The deiff men hard, the lypper war maid clene.
“The prelatis spousit wer with povertie,
Those dayis, quhen so thay flurisit in fame,
And with hir generit[173] lady Chaistitie
And dame Devotioun, notabyll of name.
Humyll thay wer, simpyll, and full of schame.
Thus Chaistitie and dame Devotioun
Wer principall cause of thair promotioun.
“Thus thay contynewit in this lyfe devyne
Aye tyll thare rang[174], in Romes gret cietie,