In half ane yeir I gat Interloquendum,

And syne I gat, how call ye it? ad Replicandum:

Bot I could never ane word yit understand him.

And than thay gart me cast out many plackis[552],

And gart me pay for four and twentie actis.

Bot or thay came half gait[553] to Concludendum

The Feind ane plack was left for to defend him.

Thus thay postponit me twa yeir with thair traine[554],

Syne, Hodie ad octo, bad me cum againe;

And than, thir ruiks, thay roupit[555] wonder fast,