The hundreth gret durris of that hows, with this,
At thar awin willis warpit wide, I wys,
And brocht the prophetis ansuer to thar erys:
O Eneas, that, eftir mony ȝheris,
Now finaly hes dryve to end, quod sche,
Sa mony huge gret dangeris of the see!
Bot on the land, I tel ȝou al and sum,5
Far grettar perellis remanys forto cum.
The Troiane pepill to the realm of Lavyne
Sal cum; that is determyt be goddis dyvyne;
Out of thi mynde sik dowtis do away:
Bot forthirmor, I wil onto the say,10
Quhen thai the grond of Italy haue nummyn,
Thai sal desyre neuer thiddir to haue cummyn.
Batalis, horribil batalis, to conclude,
I now behald, and Tibris, the gret flude,
For gret habundance of blude on spait walx reid.15
Nowdyr Exanth nor Symois in that sted
Sal thou mys, nor ȝit the Grekis army.
Thou sal befor the fynd in Italy
Ane othir Achil, born als of a goddes:
Nor Juno, Troianys persewar expres,20
Sal neuer mair failȝe in ȝour contrary.
And quhen thou art thar, as thou waldbe cary,
Of succurs and of help al desolate,
Quhat pepill, and quhat citeis than, God wait,
In Ital salt thou beseik of supple!25
Few sal remane onrequerit, trast me.
The causys of al this myscheif and pane,
Ane othir woman, a fremmyt gest agane
For the Troianys, is to be spows and wed,
A strange bride, or scho be brocht to bed.30
Withdraw the from na perellis, nor hard thrist;
Bot evir infors mair strangly to resist
Agane dangeris, than fortune sufferis the.
Ȝour first reskew of succurs and supple
Furth of a Gregioun cite salbe schaw,5
Quhilk thou leste wenys, a wondir thing to knaw.
Furth of hir secret closet, thus onane,
Sik sawis warpis this Sibilla Cumane;
Horribil answeris, ful dowtsum to consave,
Quhar as scho sat rumysand in hir cave,10
In subtel wordis of obscurite
Involupand the trewth and verite:
For on sik wys Apollo hir refrenys,
Bridillis hir sprete, and, as him list, constrenys,
From hir hart pipis his fers brod withdrawing.15
As the divyne fury gan first sessing,
And eik hir ragiand mowth begouth to rest,
Devoyt Eneas begynnys als prest,
And said: Virgyn, na kynd of pane may rys
Onknaw to me, of new that may me grys:20
Or now I am warnyt of al sik chance,
And hes thame rollit in my remembrance.
Bot a thing I beseik the and requeir;
Sen the entres and port, thai sai, bene heir,
Of the infernal king, and the layk dyrk25
Of Acheron, gorgeit with fludis myrk;
Thocht it be rycht difficil, ȝit grant me
Thai quent realmys I may behald and se,
And cum onto my deir faderis sight:
Thiddir the passage, and al ways rycht,30
Do teche me, and tha secret portis onschet.
I hym delyuerit amyd from flambis het,
And on thir schulderis careit him away,
A thousand speris followand to assay,
From myd ennymeis brocht him to salfte:5
In my vayage, accumpaneit with me,
He went throu owt al seys and strange strandis,
All maner perrellis of fludis, stremys, and sandis,
And stormys of the hevin, thocht he was waik:
He sufferit and sustenyt, for my saik,10
Ful huge pane, as he had beyn a page,
Abufe the strenth and common curs of age.
And forthir he me chargit, and gan beseik,
To the, lady, I reuerently suld seik,
And pas hiddir to thi sted and dwelling place.15
Haue reuth now, haly woman, schaw sum grace
Baith to the son and fader, I requeir;
For thou may do all thing, I wait, but weir:
Ne not but gude resson, ful weil I knaw,
Beside Avernus, our hir hallowit schaw,20
Proserpyn maid the patron and mastres.
Gif Orpheus mycht reduce agane, I ges,
From hell his spousis gost with his sweit stringis,
Playand on his harp of Trace sa plesand springis;
Or gif Pollux redemyt his broder Castor,25
As he that was immortal get and boyr,
Partyng with him his immortalite,
Athir for other sufferand forto de,
That ych of thame, by coursis alternate,
Sa oft gais and returnys that gait;30
Is it nocht anys lesum I pas that way?
Of Thesyus quhat nedis mair to say,
Or of the strang maste dowchty Hercules,
Quhilk thidder went with sa gret fors and pres?
Am I nocht eik discend from Jupiter?5
Sik prayer maid he, grippand the altar;
Quhil thus begouth the prophetes speke agane:
Of goddis blude, Anchises son Troiane,
It is richt facil and eith gait, I the tell,
Forto discend and pas on down to hell:10
The blak ȝettis of Pluto, and that dirk way,
Standis evir oppin and patent nycht and day;
Bot tharfra to return agane on hyght,
And heir abufe recovir this aris licht,
That is difficil wark, thar lawbour lyis.15
Ful few thar bene, quhom heich aboue the skyis
Thar ardent vertue has rasit and vphyeit,
Or ȝit quhom equal Jupiter deifyit,
Thai quhilk bene gendrit of goddis, may thidder attayn.
Al the myd way is wildirnes onplayn,20
Or wilsum forest, and the laithly flude
Cochytus, with his drery bosum onrude,
Flowis enverom rownd about that place.
Bot gif sa gret desyre and luf thou has
Twys til our sayll of Stix the dedly layk,25
And twys behald blak hellis pyt of wraik,
Or sa huge laubour delytis the, quod scho,
Harkyn quhat first behuffis the to do.
Amyd a rank tre lurkis a goldin bewch,
With aurial levis, and flexibill twystis tewch,30
Onto Juno infernal consecrate,
That standis lowkit abowt and obumbrate
With dirk schaddowis of the thik wod schaw.
Bot it is na wys lesum, I the schaw,
Thir secret ways vndir the erd to went,5
Quhil of the tre this goldin grayn be rent:
Fair Proserpyn hes institute and command
To offer hir this, hir awin propir presand.
Ane othir goldin grane, to the ilk effect,
Thou sal nocht mys, thocht the first be down brek;10
Incontinent evir of the sammyn mettall
Sik a lyke branch sal burgion furth withall.
The nedis, tharfor, to hald thine eyn on hight,
It forto sers and seik; syne all at right,
Quhen it is fund, thou hynt it in thi hand.15
For, gif it list, esely that sammyn wand,
Of the awin will, sall follow thi grip fut hait,
Gif so the fatis wil thou pas that gait;
Or ellis be na strenth thou sal it ryve,
Nor kut in twa with wapyn, sword, or knyve.20
And mair atour, beforn the in the place,
At thou ne wait, of thi deyr frend, allace!
Onerdyt lyis of new the ded body,
That with hys corps pollutis al thi navy;
The self tyme slane thow askand our answer,25
And in this place remanys with ws heir.
First se that hym to hys lang hame thou haue,
And, as efferis, gar bery law in graue.
Til his funeral entyre, or sacrifys,
Do bring the blak bestis, as is the gys:30
Lat tha be ȝour first expiationys,
And clenging graith, eftir ȝour serymonys.
So at the last, of Stix the cayrful schaw,
And realmys wilsum for levand men to knaw,
Thou sal behald. Quod scho; and tho gan ses,5
Hir mowth clappit togiddir, and held hir pes.