Bannatyne Club > Aeneid of Virgil > Volume 2

OF ENEAD08. 623
And be the oftis and mony viftorys
That ge in weir and batale wan feill fys,
And be my gude beleif and hoyp, that now
With haill confidens reftis fixt in 30W,
5 As to attcyn onto my faderis glore.
To ondertak fik dedis done before ;
Do nevir, for fohame, onto gour felf tliat hik,
To lypiiyn in fpeid of fute and gyf the bak.
With iVerdys dynt behuffis ws, perfay,
in Tlirow amyddis onr ennemys red owr way.
Quhar gondir fop of men thikkis in a rowt,
^ondir is the paffage quhar we mofte wyn owt ;
3ondir gour noble cuntre wyl ge pas ;
3on way to wend exhortis gour duke Pallas.
1 .5 Heir is na power of dy vyuyte,
Nor Goddis mycht gaynftandyng ws, quod he :
Nane other bargane liaue we in thir fyghtis
Bot agane dedly and with mortale wightis :
Alfmony mortale bodeis heir haue Ave,
20 And als feill handis to debait the melle.
Behaldis, quhou the fey with obftakill gi-et
Inclufys ws, and at our bak can bet ;
On land is left ws heir na place to fle :
Quhat ! wald ge ryn to Troy owt throAv the fee ?
25 Thus laid he, and furthwith, or he wald ces,
Amyd hys fays rufchit in the pres,
Quhar as the rowtis thikaft war in ftowr.
And firft of other, to hys fatale howr,
Hym metys Lagus, a Rutilyane ;
30 Quham fyrft ourroUyt with a mekill ftane,