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OF ENEADOS. 649
Or quhilk land, thocht a thoufand tymys I ftervit,
May fwelly me fa deip as I liaue fervyt ?
Bot, O ge wyndis, rather haue mercy,
On rowkis and on craggis by and by
5 Do fwak this fchyp. Ten heir na erth I fe,
And haue of wrachit Turnus fura pyete,
Quhilk of hys fre will, ftad in this maner,
Befekis gow with all hartly prayer ;
Do warp my body on the fchaldis onkend,
1(1 Far furth on Syrtys at the warldis end,
Quhar Rutilyanys me neyir fynd agane,
Sa that na fame nor rumour may remane
Eftir my deth of this fchaymfull trefpas.
And, fayand thus, in mynd dyd he cumpas
15 Full mony chancis rolland to and fro,
Quhidder gif he fuld, for proper lak and wo,
Into this fury fmyte hym with hys brand,
And thryft the bludy blaid in with hys hand
Throw owt hys rybbys, and fched his hart blude :
20 Or tlian to fwak hym felf amyd the flude,
Swymmand to feik the nerreft coftis bay,
In feild agane the Troianys to afTay.
Athir way till affay thrys prefyt hes he :
And thrys hym ftyntis Juno, queyn mad hie,
25 Havand compaffioun of this gong man bald,
And can affwage hys mynd, and hand withhald.
Furth held the fchip, flydand owt our the fludis.
With profper wynd and followand tyde fa gude is,
Quhill he is careit fuyrly throw the fee
30 Tyll Ardea, hys faderis auld cite.
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