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SONNET OF THE AVTHOVR TO THE READER.
Sen for zour saik I vvryte vpon zour airt,Apollo, Pan, and ze ô Musis nyne,
And thou, ô Mercure, for to help thy pairt,
I do implore, sen thou be thy ingyne,
Nixt efter Pan had found the quhissil, syne
Thou did perfyte, that quhilk he bot espyit:
And efter that made Argus for to tyne
(quha kepit Io) all his vvindois by it.
Concurre ze Gods, it can not be denyit:
Sen in zour airt of Poësie I vvryte.
Auld birds to learne by teiching it is tryit:
Sic docens discam gif ze help to dyte.
Then Reidar sie of nature thou haue pairt,
Syne laikis thou nocht, bot heir to reid the airt.
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