Becaus thay had ane virtew singulare,

Excellent, hie abone ingine[670] of man.

“And otheris ar in reik sulphurius;

As Ixion, and wery Sisiphus,

Eumenides the Furyis richt odibill,

The proud giandis, and thristy Tantalus;

With huglie[671] drink and fude most vennomus,

Quhare flammis bald and mirknes[672] ar sensibill.

Quhy ar thir folk in panis so terribill?

Becaus thay wer bot schrewis vicius