'Tis said, near Gayá's holy town[385]

Gayá, great saint of high renown,

This text recited when he paid

Due rites to each ancestral shade:

“A son is born his sire to free

From Put's infernal pains:

Hence, saviour of his father, he

The name of Puttra gains.”[386]

Thus numerous sons are sought by prayer,

In Scripture trained with graces fair,