The vailyeant Grekis fra thair roumes dang[661],

Victoriuslie exercit mony yeir;

That nicht thay went to thair lust and pleseir

The fatall hors did throw thair wallis fang[662],

Quhais prignant sidis wer full of men of weir.

“Sardanapall, the prince effeminat,

Fra knichtlie dedis wes degenerat;

Twinand the thredis of the purpur lint

With fingaris soft, amang the ladyis sat,

And with his lust couth nocht be saciat,