[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,