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OF ENEADOS. 857
For firft the fouerane honour, on thar gys,
On the altarys with detfuU facrifice
He ordand has, and than, fra hand to hand,
Eftir the ryte and vfans of thar land,
5 The gyng oxin gan thai fteik and 11a :
Within thar tempill liaue thai brocht alflua
The buftuus fwyne, and the twynteris fnaw quhite.
That Avitli thar clovis can the erth fniyte.
With niony palt fcheddand thar purpour blude.
10 Furth haue thai rent thar entralis, full onrude,
And gan denude and ftrippyn of thar hydis ;
Syne hakkyn thame in talgeis, and befydis
The hait flambis brochit hes thame laid.
And furth thai get the wjTie in cowpis glaid,
15 God Bachus giftis fall thai multiply :
With platis full the altaris by and by
Thai can do charge, and wirfchip with fat lyre ;
The fmelland lens v]"iblefis in the fyi-e.
Than throu that hald thai fell and mak gud cheir ;
20 Vprays the mery rerd and joyus beir :
Thai dyd extoll and lovjTig with gret wondir
Gret Jupiter, the feirfull God of thundir.
And dame Venus thai wirfchippit alflb,
And the, Saturnus douchter, queyn Juno,
25 Now pacifyit, and bettir than befor,
Ane huge lawd thai gald to the tharfor ;
And eik hym felf Mars, the gret God of armys,
Thai magnyfy, as wrekar of thar harmys :
Syne haill the remanent of the cumpany
30 Of the Goddys thai name furth by and by,
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