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OF ENEADOS. 617
And on tiiis vvys liys ferys dyd exort:
Now, O ge walyt flour of weir, at fchort,
Bend vp gour ayris ftyth, and rays gour Ichippys,
Haid owr the flude, bair to the fclior with (kyppy;
J And with gour ftelyt ftevynnys, ane and all,
Thys ground onfrendly to ws and innimicall
Do tcheir and cleif in lundyr lyke a ftok,
Lat euery barge do prent hir felf a dok :
Na tors I not in fik port by this meyn
10 To brek the Tchyp, la we the land atteyn.
Fra Tarchon had thir wordis faid, but mair
Hys ibris Itartis ilk man till ane ayr.
The ftowrand famy bargis dyd rebound,
Inrowand fall to wart the Latyu grond,
15 Quhyl that thar llainmys tuke the bankis dry,
And thar kelys ftak in the flyko fall by,
But ony harm or danger, euery one.
Bot la tyd not onto thy fchyp, Tarchon :
For in the I'chald Icho lloppys, and dyd Hand
20 Apon a dry chyngill or bed of land,
A lang tyme all to fchakyng with the flude ;
Quhill fynaly, thar rokkand as Icho llude.
To bryftis Icho. and ryvys all in Ibndyr,
Warpyt tiie men aniyd the faym thar vndir ;
2.> The plankis, hechis, and mony brokyn ayr.
That on the ftreym went flotand heir and tiiar.
Maid to thar landing gret impediment.
And llyddry glar lb from wallys went
That oft thar feyt was Imyttyn vp on hjft :
00 Bot tinaly, all drowkyt and forwrocht.
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