[180] That empit is, and bare of eloquens,
Of diſcreſſioune, and ek of Retoryk;
The metire and the cuning both elyk
So fere diſcording frome perfeccioune;
I submit my poem to the correction of the wise;
[184] Quhilk I ſubmyt to the correccioune
Of yaim the quhich that is diſcret and wyß,
And enterit is of loue in the ſeruice;
[Fol. 3 b.]
Quhich knouyth that no lovare dare withſtonde,