But I pray for the support of a very great poet,
Bot first I pray, and I beſek also,
One to the moſt conpilour to ſupport,
[320] Flour of poyetis, quhois nome I wil report
To me nor to noñ vthir It accordit,
whose name I may not mention;
In to our rymyng his nam̅ to be recordit;
For ſum ſuld deme It of preſumpſioune,
for our riming is but derision, when his excellence is remembered.
[324] And ek our rymyng is al bot deryſioune,