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 #JU. zit endurand the daye to that deir drewe, Swannis fuowchand full ſwyth, ſwetest of ſwar, Jn quhyte rocatis arrayd; as J richt knewe That thaj war bíſchopis blitt, 3 was the blythar ; Stable and ſteidfalt, tender and trewe, Dff fewe wordis, full wys, and worthy thaj war : Thar was Pyotis, and Partrikis, and Pluwaris ynewe, as abbotis of all ordouris that honorable ar ; The Se mawis war monkis, the blak and the quhyte, The Goule was a gryntar, The Suerthbak a ſellerar, The Scarth a fifche fangar, And that a perfyte. ku. Parfytlye thir Pikmawis, as for priourís, With thar party habitis preſent tham thar ; beronnis contemplatif, clene charterouris, With toppit hudis on hed, and clething of hair, Ay ſorowfull and fad at evin lang and houris, Was neuer leid ſaw thaím lauch, bot drowpand and dar; Alkyn chennonis eik of vther ordouris, All maner of religioun, the leſs and the mair ; Cryand Crawis and Cais, that cravis the corne, War pure freris forthward, That with the leíf of the lard, Will cum to the corne zard at ewyn and at morn.