Gett he in-to the courte auctorite

He wyll precell Quintyn and Kennedie.

So, thocht[112] I had ingyne, as I have none,

I watt[113] nocht quhat to wryt, be sweit Sanct Jhone;

For quhy? in all the garth[114] of eloquence

Is no-thyng left bot barrane stok and stone;

The poleit termes are pullit everilk one[115]

Be thir fornamit poeitis of prudence;

And sen I fynd none uther new sentence

I sall declare, or[116] I depart yow fro,