ; Withdraw the not fa fone furth of my fight, is Quham fleift thou? this is the lattir day, By werdis fchape, that with the fpeke I may.
With fik wordis Eneas, full of wo, Set him to meys the fprete of Queyn Dido ; Quhilk, all inflambit, full of wreth and ire, 20 With acquart luke glowand hait as fyre,
Maid him to weip, and fched furth teris wak. All fremmytly frawart hym, as he fpak, Hir eyn fixit apon the grond held fche, Moving na mair hir curage, face, nor bre, 25 Than fcho had bene a ilatu of marbil ftane, Or a ferm rolk of Mont Marpefyane. Bot finaly, full fwyft fcho wifkis away, Aggrevit fled in the darn woddis gray ; Quhar as Sycheus, hir firft fpows, ful fuyr 30 Corefpondis to hir defyre and cuyr,
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Rendring in lufe amouris equiualent.
And, netheles, faft eftir hir furth fprent
Ene, perplexit of hir fory cace,
And weping gan hir follow a weii lang fpace,
Regratand in his mynd, and had piete
Of the diftres that movit hir fo to fle.
CAP. VIII.
The ward of worthy weyrmen now Ene Beheld, and heir with Deiphobusfpak lie.
Wyth al his fpeid fra thens he tuk the gayt That was ontil him grantit by hys fayt. And fone thai war in cummyn to the plane
10 And lattir wardys, quharin dois remane Valyant folk is in feild and chevalry, Tha fecret ftedis hantand by and by. Heir him recontrit Parthenopeus, And intil armys valyant Tedeus ;
15 The pail goft eik of Adraftus the king.
Thar faw he als, with huge greyt and murnyng In mydlerd oft menyt, thir Troianys Duryng the fege that into batale flane is : Quhom as he* gan behald wydequhar on raw,
20 Ful tendirly complenyng, thar he faw Glawcus, Medontus, and Therfylocus, Anthenoris thre fonnys, and Polybetus
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Onto the goddes Ceres confecrate ;
Ideus faw he in his aid eftate,
Baith rewland git his cart, and wapynnys weildand.
Onto Eneas left fide and rycht hand
5 The fawlys flokkis, circulyt in a rowt : Not fufficyt thame to fpy him anys abowt ; Bot, defiring he tareit evir mair, Furth with him forto walkin and repar Weil lykis thame, towart him faft to thring,
10 And to inquire the caus of his cummyng. The nobillis eik of Grekis, one by one, With the gret rowtis of Agamenon, Alfone as thai the ftalwart Troiane faw In brycht armour amyd the fchaddowis law,
15 Gretly afferd war fmyte with felloii dreid :
Sum gave the bak, takand the flycht gude fpeid, As quhilum thai onto thar fchippis focht ; Sum rafyt a cry with waik voce, as thai mocht : Bot al for nocht, thar clamour was ful fkant,
20 The fovndis brak with gafping or a gant. Syne Deiphobus, quhilum armypotent, Kyng Pryamis fon, with body tore and rent, Thar he beheld, and crewel manglit face, Viflage mengeit, and baith hys hanclis, allace !
25 Half-hedis fpulgeit, of ftowyt his erys tway, By fchaymful wound hys nes cuttit away. With gret difficulte he him fkarfly knew, Trymlyng for lak, efchamyt red of hew, As that he mycht, hydand hys fellon woundis :
30 Ondemandit, with frendly wordis and fovndis
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Ene hym grat, fayand ; Of gret renown, Deiphobus, armypotent champyoun, Quha hes, allace ! the marthyrit fwa and flane By fa crewel tormentis and hydduus pane ?
5 Quhou euer was ony fufferit the fa to dight ? It was me tald, of Troy the lattir nyght, Thou, wery and forfochtin in that fted For fa fell Grekis be thi dyntis ded, Abuf the hepe of ded corpfis ourane
10 Fell down for bled, thar Handing thyne allane. Than I my felf, fra this was to me fchaw, Down at the nes Rethe, by the coftis law, A voyd tumbe rafyt, and with lowd voce thrys Apon the wrethis and wandrand gaiftis cryis.
15 Thy armys and thy name that place doith hald. My frend, thy body kouth I nocht behald Nor fynd, thocht I wald it haue gravit eft, The tyme quhen I our natyve cuntre left. Kyng Pryamis fon maid anfwer ; fuyth is it,
20 Na thing, my deir frend, dyd thou pretermyt ; All that thou aucht to Deiphobus, ilk deill Thou heft perfurnyft worthely and weil, As to my berial and fprete appertenyt. Bot my hard fatis war wers than thou wenyt :
25 For the deteftabill curfyt wikkytnes Of Helyn born in Lacena, I ges, Has me involuyt in thir harmys ge fe : Thir ar hir laft luf drowreis left with me. Ful weil thou wait quhou that the lattir nycht
30 In fals myrthis we fpendyt, euery wight ;
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Allace the quliile ! our gret mater of cayr Behuffis ws hald in memor euermar : Quhen that the fatale hors, to our ennoy, Com fpeland owr the hie wallys of Troy,
5 With belly chargit full of armyt men ;
That ftrang lurdane than, quham weil ge ken, The Troiane matronys hedis in a ryng, Fengeand to Bachus fefte and karellyng ; Amyddis al the laif a gret fyre brand,
10 Byrnand ful cleir, fcho haldis in hir hand, Quharwith, out from the matter ftreyt of Troy, The Grekis dyd fcho bekyn and convoy. This ilk tyme me, with hevy curis lang Of irkfum weir and fad, flumrys ftrang
is Oppreffit, for my walkyn mony fald, My fey chalmer gan my body hald. Fordoverit as I lay in to that fted, In fwete profound reft of fleip lyke foft ded, That notabil fpows furth of hir lugyng place,
20 This meyn feflbn, al armour dyd arrace ; My trafty fword fra vnder my lied away Stall fcho, and in the place brocht Menelay ; The chalmer durris oppynnyt fcho in hy, Wenyng to wyrk a hie plefour tharby
25 To hir firft luffar, and hir aid fchame
Tharthrou to quynche, and recover gud name. Quhat fuld I tarry, or gou langar hald? The Grekis rufchit in the chalmyr thik fald : Amang al otheris fammyn thiddir fpedis
30 That fchrew prouocar of all wikkyt dedis,
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Eolus nevo, curfyt Vlixes fle. On fiklyke wys as thar thai dyd with me, Gret goddis mot the Grekis recompens, Gif I may thyg avengeans but offens !
5 Bot fay me this agane, frend, altogidder, Quhat aventur lies brocht the levand hydder ? Quhidder wavyt wilfum by ftorm of the fee, Or at command of goddis, com thou, quod he ? Or quhat fortoun doitb the each and fteyr,
10 That to this fory hald thou cummys heir, To vifiy this trublyt dym regioun, Quhar evir is nycht, and nevir fon git fchon ?
CAP. IX.
Sibitta carpand tyl Ene gan tell
The tormentis of deip drery poynful hell.
The quhile as thai thus carpyt to and fra,
Hir rofy charyot the frefch Aurora is Amydwart of the hevynnys affiltre
Begouth fortil vproll and rays on hie ;
The myd declynyng of hir cowrs was went :
And thai, percace, on fik wys mycht haue fpent
The tyme compleyt was for thar journe grant ; 20 Bot fone hym warnys Scibilla the fant,
His trew marrow, gan fchortlie to him fay : The nycht, Eneas, flydis fait away ;
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Weping the howris we confume and waift : Heir is the place quhar owr paflage in haift Departit is, and fched in ftretis twane. This way, towart the rycht hand, ftrekis plane 5 To the hie wallys of Schir Ditis kyng ; It is our reddy went, quhilk fall ws bring Onto the plefand playn of Elyfe : This other gait, on the left hand ge fe, Convoys onto the fted of fell torment,
1 0 Quhar dampnyt fchrewis in Tartarus ar fent In woful pyt perpetual to remane.
Than Deiphobus maid this anfwer agane : Beis nocht agrevit, fouerane nun, I pray, I fal no langar dwel, bot go my way ;
15 I fal compleyt my number furth, quod he, And to dym fchaddowis rendrit fall I be. Pas on, pas on, our wirfchip and renown ! Mair prolper chance to hant go mak the bown ! Thus fer Ipak Deiphobus, and, with that faw,
20 About turnyt hys pays, and gan withdraw.
Eneas blent him by, and fuddanly Vndir a rolk at the left fyde dyd fpy A wondir large caftell, ftrang and ftowt, With wallys thrynfald lappit rownd about ;
25 Quham the gryfly Tartareane Flagiton, That ravenus flude, clofys enveron, With watir blefand brym in fyry low, And rolland ftanys rumland deip and how. The port in foirfront was ful huge gret ;
30 Of ferm adamant war the pillaris bet,
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Sa that na fors of men mycht thame down myne, Nor git the ftrenth of goddis with ftrang ingyne : Ane irne towr ftude beildit wondir hie, Quhilk femyt forto reke vp in the fkye.
5 Tyfiphone, that furyus monftre wild, In bludy caip reveftit and ourfild, Sittis kepand, but fleip, baith nycht and day, That fory entre and this porch alway. Tho begouth thai firft in this fted to heyr
10 Murnyng, granyng, gowlyng, and duylfull beir : Feil crewell ftrakis fmytyn hard thai fovnd, Frafyng of irne fettris and chanys rovnd. Ene gan him arreft, in mind within Al abafit, herknand this feirfull dyn.
15 O haly virgyn, fay furth now, quod he, Quhat kynd of gryfly turment may this be ? In quhat punytioun, panys, and diftres, Beyn fawlis gondir ftrengeit, prophetes ? Quhat menys this bruyt, weping, and woful cryis,
20 With fik walyng femys fordyn the fkyis ?
Scibilla thus begouth anfwer agane : O wirfchipfull and gentil duke Troiane, It is nocht lefum to nane innocent wight Within boundis of wikkytnes or onrycht
25 Til entir, nor attayn to neir that get ; Bot the firft tyme Proferpyn maid and fet Me maftres of Avern, hir hallowit fchaw, The Goddys turmentis gan fcho to me fchaw, And me convoyit thar throw euery fted.
30 This maift dolorus realm to fteir and led
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Hes Radamanthus, vmquhile of Creyt kyng,
Haldand mafte fcharp and fayr lawys in hys ryng ;
Chaftiand folkis, fperis thar offence expres ;
By turment thame compellis thar cryme confes, 5 Synnys committit abufe in the erd,
Quham ony, joyand to thar awin wanwerd,
But proffyt doith confeil, hyde, or delay,
Onamendit quhil dedis lattyr day.
Syk wikkyt and condampnyt wightis, als tyte 10 As thai cum in that dolly pyt of fyte,
Tyfyphone, the wrekar of myfdedis,
With quhip in hand al reddy faft hir fpedis
Thame to aflail, to tor, fkurge, and bete,
And with hir left hand terribil eddyrris gret 15 Thik at thame fwakkis; iyne, to pyne thame, doith call
Of fcl torment the rovvt of fyftyrris all. And tho at laft with horribil fovndis trift
Tha wareit portis, iargand on the hirft,
Warpit vp braid. Lo ! gondir may thou fe 20 Quhat kynd wardane fyttis in the porch, quod fche,
And quhou terribill of contenans and cheir
Thou hir behaldis kepis the entre heir:
Ane mair feirful monftre and mair fell,
Ane vgly ferpent, fyttis within gon hell, 2.5 With fyfty hydduus blak throtis gapand.
And forthir eik gon Tartarus ay trymland,
Quhilk is of hell the dirk dungeon and pyt,
Dippis twys als holl down, I lat the wyt,
Semyng fo law vnder the erth reke, . 30 As that our fight may vp to hevynnys itreke.
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Tharin the ancyant lynage of the erd, Thir gyantis hait Tytanas, be wanwerd With thundris blaft dovn fmytyn and ourthraw, Ar warpyt in gon pottis boddum law.
5 Thar faw I eyk Aloeus twynnys twane, Othus and Ephialtes, bredir germane, With huge bodeis, that preflyt dovn to rent With thar handis the large firmament, And by thar fors begouth expell the kyng,
1 0 Hie Jupiter, furth of his hevynly ryng. Thar I beheld Salmoneus alffwa, In crewel torment fufferand mekil wa, For that he gan to contyrfet him caft Gret Jovis fyre and hevynly thundris blaft.
15 By horffis four furth rollit was his char, Secret condytis of fyre fmytand fayr, Throwout the pepil of Greys and of Arcad, Arnyd the cite of Elys, blith and glaid, Prowd and haltand in hys hart, walkyt he,
20 And as a god bad honorit he fuld be ; For that, intil his dotage and fuyl heyt, By fownd of bras and ftampand ftedis feyt, He maid hym forto feyn a limylitude Of clowdis blaft, and rumland thundir rude,
25 Quhilk on na wys aucht to be contyrfet. Bot the hie fader Almychty from hys fet Throw thyk clowdis at hym hys dart dyd thraw ; Nowder blak fyre brand, nor reky flambys law ; Bot fuddanly with a fel bles of thundyr
30 Threw hym to grond, and fmayt him al in fondyr.
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To Tytyos thar was I fchawin in deid, With body fpeldyt nyne akyr on breid, That foftyr child vmquhile was cleyp and call Onto the Erth, quhilk moder is of all :
5 Ane hydduus grype with buftuus bowland beyk Hys maw immortal doith pyk and owrreik, Hys brudy bowellys torryng with huge payn, Furth rentyng all, hys fuyd to fang full fayn, Vndir his coft holkand in wail law,
10 And fparis nocht to rug, ryfe, and gnaw; All thocht the entrallis fpringis new ilk day, Thai get na reft, the fowle lies thar hys pray. Quhat fuld I rekkyn tha pepil of Theflaly, That Lapytas ar hait, for gluttony
is Diftroyt all? of Ixion to tell,
Or Pyrothous, quhat nedis langar dwell? Abuf quhom hyngis blak quhyn ftanys gret, Ay femand reddy to fall and thame to bete. Befor Tantalus, and ane othir fort,
20 The goldin treftys fchynand ftandis ourthwort, Vndir ryche tablys dight for raaniory, Quharon, forgane thar face, is fett reddy All danteys langand tyl a kyngis feft. Bot ane the gretaft Fureys gan areft,
25 Syttand tharby, and hungyr in thame blawys ; And netheles thar handy s fcho withdrawys, So that the mefys twichyn dar thai nocht : As that thai mynt tharto, than all onflocht With hait fyre brand in hand vp dois fcho rys,
30 Fleyis thame with flambe, grym luke, and vgly cryis.
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Thai beyn alffo within gon pyt turment Quhilk at thar bredir envy held or haitrent, Quhil that thai levyt in this prefent lyfe ; And tha quhom by, throu thar deray and ftryfe,
5 Thar faderis warryn chafyt in exile ; All tha that ony falfet, flyght, or gyle, Aganys thar feruandis or famyliaris wrocht ; And tha that, only fettyng all thar thocht Apon thar ryches quhilk wonnyn thai haue,
10 Tuke nocht thar nedis tharof, nor na man gave, Of quhom gondir beyn ane ful huge rowt ; And all tha for adultry fchent, but dowt, And tha that movyt wrangwys batall or weyr, Tha not efchamyt thar promys to forfwer,
15 Brekand lawte plight in thar lordys hand : All fik inclufyt ar gondyr, abydand Every day new panys perpetualy. Speir not at me, for nocht declar can I, Quhat diuers kyndis of torment gondir thoil thai,
20 Nor git quhat fort of payn is deput ay For ilk trefpas : to rekkyn I tak na keip Quhat myiforton thame plungis in gon deip. For fum weltris a gret ftane vp the bra, Of quhom in numbir is Sifyphus ane of tha :
25 On quhelis fpakis fpeldyt otheris hyngis. The maift wrechit of all princis and kyngis, Phlegyas, vmquhile kyng of ThefiTaly, All mortale wightis admonyfys, with his cry And lowd voce throw the dyrk awytneffyng :
30 Be myne exampill all wightis, prynce and kyng,
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Leruys, quod he, to hant juftice and rycht, And not contem the goddis ftrentht and mycht. Thar iyttis eik, and fal fyt evir mair, The fey onhappy Thefyus, full of cair.
5 Sum gondir beyn, for reddy gold in hand, Said and betrafyt thar natyve realm and land, And tharin brocht a myghty tyrraut ftrang : Sum otheris eik, for pryce or meid to fang, That lawys maid and onmaid, as thame lift.
10 Thar beyn alflb, ful forofull and tryft,
Thai quhilk thar dochteris chalmer vyolate, Or, havand na regard to thar eltate, Forbodyn or inceftuus mariage Gan hantyng by ondantit luitis rage.
15 And fchortly, all durft ymagyn or compas Maftirfull wrang, myfcheif, or wykkytnes, Or ony fik confait brocht to effek, Heir evyrmar the charge lyis on thar nek.
All thocht ane hundretht fcharp tungis had I,
20 Ane hundreth mowthis forto clepe and cry, Tharto my voce war ftrang as irne or fteill, All kynd of vicis to comprehend, half deill, Nor all the namys of tormentis and of panys I mycht nocht rekkyn, that in gon hald remanys.
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CAP. X.
Quhou finaly Scibilla and Ene Com to the plefand plane of Elyfe.
Fra that the ancyant nun of Dan Phebus Thir wordys endyt had, and fpokkyn thus ; Haue done, quod fcho, now tak thi way expres, Perform thy wark quhilk thou begunnyn hes : 5 Speid ws fordwart ; for gondir, lo, I fe Of Plutois chymmys the byg wallys hie, Forgyt of irne full craftely and bet Be the Ciclopes furth of thar furnace het ; Eik I behald, lo, heir forgane our face,
10 Tha portis with thar ftalwart bow or brace, Quhar our inftru6tioun techis ws ful plane This prefand thar to leif and goldyn grane.
Thus faid fcho ; and onon tharwith baith tway Gan walkyn furth throwout the darn way,
15 And fone our paffyt hes the myddill fpace, Approchyng to the portis of that place. Eneas baldly fprang in at the get, Hys body ftrynkillit, or a litill wet, With cleir fpryngand watir ran tharby ;
20 Forgane thame eik, at the entre, in hy
The goldyn branch he ilykkis vp far and weill.
This beand done at laft, and euery deil Perfurnyft langyng the goddes gyft gay, Ontil a plefand grond cummyn ar thai,
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With battil gyrs, frefch herbys, and beyn fwardis, The lufty orchardis and the hailfum gardis Of happy fawlys and well fortunat, To blifiyt "wightis the placis preparat.
5 Thir feildis beyn largiar, and hevynnys brycht Raveftis thame with purpur fchynand lycht : The ftarnys, for this place conuenient, Knawis weil thar fon and obferuys his went. Sum thar, amyd the grefy planys greyn,
10 Into paleftral plays thame betweyn
Thar membris gan exers, and hand for hand Thai fal to werflyng on the goldyn fand, Aflayand honeft gemmys thame to fchort : Sum other hantyng gan ane other fport,
15 As forto danfyng, and to leid the ryng, To fyng ballatis, and go in karalyng. Thar was alflb the preift and menftrale fle, Orpheus of Trace, in fyd rob harpand hie, Playand proportionys and fpryngis dyvyne
20 Apon his harp, fevyn diuers fovndis fyne ; Now with gymp fyngris doyng ftryngis fmyte, And now with fubtel evyr poyntalis lyte. Heir was the nobil kyn and ancyant ftrynde, The maift dowchty lynage fprang be kynde
25 Fra king Tewcer, campyones fouerane, Into mair happy geris born ilkane : Thar was Ilus, and eik Aflaracus, And the begynnar of Troy, Schir Dardanus. On fer Eneas and als Sibilla
30 Awondrit war, and mervellis baith twa
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The armour and the men for to behald, And voyd charyotis of thir chyftanys bald. Thar fperys ftikkyng in the erd dyd Hand ; Wydquhar al lows owr feildis and the land 5 Pafturyt thar horfis, rakand thame fall by : For quhat plefour of armys or chevalry, Or quhat cuyr to addres thar cart or wedis, To fedyng and to dant thar fleik fwail iledis, Thai hantit quhil thai levyt heir alyve,
10 The famrnyn folace, be thai man or wyfe, 3it doith thame follow vndir the erth ftad. And lo, ane other fort, ful blyth and glaid, On athir hand behaldis Eneas, At banket on the greyn herbys fet was,
15 In loving of the goddis joyuily
Ympnys of pryce, triumphe, and vi&ory, All fyngand glaid togydder in fallofchip, And pryncipaly Apollo to worfchip : Within a wod of lawrer greyn thai dwell,
20 Fragrant of fweit odour and hailfum fmell, Quhar throw the fchawis fcheyn in ftrandis feir Erydanus, the hevynly ryver cleyr, Flowys contyrmont and vpwart to the lift. Within this place, in al plefour and thryft,
25 Ar hail the piffance quhilk, in juft batal, Slane in defens of thar kynd cuntre fell ; And al thai preiftis and religius wightis Quhilk levyt chafte cleyn lyfe, as to thame rycht is ; And al godlyke devote prophetis trew,
30 That fuythfaft thyng worthy to Phebus fchew ; '
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And thai quhilkis, by thar craftys or fcience fyne, Fund by thar fubtel knawlage and engyne, Thar lyfe illumynat and annornyt cleir ; And tha by merytabil dedis and gyftis feir •5 That maid otheris hald thame in memory : Of al thir war the tymplis by and by Arrayt with a frefch garland fnaw quhite. And as thai flokkit abowt Ene, als tyte Syk wys onto thame carpys Sibilla ; 10 Bot principaly to Mufeus, ane of tha, Was ftad amyddis of the mekill rowt, As fche beheld hym with big fchulderis ftout :
0 ghe fo happy fawlys, tellith me,
And thou, made fouerane poet, fchaw, quod fche, i .5 In quhat regioun and place bene Anchifes ? Hycldir for his faik come we, and with gret pres Hes ourfalit of hell the gret fludis. This ryall lord in few wordis concludis, And anfuerit thus ; frend, certane dwelling nane 20 In this cuntre haue we, bot all ourane
Walkys and lugis in thir fchene wod fchawys, Endlang thir ryver bankis all on rawys ; Thar bene our fettis, and beddis of frefch flowris In foft bene medowis by cleir ftrandis all howris 2.5 Our habitatioun is and refidens.
Bot gif gour mynd langis to haue prefens Of Anchifes, pas vp gone fwyre fut het,
1 fall gou lyghtly in the hie way fet.
And fayand thus, befor thame ftirth went he, no And can thame fchaw, apon the hill on hie,
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The fchynand planys full of all plefance. Aganc returnys lie, and thai avans, Fra thyne difcending from the hillis hyght, Quhar thai at laft of Anchifes gat fycht.
CAP. XI.
Quhou that Eneas with hys fader met, And at/iir othir witlifrendly wordis gret.
5 The meyn fefibn thys Anchifes, the prynce, Intill a wondir grene vale full of fence Sawlys inclufit, quhilkis war forto wend To myddil erd and thare in bodeis afcend, Can rekkyn, and behald attentfully
10 Hail the nowmyr of hys geneologye, His tendir nevoys and pofterite, Thare fatis, and thare fortonys euery gre, Thare conditions, thare ftrenth and hardyment. And fone as he perfavys quhar that went
15 Forganyft him, cumand throu grefy fward, Hys derreft fon Ene with hafty fard, Baith his handys joyfull furthftracht he than ; The teris trynglyng our his chekis ran, And fra his mouth flydis thir wordis myld :
20 Thou art cummyn at laft, my deir child ; Thy gret piete, and kyndnes weil expert Onto thy fader, caufyt the and gart
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This hard vayage venquys and ourfet ! Quhat ! is it grantit me ? ha ! fall I get A verray light, luffit fon, of thy face ? And grantit ws to carp or talk a fpace ?
5 To heir and render frendly wordis knaw ? Within my mynd ymagynyt I on raw Swa fuld betyde, and weil belevit I Thou was tocum, and the tyme by and by I calculit and comptit quhen that fuld be ;
10 And my confait hes nocht difiauyt me.
0 God, throu quhou feill landis braid and large, Quhou mony feys ourcareit in thy barge, Efter quhou feil dangeris with ftorm oft fchaik,
1 now reflaue the heir, deir fon, allaik !
1 5 Quhou gretlie dred I of Lybie that ryng
Snld the haue hyndrit, and harmyt in fum thing !
Eneas anfweris ; fader, thy drery goft, Sa oft apperand, maid me feik this coft : In Tyrrhean fey abydis our navy.
20 Grant me, fader, now grant me by and by, We athir may with other handis fchaik ; Fra myne embrafyng withdraw the nocht, allaik ! And fayand thys, tendyrly wepit he, Baithyng hys face in terys gret plente.
25 On this wys talkyng, or thar wordis feflit, With hys lang armys thrys Eneas preffit About hys hals hym forto haue belappit, And thrys, in vane, hys handys togidder clappit : The figur fled as light wynd, or fon beym,
30 Or maft lykly a waverand fleip or dreym.
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Duryng this tyme Eneas gan aduert, Within a vale fer thens clofyt apart, Quhare ftude a wod with fwouchand bewys fchene, The flude Lythee flowand throu the fair grene ; 5 About the quhilk pepill onnowmerabill, And filly fawlys, fleys faft, but fabill, Quhil all the feildis of thare dyn refoundis : Lyke as, in medowys and frefch florift boundis, The biffy beys in fchene fymmeris tyde,
H) On diuers colorit flouris fkalit wide, Flokkis about the blomyt lylleis quhite, And other fragrant blofummys redymyt.
Myfknawyng quhat this ment, Eneas wight Becam abafit of the foddane fyght,
15 And can inquir the caufys of this cace ; Quhat war tha fludis far befor hys face, Or quhat bene tha men in fyk numbyr fwa With fo gret fard flokkit to athir bra. Tho quod hys fader Anchifes ; all gon be
20 Thai fawlys quhamto, by the fatis hie, Bene other bodeis eftir this yfchape, Quhilk drynkis gondir, or thai may efkape, At gone ryver and the flude Lythee, The fikkyr watir but curis, traftis me,
25 Quharby oblyvyus becum thai als tyte, Forgetting pane bipaft and langfum fyte. Forfuyth, I purpos furthwith to declare, And fchaw befor thy face now ftandand thar, The fawlys all, and numbyr in thy prefens,
30 Quhilkis ar tocum of my ftok and difcens ;
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So that the mair glaidly with me tharby
Thou may reios to haue fund Italy.
O fader, quod Eneas, quhidder or nay
Is that tobe belevyt at ghe fay, 5 That fouerane faulys from this place fall wend,
Onto the warld abufe or erd afcend ?
Quhy may thai nocht in this fwete ftede remane,
Bot fall return in flaw bodeis agane?
Quhat curfyt covatyce caufith wrachit wightis 10 So to defyre our life and drery lightis ?
I fall the fchaw forfuyth the caus, quod he,
My derrefl fon, and fal no wys hald the
Thochtfull in mynde, ne doutHim by na way.
Tharwith Anchifes baith hys eyn twa 15 Gan lyftyng vp, and toward hewyn behald,
And euery thing per ordour thus he tald.
CAP. XII.
Thejeir punitioun qfjawlis in purgatorye, And quhou thai pas fyne to ilie flude Lythe.
Fra the begynnyng, all thing les and mar, The fyry regioun, the erth, and the ayr, The plane flowand boundis of the fey, 20 The lyghtnyt monys lamp that lemys hie, The hevynnys ftarnys, and bryght fonnys ball, Ane fpreit thai is within, fuftenys all :
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In euery part the hie wyfdome dyvyne Diffundit movys this warldis hail engyne, And by hys power mydlit is our all This mekil body clepit vniuerfal.
5 Fra this infufioun, and thir elementis feir, Baith kynd of man and beft cummys, but weir, All levyng foulys fleying in the ayr, All fyfchis, and the monftreis doith repar Vndre the flekit fey of marbill hew.
10 A hait fyry power, warm and dew, Hevinly begynnyng and original, Beyn in thar fedis quhilk we faulys call ; Sa far as that thir noyfum bodeis cald Nocht tareis thame tharfra, nor doith withhald,
15 Nor withdrawis from fouerane hevinly kynd : Thar erdly lymmys, and eik thar irkfum mynd, Throu thar mortal membris euer deidlike, Dullith thar curage and thar fpretis godlyke. Fra the quhilk cummys to al mankynd, that thai
20 Dredis, defiris, murnys, or joys ay ;
Nor, in the dyrk maniioun and prefon blynd Of thir vyle bodeis yfettyrit and bynd, The fawlis thar clene natur may attend. So fer that, all efter the lattir end,
25 Quhen that the lif diffeueris fra the body, Than, netheles, not git are fullely All harm ne cryme from wrachit fawlis feparate, Nor aid infe&ioun come of the body layt : And thus, aluterly, it is neidfull thing
30 The mony vycis lang tyine induryng,
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Contrackit in the corps, be done away, And purgit on feir wonderfull wys to fay. Tharfor thai fuffir panys and torment, For thar inveterat vycis aid bywent 5 By punitioun fatiffa&ioun to mak. Sum ftentit in wyfnand wyndis wak ; Of fum the cryme committit clengit be Vndre the watir or deip hydduus fey ; And in the fyre the gilt of other fum 10 Is purefyit and clengit all and fum. Ilk ane of ws hys ganand purgatory Mon fuffir, and fra thyne ar fend in hy Onto the large feildis of Elyfee : Thar bene of ws nane, bot a few menge, 15 Quhilkis cumis to inhabyt and remanys, But ony purging, in thyr ioyful planys ; And heir mon dwell quhil that the lang day, Be perfyt cours of tyme, heth done away The fpot of fylth hardnyt in the fpreit, 20 For that it fand fum tyme the body fweit, And quhil it be fo purefyit and fynd, Na thing remane bot a clene hevynly mynd, And fubtel pure flambe celeftiall. Thir other fawlis quhilk bene purgit all, 25 Eftir thai haue, within thir planys heir, By cirkill rollyt our a thoufand geir, God callis thame onto this flucle Lythe, With felloun fard, in numbyr as ghe fe ; To that effect, that thai myndles becum 30 Baith of plefour and aid panys all and fum,
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Langing agane the warld abufe to fe, And gan begyn defire, baith he and he, In bodeis git forto return agane.
Thus faid Anchifes ; and tharwith baith twane, 5 Hys fon and eik the prophet Sibilla, Amyddys of that fort flokkit to the bra, And gret rowt with rangald, in ledis he ; And gan afcend ontill a mote on hie, Quharfra, per ordour, forganyft thame on raw, 10 Thai mycht thame rekkin all, and cleirly knaw Thar vifiagis and contenance alfo, As that thai went and rowmyt to and fro.
CAP. XIII.
Anchifes fohawis Eneas to the end Alhail the lynagefalfra hym difcend.
Now harkis, me behuffis fchortlie fay, Quod Anchifes, or thou depart away,
15 And rekkyn our Troian offpring all and fun), Quhat glor and honour beis of ws tocum, And quhat fucceffioun or pofterite Of Ital frendfchip fal difcend of the, And tha illuftir fawlis falbe fent
20 Heir, eftir this, in name of our kynrent ; Thy fatis and thy deftany alfo I fal the teche per ordour, or thou go.
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Seys thou gon lufty fpringald or gonkeir, That lenys hyni apon his hedles fper ? The formaft place by chance doith occupy Tyl pas to life in our geneology, 6 And firft fal rys in the ovir warld agane, Commixit of the blude Italiane, Siluius, to furname clepit Albanus, Born efter thy deces, child pofthumus ; Quham, confauyt of thyue ancyent lynage,
10 Thy fecund fpous, Lavinia, wys and fage, In woddys foftir fal, a vailgeant kyng, And fader to al kingis of our offpring : Quharby our kynrent and famyl alfwa Sal ryng and lordfchip hald in Lang Alba.
15 3on is Procas that ftandis nixt hyni by, Of Troiane pepill the honour and glory : Syne Capys, lo, and Numytor, baith twane ; And he that reprefentis thy name agane, Siluyus Eneas, notabil chevellere,
20 Renownyt baith of piete or in were, Gif evir he may his tyme optene and fe To ryng into Lang Alba the cite. Behald quhat maner gong gallandis bene gon : Quhou gret curage thar hart is fet apon ;
25 Quhat gud femblant thai fchaw of chevalre. Bot gon, with coverit hedys by and by With ciuile crownys of the ftrang aik tre, Sail beld and found to thy honour, quod he. Nomentum cite, and Gabios the tovne,
30 And Fidena, the cite of renoun :
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Sum in the hillys hie fal fet vp fyne The ftrenthis and the caftellis Collatyne, Pometios and New Caftell, baith twa, The cite Bolan, and the tovne Cora. 5 Thir namys falbe gevin thame efter this, Quhar now, but name, the land remanand is.
Lo ! Romulus, by martial wirfchip To hys grandfchir jonyt in fallofchip, Quham, of AJTaracus Jblude, the nobill kyng,
10 Hys moder Ilya difcendit fal furth bring.
Seys thou nocht quhou apon thar hedys on hyght Twa dowbil criftis ftandys fchynand bryght ? Thar fader Mars, behald, this fammyn hour Has thame ymerkit with dyvyne honour :
15 And lo, my child, be gon manis prowes That gloryus cite Rome fal fo incres, Tyll hyr empire be with the erth maid evin, And vertuus curage equal to the hevin ; The quhilk cite all round togiddir fall
20 Sevin gret ftrenthis clos within a wall, Happy and brudy of hir forcy offpring : Lyke as, throu out citeis of Phrecis ryng, The moder of Goddis, with hir towrit crovn, Berecynthia, careit from tovn to tovn,
25 Within hir char yfet, all ful of myrth Of the goddis becaus of hir rich birth, Hir hundreth childring and pofterite Ful tendirly in armys enbracis fche, All haill the hevynly wightis to hyr behufe,
30 And all that weildis the hie hevynnys abufe.
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Now turnys hyddir, my fweit fon, albedein, The cirkillis and the fight of baith thy eyn : Behald thir pepill and thy cheif Romanys. Cefar Julyus, lo ! in gonder planys, 5 And all the famyl of hym Julius, Quhilk eftir thys ar tocum, traftis ws, Vndre the gret hie hevynnys affiltre. 3on man, gon man, my fon, the fam is he Quham thou fo oft has hard promift or this,
10 Cefar Auguft O&auyane, I wys,
Cum of the goddys geneology and kyn, Quhilk fal agane the goldin warld begyn, As vmquhile was, in tyme of Saturn aid, Throu Ital ryng baith be firth and fald ;
15 And hys empire fal delait and wynde Our Garamantas, and the forthar Inde : The landis lyis without the ftarnys blenk, Outwith the gheris cours, and fonnys renk, Quhar the vpberar of the hevyn, Atlas,
20 On fchuldir rollys the round fpeir in cumpas, Ful of thir lemand ftarnys mony one. Sal, at his hyddir cummyn, ror and grone The realme of Cafpys, or of A fiery, All Scithia, Meothys land faft by,
25 Horribill anfweris fall of goddis heir : All trublit in affray, trymlyng for feir, To quakyng fall fevyn mowthis of Nyle flude. Nevir, forfuyth, ftrang Hercules the gude Sa mekil fpace of erth or land ourgeid ;
30 All thocht the wyndfwift hart he fchot to ded,
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And ftanchit Erymanthus foreft rouch, The ferpent Lerna with hys bow perfit throuch : Nor Bachus, quhilk vi&or afor thir days With wyne burgions the hillis top arays,
5 Dryvand the ferfiill tygris faft away
Down fra the hyght of the gret mont Nyfay. And gyt we dowt onto the forthir end Hys gret vertu and dedys to extend ! Than quha iuld dreid ftop ws to occupy
10 Or till inhabyt land of Italy ?
CAP. XIV.
Anchifes git furihrekkynnys his offpring, As worthiaft that euer in Romejal ryng.
Bot quhat maner man be gon, quod Anchys, With olyve branch on fik gudly wys Arrayit, and eik berys mony a fyng Of facrifyce and ritis of offeryng ?
15 I knaw hys canos har and lyard berd Of the wyfaft Roman kyng into the erd, Numa Pompilius, quhilk fall in hys days Begyn and ftatut with lawys and haly lays The cheif cite Rome ; and he fal pas
20 From a pur land, and final cite Curas, Send for to rule and bruke a gret empire. Quhamto thar fal fucceid a lordly fyre,
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Tullus Hoftilius, that firft of hys land The peys and quiet, quhilk fo lang dyd ftand, He fal diflblue and brek, and dolf men fteir, Quhilk lang hath bene difofyt fra the weir, 5 To armys and triumphe of vidory, And thame array in hoftis by and by. Quham nixt fallowis Ancus Marcyus, Of hys eftait mar prowd and gloryus ; And ourgretlie evin now, perfaue and fe,
10 Vayn glor and favour of pepill deliris he. Pies the behald the Tarquynys kingis two, And the ftowt curage of Brutus alfib, Quhilk can revenge the wrang in hys cuntre, His gret honour gif thou left heir or fe,
15 And enfengeis fend fra Ethrurianys : This ilk Brutus fall firft amang Romanys Reflaue the dignite and ftait confular ; With heding fwerd, bath felloun, fcharp, and gar, Befor hym born throu all Romys tovne,
20 In takin of juftice executioun,
Hys awin fonnys, movyng onkyndly wer, To punytioun and ded fal damp infeir, To kepe frenfches and fouerane liberte ; And thus onfilly fader fall he be.
25 Quhou fa evir the pepil hys fatel dedis
In tyme tocum fall blafon, quha thame redis, The feruent lufe of his kynd naty ve land, And excedand defyre he bar on hand Of honour, and hie glory to reffaue,
so Mot al evil rumour fra his lawd by vane.
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Attour, behald, lo, athir Decyus ; And, ftanding fer of, twa that halt Drufus : Confider Torquatus gondir, doith him rax So brym and fellon with the heding ax ; 5 And Camyllus, the vailgeand capitane, Bringand the Roman ftandartis hame agane.
<3<>n twa fawlys, quhilk thou feis, fans faill, Schynand with elike armys peregale, Now at gud concord ftad and vnite,
10 Ay quhil thai ftand in myrk and law degre ; Allace, how gret batale and debait Sal be betwix thame, gif thai til eftait May cum abufe, and to the lyght of lyfe ! O, how gret flauchter, aflembleis, and huge ftrife,
is Sal thai exerce and move into thar days ! Cefar, the eldfader, by the ftrait ways With his gret rowtis our the Franch montanys Difcendand dovn Lumbardy throu the planys ; His mavch Pompey fall ftrech agane him went
20 With rayt oftis of the orient.
O my childring, cum nocht in vfe to hant Sik fremmyt batalis, bot gour curage dant ; Exers ghe neuer gowr vailgeand fors, quod he, Amangis the entralis of gour awin cuntre.
25 And O thou, Cefar, thou fonnaft in the pres, Cum of hevinly kyn, abftene and ces ; Myne awin lynage, obeys my command, Do caft fik wapynnys fer furth of thy hand. And he that ftandys gonder, Lucyus,
30 Onto his furname clepit Mummyus,
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Efter he venquift haue Corinthe tovne, And in batale the worthy Grekis bet dovn, His char, with mekil glor triuraphale, Sal fteir furth to the hie capitol wal,
5 And he gon other, Quintus Metellus, Ful gret honour fal conques onto ws ; For he fal bet dovn and diftroy al clene Baith Arge and Agamemnonys realm Mycene And gonder Curyus with his fallow fyne,
10 Pyrrus, cummyn of kyng Eacus lyne, And of Achillis armipotent offpring, In batel fal ourcummyn and dovne thring, And thare eldris of Troy wreke and revenge, And the tempill of Mynerve pollute clenge.
15 Quha wold the, gret Cato, lefe onhyt? Or quha with filens Cofius pretermyt ? Quha lift forget the kynrent of Gracchus ? Or athir of the Scypionys gloryus, Thai twa thunderis of batale in thare rage,
20 Fynale rwyne of Afirik and Cartage ?
Quha wald, Fabricius, of the fay na thyng, That art ful myghty bot of litil thing ? Of the, Seranus, quha wald na thing fchaw, Quhar thou thi ryggis telys forto faw,
25 As thou was chofyn capitane of weir ?
Quhidder withdraw ghe, Fabyus ? cum neir ; Thole me na mar be irkyt gou to behald : Thou art that ilk maft fouerane Fabius bald, Quhilk only, throu thy flycht and tareyng,
30 Reftoris the common weill of our offpryng.
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CAP. XV.
Anchifes gevis Eneas gud teching,
To gyde the pepitt vnder his governyng.
The pepil of othir realmys, fon, faid he, Bene mor expert in craftis, and mar fle To forge and kerf lyflyke ftaturis of bras, Be contenans as the fpreit tharin was : 5 I traft, forfuyth, heirefter mony ane Sal hew quyk facis furth of marbil flane ; Sum otheris bettir can thar caufis pled ; Sum bene mar crafty in ane other fted, With rewlis and with mefouris by and by
10 For til exers the art of geometry ;
And fum mor fubtel to defcryve and prent The ftarnys movyng and the hevynnys went : Bot thou, Romane, remember, as lord and fyre, To rewle the pepil vnder thyne empyre ;
15 Thir fal thy craftis be, at weil may feme, The peax to modefy and eik manteme, To pardon all cumis goldin and recryant, And prowd rabellis in batale forto dant. Thus faid the noble fader Anchyfes meik ;
20 As thai awondrit can thir wordis eik : Behald Marcus Marcellus maft douchty, Quhar that he walkis, lo, fa gloriufly, With the rich fpulge triumphale deirly dyclit, Quhilk he reft from his aduerfar in fyght,
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As the mafte vailgeant vi6tor that I ken, In bonty doith exceid all other men. This worthy knycht the common well Romane, In gret affray perturbit, to reft agane 5 And quyet fal reftor, and gon is he That venquys fal the Affricane menge, And the Franch rebellioun fall down bet : The thrid armour or rych fpulge gret, Reft from chiftane of weir, this Marcellus 10 Sail hyng vp to the fader Quirynus.
And for alfmekil as Eneas faw In fallofchip with this Marcus raik on raw A fembly fpringald, a far gong galland, Rycht fchaply maid, in armour brycht fchynand ; 15 Bot his viflage femyt fcarfly blith,
With luke doun caft, as in his face dyd kith That he was fum deill fad and no thing lycht ; Fader, quod he, quhat be gon drery knycht, Quhilk haldis fo with gon prince company ? 20 Quhidder his fon, or fum nevo worthy, Of our gret lynage and fucceffioun ? O lord, how gret brute, noys, and fovn, Of confluens that walkyng him about ! Quhou gret apperance is in hym, but dout, 25 Tilbe of prowes, and a yalgeant knycht ! Bot a blak fop of myft, als dyrk as nycht, With drery fchaddo bilappis his lied.
The fader tho, Anchifes, in the fted, With teris briftyng furth, begouth to fay ; 30 O my fweit fon, inquir nocht, I the pray,
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The excedand regret and womanting
Of thame bene fortocum of thyne offpring.
The fatis fall bot for a litill fpace
Schaw gon man to the erth and warldly place,
5 And fall no langer fuffer him tharin.
O goddis abufe, the Romanys blude and kyn Semyt to 3011 our myghty and potent, Gif fo it war the giftis ghe hym lent Had remanyt, or lang his lyfe had left.
10 Quhou gret murnyng of men all forcyeft, For hym, furth of the feildis marcyall, Sail dyn and refound to the cite wall ! And O thou God of the flude Tyberyne, Quhou mony fertyrris and duyl habetis fchyne
15 Sail thou behald, as thou flowis at Rome Down by his new maid fepultur or tovme ! Ne nevir child cummyn of Troiane blude In fie beleif, and glory, and gret gude, £>al rays his forbearis Italianys ;
20 Ne nevir, certis, the grund of the Romanys Of ony foftir fal him fo avance. Allace, quhat harm of thy difleuerance ! Of thy gret piete, and thyne ancyent treuth, Thy hand onvenquyft in batale, O quhat reuth !
25 Nane fuld, but dammage, hym in harnes meit, Quhidder fo aganyft him he went on feit, Or git on horfbak, as thir knychtis rydis, With fpurris brochand the fomy ftedis fydis. Allace my child, fo worthy to be menyt !
so Worthy tobe bewalit and complenyt !
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Gyf thou thyne hard werdis mycht vincus, Thou falbe namyt the fouerane Marcellus. Of frefch lilleis reke me my handis full : The purpour flowris I fall fkattir and pull,
5 That I may ftrow, with fik rewardis at left, My nevoys fawle, to culge and to felt, And, but profit, fik coftage fall exers.
Apon this wys feir thingis dyd rehers Anchifes ; and thus wide quhar thai do walk
10 Our al that regioun, haldand fpech and talk Within the large feildis of hailfum air, And euery thing per ordour vifleyt thar. And efter that Anchifes, hand in hand, Had thus his fon led our all that land,
15 And his curage inflambit by and by
With the gret fame tocum and hie glory : Syne to this valgeant man he rekkynys heir, Per ordour, all the batalis and the weir Quhilk eftir this he had to ber on hand ;
20 And of the pepill eik in Latyn land, And of the cite of the kyng Latyne, He him inftrukkis ; and tharefter fyne Taucht him quhat wys he myght fuftene or fle Ever hard danger or aduerfite.
25 Thar bene ordanyt for dremys gettis twane, Quharof, thai fay, of horn forgit is ane, At quham the fuythfaft fwevynnys by and by Departis all ways, and ifchis furth lychtly : The tother port is forgit wail perfite
30 Of eliphantyne and polift evor quhite ;
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Bot tharat goddis infernal lattis owt The fals fwevynnys to the warld about.
So as Anchifes had, apon this wys, Reherfit, as faid is, all thingis at devys,
5 Sibilla and his fon togidder at fchort He leit depart furth at the evor port. Eneas fpedis the ftrecht way to the fchippis, And can vifly agane his fallofchippis : Fra thyne thai hald, endlang the coftis bay,
10 Onto the port of Caiet the ftrecht way.
Furth of the forfchip leyt thai ankyris glyde ; The navy raid endlang the ichoris fyde.
CAP. XVI.
Eneas nurys, Caieta, can deces,
Qukar git the place kepis hir name, but les.
O Caieta, thou nurys of Ene,
Thou has alflb, that tyme quhen thou can de, 15 Ontil our coft or fronteris of Itale
Gevin the bruyt and fame perpetual :
Quhil this day the ilke place and fted
Obfervis the renovn eftir thy ded ;
Thy tumbe and banys merkit with thy name 20 In gret Hefperia witneflyng the fame,
Gyf that be ony glory now to the.
The reuthfull than and devote prince Ene
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Performyt dewly thy funeral feruys ; Apon the fepultur, as cuftum was and gys, Ane hepe of erd and litil mot gart vprays, And with bent faill fyne furth his vayage tays : 5 Eftir that afiwagit was the deip fey,
Thai leif the coft and fped on thar journe. The pyping wynd blew in thar tail at nyght, Nor the fchene moyn hir curs and cleir lyght Has nocht denyit ; fo that the haw ftremys i o Couth fchyne and glittir vnder the twynkland glemys.
The coft endlang the ile Circea Thai fwepyng faft by, hard on burd the bra, Quharas the ryche fonnys douchter, Circe, Thai fchawis, quhamto repar nane aucht tobe, 15 With hir ythand fweit fang and caralyng Cawfys allway forto refound and ryng, And in hir prowd place of beddis all the nycht The weil fmelland cedyr byrnys bright ; With fubtil flays, and hir hedlys fle, 20 Rich lynge wobbis natly wefis fche.
From this land redly on fer mycht thai her The gret rageyng of liones and the beir, Quhilk thai dyd mak, refufyng to be in band In filens, all the lait nycht rumefand ; 25 The byrfit baris and beris in thar ftyis
Roryng all wod with quhrynys and wild cryis, And gret figuris of wolffis eik infeir, Rowland with gammering grifly forto here : Quhilkis all this crwell goddes, hecht Circe, 30 By enchantment and forcy herbis fle,
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Had forlh of mannys figur and eftait Into wild beftis fchap and form tranflait. Quhilk monftruos tranfmutatioun for the nanys Ne happin mycht onto devoyt Troianys,
5 Gyf thai arryvit in thai portis nys, Thai curfit coftis of this enchantrys, At thai ne fuld do entir, ne thame fynd, Thar falis all with profper followand wynd Neptunus fillit, and maid thame fail fwiftly,
10 All dangeris and gray fchaldis careit by.
THE PROLOUG OF THE SEVYNT BUKE.
As bryght Phebus, fcheyn fouerane hevynnys E, The oppofit held of hys chymmys hie, Cleir fchynand bemys, and goldyn fymmyris hew, In laton cullour alteryng haill of new ;
5 Kythyng no fyng of heyt be hys vifiage, So neir approchit he his wyntir ftage; Reddy he was to entyr the thrid morn In clowdy Ikyis vndre Capricorn : All thocht he be the hart and lamp of hevyn,
10 Forfeblit wolx hys lemand gylty levyn,
Throu the declynyng of hys large round fpeir. The frofty regioun ryngis of the ger, The tyme and leffon bittir, cald, and paill, Tha fchort days that clerkis clepe brumaill :
1 5 Quhen brym blaftis of the northyn art Ourquhelmyt had Neptunus in his cart, And all to fchaik the levis of the treis, The rageand ftorm ourweltrand wally feys ; Ryveris ran reid on fpait with watir brovne,
20 And burnys hurlys all thar bankis dovne, And landbrift rumland rudely with fik beir, So lowd ne rumyft wild lyoun or ber ;
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Fludis monfteris, fik as meirfwyne or quhalis, Fro the tempeft law in the deip devalis. Mars Occident, retrograde in his fpeir, Prouocand ftryfe, regnyt as lord that ger ; 5 Bany Oryon with his ftonny face Bewavit oft the fchipman by hys race ; Frawart Saturn, chill of complexioun, Throu quhais afpe& darth and infe&ioun Beyn caufyt oft, and mortal peftilens,
10 Went progreffyve the greis of his afcens ; And lufty Hebe, Junoys douchtir gay, Stude fpulgeit of hir office and array. The foyl yfowpit into watir wak, The firmament ourcaft with rokis blak ;
15 The grond fadyt, and fawch wolx all the feildis, Montane toppis flekit with fnaw ourheildyis ; On raggit rolkis of hard harfk quhyn ftane With frofyn frontis cauld clynty clewis fchane : Bewte was loft, and barrand fchew the landis,
20 With froftis hair ourfret the feldis ftandis. Seir bittir bubbis, and the fchowris fnell, Semyt on the fward a fymylitude of hell, Reducyng to our mynd, in euery fted, Goufty fchaddois of eild and grifly ded.
25 Thik drumly fkuggis dyrknyt fo the hevyn, Dym fkyis oft furth warpit feirfull levyn, Flaggis of fire, and mony felloun flaw, Scharpe foppys of fleit, and of the fnypand fnaw. The dolly dichis war all donk and wait,
30 The law valle flodderit all with fpait,
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The plane ftretis and euery hie way Full of flofchis, dubbis, myre, and clay ; Laggerit leyis wallowit farnys fchew, Brovne muris kythit thar wyfnyt mofly hew,
* Bank, bra, and boddum, blanchit wolx and bar ; For gurl weddir growit beftis hair ; The wynd maid waif the red wed on the dyke, Bedowyn in donkis deip was euery (ike ; Our craggis, and the front of rochis feir,
10 Hang gret ifche fchouchlis lang as ony fpeir; The grond ftud barrant, widderit, dofk or gray, Herbis, flowris, and gerfis, wallowyt away ; Woddis, forreftis, with nakyt bewis blowt, Stude ftrippyt of thar weid in euery howt.
is So buftuufly Boreas his bugill blew,
The deyr full dern doun in the dalis drew ; Smale byrdis, flokkand throu thik ronys thrang, In chyrmyng and with cheping changit thar fang, Sekand hidlis and hyrnys thame to hyde
20 Fra feirfull thuddis of the tempeftuus tyde ; The watir lynnys rowtis, and euery lynd Quhiflit and brayt of the fwouchand wynd. Puyr lauboraris and biffy hufband men Went wait and wery draglit in the fen :
25 The filly fcheip and thar litil hyrd gromys
Lurkis vndre le of bankis, woddis, and bromys ; And other dantit grettar beiliall, Within thar ftabillis fefyt into ftall, Sik as mulis, horffis, oxin and ky,
30 Fed tufkyt barys, and fat fwyne in fty,
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Suftenyt war by mannys governance On hervift and on fymnieris purvyance. Wyde quhar with fors fo Eolus fchowtis fchill In this congelit feffon fcharp and chill,
5 The callour ayr, penetratyve and puyr, Dafyng the blude in euery creatur, Maid feik warm ftovis and beyn fyris hoyt, In dowbill garmont cled and wily coyt, With mychty drink, and metis confortyve,
10 Agane the ftern wyntir for to ftryve.
Repatyrrit weil, and by the chymnay bekyt, At evin be tyme dovne a bed I me ftrekyl, Warpit my hed, keft on clathis thrynfald, Fortil expell the peralus perfand cald :
15 I crofyt me, fyne bownyt forto fleip :
Quhar, lemand throu the glas, I dyd tak kepe Latonya, the lang irkfum nyght, Hir fubtell blenkis fched and watry lycht, Full hie vp quhirlyt in hir regioun,
20 Till Phebus ryght in oppofitioun,
Into the Crab hir proper manfioun draw, Haldand the hight all thocht the fon went law. Hornyt Hebowd, quhilk we clepe the nycht owle, Within hir cavern hard I fchowt and gowle,
25 Laithly of form, with crukyt camfcho beke, Vgfum to heir was hir wild elrich fcreke : The wild geis claking eik by nyghtis tyde Atour the cite fleand hard I glyde.
On flummyr I flaid full fad, and flepit found
30 Quhil the origont vpwart gan rebound.
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Phebus crownyt byrd, the nyghtis orlager, Clapping his weyngis thrys had crawin cleir: Approching neir the greking of the day, Within my bed I walkynnyt quhar I lay ;
5 So faft declynys Synthea the moyn, And kays keklis on the ruyf aboyn : Palamedes byrdis crowpyng in the Iky, Fleand on randon, fchapyn like ane Y, And as a trumpat rang thar vocis foun,
10 Quhois cryis bene pronofticatioun Of wyndy blaftis and ventoiiteis : Faft by my chalmyr, in heich wyfnyt treis, The foir gled quhiflis lowd with mony a pew, Quharby the day was dawyn weil I knew :
15 Bad beit the fyre, and the candill alyght, Syne bliflyt me, and in my wedis dyght ; A fchot wyndo onfchet a litill on char, Perfauyt the mornyng bla, wan, and har, With clowdy gum and rak ourquhelmyt the ayr,
20 The fulge ftythly, hafart, rouch, and hair ;
Branchis bratlyng, and blaknyt fchew the brays, With hirftis harfk of waggand wyndill ftrays ; The dew droppis congelit on ftibbill and rynd, And fcharp hailftanys, mortfundeit of kynd,
25 Hoppand on the thak and on the caufay by : The fchot I clofit, and drew inwart in hy, Chyvirrand for cald, the feffon was fo fnell ; Schupe with hayt flambe to fleym the frefyng fell. And, as I bownyt me to the fyre me by,
30 Baith vp and down the hows I dyd afpy :
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And feand Virgill on a lettron Hand, To write onone I hynt a pen in hand, Fortil perform the poet grave and fad, Quham fa fer furth, or than, begun I had ; 5 And wolx ennoyt fum deill in my hart Thar reftit oncompletit fa gret a part. And to myfelf I faid ; In gud effe6t Thou mon draw furth, the gok lyis on thy nek. Within my mynde compafyng thocht I fo,
10 Na thing is done quhil ocht remanys ado; For byffynes, quhilk occurrit on cace, Ourvoluyt I this volume, lay a fpace ; And, thocht I wery was, me lift not tyre, Full laith to leif our wark fwa in the myre,
15 Or git to ftynt for bitter ftorm or rane : Heir I aflayt to gok our pleuch agane ; And, as I couth, with afald diligens, This nixt buke following of profond fentens Has thus begun in the chil wyntir cald,
20 Quhen froftis doith ourfret baith firth and fald.
Explicit tri/iis prologus ; Quharof the altar fays thus.
Thys Prolong fmellis new cum furth of hell ; And, as our buk begouth hys weirfar tell, 25 So weill according dewly bene annext Thou drery preambill, with a bludy text. Of fabyll be thy lettyris illumynate, According to thy proces and eftait.
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CAP. I.
King Latyn of the goddis had command
To wed hys douchter with man ofonkouth land.
Tho gan the fey of bemys walxin red,
And heich abuf, dovn from the hevinly fted,
Within hyr rofy cartis cleirly fchane
Aurora veftit into brovn fanguane. 5 Eftir the wyndys lownyt war at will,
And all the blaftis pacefyit and ftill,
Out our the calm ftreym of marbill gray
With ayris palmys fweip thai furth thar way.
And fuddanly heir from the ftabillit fee 10 A large femly fchaw beheld Enee;
Amyddis quham the flude he gan afpy
Of Tybir flowand foft and efely,
With fworland welis, and mekill gallow fand,
Into the fey dyd entyr faft at hand. 15 The byrdis feir of mony diuers hewis,
About the watir, abuf vp in the clewis,
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On bankis weilbyknaw and fludis bay, Wyth wryblis fweit and myrthfull fangis gay Gan meys and glaid the hevynnys and the ayr, And throw the fchaw went fleand our alquhar.
5 To turn thar courfe he gan his feris command, And ftevin thar fchippis to the fammyn land : Joyfull and blith thai entring in the flude, That dern about fkuggyt with bewis ftude. Now, thou my mufe, Erato, I the pray,
10 Do fchaw me this, at I may fcharply fay
Quhat kynd proces of tyme was, and quhat kyngis In aid Latium, and in quhat ftait all thingis, Quhen firft this ftrange army or fallofchip In Italy gan arryvyn, euery fchip :
15 I fall declar all, and reduce fut hait, From the begynnyng of the firft debayt.
0 thou fweit goddes, O thou haly wight, Convoy and tech thy poet to fay ryght !
1 fall the horribill batellis fchaw and tell, 20 The bludy oftis, and the feildis fell ;
Quhou, throw thar curage, douchty kyngis feir
As ded corps becum war, and brocht on beir ;
The power hale of all Tufcany,
And all the gret rowtis of Italy 25 Affemblit into armys on the land.
Per ordour now thar rifis apon hand
Fer largear materis forto treit and write ;
A grettar wark begyn we to endyte.
Tha boundis, with thar lufty citeis all, 30 By lang proces of peax, in ftait riall
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The king Latinus held in governyng : Or than full agyt was this nobill kyng ; Quham, as we haue hard tald ful long agone, By kyng Fawnus engendrit was apon 5 The mayd, or nymphe of Lawrent, Marica. And to this Fawnus fader was alfiwa Picus the kyng, quhilk doith the reprefent, Saturnus, for hys fader and parent : Thou was the fyril gan all thar blude begyn,
10 The firft fundment and cheif ftok of kyn. By difpofitioun of the goddis dyvyn, Son nor manchild nane had kyng Latyn ; For alfmekill as his gong fon, a page, Deceffit was within his tendir age.
15 The kyngis palice, and all that riall hald, All hyr allane a douchtir dyd withhald, Now reddy for a man, and cum to age In grene gheris to compleit mariage. Full mony nobillis into Latium
20 Axit hir to wyf, throu Itale all and fum : Turnus hir axis, cummyn of hie parage, Abuf all other mafte gudly perfonage, And tharto rich of frendis, and myghty Of eldris gret and riall ancheftry ;
25 Quham kyng Latinus fpows, queyn Amata, With diligens dyd procur, day by day, That he adionyt war thar ibn in law : Bot feirfull fyngnys by the goddis fchaw, And fyndry terrouris gan tharto ganeftand.
30 Amyddis of the palyce clos dyd Hand,
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With bliffull bewis, a fair grene lawrer, Haldyn in dreid and wirfchip mony a ger ; Quham this ilk prynce and fader Latinus Dyd confecrat and hallow to Phebus,
5 For that he fand it growand in the feild Quhar he hys ryall palyce firft dyd beild : The indwellaris of the grond, eftir this tre, Lawrentes onto name clepit hes he. Betyd a wondir takynyng for to fay :
10 A gret flight of beys, on a day,
Careit our the fey heich throu the moift ayr, With lowd bemyng gan alycht and repar On the hie top of this forfaid lawreir ; Intill a clud ful thik togidder infeir,
15 Thar feyt al fammyn knyt after thar gys, A fwarm, or ony wyft quhou or quhat wys, Hang from a florift branch of this ilk tre. Incontinent the fpaymen cryis ; We fe A ftrange man tocum onto thir partis
20 With a gret rowt, and, fra the fammyn artis Quharfra gon beis cam, fal hidder feik ; Quhilk, for hys bonte and his thewis meke, Sail weild this palice and hie fengeory. Abuf this, eik, betyd a mar farly :
25 As kyng Latinus kyndillis, on tbar gys, Apon the altaris for the facrefyis, The clene fchidis of the dry fyre brandis, Quhar that alfo faft by hir fader ftandis Lavynya the maid, his douchter fair ;
30 A felcouth thing to fe, in hir fyde hair
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It femyt the halt fyre kyndillit bricht, And hir gay clething al with lowis lyght Gan gleit, and fperkland birn vp in a bles ; Hir ryall treffis inflambit, evil at eys ;
5 Hir crownel, picht with mony precyus ftane, Infyrit all of byrnand flawys fchane : And eftir that femyt this gudly wight Tobe involuyt in gallo reky lyght, And furth our al the place and rufe on hie
10 The fyre blefys, thame femyt, fkattirris fche. Certis, this was reput with gyng and aid A grifly thing and wondrus to behald ; For the diuinys declaris by and by Quhat this feirful takyn dyd fignyfy :
15 That is to knaw, at this ilk maid fuld be Of fame excelland and felicite ; Bot to the pepill pronofticatioun cleir Of fuddane batale and of mortal wer.
Bot than the king, thochtfull and al penfyve
20 Of fik monftreis, gan do feik bely ve Hys fader Fawnus orator and anfwar, Quhilk couth the fatis for to cum declar ; And gan inquiryng refponfions alflTua In the fchaw vndre hie Albunea,
25 Quhilk is a cheif gret foreft, as thai tell, And namyt from a haly rowtand well, Quhar, from the erth, in dern wentis heir and thar, A ftrang flewyr thrawis vp in the ayr. Thiddir hail the pepil of Italia,
30 And al the land eik of Onotrya,
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Thar dowtfum axyng turfis for anfuer, And thar petitions gettis aflblgeit heir. The kingis offerand and rich facryfys The preift thidder gart bring, as was the gys, 5 And, vnder filence of the dirk nycht,
On fcheip fkynnys, weil fpred and couchit rycht, Quhilk flane war in the facrifice that day, He ftrekis him adovne and tharon lay, Demandand fwevynnys and vifions til appeir :
10 On mervellus wys, thir fleand fchaddoys feir And figouris nys dyd he fe and afpy, And diuers vocis hard he eik faft by, And gan the Goddis carping bruke and joys, With fpeche of thai fpretis that beyn yclos
15 In Achyron, the depeft pyt of hell,
And thame that far doun in Avernus dyd dwel. The kyng alffo, that tyme, atour the laif, Heir wald him felf his anfwer afk and craif: Ane hundreth wollit wedderis, weil ganand,
20 In facryfys he brytynnys for offerand,
On quhais ibft flefys, weil and dewly fpreid, The kyng down liggis for that nyghtis bed. And fuddanly, furth of the fchawys clos, Sayand him thus, thar com a hafty voce :
25 O thou my child, cummyn of my ftok, Adres the nevir to knyt into wedlok Thi dochter til a man of Latyn land ; Lyppin nocht in gon allyance reddy at hand. Tobe tin mawch fal cum ane alienar,
30 That of his blude fal gendir fik ane air,
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Quhilk fal our name abufe the flarnys vpbring ; Of quhais ftok the nevoys and offpryng Vnder thar feit and lorflfchip fal behald All landis fterit and rewlit as thai wald, 5 Als fer as that the fon, circuland we fe, Behaldis baith the eft and weftir ieye.
CAP. II.
Eftir Eneas com to Itale land, Maidfacryfice to the goddis with offerand.
The kyng thir anfueris of his fader Fawnus, And admonitions be nyght gevin thus, Ne hydis nocht, nor clofys in his mouth ;
10 So that the fame tharof walkis full couth Our all the citeis of Italy wyde quhar, Quhen as the gonkeris of Troy arryvit war, And at the fchor, vndre a grefy bank, Thar navy can thai ankyr faft and hank.
15 Eneas, and othir chiftanys gloryus, And the frefch lufty fpringald Afcanius, Vndre the branchis of a femly tre Gan lenyng dovn, and reft thar bodeys fre, And to thar dyner dyd thame all adres
20 On grene herbis and fonkis of foft gers : The flowr fconnys war fet in, by and by, With othir men's, fik as war reddy ;
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Syne bred trynfchouris dyd thai fyl and charge With wild fcrabbis and other frutis large. Betyd, as was the will of Jupiter, For fait of fude conftrenyt fo thai war, 5 The other metis all confumyt and done, The paryngis of thar bred to mowp vp lone, And with thar handis brek, and chaftis gnaw, The cruftis, and the coffyngis all on raw ; Ne fpar thai not at laft, for lake of met,
10 Thar fatale four nukit trynfchour forto eyt. Och ! quod Afcanius, quhou is this befall ? Behald, we eyt our tabillis vp and all ! He faid na mair bot this, half deil in bourd. Thame thocht thai hard a fatale voce or word,
15 Quhilk was as finale end of thar vayage. Hys fader firft of all, with glaid curage, The word reft from his mouth as that he fpak, And followis on the anfwer ftupefac : All hail thou grond and land, quod he, in hy,
20 By the fatis onto me defteny,
And ge, O traft Penates, faid Enee,
Al hail our natyve goddis, weil ge be !
Heir is our dwelling place, quhar we fall leynd,
Forto remane heir is our cuntre heynd.
25 Certis, now I ramembir my fader Anchys Syk fecret takynnis of fatis on this wys Schew and reherfit, fayand this to me : Son, quhen in fik hungyr thou Had falbe, As thou art careit till a ftrange coft,
30 That, all the mefis etyn, done, and loft,
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Thou art conftrenyt thy burdis gnaw and fret ; Than thou, al irkyt, may thar beleif to get A fovir duelling fted perpetualy : Ramembir, in that place, or neir faft by, 5 To found thy firft cite with thi hand,
Dychit with fowfys and wallys hie ftandand. This was that hungir tareit ws fo lang ; This fall mak end of our myfchevis ftrang. Quharfor, to morow ayrly, I gou pray,
10 Firft as the fon vprys, we glaidly may
Sers and inquir quhat place and land is this, Or quhat maner of pepill tharin duellis, And of thys kyth quhar ftandis the cheif cite ; Lat ws feik fyndry ways fra the fee.
15 Now mak we mery ; away dolf hartis dull ; Now Ikynk, and offer Jupiter cowpis full, And in gour prayeris and orifons infeir Do call apon Anchys, my fader deir : Bryng wyne agane ; let in tharof plente.
20 And fayand thus, with a grene branch of tre He dyd involup and aray his lied, And Genyus, the God of that ilk fted, He dyd wirfchip, and gan in prayeris call Erth, the gret moder and firft god of all,
25 The Nymphis, and the fludis git onknaw ; The Nycht fyne, with hir fyngnys al on raw, And Jupiter Ideus of Ida, And Cibylla the mother in Phrigia ; He gan alfo befeik, quhar that thai dwell,
30 Athir of his parentis baith in hevin and hell.
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The Fader than almychty with cleyr lycht Gan thundir thrys dovn from the hevynnys hycht ; And fchakand in his hand, quhar as he went, A byrnand clowd, fchew from the firmament, 5 With fyry fparkis lyke to goldyn bemys,
Or twynkilland fprayngis with thar giltin glemys. And tho belyve dywlgat round abowt is The noys and rumour throu the Troiane rowtis, The day was cummyn, and the place quhar thai 10 Thar cite promift fuld beld and array. For joy thai pyngill than fortill renew Thar bankettis with all obferuancis dew, And, for thir tithingis, in flacon and in fkull Thai fkynk the wyne, and wauchtis cowpis full.
CAP. III.
Quhou Eneas ambqffhtouris dydjend
To kyng Latyn with rewardis and commend.
15 The nixt morow, with his goldin lamp bryght As the cleir day dyd ayr and erth alycht, Thai boundis, coftis, and the cheif cite, Diuers fpyis went furth to fers and fe ; And fand ane ftank that flowyt from a well
20 Quhilk Numycus was hait, and eik thai tell This was the flude of Tibir thai had fund, And ftrang Latyn pepill inhabyt this ground.
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Tharwith Anchifes fon, the wys Enee, Per ordour chofyn of euery degre Ane hundreth gay ambafiatouris dyd waill, To pas onto the kyngis fted riall,
5 Bad beir the prynce rewardis for the nanys, And him befeik of peax to the Troianys. With frefch garlandis and branchis all thai be Arrayt of the olyve of Pallas tre ; And but delay, as he thame chargit had,
10 With fwyft pays thai on thar mefiage glaid. And he into the meyn tyme faft can fpur Bot with a final fewch, or a litill fur, To mark the fundment of his new cite ; And faft by the ilk coftis fyde of the fee
15 Hys firft manfioun, in maner as it had bene Ane oft of tentis ftentit on the grene, With turettis, fowfy, and erd dikis ilk deill, He gan addres to clofing wonder weill.
Be this the gong men fend furth in meffage
20 Sa far has fped furthwart thar vayage, That thai the towris and the turettis hie Of kyng Latyn the cheif chymmys gan fe. Vndre the cite wall childir and pagis, And lufty fpringaldis, al of tendir agis,
25 Thar horffis and thar ftedis dyd aflay, And dantit cartis in the dufty way ; And fum thar big bowis dyd bend and draw, Sum with armys leyt trymland dartis thraw, Baith with fwyft curs and fchuting fo thai wirk,
30 Ilkane bifly his party forto irk.
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Than, careit on ane hors, a meflynger Brocht tithingis to the ancient kyngis eyr, A gret menge of fturdy men war cum, Cled in a ftrange habyt all and fum.
5 The kyng bad bryng thame in his palyce fone, And fet hym felf amyd his eldris troyn.
Thar ftude a gret tempill, or fail ryall, Of Lawrent cite feyt imperiall, Belt with a hundreth ftaitly pillaris hie,
10 Of kyng Picus the chymmys cheif to fe, With femly fchawys circulit, and lang hald In wirfchip and reuerence be faderis aid ; Quhar was ftatut by the confent common The kyngis fuld reffaue ceptur and crovn,
15 And of juftice other enfengeis feir,
And thar the baner fyrft rays for the weir. In this tempill held thai curt on raw ; That was the fet eik by thar gentil law Deput for hallowit feft and mangeory ;
20 And heir full oft at burdis by and by The heris war wont togidder fyt all fam, Quhen britnyt was, eftir thar gys, the ram. And forthir eik, per ordour mycht ge knaw Within the cheif deambulatour on raw
25 Of forfaderis gret ymagis dyd ftand, Of aid cedir carvyt with crafty hand ; Kyng Italus, and fader Sabinus That firft the wyne tre plantit, ftok or bus ; The crukyt huke vndre hys weid held he ;
30 The ancyent kyng Saturn thar mycht thou fe,
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And Janus ilatur eyk with dowbill face, With other pryncis porturyt in that place, From the begynnyng of thar firft difcens, Quhilk, of thar natyve cuntre for defens,
5 In marcyal batale fufFerit woundis fair. Apon the poftis alfib mony a pair Of harnes hang, and cart quhelis gret plente, From ennemys war wonnyn in melle ; The bowand axis, helmys with hie creftis,
10 Of rich citeis gettis, ftapillis, and reftis, Gret lokkis, flottis, mafly bandis fqwair, Dartis and fcheildis hyngis heir and thar, And ftalwart ftevynnys, baith of irne and tre, Reft from thir fchippis fechtand on the fee.
15 The ymage porturit was of kyng Pycus, Dantar of horffis, in chair fat gloryus, Cled in a ryal rob auguriall, And in his hand a ceptre wand riall, And in his left hand haldand a bukleir ;
20 Quham, revift for his luf, throu vennomys feir, Circes hys fpous fmate with a goldin wand, And in a byrd hym turnyt fut and hand, With fprutlyt weyngis, clepit a Speicht with ws, Quhilk in Latyn hait Pycus Marcyus.
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CAP. IV.
Kyny Latyn Jperis the cans of thar cummyng, And llioneus maid gudly anjueryng.
In fik a tempill of goddis Latyn Kyng,
Amyd his faderis fet ryall fytting,
Gart fech the Troianys to his prefens heir ;
And as thai entrit, and befor him wer, 5 With glaid femlant and viflage ful benyng
Thir wordis firft to thame carpis the king : Say me, Troianys, quhat ge defire, quod he ;
For weil we knaw gour lynage and cite,
And it is alffo cummyn to our erys 10 3e fe* 3°ur cours our fe thir mony geris ;
Schaw for quhat caufis, or quhat neceffite,
3our fchippis our fa feill haw ftremys of fee
Beyn hiddir to this coft of Italy
Careit or dryve, or quhidder gour navy 15 Has errit by thar cours, and far gone will,
Or git by fors of ftorm catchyt hiddertill,
As oft wil happin by the frawart tyde
To marynaris on fludys deip and wyde.
Gyf ge lik wys within our ry ver bankis 20 Be entryt, or remanys with our thankis
In to our port and havynnys faft heir by,
Withdraw gou not, ne fle nocht that harbry ;
Nor myfknaw not the condityons of ws
Latyn pepill and folk of Saturnus,
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Onconftrenyt, not be law bund thartill, Bot be our inclinatioun and fre will Juft and equale, and but offencis ay, Ar rewlit eftir the aid Goddys way.
5 As twichyng eik gour difcens and offpryng, Weil I ramembir that I haue hard fum thing ; Bot that is paflyt, or now, fa mony gheris, The fame almafte forget is and efferis ; Agit men of the cite Arunca,
10 With gret avant, forfuyth, thame hard I fay, Of this cuntre Schir Dardanus ybor Throw out the fey focht far and ferthyrmor Tyl Samo, fyrft, in Trace, the nerreft gait, Quhilk Samothracia now to name is hait ;
15 Syne focht he to the land of Phrygia, And citeis fet in the wod of Ida. The goldyn palyce now with fternys brycht Of hevyn in feyt riall withhaldys that wyght, That vmquhile focht fra hyne of Tufcany,
20 And Corith cite, ftandis our coft hard by ; That now a god is clepit our all quhar, And to thar numbir ekis hys altar. Thus faid the kyng ; and Ilioneus, but baid, Onto hys wordys thus wys anfwer maid.
25 Maift ryall prynce, cummyn of hie parage Of god Fawnus, nowdyr the feys rage By fors of dyrk tempeft has ws dry ve Onto gour realm, and tharat maid arryve, Nor git the laid ftern from our cours bywauyt,
30 Nor ftrange coft of this regioun diflauyt :
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Bot by aflent common, and of fre will, And fet purpos, we focht this cite till, As folkis flemyt fra thar naty ve cuntre ; Vmquhile the mafte fouerane realm, traft me, 5 That evir the fon from the far part of hevyn With hys bemys ourfchane, or man can nevin. From Jupiter dyd our lynnage begyn, And all the offpring of Schir Dardanus kyn Of Jupiter thar forfader can reios ;
10 Of Jo vis ilok in hyaft gre moft chois
Our kyng difcend, the ftrang Troiane Enee, In meffage fend ws heir to thy cite. Quhou gret tempeft of batale and debait Our Troiane feildis wyd has walkyt layt
15 By cruel Grekis hydduus confluens,
Quhat fatale bargane thar maid and defens, Athir part knawys of the warldis twa, That is to fay, Europ and Afya : And gif thar ony ferthir regioun be,
20 Diuidit be the ftreym and occiane fee
Fra the ferm land, tharof thai haue hard tell ; And thai alffo, gif ony thar may dwell, The fonnys myd cirkill remanys vnder, Hait Torrida £ona, dry as ony tundir,
25 Quhilk is amyd the hevynnys fituat Amang four othir plagis temperate. Fra that diluge efchape and feirful fpait, Careit throu feil large haw ftremys wayt, A litil fted or manfioun, we befeik,
30 Grant to our natyve kyndly goddis meik,
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The bair ley coft, hurtand na mannys rycht,
With air and watir common to euery wight.
Na mair lak to gour realm fall we be,
Nor na repreif tharby to gour renowne 5 Be ws, nor nane other, fal nevir fpreid ;
Nor git the thankis of fa frendful a deid
Sal ony tyme into obliuion flyde ;
Nor Italy, with hir braid bundis and wide, 10 Sal nevir repent that fcho the folk of Troy
Hes reffauyt, nor tharof thynk ennoy.
Be al Eneas deftaneis I fweir,
Hys trafty faith, or rycht hand into weir
Sa valgeand at onfet and defens, 15 And by his lang wfe and experiens
Of armys, quhilk he hes in batale hantit ;
Ful mony pepil, vi6toryus, ondantit,
Defirit ws in frendfchip and ally,
And tobe jonyt in thar fengeory : 20 Nor lichtly not fortliy our frendly proffer,
Quhilk of our fre will onrequirit we offir,
With wordis of requeft and of trety,
The takynnys in our handis born vp hye :
For oft the fatis of the goddis feir 25 Has ws compellit by thar ftrang power
Onto gour landis and thir coitis feik.
Schir Dardanus born of this cuntre eik
Defiris hiddir to return agane ;
And with commandmentis ftrait, ful mony ane,
Appollo chargit ws to fper bedene 30 To Tybyr, flowand in the fey Tirrene,
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And to the fontane and the ftrandis cleir Of Numycus, the hallowit frefch ryver. And forthir eik our prince hes to the fent Of his aid fortoun bot a final prefent,
5 The fobir levyngis reft from Troys fyre. Into this cowp of gold Anchifes hys fyre At the altar was wont to facrify ; And of the gret kyng Pryam, maft douchty, This was the cheif dyademe our the laif,
10 With quham he crownyt fat and domys gaif ; Hys ceptre als, and eik his tyar hat, Hallowit quharwith at facrifice he fat ; And this was eik hys precius rob ryall, By Troiane ladeis wrocht and brufyt all.
1 5 Herand fie wordis of Ilioneus, Ful ftil his viflfage haldis Latynus ; Hys fyght onmovyt to the erd dyd he prent, Witht eyn rollyng, and erys rycht attent. The brufyt purpour inovis hym na thing,
20 Nor Priamus ceptour fa far fteris the kyng, As that he mufys thochtfull gretumly Apon his douchteris fpoufage and ally, And in his mind gan cumpas oft infeir His fader Faunus refpons and anfwer ;
25 Thynkand this ilk Eneas femyt to be The felf ftranger, quham fatale defiance Signyfeit tocum furth of ane vncouth fted, Tobe his fon in law, and forto led Equale dignite with him in that ryng,
30 Ful of fouerane vertu, quhais ofipring
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By thar power fuld joys and occupy
The haill warld vndre thar fengeory.
And at the laft, eftir ful lang mulyng,
Witht joyus cheir on this wys faid the kyng : 5 The goddis gour begynnyng furthir and fpeid,
And thar pronofticatioun manifeft in deid.
I grant thyne axyng, Troiane mefiynger,
And gour rewardis reflTauys in thank ; for heir
<3e be all hartlie welcum, traftis me : 10 So lang as levys kyng Latyn in this cuntre,
The riches of maft plentuus fertil grund-
^e fal nocht want, that in this realm is fund,
Ne git nane othir welth, weilfar, and joy,
Quhilkis ge war wont to bruke and haue in Troy. 15 Bot, at the left, ge caus gour prince Enee,
Gyf that fo gretlie he defiris tobe
With ws confiderat intil allyance,
Or gif he langis, but langar difcrepans,
Within our palyce to entir befor othir, 20 And be clepit our compangeoun or brother,
Dwel no langar, bot cum bidder in haift,
Ne fkar not at his frendis face as a gaift.
For the maft part of our convene and band
To me falbe to twich gour kyngis hand. 25 And now agane ge fal, turnand gour went,
Bar to gour prince this my charge and commandment.
I haue a douchter quham refponfis, fchaw
Furth of my faderis oratory law,
And mony feirful takynnys of the hevin 30 Be diuers ways fchawin, and fyry levin,
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Wil not fuffir at fcho in wedlok be
Gevin ontil a man of our cuntre ;
Bot all the fpaymen declaris, by and by
Thar fuld cum to remane in Italy, 5 Fra ftrange coftis, to be our fon in law,
A douchty man, vnkouth and onknaw,
Quhilk, of his lynage and pofterite,
Our name abufe the fternys fal vphie.
Gyf that my mynd can ocht ymagn rycht, 10 I \veyn that he fuld be the fammyn knycht,
And glaidly wald, with al my hartis defire,
The werdys tharto callit that rial fyre.
This beand fayd, the kyng Latyn, but faill,
Gart cheis of al his ftedis furth the waill : 15 Thre hundreth mylk quhite hors and fare had he,
Seyfit and fed in ftalwart ftallis hie.
For euery Troiane per ordour thar the kyng
With purpour howfouris bad a curfur bring :
Thar brufyt trappuris and patrellis reddy bovne, 20 With goldin bruchis hang from thar breftis dovne ;
Thar harneffing of gold rycht deirly dicht ;
Thai runge the goldin mollettis burnyft bright.
Ontil Eneas als, thar prynce abfent,
A ryal chair richly arrayit he fent, 25 With twa Hern ftedis tharin gok infeir,
Cummyn of the kynd of hevinly horflis wer,
At thar neys thirlys the fyre faft fneryng owt ;
Of the ilke Itok and ftude fprungyn, but dowt,
Quhilk Circes, crafty and engenyus, 30 And mar fubtell than evir was Dedal us,
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Be a quent way fra hir awin fader flaw, Makand his ftedis byleip meris onknaw, That by hir fle confait and wily mynd Sik maner horfis engendrit of baftard kynd.
CAP. V.
Juno, perfavand the Troianys beild a town, For greif and dolour like tojwelt andfwoun.
5 Wyth fik giftis Eneas meflyngeris, And of kyng Latyn with joyful anfweris, Returnys, montit hie on hors ilk ane, Of peax and concord bodword brocht agane. Bot lo, the fpous of Jove, cruell Juno,
10 The felf tyme can return fro Arge tho ; 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 fcho fur
15 Down from the fkyis, on far can do fpy Of the heland Pachynnus in Scycilly ; Beheld the Troiane navy Hand on raw, And Eneas blyth and glaid fcho faw Of the joyus bodword onto him brocht,
20 That biflely, with all the haift he mocht, Inforcis thar herbry and ftrenth to beld, Than all aflurit of this land and feld,
OF ENEADOS.
403
And thar fchippis left defolate and waift.
In extafy fcho ftude, and mad almaift :
In fuddand dolour fmyttin wonder fmert,
Can fchak hir bed, with harmys at hir hart, 5 And of hir breift thir wordis warpis in hy : Och, kynd of pepill haitfull and onworthy !
For all the willis and the fatis Troiane
Bene to our mynd and deftaneis euer agane.
Mycht thai nocht all haue bene flane in Troy feildis ? 1 0 Mycht thai nocht all haue fwelt thar vnder fcheildis ?
Ar thai nocht venquift and ourcum ilk ane ?
Quhat ! may nocht thir prefoneris agane be tane ?
Hes nocht Troy all infyrit git thame brynt ?
Na : all fie laubour is fornocht and tynt. 15 Haue thai nocht fund, forto efchape away
Throw myd fyre, and myd oftis, ibvir way ?
So trait I now at laft my fors and mychtis
Lyis dolf and irkit be gon cative wightis :
Infaciate of haitrent, I reft in pes, 20 That was fo bald afor, and nevir wald ces,
Quhen thai war chafyt of thar natyve land,
To fturt thame on the ftreme fra hand to hand,
And to perfew tha flemyt vavengouris
Throw all feys, my felf, ilk tyde and howris. 25 Agane Troianys confumyt are be me :
The ftrenth of all the hevynnys and the fee.
Quhat proffittit me Syrtis, that fowkand fand,
Or git Scilla, the fwelch is ay rowtand ?
Or quhat avalit Caribdis bifme huge ? 30 Ar thai not ftakit at reft, and weil luge
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In the defirit fond of Tybris bay, AfToverit of the fey, and hes na«fray Of me, ne of my malice and fant thocht ? The ftern pepil Lapythos bryng to nocht,
5 And quyt diftroy, mycht Mars for his offens : Was it nocht eik grantit in recompens To Dyan, by the fader of goddis ichone, To wrek hir greif in ancyent Calidone ? Quhat fait maid the Lapythos or trefpas,
10 Or Calidon, at fa far punyft was ?
Abuf myffour forfuyth thai chaftyit war. Bot I, the fpous of the gret Jupiter, Quhilk fa onhappy al ways I mycht fynd Thame til ennoy confait left nocht behynd,
is Quhilk hes myfelf in propir perfon eik Turnyt and writhit all wentis I couth feik, Am now venquift be a man, this Ene. Bot, gif my power nocht fufficient be, Or gret eneuch, quhy fuld I dreid or fpar
20 To purches help, furfuyth, atour alquhar ? Gif I may nocht the hevinly goddis inclyne To my purpos, I fal feik forthir fyne To thame that far doun into Achiron dwell, And fall cominove that depaft pyt of hell.
25 I put the cace, that I may nocht optene From Latyn land thame to expel al clene, Bot be the fatis immovabill deftane, Lavynya remanys fpous to Ene : 3it at left thar may fall ftop or delay
30 In fa gret materis, for a geir or twa ;
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And lefull is it eik of athir kyng
The retennew in batale down to dyng.
Lat the eldfar and mawch knyt vp frendfchip
Be price of thar pepillis and fallofchip. 5 With gret efFufioun of the blude Troiane,
And fammyn of pepill Rutiliane,
Thou falbe faifyt, madyn, to dowry ;
Bellona, goddes of batale, fal ftand by,
Tobe convoyar of the mariage. 10 Nevir Heccuba, of Cifleus lynage,
Quhilk, bund with child, dremyt fcho dyd furth bring
A gleid of fyre, or hait brand lycht byrnyng,
Was deliuer of fik flambis, but faill,
As thou fal ber, and fyris coniugale ; 15 And forthir eik, this Venus proper birth,
And fecund Paris, Ene, litill wirth,
Sal rays and kyndill dedly flambe agane
Of hait fyre brondis amang the wallis Troiane.
Fra this was faid, with horribill mynd in haift 20 Doun to the erth fcho focht, and the laith gaift
Furth of hir fet and myrk dongeoun of hell
Scho dyd provoke, and callys with a gell
Ane of the fory furyus fifteris thre,
Ale£to, quhilk caufis all myfchefe tobe, 25 And evir mar defiris of hir kynd,
And hes full grene enprentit in hir mynd
The dedly batalis, and the dolorus wer,
Stryfe and difiait, harm and difcordis feir.
This fendlych hellys monftre Tartareane 30 Is hatit with hir other fifteris ilkane,
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And Pluto eik, the fader of hellis fee, Reputtis that byfmyng belch haitfull to fe ; Into famony grifly formys feir Scho dois hir felf tranflate, and of fik feir
5 Bene hir cruell fchappis and viflage, Sa fowle and laithly all hir perfonage, That, for hir pilis, and in fted of hir hair, Feil fnakis fpringis our hir body alquhar. Quhilk fury quent, of kynd fa peralus,
10 Juno tyftis to myfcheif, fayand thus:
Do to me, virgyn, dochtir of the dyrk nycht, This a feruice, thy proper wark be richt, Do me this laubour, quhilk is thyne of det, That our honouris and fame be nocht ourfet,
15 Ne git fubdewit into fik a place
As with gone Troianys, ftandis voyd of grace : Lat nevir Ene fo prowdly to optene The ipoufage of Latinus douchter fchene, And, by na way, lat nevir his feris weld
20 A fut braid of Italiane grond nor feld. Thou can brethir of ane affent mony geris Aganyft other enarm in mortale weris ; Thou may ourturn with haitrent and with ftrife The hail houfhald, the man agane his wife ;
25 Thou may Ikurgyng and ftrakis in lugyngis rays, And thou of frendis may mak mortale fays, And dedly fyrbrondis kyndill in thak and rwys ; A thoufand namys thou has that na man luffis, A thoufand ways folkis to ennoy and fchent.
30 Knok on thy brudy breift at myne entent ;
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Brek and caft doun thar concord maid of new ; Caufys of ftryfe and batale I wald thou few ; Gar all the power, and euerilk'ftowt gounkeir, Firft in tliar myndis defire to move the weir, Syne cry, and afk armys and batale all, And rufch tharto forfely gret and fmall.
CAP. VI.
Ale&o, throw perfua/ion of Juno, Queyn Amata al wytles gartjche go.
This cruel monftre, Ale6to, onane
Infe6t with feil vennom Gorgonyane,
Socht firft to Latyum, and the chymmys hee
10 Of Lawrentyn, the kyngis cheif cite, And prevely begouth awach and lowr About his fpous quene Amatais bour ; Quhilk, all inflambit in ire and wifely thochtis Of this new come of Troianys, all on flocht is,
15 The biffy curis of Turnus mariage
Skaldyng hir breift and mynd half in a rage. Thys wikkyt Goddes towart hir alffaft Ane of hir flymy ferpent haris dyd caft, Deip in hir bofum leyt inflip with flycht,
20 Amyd hir hart pipis or precordialis lycht ; That be this ilk monftris inftigatioun Wod wraith fcho fuld perturble al the toun.
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Thys eddir, flyding owr flekit bodeis foft
Of thir ladeis, amang thar wedis oft
Went thrawin fo that nane felt quhar fcho glidis,
The furyus queyn diffauyug on athir fydis,
5 And in hir mynd can blaw and kyndill fyne Ane felloun greif or curage ferpentyne. The gryfly ferpent fum tyme femyt tobe About hir hals a lynkit gold chenge ; And fum tyme of hir curche, lap with a waif,
1 o Becum the felvage, or bordour of hir quafe ; Sum tyme hir hed lays, forto knyt hir hair ; Ful flyde fche flippis hir membris our alquhar. Sone as the firft infe&ioun a litil we Of flymy vennom inget quently had fche,
15 Than fcho begouth hir wittis to aflale, And depe amyd hir banys forto fkaill And multiply the rage or byrnand fury ; For git nocht all our hyr breift cruelly The fpreit lies felt the flambe frenettical :
20 Quharfor the mar fobirly furth with all, Eftir the commoun cuftum and vfage Of aid matronys in thar wyld dotage, With huge complaynt for hir dochter and regrate, And Troiane wedlok contrar hir confate,
25 Thus faid fcho weping, and that ful petuufly : O fader kyng Latyn, quhy wilt thou, quhy ? Quhat ! fal our child, Lavynya the may, To banyft men be geif to leid away ? Nowdir hes thou of thy tendir get piete,
30 Ne git compaffioun of thy felf, ne me
OF ENEADOS. 409
Hir moder, quham fa fone, full diflblate, 3one fals fey revar wil leif in fturt, God wayt, And cary the maid our the deip fludis haw, Alflbne as evir the firft north wynd dois blaw ? 5 Was it nocht evin be fik a fengeit gyrd
Quhen Parys furth of Phryge, the Troiane hyrd, Socht to the cite Laces in Sparta, And thar the dochter of Lydea ftal awa, The fair Helyn, and to Troy turfyt raith ?
10 Quhat fal avale gour faith and hallo wit aith ? Quhat of gour ancyent purvyance, fchir kyng, That ge had of gour frendis and offpring ? Quhat of gour richt hand, hald fa gloryus, Sa feil fyth gevin to our coufyng Turnus ?
15 Gyf that thou fekis ane alienar onknaw, Tobe thy mawch or thy gud fon in law, And hes that thing determyt in thy hed, Conftrenyt tharto by the command and red Of thy fader Fawnus : as to that gate,
20 Heir a litil my fantafy and confate. All cuntre onfubieckit vnder our wand, It may be clepit ane oncouth ftrange land, And al at thar indwellis alienaris bene ; Of fik ftrangeris the goddis fpak, I weyn.
25 And gyf we lift feik forthir mar, git than To compt the firft begynnyng of Turnus clan, Inachus and Achryfyus, but weir, Twa kyngis of Grece, his forfaderis wer ; Thus is he Greik, to compt his greis a pece,
30 And cum of Myce the myddil realm of Grece.
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Eftir at the quene with fik wordis, all for noclit, A flay t had kyng Latyn, as fcho mocht, And fand at he refiftit hyr entent, The furyus poyfon than of the ferpent
5 Deip in hir breift and entralis fwiftly geid, And dyd our all partis of hir body fpreid ; So that, forfuyth, cacchit onhappely With hydduus monftreis, gan fcho ryn and cry Throw owt the large cite in wild dotage,
10 But reffon, ftrikkin with the nymphis rage. As fum tyme fclentys the round tap of tre, Hyt with the twynyt quhip dois quhirl, we fe, Quham childyr dryvis bifly at thar play Abowt the clos and voyd hallis all day ;
15 Scho fmyttyn with the tawys dois rebound, And rynnys about, abowt, in cirkill round ; The wytles fort of forfaid babbys gyng Studeis awondrit of fa nyce a thing, This turnyt tre fo all that berdles rowt
20 Ferleis to fe fwa fleip and quhirl abowt,
And all thar mynd fettis it to each and dryve : Na flawar went Amata, the kyngis wife, Throw owt the myd citeis of Latyn land, And throu the fers pepill, fra hand to hand.
25 And forthir eik, onto the woddis grene With fwyft fard cacchys furth this quene, Fengeand the rage of Bacchus, and gret mycht, A mar myfchefe forto controve and flycht, And grettar fury fwyth fcho can begyn,
30 Hyr douchter hyd thir woddy hillys within ;
OF ENEADOS. 411
Tharby the Troiane fpoufage to delay, Stop and prolong thar feft and brydell day. Scho fcbowtis, hey, how ! Bacchus, god of wyne, Thow only art worthy to haue our virgyne ; 5 And this with lovd voce cryis and fchowtis fche. To the, Bacchus, fcho rafyt eik on hie Gret lang fperis, as thai ftandartis wer, With wyne tre branchis wippit on thar maner ; To the fcho led ryng fangis in caralyng,
10 To the hir hair addreffit leit down hyng.
The fame heirof wyde our all dyd fpreid, Quhill at the laft the fammyn fury can fpreid In all the matronys breftis of the land : Cacchit with fors tha flok fra hand to hand,
15 Thar howfis thai forhow and levis waift, And to the woddis focht as thai war chaift, And leit thar nekkis and hayr blaw with the wynd ; Sum othiris went gelland vnder the lynd, Quhill all the fkyis of thar fcryke fordynnys ;
20 And fum, war cled in pylchis of fowne fkynnys, Into thar handis rafyt vp on hie The lang ftowris, wond with the fweit wyne tre. Amyd thame all the queyn Amata gais, And ferfly dyd a byrnand fyrr tre rays,
25 And of hir douchter eik and of Turnus gyng The wedding fangis and ballettis dyd fcho fyng, With bludy eyn rollyng full thrawynly ; Oft and rycht fchrewitly wald fcho clepe and cry, Owt harro ! matronys, quharfo evir ge be,
30 All Latyn wyfis harkis now to me :
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Gif ony favouris or frendfchip git remanys In gour devote breftis, amangis thir planys, Of the onhappy mother Amata, Gif ony thocht remordis gour myndis alfiua 5 Of the effe&uus piete maternall ;
Lows hed bandis, fchake down gour haris all, Walk in this wod heir caraland with me, Syng Bacchus fangis, fen na bettir may be.
CAP. VII.
Quhou Ale&o perfuadit hes Turnus To move batde incontrar Latinus.
Ale6to thus, amang the woddis dern, 10 Mony wild beftis den and depe cavern, Into lie rage this ilk queyn Amata With Bacchus fury cacchis to and fra. And eftir that this wikkit fals goddes Thocht fcho had fcharpit weill eneuch, I ges, 15 The firft fury of fa dolorus rage,
Fortyll diftrubbill the forfaid mariage, And quyte pervert or turnyt top our taill Latynus howfhald, purpos, and counfale ; But mar delay, with wallowit weyngis fche 20 Wilkis from thyne onto the wallis hie Of the curageus Rutiliane Turnus : Quhilk cite the douchter of Acryfyus,
OF ENEADOS. 413
Fair Danas, fundyt for hir men and hir, Drevin to that coft with the fouth wyndis bir : Quhilk fted was fum quhile clepit Ardea, Fra Ardea, a fowle, git namyt fwa,
5 And, to this day, the forfaid riall hame Be fortoun brukis of Ardea the name. Within tha hyghty boundis Turnus rycht Lay ftill at reft amyddis the dirk nycht. Ale6to hir thrawin viffage dyd away,
10 All furyus membris laid apart and array, And hir in fchap tranfformyt of a trat, Hyr forret Ikorit with runclys and mony rat ; And with a vaill ourfpred hir lyard hair, A branch of olyve tharto knyttis gare :
15 Of Junoys tempill femyt fcho tobe The nun and trattes, clepit Calybe. Befor the vifage of this ftowt gong knycht Prefent hir felf, with thir wordis on hicht : Turnus, quhat ! wylt thou fuffir this ondocht,
20 Thy lang travale and laubour be for nocht, And thy ceptre and crown delyuerit be To gon banyft new cum Troiane menge ? The kyng Latyn the fpoufage of Lavyne, And thy dowry, bocht with thy blude and pyne,
25 Denyis forto grant the, or ellis ocht ; And to fucceid in his realm hes befocht Ane alienar, born of ane oncouth land. Pas now thy way, and fet the to ganeftand Thir perellis, but all thankis or gayngeld ;
00 Sen thou art mokkit, go, down bet in feld
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The oftis of Hethruria, and fyne Defend in peax and reft the folk Latyne. Almychty Saturnus douchtir aluterly, As thou be nycht thus doith at quiet ly, 5 Bad me fchaw planely all thir thingis to the. Haue done therfor, aflembil this cuntre, Addres thy fenfabill men in thar array, Enarmyt glaidly move and hald gour way Towart the portis or havynnys of the fee,
10 And fet apon gon fam Troiane menge ; Dryve thar chiftanys of this land, but hone, Thar pantit carvellis byrn ; fo to be done The gret power of hevynly Goddis dy vyne Commandit hes, decret, and determyne.
15 Lat kyng Latynus feil to his awyn harmys, 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 gyng man mokkand at the prophetes,
20 Herand fie fpeche, anfweris with mouth expres It ftandis not fo as thou wenys, but weris ; The meffynger is nocht gone by myne erys, Full lang or now, quhou that a ftrange navy Arryvit in this Tibris ftreme faft by.
25 Fenge na cawfis me fortill effray ;
Weyn not me lift my purpos leif na way, Nor ryall Juno, quene of realmys all, Lift our querrell forget, nor thoil we fall. Bot, O aid dame, thy vile onweldy age,
30 Ourfet with hafart hair and faynt dotage,
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Quhilk voyd is of all treuth and verite, In fie curys invane occupyis the, And the diffavis, as prophet, be fals dreid, That gevis thi mynd tharon thou has na heid,
5 As forto treyt of batalis betwix kyngis : Thyne occupatioun ftandis on othir thingis, Quhilk fuld haue cure of nocht alanerly Bot goddis tempillis and ymagis to Ipy : Thoill men of pes anc[ wer carp and rehers,
10 Quhamto pertenys the batalis to exers.
At fie wordis Ale&o, hait as fyre, Brynt in hir fury rage and felloun ire, So that, the gong man fpekand, fuddanly The trymlyng hynt all membris of his body ;
15 His eyn ftud abafyt in his hed ;
This hellis monftre, full of wreth and fed, Hyflyt and quhiflyt with fa feill eddir fondis, And hir figour fa gryfly gret abundis, With glowrand eyn byrnand of flawmys blak.
20 Turnus awondryng ftyntis and drawis abak ; And, as he purpofit mekill mar to lay, Infted of haris fcho rafit vp ferpentis tway, And of hir fcurge the found fcho made him heir ; With rageand mouth fyne faid and fellown beir :
25 Behaldis this my vile onweldy age, Ourfet with hafart hair and faynt dotage, Quham eild, void of al trewth and verite, Be fals dreid diflavys fo, quod fche, As forto treyt of batale betwix kyngis :
30 Behald gif it fo be, confider thir fyngis ;
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Lo me prefent, ane of the fifteris thre, Infernal fureis of feirfull hellis fee ; Se, I bar in my handis and power The ded of batalis and the mortale were. 5 And fayand thus, at this ilk fers gyng knycht Ane hait fyre brand keft fcho byrnand brycht, And in hys brefte this furyus lemand fchide With dedly fmok fixit deyp can hyde. The huge dreid with this diffoluyt his flepe, 10 Our all his body brifting furth dyd crepe The warm fwait throw euery lith and bane, And all enragit can eftir harnes frane ; Armour, all wytles, in his bed fekis he, Armour, our all the lugyng law and hie. 1 5 The gret curage of irne wapynnys can waid Cruell and wild, and all his wyt invaid In wikkit wodnes batale to defire, Quharon he byrnys hait in felloun ire : Lyke as quhen that the ingill of ftikkis dry 20 With blefand fownd is layd to by and by, About the fydis of the pot playing, The licour fparklis for the heyt bulyng ; Within, the fervent bullyr violent Of watir makyng reky froith vpfprent ; 25 So fwellis vp the (kum and bellis bedene, The vefchell may na mar the broth contene, Bot furth it poplys in the fyre heir and thar, Quhill vp fleys the blak ftew in the air. And for alfmekill as Turnus thus was ftad, 30 The gretaft of hys chiftanys go he bad
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To kyng Latyn, and him declar, but wer,
The paix was brokyn, and he wald move the were :
To graith thar armour faft commandis he,
To defend Ital, and of thar awin cuntre
5 Thar ennemys expell and dryve ; as git He was eneuch for baith, he leyt thame wyt, Baith to recuntyr the Latynys and Troianys.
Quhen this was faid, and, on fik wys as ganys, The goddis callit tobe in thar helping,
10 Than biflely Rutilianys, our all thing, Can athir othir faft exhort and pray On thar beft wys for werfar to purvay. Sum the mafte femly farrand perfonage Tiftys to the feild, to preif his grene curage ;
15 Sum on his gouthhed, and his thewes gude; Sum is movit throw hys ryall blude, For his progenitouris. noble kyngis wer ; And fum war eik inducit to the weir For hie prowes knawin in ilke landis,
20 And dedis wrocht mafte knychtly with his handis.
CAP. VIII.
Afcanyus huntand has a taym hart hurt, Quhilk was the fir/I moving ofjlrife andjlurt.
Quhill Turnus on this wys, about all partis, In the Rutilyanys rafys hardy hartis,
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With hir infernal I weyngis furth can cary Ale&o towart Troianys, but mair tary. By ane new flycht a place fpyit hes fche, Quhar, for the tyme, by the coft of the fee, 5 The gyng femly Afcanyus at folace
Dyd hunt the wild deir, followyng the chace. Thar fuddanly this hellis wench infeft Ane hafty fury on his hundis keft ; Thar nes thirlys with a fover fent
K) Scho fillis fo, that biffely thai went
Eftir the fute of a taym hart ; quhilk thing Was the firft cau^s of weirfar and fechtyng, And firft fterit the wild fofteris fell To move debait, or raak thame for batell.
15 This hart of body was baith gret and fquar, With large hed, and tyndis burnyft far ; Quham childir of ane Tyrrheus thame amang, Reft from his moderis pap, had' nuryfit lang : Tyrrheus thar fader was fee mafter and gyde
20 Of ftuddis, flokkis, bowis, and heirdis wide, As ftorour to the kyng, dyd kepe and gym, Of the large plane all traft was gevin to hym. Full dantit and full taym at thar command Was fo becum this beft, that, but demand,
25 Siluya thar fitter with all diligens Arrayt hym of flowris fweit as fens ; Oft plet fcho garlandis for his tyndis hie ; The deir alfo full ofttyme kem wald fche, And feil fys wefch intil a fontane cleir.
30 Full weil fufferit hir handis the tame deir,
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And was accuftomyt fo quhen he lift eyt, At his awin mafteris burd to feik his meyt : Our all the woddis wald he raik ilk day, And at evin tide return hame the ftrecht way 5 Till hys lugyng weilbekend, fute hait,
All by him felf, war the nycht neuer fo lait.
This hart, errand far from hys reflet, Afcanyus wod hundis ombefet, As that, per cace, for the hait fonnys gleme,
10 He held doun fwymmand the cleir ryver ftreme, To cuyll hys heyt vnder a grefy bra. Afcanyus the child hym felf alflua, Byrnyng in deiire of fum notable renown, With nokkyt bow ybent all reddy bown,
15 Wenand hym wilde, leyt fone ane arow glide; The Goddes was all reddy faft befyde, That can hys hand addres but waveryng ; The flane flaw faft with a fpang fra the ftryng, Throw owt the wame and entrellis all, but ftynt,
20 The fcharp hedit fchaft dufchit with the dynt. The deir, fo dedly woundit and to laym, Onto his kynd reflet can fleyng hame, And entrys in his ftall, and that onone All blude befprent, with mony grank and grone,
25 And like a man befocht help and fupple ; With hys plenyng all the hows fillis he. Siluya, the eldeft lifter, with a fchowt, Hir handis clappyng faft hir fchulderis abowt, Cryis efter help, and can togidder call
30 The landwart folkis and dowr forefteris all.
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Thai tho affemblit to the fray in hy, And flokkis furth rycht faft onwarnyftly ; For the ilk fury peftilenciall that hour Full prevely in the dern wod dyd lowr,
5 To caft on thame flely hir feirfull rage ;
That furth vpftartis bath wife, man, and page : He with a burdon of ane lang ftif tre, The poynt fcharpit and brynt a litill we ; He with a knotty club and knorry hed ;
10 Quhat ilk man fand firft reddy in that fted, Sekand a fwerd, new rynnand fra the pleuch, Thar greif maid that thing wapyn gud eneuch. Tyrrheus, the matter ftorour, in a rowt The churlys all aflemlyt hym abowt,
15 Quhar as, per cace, byfly with weggis he Stude fchidand a four fquarit akyn tre, With mony pant, with fellon hauchis and quakis, Als oft the ax rebundit of the ftrakis. This cruel 1 goddes, feirfull Aledo,
20 Fortill ennoy hir tyme efpyit tho,
And fpelis vp ful fone, as fcho war wod, Apon a heich ftabill quhar that beftis ftude : Right buftuuily apon the rufe on hie The hyrdys enfenge lowd vp trumpis fche,
25 And in a bowand horn, at hir awin will, A feyndlich hellis voce fcho liltis fchill ; At quhais fovnd all trymlyt the foreft, The dern woddis refondit eft and weft, The blaft was hard thens mylis mony ane
30 At the deip lowch of Triuia or Dyane ;
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The dyn was hard eik ellis quhar ful far At the fulphuryus quhite ryvar callit Nar, And at the laik or fontane of Velyne. Baith to and fro our all the cuntre fyne
5 Wemen and moderis, effrayt of this cace,
Thar gyng childring faft to thar breftis dyd brace.
Than fpedely, with hafte and bifly fare, The laubouraris ondantit heir and thare Hynt wapynnys, and affemlyt on euery fide
10 To wart the fovnd, quhar as the trump that tyde With dedly voce blew this feirfull fyng : The Troiane power alffo can furth thring With haill rowtis, Afcanyus to refkew. The batalis war adionyt now of new ;
15 Nocht in maner of land wart folkis bargane, With hard blokkis rafchand all ourane, Nor blunt fteyngis of the byrfillit tre, Bot with fcharp fcherand wapynnys maid melle. The grond blaknyt and feirfull wolx alffua :
20 Of drawyn fwerdis fclentyng to and fra The brycht mettale, and othir armouris feir, Quharon the fonnys blenkis betis cleir, Glitteris and fchane, and vnder bemys brycht Caftis ane new twynklyng or a lemand lycht.
25 This ftour fa buftuus begouth to rys and grew, Lyke as the fey changis firft hys hew In quhite lippiris by the wyndis blaft ; Syne, peis and peys, the flude boldnys fo faft, Quhill finaly the wallis vpryfis mar,
30 That fra the grund it warpis vp in the air.
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At the firft cuntre into this bargane Almon, Tyrrheus eldaft fon, was (lane, A fair gyng fpringald, quhilk caucht dedis wound Throw dynt of arrow fchot with felloun found, 5 That fmate hym rycht evin in at the hals bone ; The loppirrit blude ftoppyt hys aynd onone, And clofyt in of lyfe the tendir fpreit. Abowt hym fell down ded, and loft the fweit, Mony of the hyrdmen, amangis quham was ane,
10 The eldar Galefus, as that he allane Offerit hym felf amyd the oftis tway, To treit concord of pes and of the fray ; Quhilk was the juftaft of a rurall man, And mychtyaft in hys tyme levyng than :
1 5 Our all the boundis of Aufonya Hys fyve flokkis pafturyt to and fra, Fyve bowis of ky ontil his hame reparit, And with ane hundreth plewis the land he aryt.
CAP. IX.
Fra the firft Jlauchter maid apon this wys, Turnus and all the pepillfor batall cryis.
And as this bargane on this maner geid 20 In plane feld and evinly batale fted, This hellis goddes, joyfing at hir will Hir promys, quhilk fcho hecht forto fulfill,
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Alffbne- as was this gret melly begun, The erth littyt with blude and al ourrun, And the firft flauchter was commyt and done In dedly weir ; than Italy alffone
5 Scho levis, and with fwift fard can do fle Throw owt the fkyis to the hevynnys hie, Haiffand hir purpos, faid with woce ful prowd, Onto Juno thus Ipak fcho throw a clowd : Lo ! now, difcord perfornyft, as thou wald,
10 With fchrewit batale and carys monyfald. In tender frendfchip lat thame now convene, Knyt vp allyance and fallofchip bedene ; Sen that I haue the Troianys all byfprent With blude of the Italyanys, or I went.
15 And, gif thi mynd be ferm tharto with me, I fal thus mekill eik to my wark, quod fche, Fortill induce the citeis adiacent Onto the bargane, or that I hyne went ; With fchrewit rumouris, I can amang thame fkaill,
20 Thar myndis fo I fall enflambe alhaill By wod ondantit fers defyre of Mart, Thai fall forgaddir to help from euery art, Quhil batale, armouris, fwerdis, fperis, and fcheldis, I fall do faw and ftrow our all the feildis.
25 Than anfwerit Juno ; at abundans thar is Of thi diflaitfull flycht and frawd, I wys, And eik of feirfull terrour and deray : Weill ar perfurnyft caufys of this weir perfay : Thai feght togidder mydlit on the land,
30 Baith face for face, with drawiu glavis in hand,
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And new fched blude littis thar armour cleyr, Quhilk thai by fortoun cawch haue firft in weir. 3 on worthy fquyer of Venus blude and kyn, And king Latynus, now lat thame begyn 5 Sik wedlok to contrad and ipoufale fefte. Bot the gret fader of hevin, at my requeft, Will fuffir the at large no langar heir To walk, nor tary abufe the fkyis cleir : Withdraw the of this place, forthy, weil fone :
10 Gif ony chance reftis mar tobe done, I fall my felf that mater rewle and gy. Thir wordis fpak Juno ; and fcho tharwith in hy Hir dowbill weyngis with eddir found dyd bete, Levand the hevynnys, focht to hir hellis fete.
15 Amyddis Itall, vnder hillys law, Thar ftandis a famus fted weil beknaw, That for his bruyt is namyt in mony land, The vail Anfan6bus hait, on athir hand Quham the fydis of a thik wod of tre
20 Clofis full dern with fkowgy bewys hie : A rowtand burn amydwart therof rynnys, Rumland and foundand on the craggy quhynnys And eik forgane the brokkyn brow of the mont Ane horribill cave with braid and large front
25 Thar may be fene, a thyrl or ayndyng fted Of terribill Pluto, fader of hell and ded ; A ryft or fwelch fo gryfly for to fe, Till Acheron revin dovne, that hellis fee, Gapand with his peftiferus gowle full wide ;
30 At quhais byfme the fury can down Hyde,
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This hutit goddes, and by that difcens Delyverit hevyn and erd of hyr prefens.
And netheles, duryng the meyn feflbn, The queyn hir felf, Saturnus get, onon 5 Set to hyr hand, and ondyd the batell. Off hyrdmen all the rowtis with a gell Rufchit fra the feild to the city, but tary, The fclane bodeis away with thame dyd cary ; Almon the child, and ded Galefus als,
10 With blud byfparkyt viflage, hed, and hals : Thai thyg vengeance at the Goddis, and fyne Thai raym and cry faft on the kyng Latyne. Turnus was by, and amyd this deray, Thys hait fury of flauchtir, and fell affray,
15 The terrour dowblis he and feirfull dreid, That ilk forloppyn Troianys at this neid Suld thankfully be reflet in that ryng, Or Phrigiane blude confiderat with the kyng, And he furth of tha boundis tobe expellit.
20 The felf tyme eyk, for the matronys at gellit, And roundis fang fo in thar wilde dotage, In the dern woddis, fmyttyn with Bacchus rage, Gret rowtis dyd aflembill thyddir in hy, And rowpyt eftir batale ernyftfully ;
25 Thar the deteftabill weris euer in ane, Agane the fatis all, thai cry and rane, Contrar anfweris and difpofitions all Of goddis, for the weir thai clepe and call, Led by the power and frawart godhed
30 Of cruell Juno with aid ramembrit fed :
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Full fail thai thryng about the kyngis palyce. Bot this ilk Latyn, knawand thar malyce, Rafiftis onmovit as a rok of the lee, Quham, with gret brute of watir fmyt, we fe
5 Hymfelf fuilenys by hys huge wecht Fra wallis feill, in all thar byr and fwecht Jawpyng about hys Ikyrtis with mony a bray ; Skelleis and famy craggis thai affay, Rowtand and rarand, and may not empar,
10 Bot gif thai fched fra his fydis the wair. So, eftir that the kyng mycht nocht refill Thar blynd purpos, for, as evir Juno lift, The mater went, all fet to cruelte ; Full mony Goddis and the hevynnys hie
15 To wytnes drew he, all was by his will : Bot all for nocht, na tent was take thartill. Allace ! he faid, we ar to broke and ryve By the fatis, by ftorm cacchit and dryve. O, o, ge wrachit pepill ! gan he cry,
20 With cruell pane full deir ghe fall aby
This wilfull rage, and with gour blude expres The wrangis of lie facrilege redres. O Turnus, Turnus, full hard and hevy wraik And forofull vengeance git fal the ourtak,
25 Quhen, al to lait, in thy helpyng thou fall With prayeris on the Goddis clepe and call. For I had fund my reft and eys, quod he ; Now at the dur deth reddy bydis me, Quhar now of happy pompis funeral
30 I fpulgeit am, and fik triumphe riall.
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Na mor layng, with that ilk word fut het Ful clos within his palice he him fchet, Of all fik thingis gaue our the cure and charge, Sen na better mycht be, to go at large.
CAP. X.
The portis of weir to twich ilie prynce refufis, Quhilkis Juno brekis,fyne alfor bated mujis.
5 The maner than was, and the aid cuftum Within the land of ancyent Latyum, Quhilk bliffit vfance eftir mony a day The citeis and faderis of Alba kepit ay, Now the gret matter fouerane cite dyng
10 Of Rome kepis and hantis the felf thing ; That is to knaw, quhen firft thai move or fteir The marciall enfengeis for the wer, Quhidder fo thai lift to fet with oftis plane On the Gethys, pepill Tartareane,
15 With dolorus and with ful lamentable wer In Hyrcany or Araby to fteir, Or for til ettill into Inde furth eik, Towart the dawyng and fon ryfyng to feik, Or git til afk and reduce hame agane
20 Thar ftandartis from the dowr pepill Perfane. Twa portis beyn of batale and debait, So thai war clepit to thar name, and hait,
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Haldyn in religioun of haly reuerence
Of Martys cruel dreid and his offence :
A hundreth brafyn hefpis tharae clafpit queym,
And ftrenthy irne flottis, that dyd feym
5 Tobe eternal and inconfumptive ;
Nor Janus, kepar of this entre of ftrive, Was no quhile furth of this ilk hallo wit hald. Bot quhen the ferm fentens of faderis aid Was ony tyme determyt to move weir,
10 Than he that was cheif duke or confuler, In rob ryall veftit, that hait Quyryne, And rich purpour, eftir the gys Gabyne, Gyrd in a garmont femly and fut fyde, Thir gettis fuld vp oppin and warp wyde :
15 Within that girgand hirft alffo fuld he Pronunce the new weir, batale, and melle ; Quham all the fenfabitl men fuld follow faft, With plane affent and brafyn trumpis blaft. The kyng Latyn furthwith command thai than
20 On this maner, as prince and grettaft man, To proclame weir and decrete the melle Agane Troianys, thidder cum with Ene, And warp tha forofull gettis vp on breid. The prynce refufyt to do fa vile a deid,
25 Ne lift not anys thame twich, nor brek his heift, Sore agrevit planely ganeftud thar requefte, And in his fecret clofet hym withdrew. Than from the hevin downe quhirland with a quhew Come queyn Juno, and with hir awin handis
30 Dang vp the gettis, brak but delay the bandis :
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This cruell douchter of the aid Saturn The raarbill hirft can weltir and ourturn, And ftrang get chekis of weirfar and batell Strake down, and rent the gret irne poftis fell.
5 Onfterit lang tyme, and onmovit, Ital Now byrnys into fury bellicall. Sum grathis thame on fut to go in feild ; Sum hie montit on horfbak vnder fcheld The dufty pvlder vpdryvand with a llour,
10 And euery man focht wapynnys and armour ; Thar fchynand fcheildis fum dyd burnys weill, And fum polift fcharp fpeir hedis of fteill, To mak thame brycht with fat creifch or fame, And on quhitftanys thar axis fcharpis at hame ;
15 To beir pynfellis it gladis thame vp and dovne, And ar reiofyt to heir the trumpettis fovne. Fyve the grettaft and maift cheif citeis, Thar wapynnys to renew in al degreis, Set vp forgis and fteil ftyddeis fyne ;
20 Rych Atyna, and the prowd Tyburyne, Ardea the cite, and Cruftumere, And eik Antemne, with ftrang towris he And weirly wallis battellit about, The fikkyr helmys penys and forgis owt ;
25 Thar targettis bow thai of the lycht fauch tre, And bos bukleris coverit with cuyrbulge ; Sum fteil hawbrikis forgis furth of playt, Burnyft flaukartis and leg harnes, fut hait, With latit fowpill filuer weill annelit :
30 All inftrumentis of pleuch graith, irnyt or ftelyt,
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As cultyris, fokkis, and the fomys gret, With fythis, and al hukis at feheris quhet, War thidder brocht and tholis temper new ; The luft of all ilk wark lomys was adew :
5 Thai dyd thame forge in fwerdis of mettel brycht, Forto defend thar cuntre and thar rycht.
Be this, thar armour grathit and thar geir, The draucht trumpet blawis the brag of weir ; The floggorn enfenge, or the wach cry,
10 Went for the batale all fuld be reddy. He pullis down his fellet quhar it hang, Sum deill effrayt of the noys and thrang ; He dryvis furth the ftampand hors on raw Onto the gok, the chareottis to draw ;
is He clethys hym with his fcheld, and femys bald ; He clafpys hys gilt habirgyon and thrynfald ; He, in his breiftplait ftrang and his byrne, A fover fwerd beltis law down by his the.
CAP. XL
The poet makis to goddis his prayer,
Dewly to compt the folkis grathis for this weir.
<3he Mufys now, fweit Goddeffis ichone, 20 Oppyn and onfchet gour mont of Helycone, Reveil the fecretis lyand in gour myght, Addres my ftile, and fteir my pen go rycht,
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Entone my fang, and til endyte me leir Quhat kyngis dyd remufe furth to this weir, Quhat rowtis followit euery prynce in feild, With oftis braid that dyd the plane ourheld, 5 With quhat maner of valgeand men fik ways The happy grund Ital flurift tha days, With quhatkyn armys it enflambit fchane ; Furthfchaw thir ancyent fecretis euery ane. <3he bliflyt wightis forfuyth ramembris weill 10 All fie thingis, and, quhar gou lift, may reveill, Thocht fcarfly, for the proces of lang gens, Be fmal rumour tharof cum tyl our erys.
Firft, from the land and coftis hait Tyrreyn, Onto the batale bownys ftern and keyn 15 Mezentius the kyng, that in hys day Contempnar clepit was of the goddis ay. The gydar of hys army and hys rowt Was hys fon Lawfus, valgeant and ftowt, Abuf all other the mafte femly wight, 20 Except the perfon of Turnus the gentil knycht, Quhilk was the flour of all the Lawrenteis : This Lawfus was weil taucht at all degreis To dant gret hors, and as hym lift arreft, Hunt and doun bet the deir and ilk wild belt ; 25 A thoufand men he led of hys convyne From Corete the city Agilyne. Worthy he was to rewle a gret empyre, And tobe cummyn of fum mar happy fyre Than of Mezentyus, banyft and indyng, 30 Bot to haue beyn fum empriouris fon or kyng.
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The lufty Aventynus nixt in pres Hym followis, the fon of worthy Hercules. Throu grefy planys hys char with palm ryall Was rollit farth by hors vi&oriall, 5 Quhilk, in hys mufteris, fchew he in the feild Hys faderis takynnys merkit in his fcheild, Ane hundreth edderis and other fnakis in fete Lynkit abowt of Larn the ferpent gret ; Quhom the nun Rhea and woman dyvyne
10 In the dern wod of the mont Aventyne
Bair and brocht furth onto this warldis lycht : Ful prevsly, onknaw of ony wight, The woman mydlit with the god went bond, Eftir this ilk Hercules had brocht to grond
15 And venquyft Gereon with prowd bodeis thre, Syne in the feild befyde Lawrent cite Was entrit as hym lyft to tak his reft, Hys Spange oxin, quhom hym likit beft, Dyd bathing and refrefch, to mak thame clene,
20 In Ital ftrandis at the coft Tyrrhene. This Aventinus followis in thir werys, Bair in his handis lans ilafis, and burrel fperis, And dangerus facheonys into ftaffis of tre ; With round ftok fwerdis faucht thai in melle,
25 With poyntalis, or with ftokis Sabellyne. Thar capitane, this ilke ftrang Aventyne, Walkis on fat, hys body wymplit in A felloun buftuus and gret lyon fkyn, Terribill and roucht, with taty lokkyrrand haris ;
30 The quhite tuflds, the bed, and clowis thar is :
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And on fik wys, grym and awfull to fe, Within the kingis gret palyce entris he, Our his fchuldris hyngand, as faid is plane, His faderis talbart cote Herculeane. 5 Twa brederyng to this batale bownys fyne, 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,
10 The tother Coras, ftrang and curageus,
Stowt gyng men, Grekis born of Arge bath twane
Befor the formaft oftis in the plane
Amyd a bus of fperis in raid thai,
Generit of the clowd lyke to Centaures tway,
15 Quhen, fra the montane top of Homolane, Or fnawy Otryn hill, downe to the plane, With felloun fard and fwift curs he and he Can do difcend, levand the holtis hie : The large wod makis placis to thar went,
20 Bufkis withdrawys, and branchis al to rent Gan rattillyng and refound of thar deray, To red thar renk, and rowmys thame the way.
Nor Ceculus was not abfent, traft me, The foundar of the cite Prenefte,
25 Quham all eyldis reputis and fchawis ws Engendrit was by the God Vlcanus, And by the fyre fyd fund, a gyng fundlyng, Our landwart beftis fyne wolx lord and kyng. A hail legioun in a rowt followis hym
30 Of wild wod men, quhilk doys thir catel gym ;
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All thai pepill on breid, baith he and he,
That inhabitis the heich tovn Prenefte,
And thai that occupyit the feildis alffo
Of Gabyne, quhilkis ar dedicat to Juno ; 5 And thai that duellis langis the chil ryver
Of Anyene, and thai alffo infeir
Amang the dewy ftrandis and craggis remanys
Of Hernyca, in the Sabyrie montanys ;
And thai alffo that bred and fofterit be 10 In boundis of rich Anagnya cite ;
And eik thai pepill dwelling fair and bene
In Champange, on the flude Amafene.
Amangis al thir pepill na brycht armyng
Mycht thou heir fovnd, nor fcheild our Ichulder hyng, J.5 Or cartis clattir ; bot of thame the mafte parte
To fchut or caft war perfite in the art,
With leyd pellokis from engynys or ftaf flyng
By dyntis bla thar famen doun to dyng :
Sum dowbill dartis caftyng in handis buyr, 20 And for defens, to keip thar hedis fuyr,
A gallow hat woir of a wolfis fkyn,
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 25 The tother fut coverit weil and knyt. Neptunus fon lift tho na langar fyt,
Hait Mefapus, bot bownys furth to gang ;
Dantar he was of ftedis wild and ftrang,
Quham na man with fteil wapyn forgit brycht, 30 Nor byrnand fyre, onto his ded mycht dycht.
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Now haftely in armys callys he The rowtis of hys pepill and menge, Quhilkis lang tofor dyfvfit had the weir With curage dolf, that idill lay thar geir ;
5 Thar fwerdis now and burnyft glavys gray He maid thame furth bedraw and oft aflay. With hym thai folk in fallofchip led he That inhabitis Fafcenyum the cite, And the juft pepill, cfepit Falylcy ;
10 And thame that duellis in Sora&e faft by, A ftrang cite, and hie fituat, Onto the God Appollo dedicat ; And thai that in Flavynya feildis dwell, Or that wonnys befyde the layk or well
15 Of Cymynyk, vndre the montane bra, Or git amang the fchawyis of Capua : In gudly ordour went thai and array, And of thar kyng fang bellettis by the way. Syk wys as fum tyme in the fkyis hie
20 Throw the mofte ayr doys fnaw quhite fwannys fle, Quhen thai fra paftur or fedyng dois refort To feik thar folace, and on thar gys to fport ; Weill Ibundyng wriblys throw thar throtis lang Swouchyng makis in maner of a fang,
25 That of thar bruyt refoundis the ry veir, And all the laik of Afya fer and neir : So, in like wys, on far was nane mycht ken That rowt had bene ane oft of armyt men, Bot of the fwouchand fwannys fuld he wene
30 A fop fleand in the ayr thai had bene,
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Quhilk chaiyt, or affray t, jolely
Socht crowpyng to the coftis fyde faft by.
CAP. XII.
3^ comptis the poet the chiftanys al andjum, Aganys the Troianysjal in weirfar cum.
Lo, Claufus eik, that douchty was and gude,
Difcendit of the ancyent Sabinis blude, 5 A mekil rowt furth ledis to the weir,
As gret man worthy fyk ane oft to fteir ;
Fra quham the clan and pepill Claudyane
Is cummyn our all the boundis Italiane,
Eftir that Rowme was gevin and maid fre 10 To the Sabynys, as thar proper cite.
Togidder can afiembill a huge rowt
That fra the cite Amatern flokkis owt ;
The ancyent Sabynys hait Quyrites then,
And of Erety all the fenfabill men, 15 Of Mytifca, quhilk now heicht Tribule,
Quhar growys of olyve treys gret plente ;
All thai that dwellis in cite Nomentyne,
Or rofy feildis befyde the layk Velyne,
Or on the fcharp craggy rochis hie, 20 Quhilk for harfknes ar clepit Tetryce,
With hyngand hewys and mony a fkowland bra ;
Thidder held the cite of Cafperia,
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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 frefch and cleir;
5 And thai that wynys in Nurfya fo cald, And of Ortyne the navy gret and bald ; The Latyn pepill alffo, and all tha Quhar the onhappy flude of Allya Flowis throw the boundis and bedyis thar land.
10 Als thik thai gadder, and flokkis fra hand to hand, As evir the fomy bullerand wallis hie Is feyn weltyr on the large Lybyane fee, Quhen the ftormy Orion hys hed fchrowdis In wyntir vnder the blak watry clowdis ;
15 Or how feil eichyrris of corn thik growyng, With the new fonnys heit byrfillit, doys hyng On Hermy feildis in the fymmyr tyde, Or in the Callow corn flattis of Lyde : Alfmony fcheildis clattris and targatis,
20 That for dynnyng of thar feyt all the gatis, For ftamping ftedis, and for trumpys blaft, The grond wolx all affrayt and agaft.
The ennemy to Troiane name onon, The baftard fon of kyng Agamemnon,
25 Hait Halefus, can with fers mud acwart Adioyn hys horfis forto draw his cart, And, in the aid of Turnus and fupple, A thoufand fers folkis affemlyt he : Thay quhilkis with rakis ourturnys euery bra
30 Fertyll of wynys in the mont Maffica ;
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And thame alffo dwelland in hillys he, Send from the aid faderis of Arunca cite ; And thai that dwellis hard on the fey bray Befyde the cite of Sydycina, 5 Or come fra Gales into Champany, With all tha pepillis into cumpany Inhabitant the fchauld flude Wlturnus, And frawart folkis, hait Saticulus, Togiddir eik with the haill multitude
10 Of Ofcores, that pepill item and rude.
Thyr bair in feild, of wapynnys in the ftedis, Round calling dartis, or macis with pikit hedis, Quhilk, in thar leid, is clepit ane Aclyd ; And, fo it mycht the mair fuyrly abyde,
1 5 Onto thar armis is knyt with a tewch ftryng, Quharwith thai do it at thar fays flyng. A ballen pavys coverys thar left fydis, Maid of hart fkynnys and thik oxin hydis ; And crukyt fwerdis, bowand as a fyth,
20 Thai bair at hand reddy to draw ful fwith.
Nor thow, Oebalus, onreknyt fal nocht wend By our metyr, but lovyng and commend, Quham kyng Telon engendrit, as thai fay, On Sabetrydes, the lufty nymphe or may,
25 That tyme quhen he ryngnyt as lord and kyng Our Capreas ilys, and in governyng Led the pepill hait Theleboes bald ; Or than, far ftep in age was he and aid : Bot hys fon, this Oebalus, in his entent
30 Of his faderis boundis ftud nocht content,
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That lang afor to his obeyfans he Subdewit had the pepill Sarrafte, And all the large feildis, bonk and bus, Quhilk ar bedyit with the ryver Sarnus ;
5 Thai that occupyit Rufa and Batulane, In Champany rich and ftrang townys twane ; The planys eik and fulge of Celene, Quhilk dedicat ar onto Juno quene ; And thai behaldis the weirly wallit cite
i o Of Nola, witht his ftalwart towris he,
Quhar gret plente of apillis orrange growis : Quhilk pepill in thai: weirfar had na bowis, Bot wer accuftumit forto thraw oft fys The caftyng fperis on the Duchmenis gys ;
1 5 Quhais hed gere war of ful fobir extent, Maid of the cork or bark fra treis rent ; Bukclaris thai bair, with boys or plait of fteill, And fch^nand fwerdis of mettal burnyft weill. Thai pepill eik that clepit beyn Nurfanys,
20 Quhilkis in the ftrait and hie montanys remanys, Send to the feld ane chiftane of defens, Of worthy fame, the renownyt Vfens ; Happy in armys and redowtit was he : Buftuus abuf al otheris his menge,
25 The folkis clepit of Equicola,
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
30 The recent fpreith, and frefch and callour pray,
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And on fpulge to leif and on rapyne.
Onto this batale bownys the prefte dyvyne, Vmbro to name, the ftrenthyaft a man Of all the pepill in Marrubya clan, 5 Send fra the kyng Archippus with his fens, As thar chiftane and rewlar in the weris, Hys helm arrayt with a garland fchene Plet of the happy oly ve branchis grene. All kynd of eddir and hiffand ferpent fell 10 With incantatioun he couth gar ryfe and fwell, Or caft apon thame fleping with his fang, And, with his charmys and his herbis ftrang, Thar wraith and wenom couth he dant and mes, And heill thar ftangyng, and fik hurtis eys. 15 Bot he couth fynd no curis nor remede To falf hym from the Troiane fperis bed : Hys flepy charmys had no fors nor mycht, Ne herbis gadderit on Marfys mentis hycht, To help thai hurtis he caucht in the melle. 20 O fouerane preift, quhat reuth was it of the ! For the the woddis wepyt of Angytus, The criftal ftrandis murnyt of Fufcynus, The bewalit cleir lakis and fpryng wellis, Nymphis, virgynys, matronys, and damyfellis. 25 Furth to the batale eik held Virbyus, The fon maft femly of Hippolitus : Hys cheif maternal cite, ful of mycht, Aricya, furth fent this worthy knycht : In fchawis fchene, endlang the watir bra 30 Of flud Hymetes, by Agerya
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That nymphe he fofterit was ful tenderly, Quhar as of manfwete Diane faft tharby The altar, eith fortyl aples, vpftandis, Oft ful of facrifice and fat offerandis.
5 For mony haldis opinion, fayand thus Be common voce and fame ; Hippolitus, Eftir that he flane was, and to ded dycht By fals diffait of his ftepmoderis flycht, And had eik fufferit by his blude and breth
10 The cruel panys of his faderis wreth,
As tobe harlit with hors, that caucht affray And (keichit at a merfwyne by ther way ; 3it nevir the les, for the luf of Dian, He was reftorit to this ilk lyfe agane,
15 And come to dwell vndir our hevin and ayr, That heir abuf contenys thir ftarnys fair : Quhilk cuyr was done by Afculapyus fle, Throw the myelitis of the roys Pyone. Than Jupiter almychty fader hie,
20 Havand difdene ony mortal fuld be Rafyt 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,
25 That is to knaw, this Afculapyus,
With thunderis dynt bath fell and dangerus Vnder the erth fmate dovn, forto remane In hellis ground and watir Stigiane. Bot than the thrynfald Diane ful of blys
30 In fecret place Hippolitus with this
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Hyd, and betaucht Agerya the may,
Tobe kepit in the ilk foreft gay ;
Quhar, him allane, in woddis of Italy
Hys lyfe he led onknaw of ony wy, 5 And quhar he firft was hait Hippolitus,
Changit his name, yclepit Vyrbyus.
And, be this felf refibn git alflb,
From the tempill of Dian euermo
Thir horny hovit horffis bene debarrit ; 10 For fa mekil as thai at the fey monftreis (karri t,
And brak the cart throw thar ondantit mycht,
And furth fwakkit Hippolitus, gentil knycht.
3it netheles, hys fon, this Virbyus,
The ardent ftedis fers and chevalrus 15 Throw owt the plane feild dry vis al in feir,
And furth hurlis his chariot to the weir.
CAP. XIII.
Quhou Turnus to this batal bownys to ga, And als this weirlyke woman Camytta.
Turnus him felf, of weir the cheif capitane, Amyd pryncis and gret chiftanys ilkane Enarmyt walkis, turnand to and fro 20 With corps of ftatur eligant, that fo,
Quhar as he went throw out the rowtis on hie, Abuf thame all hys hed men mycht weil fe, Quharon his helm fet ful richly fchane With criftis thre lyke til ane lokkyrrit mane ;
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Tharon as tymbrill {landing Chymera, That wondrus monftre, with wide chaftis bla Furth blawand fyre and flambe fulphureus, Lyke byrnand Ethna, that mont peralus : 5 The mair wod wraith and furyus wolx fche, With forofull fyre blefys fpowtand hie, Evir as the batale worthis mor cruell By effufioun of blude and dyntis fell. Hys fchynand fcheld was all of fyne gold bet,
10 Quhar in thar was, infted of armys, fet lo the wench, fum tyme but hornys, now With hair ourgrow, tranfformyt in a kow ; Quhilk was gret argument and probatioun That he was of his blude a Gregioun.
15 The kepar eik of this ilk maid, Argus, Was porturit thar, and fader Inachus, Furth of ane pantyt pig, quhar as he ftude, A gret ryver defundand or a flude.
Ane oft of fut men, thik as the hail fchour,
20 Followys this Turnus, dryvand vp the ftour ; With fcheildis fchrowdyt mony huge rowt Thik forgaderis the large feildis about : Thai gonkeris quhilk of Grekis war difcend The power of Arunca thiddir fend,
25 The garnyfons alflb of Rutilyanys, And the ancyent pepill bait Sycanys, Of Sacrane the army bald in feildis, The Lybicanys eik with thar pantit fcheildis, Quhilk telys on thy bankis, Tybyr flude,
30 Or git endlang thy grefy brays gude,
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O Numycus, thou hallo wit frefch ryver, And thai that with fcharp cultyr teil and fcheir Of Rutuly the hilly knowis hie, Or camy eyge, and holtis fair to fe,
5 That Circeus to furname clepit ar ; Quhar Anxurus, the berdles Jupiter, For patron is hallowit our the planys, And Juno eik ful joyufly remanys In Feronya, hir fweit fchaw ay greyn,
10 Neir by the blak laik clepit Satureyn, Quhar as the chil ryver, hait Vfens, Sekis with narrow paflage and difcens Amyd holl valeis his renk and ifche, And hydis hym felf within the Tyrrhene fee.
15 Abuf all thir the ftowt wench Camylla, Of the famyl and kynrent of Volfca, Com ledand armyt oilis and ftern feldis, In burnyft plait arrayt and fchynand fcheldis ; ' Forfuyth, ane worthy weriour was fche :
20 Hir womanly handis nothir rok of tre Ne fpyndill vfit, nor brochis of Mynerve, Quhilk in the craft of claith makyng doys ferve ; Bot git this maid was weil accuftumate To fuffer bargane dowr, and hard debait,
25 And throu the fpeid of fut in hir rynnyng The fwift wyndis prevert and bakwart dyng : Or than alflb fo fpedely couth fcho fle Our the cornys, ourtred thar croppis hie, That with hir curs na reid ne tendir lira
30 Was harmyt ocht, na hurt by ony way :
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And, throu the boldnand fludis amyd the fee Born foverly, furth hald hir way mycht fche, The fwyft foils of hir tendir feyt Nocht twichand onys the watir hir to weit.
5 All gong folkis, on hir forto ferly,
Furth of howfys and feldis flokkis in hy. Litil childer and matronys awondring On far behaldis hir ftowt pays in a lyng, So manfully and baldly walkis fche,
10 With fpreit abafyt thai gove hir forto fe : Quhat wys hir ilekyt fchuldris war array With kyngly purpour, honorabill and gay ; And quhou the hair was of this damoyfell Knyt with a button in a goldyn kell ;
15 And how a quavir clos fcho bair alfiua, With grondyn dartis wrocht in Lycia ; And ane hail fipplyn of a gret myr tre, Quhilk hyrdis mycht ourheld with bewis he, In maner of a fpeir in hand fcho bair,
20 Hedit with forgit fteill full fcharp and fquair.
Alfwith as Turnus, our the matter towr Of Lawrentum, hys baner quhite as flour In fyng of batale dyd on breid difplay, The trumpys blaft and hornys maid deray ;
25 And ftern ftedis ftampyng for the dyn, The armour clattris, faft ilk man can ryn : Incontinent togidder, with myndis amovit, All Latyum affemblit fone controvit Ane coniuratioun or hafty convyne,
30 As in feirfull affray thar land to tyne,
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And wod wraith wolx thir gonkeris, he and he, With byrnand hartis fers to the melle. The firft chiftanys for afiay or defens, The gret Mefapus, and the ftrang Vfens, 5 With Mezentyus of Goddis contempnar, The rowtis for fupple baith neir and far Compellis to afiemble with thar poweris, And large feildis laid waift of lawboreris. Ane Venulus alffo was fend, a Greik,
10 To gret Diomedis cite, to befeik
Supple and help, and to fchaw all and fum Quhou Troianys war difcend in Latyum ; Ene with navy arryvit vp at hand, And brocht his venquyft Goddis in thar land,
15 Sayand that, by the fatis and deftanee, He thiddir callit was as kyng tobe : And that he fuld eik to Diomedis fchaw That mony pepill war adionyt and draw Onto this ilk forfaid ftrangear knycht,
20 For he was cummyn of Dardanus the wyght, And wyde quhar our al partis of Italy Hys name begouth to fpreid and multiply. And fen he had begun fie thing on hand, Quhat fyne he etlyt mycht be vnderftand ;
25 That is to knaw, gif forton war fo heynd By aventour of weir tobe his frend, Mair evidently he covat to proceid Agane his ancyent ennemy, Diomed, Than to ourfet the gong knychtly Turnus,
30 Or git ourcum the aid kyng Latynus.
THE PROLOUG OF THE AUCHT BUKE.
Of dreflyng and dremys quhat dow it to endite ? For, as I lenyt in a ley in Lent this laft nycht, I flaid on a fwevynnyng, flummyrrand a lite, And fone a felcouth feg I faw to my fycht, 5 Swownand as he fwelt wald, fowpyt in fyte,
Was nevir wrocht in this warld mair wofull a wycht ; Ramand, ReflTon and rycht is rent be fals ryte, Frendfchip flemyt is in Frans, and faith hes the flycht, Leys, lurdanry, and luft, ar our laid ftarn ; 10 Peax is put owt of play,
Welth and weilfar away, Luf and lawte baith tway Lurkis ful darn.
Langour lent is in land, all lychtnes is loft, 15 Sturtyn ftudy hes the ileir, diftroyand our fport, Mufyng marris our myrth half mangit al moft ; So thochtis thretis fn thra our breftis ourthwort, Bailfull beflynes baith blys and blithnes can boil : Thar is na fege for na fchame that fchrynkis at fchort, 20 May he cum to hys caft be clokyng, but coft, He rekkis nowder the rycht nor rakles report ;
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All is weill done, God wate, weild lie hys will. That bern is beft can nocht blyn Wrangwys gudis to wyn ; Quhy fuld he fpair, for ony fyn, 5 Hysluft tofulfyll?
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 fportis thame on the fpray fparis for na fpace ; 10 The gallyart groym grunfchis at grammys hym grevis, The fillok hyr deformyt fax wald have a fair face, To mak hir maikles of hir man at myfter mytcheif is ; The gudwif grulyng befor God gretis eftir grace, The lard langis eftir land to leif to his ayr ; 15 The preift for a perfonage,
The feruand eftir his wage, The thral tobe of thrillage, Langis ful fair.
The myllar mythis the multyr with a met fkant, 20 For droucht had drunkyn vp his dam in the dry geir ; The cadgyar callis furth his capill with crakkis wail cant, Calland the colgar a knafe and culron ful qweir : Sum fchippart ilais the lardis fcheip, and fays he is a fanft, Sum grenys quhil the gyrs grow for his gray meir, 25 Sum fparis nowder fpiritual, fpowfyt wife, nor ant, Sum fellis folkis fuftynance, as God fendis the feir, Sum glafteris and thai gang at, and all for gait woll : Sum fpends on the aid vfe,
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Sum makis a tvme rufe, Sum grenys eftir a gufe, To fars his wame full.
The wrach walls and wryngis for this warldis wrak, 5 The mukkyrrar murnys in his mynd the meil gaue na pryce, The pyrat preflys to peill the peddar hys pak, The hafartouris haldis thame hereyt, hant he nocht the dyce ; The burges byngis in hys boith, the brovne and the blak Byand beffely, and bane, buge, bevir, and byce ; 10 Sum ledys langis on the land, for love or for lak, To fembyll with thar fchaftis, and fet apon fys ; The fchipman fchrenkis the fchour, and fettis to fchor : The hyne crynys the corn, The brouftar the beir fchorn, 15 A feft the fedlar to morn
Covatis full gor.
The ralgear raknys na wordis, bot ratlis furth ranys, Full rude and ryot reflbns baith roundalis and ryme ; Swengeouris and fcurryvagis, fwankeis and fwanys, 20 Gevis na cur to cun craft, nor comptis for na cryme, With berdis as beggaris, thocht byg be thar banys, Na laubour lift thai luk till, thar luffis ar byrd lyme : Get ane byfmer a barn, than all hir blys gane is, Scho will nocht wirk thocht fcho want, bot waftis hir tyme 25 In thiggyn, as it thrift war, and other vayn thewis, And flepis quhen fcho fuld fpyn, With na will the warld to wyn ; This cuntre is full of caymis kyn, And fik fchire fchrewis. 3 L
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Quhat wikkytnes, quhat wanthrift now in warld walkis ! Baill hes banyft blythnes, boft gret brag blawis, Prattis ar reput polycy and peralus pawkis, Dignyte is laid dovn, darth to the dur drawis ; 5 Of tratlys and tragedyis the text of all talk is : Lordis ar left landles be onleill lawys ; Burgeffis bryngis hame the bothe to breid in thar bawkis ; Knychtis ar kowhubeis, and commonys plukkyt crawis ; Clerkis for oncunnandnes myfknawis ilk wight : 10 Wifis wald haue all thar will,
Enewch is nocht half fyll, Is nowder reffon nor (kill In erd haldin rycht.
Sum latyt latton, but lay, lepys in lawyd lyt, 1 5 Sum penys furth a pan boddum to prent fals plakkis ; Sum gowkis quhill the glas pyg grow full of gold git, Throu cury of the quynt effens, thocht clay muggis crakkis : Sum wernour for this warldis wrak wendis by hys wyt ; Sum trachour crynys the cunge, and kepys corn ftakkis ; 20 Sum prygpenny, fum pyke thank with prevy promyt, Sum jams with a jed ftaf to jag throu blak jakkis. Quhat fengeit fair, quhat flattry, and quhat fals talys ! Quhat myfery is now in land ! Quhou mony crakkyt cunnand ! 25 For nowther athis, nor band,
Nor felis avalis.
Preitis, fuldbe patteraris and for the pepill pray, Tobe Papis of patrimon and prelaceis pretendis ;
OF THE AUCHT BUKE. 451
Ten tendis ar a trump, hot 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 Criftyndorne offendis ? 5 Quha revis, quha ar ryotus, quha rakles, bot tha ?
Quha quellys the puyr commonys bot kyrkmen, weil kend is ? Thar is na ftait of tbar ftile that ftandis content ; Knycht, clerk, nor common, Burges, nor barroun ;
10 All wald haue vp that is dovn,
Weltrit the went.
And as this leyd at the laft lyggand me feys, With a luke onluffum he lent me fie wordis ; Quhat bern be thou in bed, with hed full of beys, 15 Grathit lyke fum gnappar, and, as thi greis gurdis, Lurkand lyke a longeour ? quod I, Lovn, thou leys. Ha, wald thou feght ? quod the freik ; we haue bot few fwordis Thar is fie haift in thi hed, I hop thou wald neys, That brawlys thus with thi boft quhen bernys with the bourdis. 20 Quod I, Churle, ga chat the, and chyde with ane other. Move the nocht, faid he than, Gyf thou be a gentill man, Or ony curtafy can,
Myne awyn leif brother.
25 I fpeik to the into fport ; fpell me this thyng,
Quhat lykis ledis in land ? quhat mafte langis thou ? Quod I, Smake, lat me fleip ; fym fkynnar the hyng : I weyn thou byddis na better bot I brek thi brow.
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To me is myrk myrrour ilk mannys menyng ; Sum wald be cowrt man, fum clerk, and fum a cachkow, Sum knycht, and fum capitane, fum Cafer, fum Kyng, Sum wald haue welth at thar will, and fum thar wame fow, 5 Sum langis for the leffyr ill to lyk of a quart, Sum for thar bontay or boyn, Sum to fe the new moyn ; I lang to haue our buke done, I tell the my part.
10 Thy buke is bot brybry, faid the bern than, Bot I fal leir the ane leflbn to lys all thi pane. With that he racht me a roll : to reid I began The roytaft ane ragment with mony rat rane, Of all the mowys in this mold fen God merkyt man ; i 5 The moving of the mapamond, and how the moyn fchane, The pleuch, and the polys, the planettis began, The fon, the fevyn ftarnys, and the Charl wayn, The elwand, the elementis, and Arthurus hufe,
The horn and the hand ftaf, 20 Prater Johne and Port Jaf,
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 leflbn, this I ne like. 25 I perfaue, Schir parfon, thi purpos perfay,
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 :
OF THE AUGHT BUKE. 453
Bot, quhen I walknyt, all that welth was wifkyt away, I fand nocht in all that feild, in faith, a be byke : For as I grunfchit at this grome, and glifnyt abowt,
I grapyt graithly the gyll, 5 Every mody warp hyll ;
Bot I mycht pyke thar ray fyll Or penny come owt.
Than wolx I teyn at I tuke- to fie trufis tent, For fwevynnys ar for fwengeouris that flummyrris nocht well! ; 10 Mony mervellus mater nevir merkit nor ment Will feggis fe in thar fleip, and fentens but feill : War all fie fawys fuythfaft, with fchame we war fchent. Thys was bot faynt fantafy, in faith, that I feill, Nevir word of verite, bot all in waiil went, 15 Throw roytnes and ravyng, that maid myne eyn reill, Thus lyfnyt I, as lofanger, fyk lewydnes to luke : Bot, quhen I faw nane other bute, I fprent fpedely on fute, And vndre a tre rate 20 Begouth this aucht buke.
THE AUCHT BUKE OF ENEADOS.
CAP. I.
Quhou Tiberinus, god of the ryv&r, Tid Eneas in mjioun 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, 5 In hevy curis flowand all on flocht,
Avyfys weill, how all this thing was wrocht ; And haftely in inynd on euery fydis Now for this purpos, now for that, providis, Now heir, now thar, ryveft in fyndry partis,
10 And ferfys, turnand to and fra all artis. Lyke as the radyus fonnys bemys brycht, Or than the glymmerand monys fchaddo lycht, Reflexit from the brafyn vefchell, we fe, Fillyt with watir to the cirkyll on hie,
15 Our all the hows reboundis and doys fpreid Schynand, and ferfys euery fted on breid,
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Quhil in the ayr vpgoys the twynkland lycht, Glitterand on euery fpar and ruf on hyght.
The nycht come, and all thing levand feffit ; Wery of wark baith byrd and brutal beft 5 Our all the landis war at reft ilkane,
The profound fwouch of ileip had thame ourtane ; Quhen this ilk prince, Eneas, all on flocht, With mynd fowpyt in cuyr and hevy thocht, And for this forofull batale richt onglaid,
10 Apon the ryver bank hym felf dovn laid Vndre the cald firmament for the nanys, And gave fchort reft onto his wery banys. Quham to the God of that fted dyd appeir, Tyberynus, furth of the ftill ryver,
15 Amyd the branchis of the popill treys, As agyt man femyng hym felf vpheis : A lenge watry garmond dyd hym vaill, Of cullour fawch, fchaip lyke a hempyn faill, And leiffy redis dekkis weill hys haris :
20 To meys Eneas thochtis and hys farys,
Thus he begouth to fpeke, and fayd, 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,
25 And Pergama, the Troiane wallys wight, Eternaly confervis throu thy myght ; Defyrit maift of lang tyme, now welcum Onto the grond and foill of Lawrentum, And all the feildis eik of Latyn land :
30 Heir is thy fikkir duellyng place at hand,
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Ane fovir ferm habitatioun for ay : Withdraw the not fra hyne, pas nocht away, Nor dreid na thing the boft of this batcll. The rancour all of Goddis, I the tell, 5 And boldynand wreth, appefyt ar almafte. And fo thow weyn not at my wordis be waift, Nor fengeit dremys do to the appeir, Vndyr fawch treis by thir bankis neir Onon thou fall do fynd a mekill fwyne,
10 With thretty hed ferreyt of gryfys fyne, Of cullour quhite, thar lugyng on. the grond, Hyr quhite brodmell abowt hyr pappis wond. That is the place to fet vp thy cite, Quhilk of gour laubour fovir reft falbe ;
15 Quhar that, as thretty gheris byrun and gane is, Afcanyus fal do beld of lyme and ftanys The cite hait fair Alba of delyte, Berand hys name fra the fair cullour quhite. Thus I declar the nane oncertane thing,
20 Bot verray fuythfaft takynnys and warnyng. Now harkis bot a litill, I the pray, I fall the lern in quhat wordis, quhat way Thow may cum fpeid, and haue the haill ourhand Twichand this inftant mater now at hand.
25 Thar bene pepill of Arcad from the ryng Cummyn in this land, difcend of Pallas kyng, Quhilk, with Evandir kyng in cumpany, Followand the fyngnys fchaw, lies fail heir by Chofyn a fted, and beldit a cite,
30 Amang the knollis round or motis hie,
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Eftir thar forfader of nobill fame, Pallas, clepyt Pallanteum to name. Contynualy thir folkis euery geir Agane the Latyn pepyll ledis weir ; 5 Adione to thir thyne oft in fallofchip,
Do mak with thame a lyge, and bynd frendfchip. I fall my felf convoy the the rycht way Betwix thir brays vp the fludis gray, So that agane the ftreme, throu help of me,
10 By ayris rowth thydder careit fall thou be. Haue done, get vp, thou fon of the Goddes ; Firft as the Harris declynys, the addres, I meyn into the dawyng rycht ayrly, Dewly to Juno fe thou facryfy,
15 Hyr wreth and all fik mannans to ourfet With devoyt fupplications maid of det : And, quhen thou has optenyt victory, To me thou fall do wirfchip by and by. I am God Tybris, watry hewyt and haw,
20 Quhilk, as thou feys, with mony jawp and jaw Bettis thir brays, fchawyng the bankis dovn, And with full flude flowand fra tovn to tovn, Throw fertill feildis fcheryng thar and heir, Vnder the lift the mafte gentill ry ver :
25 Heir is myne habitatioun huge grete, Of mychty citeis cheif and fouerane fete.
This beand fayd, this ilk God of the flude Vnder the deip can dowk dovn quhar he ftude, And focht onto the watir grond onone,
30 So darnly hyd nane wift quhar he was gone.
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CAP. II.
Thejow with gryjis, as Tiberinusfaid, Eneas f and, andfacrifice has maid.
The nycht fled, and the fleip left Ene. On fut he ftartis, and onon can he fe Furth of the orient in the brycht mornyng The fonnys hevynly bemys newly fpryng,
5 And in the holl lufis of his hand quhar he ftude 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 ge haly nymphys of Lawrentum land,
10 Quham fra thir frefch ryveris, and euery itrand That flowys rynnyng as we fe fa cleir, Hes thar begynnyng furth of fowrflys feir ; And O thou haly fader Tiberyne, With Tybris eik, thy bliflyt flude dyvyne,
15 Reffave Eneas to gow onbekend,
And now at laft from all perrellys defend. And, gif thou takis rewth of our gret fkathis, Heir I awow and promittis with aithys, Quhar evir thy lowch or fontane may be fund,
20 Quhar evyr fo thy fpryng is, in quhat grund, O flud maft plefand, the fall I our all quhar Hallow with honorabill offerandis euermar. Hornyt ryver, ryngand as lord and kyng Our all the fludis in to Itall ryng,
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Be in our help, now at laft, I requere ; Eftyr fa feill dangeris and perellis feir, Conferm thy promys and orakill in hy. Quhen this was faid, furth of all his navy 5 Twa galeis dyd he cheis the ilk tyd, With dowbill raw of ayris on athir fyde, And for the rowyng weil grathit thaim hes he, Syne for the weir inftrukkit his menge. Bot lo, in haift befer hys eyn he faw
10 A mervalus and wondrus thyng to knaw ; A my Ik quhite fow within the woddis lay Apon the grene watris bank in hys way, With hir lyttar new ferreit in that fted, All of a cullour, gryfys thretty hed :
15 Quham the devoyt Eneas on hys gys Onto the, gretaft Juno, in facryfys Brytnys, and, with hyr flok and followaris, Hes fet and offerit vp on thy altaris. Tybyr his fwelland fludis all that nycht,
20 Quhow lang at evir it was quhil days lycht, Stabillys and cawmys at hys awin will ; The ftreme bakwartis vpflowys foft and (till ; On fyk wys mefand his watir, that he Ane ftandand ftank femyt for tobe,
25 Or than a fmoith puyl, or dub lovn and fair, So that the ayris mycht fyndyn na contrar. Tharfor Eneas can hys tyme afpy, And haftis on hys vayage biffely ; With profper curs, and fobyr quhifperyng,
30 The pikkyt bargis of fyr faft can thryng,
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And flydis throw the fchaldis ftil and cleir : The watir ferleys of thar fard and beir ; The foreft, nocht accuftummyt to fe Sik thingis, wondris quhat at this mycht be,
5 As to behald fchynand fcheldis on far
On mennys fchuldris ay cumand nar and nar, The pantit carvellis fletyng throu the flude. Baith nycht and day ilk man, as thai war wod, Can fpend in rowth with irkfum lauboryng,
10 The lang ftremys and welys rovnd fworlyng Our flydyng faft vpwartis the ryver, Hyd and ourheldit with mony treys feir ; Endlang the itill fludis calm and beyn Thai feik and fchar throu owt the woddis greyn.
CAP. III.
Quhou Eneas with kyng Evander met,
And bandis ofkyndnes has betwix thame knet.
15 The fyry fon be this afcendit evin
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 fe thai, With towris and the hows hedis on raw
20 Skatterit difpers, and bot a few to knaw ; Quhilk now the mychty power of Rome tovn Hes onto hevyn maid equal of renovn :
OF ENEADOS. 461
The kyng Evander, of moblys not mychty, Held for that tyme bot fobyr fengeory. In haift thyddir thar ftevynnys can do Heir Eneas fort, and to the tovn drew neyr.
5 Thys kyng Evander, born was of Arcad, Percace the felf day a gret honour mayd, Solempnyt feft, and full hie facryfys, Onto the gret Hercules on thar gys, That foftyr fon was till Amphitrion,
10 And to the other goddis euery one, Befor the cite in a hallo wit fchaw : Pallas, hys fon, was thydder alflb draw, Togiddir with the principalis of gonkeris, The fobir fenatouris, and puyr officeris,
15 All fammyn keft enfens ; and with a ftew Befyde the altar blude fched and fcalit new, Beand lew warm, thar full faft dyd reik. Bot git, als fwyth as thai perfauyt eyk The gret bargis flydand thus on raw,
20 And throw the dern woddis faft thydder draw, So ftilly bendand vp thar ayris ilk wight ; Thai worth affrayt of the fuddand fyght, And euery man thai left the burdis in hy, On fat gan ftarting from the mangeory.
25 Quham hardy Pallas dyd forbyd and diffend Thar facrifys to brek, quhill it war end : He hynt a wapyn, with a few menge Thame to recontyr onon furth haldis he ; And git weill far from a hill or a know
30 To thame he callys ; ftandis, gyng men, howe !
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Quhat caus hes movit gou apon fik way Thir ftrange wentis onknawin to aflay? Quhiddir ettill ge, or quhat kynrent ge be ? Schaw quhens ge com, and quhilk is gour cuntrc.
5 Quhidder do ge bryng onto our boundis heir Bodword of peax, or cumis in feir of weir ?
Eneas tho, the fader of wirfchip, Maid anfwer from the pulpyt of the fchip, And in hys hand ftraucht furth, at he mycht fe,
10 In takyn of peax a branch of olyve tre : My frend, quod he, thou feys pepill of Troy, To Latyn folkis ennemys, man and boy ; Quhilk, flemyt of our realm, newly agane Thai ilk Latynys hes focht with prowd bargane.
is Onto the kyng Evander all feik we, Hym to requir of fuccurs and fupple. Bair hym this meflage, and declar hym plane, That chofyn men difcend from kyng Dardane Beyn hyddir cummyn, befekyng hys frendfchip,
20 To knyt vp band in arrays and fallofchip.
Pallas, eftonyft of fa hie a name As Dardanus, abafyt worth for fchame : Cum furth, quod he, quhat evir thou be, bern bald, And fay befor my fader quhat thou wald,
25 And entyr in our lugyngis the to reft, Quhar thou falbe reflauyt welcum geft. And furth onone he hynt hym by the hand, A weil lang quhile hys rycht arm embrafand : Syne furth togiddir rakyt thai on raw,
30 The flud thai leif, and entris in the fchaw.
OF ENEADOS. 463
Eneas tho, with frendly commonyng, Spak curtafly, thus fayand to the kyng :
0 thou made curtas prynce, and beft in neid That evir was byget of Grekis feyd,
5 Quhamto fortoun wald I fuld cummyn heir, The lawly to befekyng and requir, And wald alffo I fuld furth reke to the Wippyt with bendis the branch of olyve tre, In takyn that of thy fupple I neid ;
10 Forfuyth, I caucht na maner feir ne dreid, Thocht thou a capitane of the Grekis be, Yborn alffo of Arcad the cuntre, Of blude coniunft to the Atrides tway,
1 meyn onto Agamemnon and Menelay : ] 5 Bot myne awin vertu, and haly oracleis
Of the goddis be devyn miracleis,
And our forbearis all of a kynred,
Thy fame dyuulgat into euery fted,
Hes me fermly adionyt onto the ; 20 The fatis eik tharto inducis me,
That wilfully I obey thar command.
Schir Dardanus, the kyng firft in our land
That belt the cite Troy or Ilion,
Our cheif fader, as Grekis grantis ilkone, 25 Born of Eleftra, Atlas douchter gyng,
Careit be fchip come firft to Troys ryng ;
And this Eledra gret Atlas begat,
That on hys fchuldyr baris the hevynnys plat.
Mercur is fader of gour clan alffua, 30 Quham the fchene madyn, the fair frefch Maya,
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Apon the frofty hillys top all bair,
Quhilk Cillenus is hait, in Arcad bair ;
And this ilk Maya fuythly, gif that we
Ony credens to it we heir or fe 5 May geif, Atlas begat, that fam Atlas
That rollys the hevynly ftarrit fpeir cumpas :
So baith our kynrentis, fchortlie to conclud,
Devidit ar furth of a ftok and blude.
Quharfor, havand confidens in thir thyngis, 10 Nothir by ambaffat, meflage, nor writingis,
Nor other craft, thy frendfchip firft focht I ;
Bot myne awin felf in perfon com in hy,
That onto the fubmittit has my hed,
And the to pray focht lawly to this fted. 15 For the ilk pepill vnder Dawnus kyng,
That the Rutilianys has in governyng,
Quhilk ledis weir aganys thi cuntre,
With cruell batal now perfewis me ;
And gif thai mycht expel ws of this land, 20 Thai weyn tharby that nocht may thame ganeftand,
Bot at thai fall vnder thar fengeory
Subdew alhaill in thraldom Italy,
And occupy thai boundis oriental
Quhar as the ovir fee flowys alhaill, 25 And eik thai weftir partis, traftis me,
Quhilkis ar bedyit with the neddir fee.
Reflaue, and knyt vp faith and ferm cunnand ;
Tak our promyt, and geif ws treuth and band :
Strang bodeis til abyde bargane haue we, 30 With hardy myndis in batal or melle,
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Exercit in weir, and expert at fik nedis, In lufty gouth likly to do our dedis.
Thus faid Eneas, and Evander than, Fra tyme that he firft forto fpeke began, 5 Hys eyn, hys mowth, and all hys body rycht, Gan to behald, efpying with hys fyght ; Syne fchortly maid hys anfuer thus agane :
0 quhou glaidly the, maft forcy Troiane,
1 do reflaue as tendir 'frend and feir !
10 Quhou blythly now I knaw and weil may heir The voce, the wordis, and the fpeche, but les, Of thy fader, the gretaft Anchifes ! And full perfytly now I draw to mynd The viffage of that worthy knycht mafte kynd.
15 For weill I do ramembir, lang tyme gone, Quhou Priamus, fon of Laomedon, To vifly hys fifteris land Hefiona,
. Socht to the cite hait Salamyna,
And at the fammyn rays hys vayage maid
20 Throw the cald frofty boundis of Arcaid. My grene gouth that tyme with pilis gyng Firft cled my chyn, or berd begouth to fpryng ; I ioyt to fe the Troian dukis ilkone, And on the fon of kyng Laomedone,
25 That is to fay, this ilk gong Priamus, Forto behald was mervel gloryus : Bot thy fader Anchifes, quhar he went, Was hyar far than all the remanent. My mynd brynt, of gouthed throu defire,
30 To fpeke and commoun with that lordly fyre,
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Tobe acquentit, and ioyn hand intil hand, Cunnand to knyt, and bynd fordwert or band : To hym I went defyrus of frendfchip, And fped that fammyn fo in fallofchip, 5 Within the wallys of Pheneus I hym led. And quhen he dyd depart, or thens hym fped, Ane courtly quavir fill curyufly wrocht, With arowis maid in Lycia, wantand nocht, Ane garmond he me gaue, or knychtly weid,
10 Prynnyt and wovyn full of fyne gold threid, Twa goldyn bridillis eik, as he dyd pas, Quhilk now my fon occupyis, gong Pallas. Quharfor our allyance, faith, and rycht hand, As ge defire, ar ellys adionyt in band,
15 We bene of aid confideratis, perfay :
Quharfor to morn, alffone as the brycht day Begynnys allycht the landis and the fky, With fuccurs and fuppovell blythly I Sal gou fra hyne hame to gour army fend,
20 And with my gudis and my mobillis amend. And in the meyn tyme, fen, my frendis deir, Onto our facrefyis ge be cummyn heir, Quhilk geirly vfyng we as anniuerfary, That bene onlefull to defer or tary ;
25 Tharfor with ws do hallow our hie feft,
And with glaid femlant blythly mafte and left Accuftom gou from thens, and now inftant Our tabillis as gour frendly burdis hant.
Quhen this was faid, mefis and cowpis ilkane,
30 Quhilk war away tak, bad he bring agane,
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And he hym felf the Troiane men fut het On fonkis of grefy fcheraldis hes doun fet : Thar pryncipal capitane fyne, Ene, Befide hym felf on des reflauys he ; 5 The benk, ybeldyt of the grene holyne,
With lokkyrrit lyoun fkyn ourfpred was fyne. Than gong men walit bifiy heir and thar, And eik preftis of Hercules altar, The roftit bullys flefcli fet by and by, 10 The bakyn breid of bafkettis temys in hy, And wynys byrlys into gret plente. Eneas, fammyn with hys Troiane menge, Dyd of perpetual oxin fillettis eyt, And purgit entralis, clepit clengyng meit.
CAP. IV.
Evander telliih till Eneas, but baid,
Tlie verray cans quliy tliis Jacrifice was maid.
15 Eftir that ftanchit was the hungris rage, And appetit of meit begouth aflwage, Said kyng Evander; na fuperftitioun vayn, Nor myfknawlage of goddis ancyane, Thys hie feft and gret folempnyte,
20 Nor this bankat and mefys, as ge fe, Hes inftitut to ws, and this alter Of fa excelland maiefte flandyng heir :
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Bot, my deir frend and nobill geft Troiane, We, prefervit from cruel peralus pane, Hantis this feruys apon fik manere, As proper det and obfervans ilk ger.
5 Firft, do behald gone fchorand hewchis brow, Quhar all gon craggy rochis hyngis now, Quhou the huge weghty brays bene dovn caft, The holkit fows in the mont fyde left wafte, Quhar as the craggy quhynnys, dovn declyne,
10 Has drawyn of the hill a huge rewyne. <3<>n was a cavern or cove in aid days, With goufty entray far furth of all ways ; A grifly den and ane forworthyn gap Of Cacus, that na mar had bot the fchap
15 Of mannys form, for fkant half man was he Throw cruel dedis of iniquyte, That in gone fendlich hole dwelt hym allane ; A hellys byke, quhar fonnys beme nevir fchane, Quhar the vile flur evir lew warm was Ipred
20 With recent flauchter of blud newly fclied : Befor that tyrrandis get of men that ded is Affixit ftud mony dolorus hedis, With viflage blakynt, blude byrun, and bla, The laithly ordur or filth ftilland thar fra.
25 Onto this hutyt monftre, this Cacus, The God of fyre was fader, Wlcanus ; And at hys mouth, a wondir thing to fe, Hys faderis reky flambe furth giikyt he. As to hys body, quhar fo evir he paffit,
30 Of buftuus ftatur lyke nane other was it.
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Proces of tyme at laft hes ws infpirit, And fend ws help, as we full lang defyrit, Be cummyng of the mychtfull Goddis prefens ; For the danter of monftreis, our defens,
5 The mafte redoutit Hercules, com at hand Be aventour onto this like land, New from the flauchter into ftern melle Of Geryon, the quhilk had bodeis thre. With prowd fpulge arryving triumphal,
i o This conquerour maid thyddir dry ve and call Hys bullys, and hys oxin huge gret, And eik hys ky, to paftur and to eyt Endland gone valle that is large and wyde, And tuk thar lugyng on this ryver lyde.
15 Bot the ondantit fury mynd of this theif, Schrewit Cacus, all way ful of myfcheif, By his frawart engyne and fie confait, So that na maner wikkytnes nor dhTait Mycht be, that he ne durft nocht tak on hand,
20 Ne onafiayt leif, out from thar ftand Four femly oxin of body gret and fquar, Als mony tendir quyis excedand fair, Of all tha catal away with hym drave. And, that thar tred fuld na way be perfaue,
25 Onto hys cave ay bakwartis by the talys
To turn thar futfteppis he thame harlys and tralys And thus his fpreith he had ontil his in, And with a queym ftane clofyt hes the gyn : Sik way he wrocht that, quha thar tred lift goif,
30 Na takynnys fuld convoy thame to his coif.
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In the meyn quhile, as all the beftis war Repatyrit well eftir thar nychtis layr, At morow ayrly firft as thai removit, For Hercules depart from thens behuffit, 5 The catal gan to rowtyng, cry, and rar, The woddis rang of thar found our alquhar, And with thar noys dynnyt hillis and knowys ; Quhil in the caif as that a quyok lowis, With lowd voce fqueland in that goufty hald,
10 All Cacus traft reuelit fcho and tald.
Bot tho in greif this worthy Hercules, Alceus nevo, the douchty Alcides, That fo oft fys was clepit commonly, Within his fkyn begouth to byrn and fry
is In brym fury of his bitter gall ;
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 firft tyme that ony in this erd
20 Of our pepill perfavyt Cacus efferd, Within his hed trublit his eyn tway. Swyft as the wynd he fled and gat away, And to his cave hym fped with ery fpreit ; The dreid adionyt weyngis to his feyt.
25 And, fra he had hym felf fefyt tharin, A ftane of huge weght for to clos the gyn He leyt do fall, and with lie haift doun thrang, The chengeis brak quharwith it feftnyt hang, That forgit war by hys faderis engyne ;
30 With gret irne flottis fchet the entre fyne.
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Bot lo, in haift Hercules come at hand With fiiryus mynd careyng our the land, PafTage and entre fekyng biflely, Now heir his eyn, now thar, rollyng in hy,
5 Graflyng hys teith, and byrnand full of ire. Of Aventynus hill thrys all the fwyre He ferfys our, and thrys affays he To brek and rent that craggy (tone entre ; Bot all for nocht, thocht he was nevir fa wight;
10 So, thrys irkyt, doun from the hillys hyght To reft hym is he to the valle gone. Thar ftude a pynnakil of quhyn or flynt (tone, Apon the bakfyde of this cavern cald, That rays on end rycht hie forto behald,
1 5 For wild fowlys of reif a ganand fled, That rent raw fleich of beftis bonys ded ; The craggis all about this rolk war worn, With wedderis blaft to holkyt and to torn : And as it ftud on fchor fweyand that tyde,
20 Downwith the bank towart the watir fyde, Hercules it fmytis with a mychty towk Apon the rycht half, forto mak it jowke, Inforfyng hym to welt it our the bra ; And fa rudly it branglys to and fra,
25 That from the rutis he it lowfyt and rent, And tumlyt dovn fra thyne, or he wald (lent. The large ayr dyd reirding with the rufch, The brays dyndlit, and all dovn can dtifch ; The ryver wolx effrayt with the rak,
30 And, demmyt with the rokis, ran abak.
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Than this gret cove, of Cacus fail ryall, Was difcoverit ; hys inwart cavernys all, Wont tobe dyrk, worth patent now and knaw : Non otherwys than quhen the erd ourthraw 5 By fors of thundyr, or erdquake with a clap, Ryvys vp a terribill fewch or grifly gap, Oppynnand the hellis manfioun infernall, And onclofys that dyrk regioun paill Quhilk of the goddis al abufe is hayt ;
10 Or thocht the hellis byfme in fik eftait
War oppynnyt, that his bodum fe men mycht, And dampnyt fawlys effrayt of new lycht. Quharfor this worthy ftalwart Hercules, That on this wys had Cacus fet in pres,
13 And fund onwarnyft by this lycht fuddane, Quhar he was clofyt in a cave of ftane, Faft rumefand apon a ftrange maner ; This campyoun with dartis fell of weir Gan down tobet, and in his wod fury
20 Eftir all kynd wapynnys can do cry,
With branchis rent of treis, and querral ftanys Of huge weght dovn warpand all at anys. Bot this ilk Cacus, quhen that he dyd fe Fra this danger thar was na way to fle,
25 Furth of his throt, a wondrus thing to tell, A laithly finok he gifkis blak as hell, And all the hous involuyt with dyrk mift, That fone the fycht vanyft, or ony wift, And reky nycht within a litill thraw
30 Gan thikkyn our al the cavern and ourblaw,
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And with the myrknes mydlit fparkis of fyre.
The hie curage of Hercules, lordly fyre, Mycht this no langar fuffir, bot in the gap With hafty ftert amyd the fyre he lap,
5 And thar as maift habundyt fmokis dyrk, With huge fop of reyk and flambis myrk, So that the caif dyd glevyn of the heyt, Thar has he hynt Cacus, that wikkyt fpreit, That al in vane hys bait kyndlyng furth gafpyt ;
10 For as a ball he hym in arrays clafpyt,
And fo ftrengeis hys throt, furth chirt hys eyn, Hys hals worth dry of blude. Than mycht be feyn This mirk dungeon and onfemly hald : The entre oppynnyt Hercules the bald,
15 Bet doun the cloferis, and fyne brocht to the lycht Hys oxin fra him reft by fubtel flycht ; And by the feyt furth harlyt was onon Of Cacus the deformyt carion. The hartis than and myndis of our menge
20 Mycht not be fatiffyit on him to luke and fe, As to behald hys vgly eyn twane, Hys terribil viflage, and hys grifly gane, The rouch byrfys on the breift and crefte Of that monftruos half deil wilde beifte,
25 And in his gorge ftikkand the iloknyt fyre.
Evir fen that tyme, to Hercules the gret fyre We haue this honour mayd and facrifice, Al our offpring and gong men on this wys This day kepis folempnyte, as ge fe ;
30 Potitius firft mafter heir with me,
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And the famyll of Pynaria the bald, The cheif keparis of Hercules hallowyt hald, 3on altar in this cuthyll dyd vpbeild, That onto ws in euery tyme of eild
5 Is clepyt maift folempnyt and hie altar, And falbe reput gretaft euermar. Tharfor haue done, gong gallandis ; now in hy, In wirfchip of this feft and mangeory, Of greyn branchis plet for gour bed garlandis,
10 Do waucht and drynk, bryng cowpys full in handis, Call on our patron common God dyvyne is, And with gud will do fkynk and birl the wynys. Thus fayand, the party popill grayn Heldit his bed with fkug Herculyane,
15 The levis from the plettis dovn hyngand, Ane haly cowp fillit in hys rycht hand. Than ilk man fmertly taftis the wyne at tabill, Prayand thar goddis for tobe aggreable.
CAP. V.
In lovyng of the douchty Hercules
The pepittfyngis hys warkis mar and les.
In the meyn feffon Helperus drew neir, 20 Throw the declynyng of the hevynly fpeir : Tharwith the preftis of the facryfyis, Gyrdyt in fkynnys, eftir thar aid gys,
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Gan trafyng furth togidder in a rowt, And formeft went Potityus the ftowt. All do thai beir the byrnand hait fyre brandis ; And, to renew the bankat, with thar handis 5 Ful delicat danteis for the fecund mete Thai dres onone, and furth of platis gret With payfit flefch plenyft the altaris large, Tharon beftowyng in hepis mony a charge. Syne the menftralis, fyngaris, and danferis,
10 To fyng and play with foundis, as afferis, Abowt the kyndlit altaris, quhil thai brynt, Affemblit ar ful fwyth, and wald nocht ftynt, With poppil tre hattis buklyt on thar hed. The gonkeris gonder in ane other fled
15 Led rowndis, danfys, and frefch caralyng; Other agit perfons thame addreffit to fyng In ympnys, ballettis, and lays, throu the pres, The lovabill geftis of mychty Hercules :
Quhou the firft monftreis of his ftepmoder fle,
20 Lugyng a bab in creddill, ftranglit he ; That is to knaw, twa gret ferpentis perfay, The quhilk he wyrreit with hys handis tway : And how this ilke Hercules of renovn The ryall citeis affegis and bet dovn,
25 Of Troy, and eik the ftrang Echalia : A thoufand hard journeis fufferyng alffua, Vndre the kyng clepit Eurifteus, By Junoys frawart will maft envyus. And thus thai fyng ; invyncybill weriour,
so That bair of ftrenth and hardyment the flour,
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The ftern Centaures thou flew and dovn bet, Dowbill of fonn, and on the clowd byget ; Thow brytnys eik and with thi hand hes flane Pholus and Helyus, ftalwart gyantis twane ;
5 Of Creit the monftreis dantis thou at full, The favage beftis, as wild bair and bull ; Vndre a roik, Nemee foreft within, Thou flew and rent the hydwys lyoun fkyn. The laik off Stix trymlyt for dreid of the ;
10 The grifly portar of the hellys fee,
Lugyng in caif on ded banys half gnaw, Dyd quaik for feir, quhen he thy viffage faw : Na kynd of byfnyng figour dyd the grys, Nor byg Typheus, that agane Jove oftfys
is Movyt batell, with wapynnys fell in hand
Mycht the affray, nor thy gret ftrenth ganefland ; Nor the ferpent of Lern, thou put to ded, Fand the want nowder wyfdom nor manhed, Thocht fcho, of hedis with hir mekil rowt,
20 The dyd afiail and ombefet about.
Hail, verray child of Jove ; hail, honour hie Adionyt to the goddis in maiefte ! Baith ws and eik thi facrifyce infeir We pray the witty, at thou may cum heir
25 With profper prefens and ful happy fut, In our helpyng for tobe our bute.
In fie fangis thar fefl thai fan&ify, And Hercules hie lovyng lyng and cry ; Bot principaly, and laft of the laif,
so Thai maid menfioun of Cacus flane in caifj
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And quhou that he the flambis furth dyd blaw. The wod refoundis fchill, and euery fchaw Schowtis agane of thar clamour and dyn, The hillys rerdis, quhil dyndlis roik and quliyn.
5 Syne, quhen dyvyne feruys was at end, To the cite bownys ilk man to wend. Furth held the kyng onweldy in aid geris, Faft by hym haldand, as his frendis and feris, The prynce Eneas and his gong fon Pallas ;
10 And, quhil thai thus towart the cite pas, With fyndry fermondis fchortis he the way. Eneas awondris of that he dyd fay, And keft his eyn about delyuerly, Thai ftedis all to ferchyn and efpy ;
15 Sa fair placis to fe and vifly tyte
This ftrange knycht caucht plefance and delyte, And glaidly can inquiryng euery thing, And hard the anfwer of the agit kyng, Quhilk teching him per ordour to him tald
20 Memorialis of feir forfaderis auld.
CAP. VI.
Quhou kyng Evander reherfis til Enee In eldris days the rewle of that cuntre.
Thys kyng Evandrus than, the firft foundar Of Romys burgh or palyce, can declar
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And dyd rehers ontil his geft Enee : Thir woddis and thir fchawis all, quod he, Sum tyme inhabyt war and occupyit With Nymphis and Fawnys apon euery fyde, 5 Quhilk fairfolkis, or than elvys, clepyng we, That war engendryt in this fam cuntre, That with ane kynd of men yborn, but leys, Furth of aid ftokkis and hard runtis of treis ; Quhilkis nowder maneris had nor polecy,
10 Ne couth thai eir the ground, nor occupy The plewis, nor the oxin gok infeir, Nor git had craft to conquys nor wyn geir, Nor kepe thar moblis quhen it gadderit was ; Bot, as thir beftis, or the doillit as,
1 5 Thar fude of treis dyd in woddis fet, Or of the wild venefon fcharp to get. Firft from the hie hevynnys into this land Saturnus com, fleand gret Jovis brand, Hys realmys reft, and banyft eik was he :
20 Bot tha ontaucht pepill of this cuntre, That fkatterit dwelt in hie hillis greyn, He maid forgadder togidder and conveyn, Gaue thame lawys and ftatutis thame to lede, And wald alfo this regioun euery fled
25 War callit Latium, and clepit to hys name, For that he furely lurkyt in the fame. And as thai tel, and redis in mony ryme, Of gold the warld was in that kyngis tyme ; Sa lykandly, in paix and liberte,
30 At eys his common pepill governyt he :
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Quhil, pels and pels, the elde fyne war and war Begouth to wolx, that cullour fading far, As, in the fted of paix, the rage of wer Begouth fucceid, and covatys of geyr. 5 Syne the piffance com of Aufonya, And the pepill Sycany hecht alffwa, By quham the land of Saturn, war and wys, Hes left and changit his aid name oft fys. Syne kyngis com, amangis quham for the nonys
10 Stern Tybrys rygnyt, a man byg of bonys, Fra quham, ay fyne, all the Italiane blude Thar gret ryver hes clepit Tibrys flude ; Thus Albula hys auld trew name hes loft. And me alfo to duel within this coft,
15 Banyft and flemyt of my natyve land,
Strang deftany, quhilk may nocht be gaynftand, And fortoun eik, clepit omnipotent, Throu all extremys of fey hes bidder fent. The reuerend als and dreidfull monyfyngis
20 Of Carmentes my moder, in mony thingis Expert as nymphe and prophetes dyvyne, And the autorite of god Appollyne, Hes me conftrenyt to dwel in this hald. Scars hes Evandrus all thir wordis tald,
25 Quhen, walkyng thens furth bot a litil fpace, He can do fchaw the altar and the place Quhilk in the langage Romane git, fans faill, Is to this day clepit port Carmentaill ; Quharby ramemmorit is in the ilk tovn
30 This aid Carmentes wirfchip and renovn,
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Quhilk was baith nymphe and fatale prophetes, That firft declarit, in hir fawys expres, The gret pryncis fortocum of Ene, And of Pallenteum the nobilite.
5 The kyng fyne fchew him to the haly fchaw, Quhilk ftrang Romulus dyd reduce and draw In maner of franches or of fan&uary. He fchew him eik, but ony langar tary, Vnder the frofty bra, the coif, was call
10 Ful mony geris in thar leid Lupercall, Eftir thar gys of Arcad and eftait, To Pan the god of Lyce confecrait. He fchew alffo the wod hait Argilete, That to the man of Arge, thar loft the fwete,
is Was dedicat, and drew to witnes that iled That he was nevir culpabill of his ded, And can to him declar the mater plane, Quhat wys his geft, this man of Arge, wes flane. Fra thyne, to mont Tarpeya he him kend,
20 And beknyt to that fted, fra end to end, Quhar now ftandis the goldin Capitoll, Vmquhil of wild bufkis rowch fkroggy knoll. Thocht, the ilk tyme, git of that dreidfull place Ane feirfull reuerent religioun, per cace,
25 The ery rural pepill dyd affray,
So that this crag and fcroggis wirfchippit thai. In gon fchaw, on this woddy hillis top That fkowgit is with mony buflds crop, Quod Evander, tharon a god dois dwell,
30 Bot quhat god at he be can na man tell :
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My pepill that bene cummyn from Arcaid Wenys thai faw gonder, as thai me faid, Gret Jove hym felf, as he ful oft at large Dyd fchake his tawbart, or his beknyt targe, .5 And with his rycht hand dyd afiembill and fteir The watry clowdis, that makis thundris beir. And forthir eik he faid ontill Enee, 3on twa town iledis thou behaldis, quod he, With barmkyn down -bet and euery wall,
10 Of forfaderis thai bene memoriall : This cite beldit our aid fader Janus, And gonder cite fundit Saturnus : Janiculum this hecht, myne awin leif brother, And Saturnya clepit was that other.
is Amangis thame with fie carpying and talk, Towart Evandrus pur lugyng thai ftalk : The catal eik behald thai raik on raw, And in that fted thar pafturand thai faw, Quhar now in Rome is the cheif merkat placis,
20 Baith fqueil and low in thai ilk plentuus gatis Quhilk fum tyme hecht Caryne, fair and large, Quhar the howfis war like a turnyt barge. And quhen thai cummyn to the palice wer, Quod Evander, at thir ilk gettis heir
25 The conquerour entrit, douchty Hercules ; This fobir mans reflauyt hym, but les. My gentil geft, enfors the and addres To lern to dar contemp welth and riches, And do thi felf compone, and fchaw in deid
30 In goddis fteid worthy to fucceid,
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With tliame equal reflauyt in fie herbry ; Amang final geir now entris bowfumly. And fayand this, the myghty gret Ene Within hys narrow chymmys ledis he, 5 And maid him fytting doun apon a bed, That ftuffit was with levys, and ourfpred With the rouch fkyn of a buftuus wild beir In Affrik bred befor mony a ger.
CAP. VII.
Ontil Eneas Venus armour requiris Fra Wlcanus, quhilk grantis hir dejiris.
The nycht approchis with hir weyngis gray, i o Ourlpred the erd, and put all lycht away ; Quhen Venus moder till Ene efferd, And not but caus, feand the felloun rerd, The dreidfull boft and affemly attanys Aganys hir fon of pepill Laurentanys, 15 To Wlcanus, hir hufband and gud man, Within hys goldyn chalmyr fcho began Thus forto fpek, and with hir wordis the fyre Of dyvyne luf can towartis hym infpire. Quod fche, quhil that the kyngis of Grece and Arge 20 Down bet the Troiane wallys wyde and large, That deftinat war, bath towr, town, and wall, Of ennemys be flambys to down fall,
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Na help onto thai wrachit folkis I focht, Nane armour axit, nor thy craft befocht, Nor the, my deireft fpows, exers bad I Thy craft, nor wark invane wald occupy :
5 Albeit that to the childring of Pryam kyng I was bedettit into mekill thing, And the ontollerabill laubour of Enee Bewalit oft wepand ful fair, quod fche, Quhilk now by Jo vis power ftad remanys
10 Within the boundys of Rutilyanys.
Quharfor this tyme I, thy ilk fpows and wyve, Thy blifiyt godhed, derreft to me on lyve, Cummys lawly to befeik and requer For wapynnys, harnes, armour, and fie ger ;
15 For my deir fon I, moder, prays the :
Sen Nereus douchter, Thetys, mycht, quod fche, Induce the till enarm hir fon Achill, And eik Tythonus fpous, at hir awin will, Aurora, with hir terys fo the brak
20 Fortill enarm hir child Memnon the blak. Behald quhat pepill, lo, affemblit bene, Quhat wallit townys with gettis clofyt in teyn Gryndys thar wapynnys aganis me and myne, To bring ws to diftru&ioun and rewyne.
25 Thus faid the goddes, and in hir milk quhite armys Ful tendirly belappys him and warmys, Quhil that he mufys fo, that hait fyre fle Of lufe bekend onon reffauyt he ; The natural heit into the merch dyd glyde,
30 Perfand the banys maid foft on every fyde :
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Nane other wys than as, fum tyme, we fe The fchynand brokkyn thundris lychtnyng fle Wyth fubtil fyry ftremys throu a ryft, Perfand the watry clowdis in the lift.
5 Venus hys fpows, confiding in hir bewte, Ful glaid perfavys that hym caucht had fche.
The fader than Vlcanus, god abuf, Lokkyt in the eternal cheyn of luf, Anfwerd and faid ; quharfor, myne awin hart deir,
10 Sa far about thou glofys thy mater?
Quhy axis thou nocht planely thy defire ? Quhiddir is becum of me, thy lord and fyre, The ferm confidence thou fuld haue, Goddes ? Quhat nedyt mor bot fchaw thy mynd expres ?
1 5 Gyf ficlike curis and deiire had bene
Into thy mynd that fammyn tyme, I meyn Duryng the fubuertioun of Troys ryng, To ws it had bene bot a lefum thing Troianys til haue enarmyt at thy requeft :
20 Nowder the fader almychty at the left, Ne git the fatis contrary dyd ganeftand, Bot Troys cite mycht haue langar ftand, So that kyng Priamus ryng, by our power, Mycht haue remanyt fully othir ten geir.
25 And now, gif thou the grathis forto fecht, And tharto be thy mynd fet, I the hecht All maner thing, with folift diligens, That may be wrocht in my craft or fciens, Or git may be forgit in irne or fteill,
30 Or moltyn mettal graif and burnyft weill,
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Sa far as fyre, and wynd, and hie engyne, Into our art may cumpas or dyvyne. Tharfor defift of thi ftrenth to haue dreid, Or me to pray in ocht at thou hes neyd ;
5 For in fie cacis thar nedis na requeft : Am I nocht reddy to fulfill thy beheft ? Thir wordis beyng faid, this hait fyre Gan hir enbrafyng al at his defyre, And, lappit to hys fpewfys breift in armys,
10 The plefand natural fleip, to beit his harmys, And eys hys wery membris, can he tak. Syne as he had flummyrrit bot a fnak, Quhen the firft filence of the quyet nycht Hys myddil curs and cirkill run had rycht,
1 5 Provokyng folk of the firft fleip awaik :
Lyke as the puyr wife, quhilk at evin had raik Hyr ingill, ryfys forto beit hir fyre, As fcho that hes nane other rent nor hyre Bot with hir rok and fpynnyng forto thryve,
20 And tharwithall fuftene hir enty lyve ; Hir day wark to encres, or fcho may fe, Thartill a part of the nycht ekis fche, And at the candill lycht hir handys tway, And eik hir pur damyfellis, as fcho may,
25 Natly exercis forto wirk the lyne,
To fnoif the fpyndill, and lang thredis twyne, Quharby fcho mycht fuftene hir powerte, Kepe chaift hir fpowfys bed in honefte, And tharwith eik fofter hir childer lyte :
30 The mychty God of fyre this tyme als tyte,
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And no flawar, bot on the fam maner, Furth of hys bed ftartis, and hynt his geir, And to hys fmyddy craft and forge hym fpedis. Thar ftandis ane ile, with reky ftanys as gledis,
5 Vpftrekyng hie betwix the coft Sycille And Lyparen, god Eolus wyndis ille : Vndre the quhilk byg iland in the fee Ane coif thar is, and hyrnys feill thar be, Lyke till Ethna holkyt in the mont,
10 By the Ciclopes fornace worn or bront,
That makys rumlyng, as quha dyd thunder heir, The buftuus dyntis on the ftyddeys feir ; Ane huge dyn and noys the ftrayke doyth mak. The irne lumpys in tha cavys blak
15 Can byfs and quhiffill, and the hait fyre
Doith fuf and blaw in blefys byrnand fchire : Quhilk forges bene Wlcanus duellyng call, And eftir Wlcan that cuntre nemmyt all. The mychty God of fyre dovn from the hevin
20 Into this forfaid ile difcendit evin,
Quhar as, intill hys large and gowfty caif, The hydduus Ciclopes forgit furth and draif, Brontes, Steropes, and nakyt Pyracmon, The glowand irne to well and peyn onon.
25 The fyreflaucht, gyt nocht formyt perfitely, Quhilk the fader of godis oft throw the fky From euery art dovn in the erth doys caft, Thai had into thar handys wirkand fail ; That ane part polifl, burnyft weill and dycht,
30 Thar other party not perfytit rycht.
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Thre rawys wel tha of the frofyn hail fchour, Thre of the watry clowd, to eik the ftowr, Thre blefys of the byrnand fyris brycht, With thre blaftis of the fouth wyndis lyght : 5 Syne to thar wark, in maner of gun powder, Thai myddillyt and thai myxit this feirful fowder, A gryfly found, gret dreid, and goddis ire, Quham followys ay the fel flambys of fyre. Ane other fort ful biffely to Mart
10 The rynnyng quhelys forgis, and weir cart, Quharwith the men to batale doys he fteir, And movys citeis to rays mortal weir : Thai dycht and polys egirly alflua The horribill terget, buftuus Egyda,
15 Quhilk is the grevyt Pallas gryfly fcheild, With ferpent fcalys puldrit in goldyn feild, Togidder lynkyng lowpyt edderis twa ; And in the breift of the goddes graif thai Gorgones hed, that monftre of gret wondir,
20 With eyn wawland, and nek bane hak in fondyr.
Away with this, ghe Ethna Ciclopes, Quod Wlcanus, and all fie warkis fes, And at I fay enprentis in gour thocht. Ontill a forcy man ar tobe wrocht
25 Harnes and armour : now nedis it, quod he, 3our ftrenth exers and pythis fchaw ; lat fe •Quha nymlyaft can cum and turn thar handis ; Now on all matter poynt of craft it ftandis : Do put away in haift all maner delay.
so Na mair he faid ; bot wondir frakly thai
Onto thar laubour can thame all addres, Affignand euery man hys part expres : The irne the mettal throw thir cundyttis flowys, The moltyn gold and weirlyk fteil halt glowys,
5 And furth of goufty furnace fundyt ran. Mafte craftely to forgyng thai began A huge gret femly target, or a fcheild, Quhilk only mycht reliftyng into feild Agane the dynt of Latyn wapynnys all ;
10 In euery place fevin ply thai welt and call. Sum can reflaue the glowand heyt, fum wynd With blawand bellys bet the fyre behynd ; Sum of the trowch apon the fparkand gledis The byfland watir ftrynklys and ourfpredis.
15 The huge coif and all the mont within, For ftrak of ftydeys, can refound and dyn. Amangis thame felf thai grifly fmythys gret With mekil fors dyd forge, peyn, and bet, And can thar armys hefyng vp and dovn
20 In nowmyr and in dew proportioun, And with the grippand turcas oft alflb The glowand lump thai turnyt to and fro.
CAP. VIII.
Evander tettand Eneas thingisfeir, Vkanus armour dyd in thejky appeir.
Quhil that the fader of Lemnos, Wlcanus, Within the boundis of wyndy Eolus
OF ENEADOS.
To wyrk this geir haftis on euery fyde, The bliffull lycht ayrly at morrow tyde, And myrthfull fangis of the byrdis bay, The fwallow, fyngis on the ruf hir lay, 5 Awalknyt kyng Evander, and maid rys Within his fobir chymmys quhar he lyis. Vpftart the aid, and cled hym in hys cote, Apon his feyt hys meit fchoys hote War buklyt on the gys of Tufcany ;
10 Syne our hys fchuldris, down hys myddil by, Hyngis buklyt hys trafty fwerd Arcaid ; From hys left arm, about the rycht fyde layd, Ywymplyt was the fpottit pantheris fkyn : Hys twa keparis can furth by hym ryn
15 From the hie palyce, buftuus hundis two, That haldis thar lordis pays quhar evir he go. Furth held this heir the fecret prevy way Towart the fted quhar as Eneas lay, His Troiane geft, ramembring al at rycht
20 Hys help and promys grantit gifter nyght. On the fam wys, at morow ful ayrly, Eneas haftis vp, and mycht nocht ly. The kyng only hot with his fon Pallas, Achates with Eneas accumpaneit was.
25 Thai jonyt handis fone as thai war met,
And fyne amyd the chalmer doun thame fet, Quhar, finaly, thai fel in commonyng Of fecret materis and attentik thing.
The kyng begouth, and faid firft til'Ene :
so Maift fouerane ledar of Troiane cumpane,
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Quha beand on lyfe nevir grant I fall Troy is diftroyt, nor caftyn doun the wall, Nor git the Troiane power put at vnder ; We haue bot fobir pittance, and no wonder,
5 To help in batale, and to mak fupple Onto fo hie excellent maiefte : On this half clofyt with the Tufcane flude ; On gonder fyde ar the Rutylianys rude, Nyddris our boundis, as full oft befallis,
10 With thar harnes clatteryng about our wallis. Bot I purpos adione to the onon A huge pepill, and landis mony one, Oftis of fertill realmys neir faft by. O fortoun, or we wift, fo happely
15 Thou fchawift the in our help and fupple ! And O mafte douchty campioun Ene, Defyrit of the deftany and fatis, Heir ge be weill arryvit many gatis ! Fundyt of aid ftanys, not far hyne,
20 Inhabyt ftand the cite Agyllyne ;
Quhar that the worthy pepill Lydyane, Vailgeant in batale, duellis and dois remane Apon the egge of the Hetrufcan hillys. Thir folkis all in lykyng at thar willis
25 This land inhabyt, vale, mont, and fwyre ; 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 myfcheif,
30 The cruel dedis, flauchter, and huge greif
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Of that tyrant, quhilk git the goddis dyng
Apon hys hed referuys and offpring !
For he, befyde his othir wikkyt deyd,
The quyk bodeis, fpeldit furth on breid, 5 Adionyt to the corps and caryoun ded,
Layd hand to hand, baith face to face and hed,
Quhil quyk mowthis dyd ded mowthis kys :
O, quhat maner of torment call ge this !
Droppand in worfum-and filth laithly to fe, 10 So miferabilly enbrafyng, thus wys he
By lang proces of ded can thame fla.
Quhil, at the laft, of this ennoy and wa
Hys citefanys irkyt, fyne in a rowt
Enarmyt ombefet his mans abowt : 15 Hym al enragit on his wild maner
Befegit thai, and of his complicis feir
Hes ilane onon, and all in pecis hakkit,
And fyre blelis on his hie biggingis fwakkit.
Amyd the flauchter, on cace, efchapit he, 20 And to the feildis Rutilyane can fle,
Quhar intill armys, be Turnus hys oft,
He hym begouth defend apon that coft.
Quharfor Hetrurya all, full juftly
Aggrevyt, rays in armys by and by, 25 Onto punytioun and all tormentis feir
Thar kyng to afk, and feik in feir of weir.
To thir mony thoufand pepill, quod he,
Souerane ledar I fal the jone, Ene.
For now thar fchippys fill thik reddy ftandis, 30 Brayand endlang the coftis of thir landis ;
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Thai byd difplay thar baneris owt of faldis ; Bot ane ancyent dyvynour thame withhaldis, Schawand the fatale godly deftyne : O ge maft valgeand gong gallandis, quod he,
5 And pepill cummyn from Meonya, 3he that bene flour of chevalry alffua, The vertu and the ftrenth of vaffallage Of anceftry and men of gour lynnage, Quham juft dolour fteris on this wys,
1 0 Baldly aganys gour ennemys to rys ; All thocht Mezentyus, to hys myfcheif, Hes weil defervit aganys hym gour greif Thus in commotioun forto rays and fteyr, <3yt neuertheles belevys, owt of weir,
15 So gret a pepill, as vnder Turnus kyng And Latynus leyndis, forto down thryng Onlefum is till ony Italyane : 3ow behuffis to feik a ftrange chiftane. Of Hetrurya the oftis vnder fcheild
20 With that word ftoppit in the fammyn feild, Of the goddis admonyfyng all effrayt. Tarchon hym felf, thar duke, lyft not delay it, Bot to me fend ambafiatouris all bovn, Offerand to me the ceptre and the crovn
25 Of al thar realm, and thar enfengeis brocht, Requyryng me that I refufyt nocht Tocum and be chiftane of thar army, The realm Tyrrheyn eik to reflaue in hy. Bot my febill and flaw onweldy age,
30 The dafyt blude gane far by the hait rage,
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Or than the owtworn dait and mony geris, With fors falgeit to hant the ftrang wens, Envyis that I fuld joys or bruke empyre. My fon Pallas, this gong lufty fyre,
5 Exhort I wald to tak the Heir on hand, Ne war that of the blude of this ilk land Admixit ftandis he, takand fum ftrynd, Apon his moderis fyde, of Sabyne kynd. Bot thou, quham baith thi geris and thi blude
10 The fatis favouris, and is fo conclude By the goddis abufe as, owt of weir, Tobe callyt and fchaip for this mater, Go to the batal, campyoun made forcy, The Troianys baith and Italyanys to gy.
15 And forthir eik, this fammyn gyng Pallas, Our fon, our hope, our comfort, and folace, I fal adione in fallofchip, quod he, As his matter, to exers vndre the, And lern the fayt of knychtly chevalry,
20 Hard marcyall dedis hantyng by and by, Tobe accuftummyt and behald thy feris, For wondyr followyng thy warkis in gyng geris. Twa hundreth walyt hors men, wight and ftern, Of Arcad, fal I geif onto that bern ;
25 And of hys awyn behalf, in thy fupple, Als mony Pallas fal promyt to the, Quhilk in the hail may weill four hundreth bene.
Skant this was faid, quhen, caftyng dovn his eyn, Traft Achates, and Anchyfes fon Ene,
30 Sat ftarrand on the grond, baith he and he,
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And in thar hartis dyd full oft compas Ful mony hard aduerfyte and cace, With drery cheir and myndis fad bath twa ; Ne war Venus, lady Citherea,
5 Dovn from the hevin of comfort to thame fent Ane oppyn takyn, cleir and evident. For fuddanly thai fe, or thai be war, The fyreflaucht betyng from the lyft on far, Cum with the thundris hydduus rumlyng blaft,
10 Semyng the hevyn fuld fall and all doun caft ; The ayr onon can dynnyng vp and doun With brag of weir and Tyrreyn trumpys fovn. Thai lyfnyng to perfaue and heir the dyn, Ay mar and mar agane it dyd begyn
is To rerd and rattill apon a feirfull wys : Quhill at the laft thai fe and al efpyis Throw the cleir fky and regioun of the hevyn, Amang the clowdis, brycht as fyry levyn, The glitterand armour burnyft lemand fchene,
20 And, as thai fchuke, thar rays thunder bedene. Abafyt in thar myndis worth the laif ; Bot this lord Troiane knew and did perfave Full weil the found, and all the cace expres, Be promys of hys moder the Goddes ;
25 Syne can rehers it plane, and thus gaitis faid : Forfuyth, forfuyth, my gentill oft, be glaid, The nedis not to afk, ne git to fpeir Quhat lignyfyis thir wondris dyd appeir ; For I am callyt to the hevin, quod he.
so The haly moder, my genitryce, fchew me
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That fie a takyn fuld be fend, fcho faid, Gyf ony wald with batale ws invaid, And, in my helpyng, hecht doun throu the ayr To fend Wlcanus armour, gude and fair.
5 Allace, how feill flauchter now apperis To wrachit Latynys in thir mortal weris ! By me, Turnus, quhat panys fait thou dre ! O Tybir fair that rynnys in the fe, Quhou mony fcheldis,' helmys, and ftern body,
10 Vndre thy fludis warpyt law fall ly ! Lat thame array thar oftis now lat fe, And baldly brek thar frendfchip maid with me.
CAP. IX.
Evander fendis hysfon, the gong Pallas, With hys army in help of Eneas.
Fra this was fayd, from his hie fet he ftart : And firft the floknyt fyris hes he gart,
1 5 The rakyt harthis and ingill gifter nycht, On Hercules altar beyt and kyndill bryght, And glaidly went to wirfchip and to call Sobir Penates, goddis domefticall ; And walyt twynteris, eftir the auld gys,
20 He flew and brytnyt onto facryfys ;
With hym Evander eik, and all hys feris Of Troiane menge, lufty frefch gonkeris.
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Syne doun in haift he went onto hys fchippys, Hys folkis he vifleyt and his fallofchippys : Of quhais nowmyr hes he walyt owt Ane certane, the maft lykly, bald, and ftowt, 5 Quhilk fuld hym follow into euery place ; The remanent tuk byfiely thar rays Down by the watyr, on the followand flude Difcendand flawly, to beir meffage gude Sone eftir this ontill Afcanyus gyng,
10 Twychand hys fader and of euery thing. The horfiys fyne war gevin and furth brocht To the Troianys that onto Tufcane focht ; And till Eneas led onon thai gaue A gentill fteyd excedand all the laif,
15 On quhara at all partis was ourfpred and fold A dun lyonys fkyn with nalys of gold. Than throu the litil cite all on raw The fame onon dywlgat fwyftly flaw, Quhow that the horfmen fpedis thame bedene
20 To go onto the land and coft Tyrrene. The wyfiys and avowys than, for feir, By woman and the matronys dowblet wer ; Mor grew the dreid the narrar drew dangar, Now Martis ymage femys walxin mair.
25 The fader than Evander, as thai depart,
By the rycht hand thame gryppyt with fair hart, Hys fon enbrafyng, and full tenderly Apon hym hyngis, wepand ontellabilly ; And thus he fayd : O fen omnipotent
30 Hie Jupiter my gyng gheris by went
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Wald me reftor ! in fie ftrenthis and eild,
So as I was quhen firft in batal feild
The armys of the oftis down I dang
Of Prenefte vndir the wallis ftrang, 5 And vi6tor of myne ennemys, as prowd lyre,
Hail hepys of thar fcheildis brynt in fyre :
Quhar, with this fammyn rycht hand quellyt and flane,
Vndre the hellys grond Tartareane
Kyng Herylus was fent to dwell for ay ; 10 Quhamtill hys moder Feronya the gay,
Into the tyme of hys natiuite,
Grifly to fay, had gevyn fawlys thre,
And that he fuld beir armour thrys in fyght,
And thrys behwyt to the ded be dicht ; 15 Fra quham that tyme this rycht hand, not the les,
Tha fawlys all bereft, and thar expres
Of alfmony enarmouris fpulgeit clene.
Gyf fo war now with me as than hes bene,
Ne fuld I nevir depart, myne awyn child deir, 20 From thyne mafte fweit embrafyng, for na weir ;
Nor our nychtbour Megentyus in hys fed
Suld na wys, mokkand at this hafard bed,
By fwerd haue killyt fo feill corps as flane is,
Nor thys burgh of fa mony citefanys 25 Left defolat and denudyt, quod he.
Bot O 36 Goddis abuf, and Jove maft hie,
The governour of hevynly wyghtis all,
On gou I cry, on gou I clepe and call ;
Begyn to haue compaciens and piete 30 Of gour awin wofull kyng of Arcadye ;
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Oppyn and inclyne gour dyvyne godly erys, To heir and reffaue the faderis meik prayeris. Gyf it be fo gour godhed and gret myghtis Be prefciens provyd lies, and forfychtis,
5 Pallas my fon in falfty hail and feir, Gyf the fatis prefervys hym of danger, Sa onys in my lyfe I may hym fe, Agane togidder aflemblyt I and he ; I gow befeik my febill lyfe to refpyte,
1 0 That I mycht lyf, and endur gyt a lyte All pane and laubour that gou lift me fend. Bot, O faynt fortoun, gyf thou doys pretend And mannancis ony myfchewos cace, Now, now forthwith, into this fammyn place
15 Suffir me fwelt, and end this cruel lyfe, Quhil dowtfum is gyt all fie fturt and ftryfe, Quhil hope oncertane is of thing tocum, And quhil I thus, my deir child, all and fum My luftis plefance, and my laft weilfair,
20 The in myne armys enbrafis but difpar ; So that, eftir, na forowfull meflynger With fmert ennoy hurt nevir myne agit eyr.
The fader Evander with full fory hart, At lattir poynt quhen thai war to depart,
25 Thir wordis fpak, fyne fel in fwoun rycht thar : Hys men hym hynt and to hys chalmyr bar.
Be this, the rowt of horfmen ftrang in fyght War ifchit at the portis euery wight : Amangis the formaft the duke Eneas,
30 And eik the traft Achates, furth can pas,
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Syne other nobillis of the Troianys -ftowt ; The gyng Pallas rydyng amyd the rowt, So farrand and fo lufty perfonage, Cled in a mantill in hys tender age,
5 Quhilk dyd ourheld hys burnyft armour brycht : On hym to luke was a mor gudly fyght Than on the day ftern, quhilk at morn ayrly Baithit in the occeane ryfys in the fky, Quhois fyry bemys Venus in fpeciall
10 Chofys abuf all ftarnys gret and fmall,
Heich in the hevin liftyng hys viflage fchene, To chays away the myrknes with hys eyn. The wofull moderis, quakand for cald dreid, Stude on the wall behaldand quhar thai geid,
15 And dyd convoy or follow with thar fight The dufty fop, quharfo the rak went rycht, Govand apon thar bryght armour at fchane, So fer as that thar luke mycht thame attane. The cumpany al fammyn held array
20 Throw fcroggy buffys furth the narreft way, Enarmyt rydyng thyddir as thai wald : The brute and dyn from thame vpfprang thik fald, The horny hovyt hors with four feyt Stampand and trottand on the dufty ftreyt.
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CAP. X.
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Qu/iou that Venus ontitt Eneas brocht
T/ie godly armour be Wlcanus wrocht.
Thar growys a gret fchaw, neir the chil ryver Quhilk that flowys with hys frofty ftremys cleir Down by the cite of Agillyna, That other wys is clepyt Cereta, 5 Quhilk is in wirfchip haldyn and in dreid By faderis aid, the large boundis onbreid, As fan&uar ; and with deip clewchis wyde Thys fchaw is clofyt apon etiery fyde : Ane thyk ayk wod of fkowgy fyrris ftowt
10 Belappys all the faid cuthill abowt. The fame is that the Grekis ancyane, Quhilk clepyt bene to furname Pelafgane, That quhilum lang tyme in the formaft eildis The Latyn boundis occupeyt and feildis,
15 To Syluanus fyrft dedicat this fchaw, The God of beftis and of feildis faw, And conftitut to hym folempnyt feft. Duke Tharcon, and the Tufcanys mafle and left, Not fer from thens, intyll a ftrenthy place
20 Thar palgeonys all had plantyt apon cace, That from the top of the hillys hyght The army all thai mycht fe at a fyght, With tentis ftentit ftrekand to the plane. Thyddyr held Eneas, the fouerane Troiane,
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And all the bernys of hys ryall rowt Chofyn for the batell, lufty, ftern, and ftowt, And, wery of thar travale, thocht thai beft Thar felf and horffis to refrefch and reft.
5 Bot than Venus, the frefch Goddes, bedene Amang the hevynly Ikyis brycht and fchene, Berand with hir the dyvyne armour cleir, To mak tharof a prefand, can draw neir : And as on far hir fon fcho dyd behald,
10 Secret allone by the chill ryver cald, Amyd ane holl cleuch, or a dern valle, Of hir fre will tyll hym apperis fche, And with fie wordis to hym fpak, fayng : Lo, my reward heir, and my promyfyng
15 Fulfillyt juftly by my hulbandis wark ;
So that, my fon, now art thou fovyr and flark, That the not nedis to haue ony feir Fortill refift the prowd Latynys in weir, Nor git the ftrang Turnus to aflaill,
20 Hym to provok, or challance for batale. Thus faid the fcheyn Citherea fair of face, And, with that word, can hyr deyr child enbrace ; And thar the fchynand armour forgane his fycht Vndre a bo wand aik layd dovn full rycht.
25 Seand fie gyftis of this traft Goddes, This gentill knycht reiofyt wolx, I ges, Glaid that fo gret honour reffauyt he, That fcarfly kowth he fatiffyit be Forto behald thir armour bryght and fchene ;
30 On euery peys to vifiy keft hys eyn,
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Tharon wondrand ; betwix hys handis two And byg armys thame turnys to and fro : The gryfly cryftit helm he can behald, On feirfull wys fpowtand the fyre thik fald ;
5 The fatale fwerd, dedly to mony ane ; The ftyf hawbryk of fteill yburnyft fchane, Of huge weght and bludy fangwyne hew, That fie a glans or variant cullour fchew, As quhen the byrnand fonnys bemys brycht
10 The watry clowd perfand with hys lyght, Schynand on far, forgane the Ikyis how Schapys the figour of the quent rayn bowe : The lyght legharnes on that other fyde, Witht gold and burnyft laton puryfyde,
15 Grathit and polyft weill he dyd afpy ; The fpeir, and eik the fcheild fo fubtelly Forgyt that it was ane ontellabill thyng. For Vlcanus, of fyre the lord and kyng, Knawand full weill the art of prophecy,
20 And fyndry thingis tocum eik by and by, The valgeand dedis of Italyanys, The gret triumphys als of the Bomanys, And of Afcanyus ftok all nobil knyghtis, Thar batalys all per ordour, weir, and fyghtis,
25 Had tharin porturat properly and grave. Amang al otheris, in Martis grefy cave The fukkyn wolf furthftrekand brefte and vdyr Abowt hir pappys, but feir, as thar moder, The twa twynnys, final men childer syng,
so Sportand ful tayt gan to wrabill and hyng ;
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And fcho hir lang rovnd nek bane bowand raith To geif thame fowke, and can thame culge baith, Semyng fcho fuld thar bodeis by and by Lyk with hir tong, and clenge full tenderly.
5 Not fer from thens Rome cite eikyt he ; Quhar, by ane new inuentioun wonder fle, Sittand into ane holl valle or flak, Within the lyftis for the triumphe mak, War Sabyne virgynys revyft by Romanys,
10 As that thai war affemblyt for the nanys The gret gammys Circenfes forto fe, Quhilk juftyng or than turnament cleip we. With hafty fterage thar mod thou behald The werys rafyt aganys Romanys bald
15 By agyt Tatyus and fell Curetanys :
Syne the ilk princis, and the faid Romanys, The weris feflyt fammyn all infeir, Enarmyt ftad befor Jovys alter, With cowpys full in hand for facryfys ;
20 Thar mycht thou fe thame, eftir the aid gys, The fwyne ftekit brytnyt fone and flane, Conferm thar trewys and mak paix agane.
CAP. XL
Quhou that Wlcanus thar, amang tto laif. Stwys tocum dyd in the armour graif.
Fra thyne not far the chariot thou mycht knaw, Metus Suffytius in feir pecis draw ;
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Albeit thou thocht this cruelte, kyng Albane, Quhy wald thou not at thy promys remane ? Quhy lift thou not thy faith obferue and faw ? Thys faithles wyghtis entralys war outdraw,
5 By command of Tullus Hoftilyus,
And throu the woddis harlyt, euery bus, Quhil that the tharmys and the bowellys rent Scroggis and breris all with blude byfprent. Thar mycht thou fe Tarquynus in exile
10 Furth caft of Rome, and fyne, within fchort quhile, By kyng Porfenna into batale plane Commandit fortobe reffauyt agane ; With that a felloun fege al Rome about Dyd ombefet, and clofyt with hys rowt :
15 The Romanys than difcendit from Enee Rufch onto wapynnys for thar liberte. Thou mycht behaldin eik this ilk Porfen Lyke as he had dyfpite, and boftand men ; For that the hardy Codes, darf and bald,
20 Durft brek the bryg that he purpoiit to hald, And eik the virgyn Clelya, quhar fcho ftude, Hyr bandis braft, and fwam our Tibir flude. Manlyus the knycht abufe into the fcheild, In the defens for Jovys tempil beild,
25 Kepand the ftrenth and caftell Tarpeia, And haldand the heich Capitoll alffua, Stud porturat, neir the chymmys calendar, Quhais ruffis laitly ful rouch thekit war With ftra or gloy by Romulus the wight.
so Thar was alffo engravyt all at ryght
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The filuyr ganer, flyghterand with lowd fcry, Warnand all reddy the gilt entre by, Quhou the Franchmen dyd the get aflaill : Thar mycht thou fe the Franch army alhaill 5 Haift throu the bufiys to the capitoll, Sum vndennyndand the grond with a hoill, So that almaift thai wan the forteres ; Gret help thame maid the clos nychtis myrknes ; Thar haris fchane as doith the brycht gold wyre,
10 And all of gold wrocht was thar rich attyre, Thar purpour robbys bygareit fchynand brycht, And in thar hand withhaldand euery knycht Twa javillyng fperis, or than gyfiarn ftavis, Forgit in the montanys al fik maner glavys,
15 Thar bodeis all with lang tergis ourheild. Syne gonder mar was fchapin in the feld The danfand preftis, clepit Salii, Hoppand and fyngand wonder merely, And Panos preftis, nakit Lupercanys ;
20 The toppyt hattis quhar the woll threid remanys, And bowyt buklaris falland from the fky. Thar mycht befene, forgyt mafte craftely, The chaift matronys throw the cite all In foft charis thar gemmys feftual
25 Ledand, and playand with myrthis and folace. A far way thens ful weill engravit was The vgly hellis fet Tartareane, The deip dungioun quhar Pluto dois remane, And of the wikkyt pepilt all the pyne :
30 Thar was thou markyt, curfyt Catylyne,
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Hyngand out our ane fchorand hewch or bra, And trymland for the feirfull dreid and wa, To fe the furyus gryfly fifteris facis, That with thar fcurgis wikkit pepil chacis :
5 The rychtwis folkis, at levit deuotly, Fra thame war partit in a place far by, And the wys man Cenibrius Cato Gevand thar juft rewardis till all tho. Myd way betwix the other ftoreis feir,
10 The fwelland feys fygour of gold cleir
Went flowand, bot the lippyrrand wallys quhyte War pulderit full of fomy froith mylk quhite : The delphyn fyfches, wrocht of filuer fchene, In cirkill fwepand faft throu fludis grene,
i 5 Sewchand fwyftly fait ftremys ; quhar thai far, Vpftrake thar talys the ftour lieir and thar.
CAP. XII.
Eneas mervellys ofihejtoreysfeir Wrocht be Wlcanus in Tiys armour cleir.
Amyd the feys mycht be perfauyt weill The weirly fchippis with thar fnowtis of fteill, The A&iane batalys, femyng as quha dyd fe 20 The mont Lewcata, ilandand by the feye, For oftis arrayt glowand as the gleyd ; Of glitterand gold fchane all the flude on breid.
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On that a party, thar myght thou behald Cefar Auguft Odauyan the bald, Movand to batale the Italyanys ; With hym fenatouris and worthy pepill Romanys, 5 And Goddis domeftik, quhilk Penates halt, With all the gret Goddis of mair eftait : Heich in the forftam ftand he mycht be fene, From hys blyth browys brent and athir eyn The fyre twynklyng, and hys faderis ftar
10 Schew from hys helmys top fchynand on far. The byg and ftowt Agrippa, hys frend deir, Hys navy led at hand weil by neir, As he that in hys help and fuccurs fyndis The profper favouris baith of goddis and wyndis :
15 Quhais forhed fchane of ane prowd fyng of weris, A crown with ftammys fie as fchippis beris. Marcus Antonyus cummys thame aganys With hail fuppovel of barbaryanys, As nobill vi&our and cheif conquerour,
20 Careand with hym of Orient the flour ; Diuers armyis and pepillys for melle, From Pers, Egipt, and coftis of the Red See, The power all aflemblit in hys flote, Ane huge rowt and multitude, God wote,
25 The gondermaft pepill, clepit Ba6tranys,
Quhilk neir the eift part of the warld remanys. Hym followys to the feild, ane fchame to fay, Hys fpous Egiptiane, queyn Cleopatra. Thai femyt fammyn rufchand all togidder,
30 Quhill all the fey vpflowris with a quhidder ;
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Ourweltit with the beniell of the ayris,
Faft fra forftammys the flude fwowchis and raris,
As thai togiddir matchyt on the depe.
Thou fuld haue wenyt, quha tharto tuke kepe,
5 The gret ilandys, Ciclades, hail vprent, Apon the fey fletand quhar thai went, Or huge hie hilly s, concurrand all atanys, Togiddir rufch and meyt with other montanys ; On athir hand with fa gret fors and weght
10 The men affalys in fchip of towr to feght. Thai warp at other brycht blefys of fyre, The kyndillyt lynt, and hardis byrnand fchire ; The caftyng dartis fra hand to hand dyd fle, Slang gaddis of irne, and ftane caft gret plente :
15 Neptunus feildis, all the large flude,
For new flauchter wolx blandit red of blude. Amyd the oftis Cleopatra queyn The rowtis dyd afiembill to feght bedene, With tympane found, in gys of hir cuntre,
20 Prouocand thame to move in the melle : Nor git beheld fcho not the edderis twane Behynd hir bak, that eftir hes hir flane. The monftruus goddis figuris, of al kynd That honorit ar in Egipt or in Inde,
25 And eik the barkand ftatu, Anubis, Agane Neptune, agane Venus, I wys, And als agane Mynerva, porturat ftandis In that bargane, with wapynnys in thar handis. Amyd the feld ftude Mars, that felloun fyre,
30 In plait and mail, wod brym and ful of ire :
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The forofull Fureys from the firmament
By the Goddys to tak vengeans war fent :
In went Difcord, joyus of that journe,
With mantill rent and fchorn men mycht liir fe ;
5 Quham followit Bellona of batell,
With hir kynd coufyng, the fcharp fcurgis fell. A&yus Appollo, feand in the fky Of this melle the dowtfum vi&ory, Hys bow abufe thar hedis hes he bent,
10 Lyke forto fchote hys dartis and down fent : 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 fe
15 Wynd fayll about, and gang befor the wynd, Ay mar and mair dredand perfute behynd, Sclakand fchetis, and haldand rowme at large, With purpour faill abufe hir payntit barge. The mychty God of fyre hir wrocht and maid
20 Ful pail of hew, forowfull and not glaid, In fyng tocum of hir fmert hafty ded, Amangis ded corpfis new of flauchter red, And, with the weft wynd and the wallys haw, Frawart the flude of Nyle our ftremys blaw :
25 Quhilk Nylus ryver, murnand for thar defeys, Hys large fkyrt onbrede fpred thame to pies, With all his habyt oppynnyt thame to call, As thocht hym lift refiaue the venquyft all Within hys watry bofum, large and rude,
30 And hyde in fecret cundyte of his flude.
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Within the wallis fyne of Romys cite, Cefar, reffauyt with triumphis thre, Thou mycht behald, thar offerand on his gys Till Itale goddis immortal facryfyce :
5 Our all the cite, in maift fingular joy, The blyiTull feft thai makyng man and boy, So that thre hundreth ryall tempillys dyng Of ryot, ryppet, and of revellyng, Ryngis, and of the myrthful fportis feir
10 The ftretis foundyng on folacius maner ; At euery fan6tuary, and altar vpftent, In caralyng the lufty ladeis went ; Befor the altaris eik, in cirkyll round, The brytnyt beftis ftrowyt all the ground.
15 Cefar hym felf, feyfit in fete ryall,
Within the fnaw quhite flatly merbill wall Of God Phebus tempill, thar as he fat ViiTeand the pepillis gyftis, this and that, And on the prowd pillaris, in takynnyng
20 Of hys triumphe, maid thar be vp hyng :
The pepill by hym venquyft mycht thou knaw, Befor hym pafland per ordour, all on raw, In langfum tryne ; and how fell kyndis feir Of tungis and of langage men mycht heir,
25 Als mony diu'ers habyttys wor thai ftrange, Als fell ibrtis of armouris dyd thai change. Vlcanus heir the beltles Numydanys, And thai folkis that in Affrik remanys, Had gravyn weill ; and gonder porturat was
30 The Leleganys, and the pepill Carras,
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And Gelones, tha pepill of Sythia, In archery the quhilk ar wonder thra. The mekill flude Eufrates, faft by, With ftreym now ferny t flow mair fobirly ;
5 The Moryn pepill eik, faft by the fee, Of men reput the laft extremite, The forkyt flude of Reyn eik pantit was, And the ondantit Danys thar dyd pas, The flude Arax of Armeny alflb,
10 Havand difdene a bryg our it fuld go.
Eneas, of hys moderis gyft wondryng, Our al Vlcanus fcheild famony a fyng Wrocht on fie wys, nocht knawand the mater, To fe the figouris of thir ftoreis feir
15 Reiofyt wolx, and fyne deliuerly Apon hys fchulder hyntis vp in hy The famus honour, and hie renownye, Or gloryus jeftis of hys poftheryte.
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