I will craue pardon of zour excellence,
Incace ze suld esteme this for offence
Into directing of this Treticie,
Not coresponding to Zour prudencie
Quhois gud ingyne, & pregnant spretit wit,
Crauis hier warks, with arguments mair grit
Delyting ancient Histories to heir,
Els of euents and stratagyms of weir
Zour Hienes Zit, I hope, sall not refuse,
This Pamphilet, a litill to peruse
Quhilk is composd and maid especiallie,
At sumtime, till expell malancolie
And not composd, vpon pretencis ill,
To foster folks, into thair fleshly will
This is not for to nurish turpitud,
Bot rather folks from sick things to seclud
For to repeit this taill, quhat neid is me,
Sen weill zour wisedome can the mater we
And promptly all the mater comprehend,
To quhat effect and sens the same dois tend
Quhairin Zour honour plainly may persaue,
The gud report, quhilk honest lufers haue
The gret reproch also ze may espy,
Of sick as in licencious lust dois ly
With syndrie ma things addit be my braine,
To mak this wark, mair plesant prompt & plaine
Quhilk to the purpois, pertinent I fand,
And with the mater, weill aneuch may stand
Crauing maist humblie of zour clemencie,
For to remit this my audacitie
Into presenting sick a wark prophane,
Quhilk to the godly, will seeme sumpart vane
Bot I beleue, na persoun sall present,
For to misconster, this my trew intent.
And speciallie Zour Honour, quhome I craue,
Maist willingly, this wark for to resaue
Quhilk to Zour potencie, I haue propynd,
In signe and takin of my willing mynd.
And for the lufe, I to Zour honor bure,
And not by ressoun of my litrature.
Presenting it, with hart precordiall,
Vnto zour selcitude in speciall.
Quhois nobill persoun, will take in gud pairt,
The trew affection, of ane faithfull hairt.
Into this Regioun rings zour gret commend,
Becaus, that students dewly ze defend.
Menteining sick intill all touns and shiers,
As to the art of Po
(John Burel)
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