To semble to his summondis, as it wele semyt.
The trewe Turtour has tane with the tythandis,
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Done dewlie his det, as the deir demyt;
Syne belyf send the letteris in to seir landis
With the Swallowe so swyft, in speciale expremit
The Papis harrald, at poynt in to present,
For he is forthwart to fle,
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And ay will haue entre
In hous and in hall hie,
To tell his entent.
XII.
Quhat suld I tell ony mair of thir materis, [sall I.]
Bot thir lordis belyf the letteris has tane, [thir lettres.]
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Resauit thaim with reuerence, to reid as efferis;
And richely the harraldis rewardit ilkane,
Than busk thai but blyn, mony bewschyris,
Grathis thaim but grutching that gait for to gane. [A. gruthing. Cf. 666.]
All the statis of the kirk out of steid steris, [of kirk.]
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And I sall not ȝow richt now thar names in ane,
How thai apperit to the Pape and present thaim aye
Fair farrand and fre,
In a gudly degre,
And manlyke, as thocht me,
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In myddis of May.
XIII.
All thus in May, as I ment in a mornyng,
Come four Fasandis full fair in the first front,
Present tham as patriarkis in thar appering,
Benyng of obedience, and blyth in the bront.
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A college of cardinalis come syne in a lyng,
That war Crannis of kynd, gif I richt compt;
With red hattis on hed, in haile takynning
Off that deir dignite, with worschipe ay wont.
