Venus was thair present, that goddes gay,

Hir sonnis querrel for to defend, and mak

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Hir awin complaint, cled in ane nyce array,

The ane half grene, the uther half sabill-blak;

Quhyte hair as gold, kemmit and shed abak;

But in hir face semit greit variance,

Quhyles perfit treuth, and quhylës inconstance.

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Under smyling sho was dissimulait,