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Richt unstabill, and full of variance,
Mingit with cairfull joy, and fals plesance;
Now hait, now cauld; now blyth, now full of wo;
Now grene as leif, now widderit and ago.
With buik in hand than com Mercurius,
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Richt eloquent and full of rethory;
With pólite termis and delicious;
With pen and ink to réport all redy;