And specallye the trew translatioun

Of Virgill, quhilk bene consolatioun

To cunnyng men, to knaw his gret ingyne,

Als weill in naturall science as devyne.

And in the courte bene present in thir[106] dayis

That ballattis brevis lustellie[107], and layis,

Quhilkis tyll our Prince daylie thay do present.

Quho can say more than Schir James Inglis[108] sayis,

In ballattis, farses, and in plesand playis?

But Culrose hes his pen maid impotent.