Venus with this, all glaid and full of joy,
Amyd the hevynly hald, rycht myld and moy,10
Befor Jupiter down hir self set,
And baith hir armys abowt hys feyt plet,
Enbrasand thame and kyssand reuerently;
Syne thus with voce expres scho said in hy:
Fader almychty, that from thy hevynly ryng15
At thy plesour rewlys and sterys al thyng,
That manis dedys, thochtis, and aventuris,
Reknys and knawys, and therof hes the curis;
Weill I ramember, quhen that the pepill Troian
With hard onfrendly fortoun was ourtane,20
Thou promyst of thar laubouris and distres
Help and support, and eftir dyseys soles.
Nowder thy promys, fader, nor sentens
Hes me dissauyt: for lo, with reuerens
All the faderis of Italy hes se,
But discrepans, fully thir ȝheris thre,
In blyssyt peax my son enioys that land:5
Bot certis, fader, as I vndirstand,
Onto the starnyt hevynly hald on hie
Thou promyst rays the maste douchty Enee,
And, for hys meryt, abufe thy schynand sky
Hym forto place in hevyn, and deify.10
Quhat thochtis now doith rollyng in thy mynd?
Sen, ellys, doith the vertuus thewys kynd
Of this reuthfull Eneas the requyr
Abuf the polys brycht to rays that syre.
The fader tho of men and Goddis all15
Gan kys Venus hys child, and tharwithall
Thir profund wordis from hys breist furth braid:
My deir douchtir Citherea, he said,
Thow knawys quhou strangly the mychty Ene,
And the Eneadanys all of hys menȝe,20
Ithandly and onyrkyt luffyt haue I,
On se and landis cachit by and by
In perrellis seir, and quhou that oft tyme eik,
Havand piete of the my douchtir meik,
For lufe of the, for thar dyseys was wo;25
And now I haue, lo, finaly alsso
All thar harmys and ennoy brocht till end,
And maid Juno, as that full weill is kend,
Forto becum frendly and favorabill:
Now lykis me, forsuyth, all ferm and stabill30
My sentens promyst to compleit, quod he,
Quhen that the riall Troian duke Ene
Amang the hevynnys institut I sall,
And hym to numbyr of the Goddis call:
All this I grant with gud willis perfay.5
Tharfor, se that thou clenge and do away,
Gif thar be in hym ony mortall thyng,
And syne abuf the starnys thou him bryng:
I sall alsso heich ony of hys kyn,
Quhilk of thar proper vertu lyst do wyn10
Perpetuall lovyngis by dedis honorabill,
And doith contempn the wrachit warld onstabill;
Thame in lykewys abufe the hevynnys hie
I sal do place and deify, quod he.
The Goddis abufe alhaill gave thar consent,15
Nor ryall Juno, at that tyme present,
Lyst not contrary, bot gan perswaid full evyn
To bryng the gret Ene vp to the hevyn,
And frendly wordis of hym carpys thar.
Than Venus slaid discendand throw the ayr,20
And socht onto the feildis Lawrentane,
Neir by quhar that Numycus throu the playn,
That fresch ryver, flowys to the see,
Dekkyt abowt with redis growand hie;
Quharin the body of hir son sa deir25
Scho maid do wesch, and vnder the stremys cleir
All that was mortale or corruptibill thyng
Gart do away; and syne, at hir lykyng,
The recent happy sawl with hyr hynt sche,
And bair it vp abuf the ayr full hie30
Onto the hevyn, quhar reuthfull Eneas
Amyd the starnys chosyn has his place:
Quham the famyll and kynrent Julian
Doith clepe and call amangis thame euery ane
Indigites; quhilk is alsmekill to say,5
As God induellar, at thar sudiornys ay;
And, in remembrans of this ilk turn,
Thai gan hys templis wirschip and adorn.