O Caieta, thou nurys of Ene,

Thou has alsso, that tyme quhen thou can de,

Ontil our cost or fronteris of Itale15

Gevin the bruyt and fame perpetual:

Quhil this day the ilke place and sted

Observis the renovn eftir thy ded;

Thy tumbe and banys merkit with thy name

In gret Hesperia witnessyng the same,20

Gyf that be ony glory now to the.

Performyt dewly thy funeral seruys;

Apon the sepultur, as custum was and gys,

Ane hepe of erd and litil mot gart vprays,

And with bent saill syne furth his vayage tays:

Eftir that asswagit was the deip sey,5

Thai leif the cost and sped on thar journe.

The pyping wynd blew in thar tail at nyght,

Nor the schene moyn hir curs and cleir lyght

Has nocht denyit; so that the haw stremys

Couth schyne and glittir vnder the twynkland glemys.10

Thai swepyng fast by, hard on burd the bra,

Quharas the ryche sonnys douchter, Circe,

Thai schawis, quhamto repar nane aucht tobe,

With hir ythand sweit sang and caralyng15

Cawsys allway forto resound and ryng,

And in hir prowd place of beddis all the nycht

The weil smelland cedyr byrnys bright;

With subtil slays, and hir hedlys sle,

Rich lynȝe wobbis natly wefis sche.20

From this land redly on fer mycht thai her

The gret rageyng of liones and the beir,

Quhilk thai dyd mak, refusyng to be in band

In silens, all the lait nycht rumesand;

The byrsit baris and beris in thar styis25

Roryng all wod with quhrynys and wild cryis,

And gret figuris of wolffis eik infeir,

Ȝowland with ȝammering grisly forto here:

Quhilkis all this crwell goddes, hecht Circe,

By enchantment and forcy herbis sle,30

Had forth of mannys figur and estait

Into wild bestis schap and form translait.

Quhilk monstruos transmutatioun for the nanys

Ne happin mycht onto devoyt Troianys,

Gyf thai arryvit in thai portis nys,5

Thai cursit costis of this enchantrys,

At thai ne suld do entir, ne thame fynd,

Thar salis all with prosper followand wynd

Neptunus fillit, and maid thame sail swiftly,

All dangeris and gray schaldis careit by.10