Quhare Flora maid the tender blewmis spreid

Throw kindlie dew and humouris nutrative,

Quhen goldin Titan, with his flammis reid,

Abone the seis rasit up his heid,

Diffounding[601] down his heit restorative

To every frute that nature maid on live,

Quhilk wes afore in-to the winter deid,

For stormis cald and frostis penitrive[602].

Ane silver fontane sprang of watter cleir

In-to that place quhare I approchit neir,