Quha lift attend, gevis audiens, and draw neir,
Me thocht Virgill begouth on this maner:

I the ilk vmquhile that in the small ait reid Tonyt my fang; fyne fra the woddis geid, 5 And feildis about taucht tobe obefand,

Thocht he war gredy, to the biffy husband,

Ane thankfull wark maid for the plewchmanis art:
Bot now the horribill ftern dedys of Mart,
The batalys and the man I will diferyve.

THE CONTENTIS

OF EUERY BOOK FOLLOWING.

The firft contenys quhou the prynce Ene And Troianys war dryve onto Cartage cite.

The fecund buke fchawis the finale ennoy, The gret myfcheif, and fubuerfioun of Troy.

The thryd tellith quhou fra Troys cite
The Troianys careit war throu out the fee.

The ferd reherfs of fair queyn Dido
The dowbill woundis, and the mortale wo.

The fyft contenys funerale gemmys glaid,
And how the fyre the navy dyd invaid.

Into the fart buke fyne doith Virgill tell,
Quhou that Eneas went and viffeit hell.

The fevynt Ene bryngis to hys grond fatale, And how Italianys Troianys fchup to affale.

Ontill Eneas gevis the auchten buke

Baith fallofchip and armour, quha lift luke.

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Dawnus fon Turnus in the nynte, tak tent,
Segis new Troy, Eneas tho abfent.

The tent declaris by the coft atanys

The batale betwix Tufcanys and Rutulanys.

In the ellevynt Rutulyanys beyn ourset,
By the deces of Camylla downebet.

The twelft makis end of all the weir, but dowt, Throu the flauchtir of Turnus ftern and ftowt.

The laft, ekit to Virgillis nowmyr exyn
By Mapheus, convoys Ene to hevyn.

THE FIRST BUKE OF ENEADOS.

CAP. I.

The Poet firft proponyng hys 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 steid,
Of cruell Juno throu ald remembrit fede.
Gret pane in batail fufferit he alffo,

Or he his goddis brocht in Latio,

And belt the cite, fra quham, of nobill fame,
10 The Latyne pepill takyn heth thar name,
And eik the faderis, princis of Alba,
Cam, and the wallaris of gret Rome alfwa.

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

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, standand fair and plane
The mouth of lang Tibir our forgane,
Myghty of moblys, full of fculys feyr,
And maist 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 armys, 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 it the caufys of wreth war nocht away, Nor cruell harm forget ne out of mynd; Ful deip engravyn in hir breist onkynd The jugement of Parys, quhou that he 30 Preferrit Venus, dispisyng hir bewte;